Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr Anna Whitelock and comedian Larry Dean in 16th-century Scotland to meet King James VI, the first Stuart king to rule Scotland and England simultaneously. He is renowned for his translation of The Bible, his belief in witches and for being the primary target of the Gunpowder Plot. But is that really how we should remember him?
Ancient Athenian Democracy
The Bayeux Tapestry
Hatshepsut
Frederick the Great of Prussia
Medieval Christmas
Zheng Yi Sao
Mary Wollstonecraft
The History of Ice Cream
Mary Seacole
Disability in the Ancient World
Owain Glyndŵr
Paul Robeson
Çatalhöyük and the Neolithic Revolution
Sake Dean Mahomed
Medieval Science
The History of High Heels
Nell Gwyn
Ramesses the Great
Fairy Tales
Ivan the Terrible
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Gone Medieval
No Such Thing As A Fish
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
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