Where did football come from? Was it really invented in China or is the truth a little closer to home?
Why was knife crime such a problem for football hundreds of years ago? And what’s the real truth behind the history of the women’s game?
Public historian Greg Jenner joins comedian Tom Parry and historian Professor Jean Williams to teach you the true history of the beautiful game. It’s history for people who don’t like history!
Produced by Dan Morelle Scripted by Greg Jenner Researched by Emma Nagouse, assisted by Eszter Szabo and Evie Randall
A Muddy Knees Media production for BBC Radio 4
Agrippina the Younger
The Mughal Empire (Radio Edit)
The History of Chocolate (Radio Edit)
The Victorian Christmas (Radio Edit)
Josephine Baker (Radio Edit)
The Mayflower (Radio Edit)
The Witch Craze (Radio Edit)
The History of Football (Radio Edit)
Stonehenge (Radio Edit)
Harriet Tubman (Radio Edit)
Young Napoleon (Radio Edit)
Neanderthals (Radio Edit)
The Aztecs (Radio Edit)
Blackbeard (Radio Edit)
The Egyptian Pyramids
Genghis Khan
Notting Hill Carnival
Jack Sheppard
The Haitian Revolution
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