Host Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Corin Throsby and Comedian Ed Gamble to look at the role and development of vampire characters throughout 19th century Gothic literature and its continuing effect on pop culture today. Which vampire character is based on infamous bad boy Lord Byron? Who was the first vampire character to have fangs? And in case you ever need to know, just how many ways are there to kill a vampire?
Medieval Christmas (Radio Edit)
Christmas with Charles Dickens
Greg Jenner talks to Lucy Worsley about Lady Killers
The Haitian Revolution (Radio Edit)
Saladin (Radio Edit)
Mary Shelley (Radio Edit)
The Ancient Olympics (Radio Edit)
The Tang Dynasty (Radio Edit)
Eleanor of Aquitaine (Radio Edit)
The History of Fandom, 1700-1900 (Live)
Medieval Animals
Ibn Battuta
The History of Timekeeping
Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba
The Terracotta Army
Black Georgian England
Julius Caesar’s Rise To Power
Julie d'Aubigny
Istanbul in the Ottoman Golden Age
Captain Cook's First Voyage
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Infinite Monkey Cage
Gone Medieval
No Such Thing As A Fish
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
The Rest Is History