Greg Jenner and his guests Miles Jupp and Dr Eleanor Janega go back to the medieval Christmas for this one-off festive special. They look at the history and traditions that have thankfully continued through the ages, like gift-giving and stuffed wild boars (although numbers on stuffed wild boar we're told are down from previous years) and some that have mysteriously fallen off the radar completely, like masked carol singers and jellied eels.
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Research: Lloyd Roberts Script: Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Project Management: Siefe Miyo Edit Producer: Cornelius Mendez
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The Bayeux Tapestry
Hatshepsut
Frederick the Great of Prussia
Medieval Christmas
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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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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