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 Mughal Empire
Eleanor of Aquitaine
The History of Chocolate
Josephine Baker
The Ancient Olympics
The Mayflower
Mary Shelley
Neanderthals
The Victorian Christmas
The History of General Elections
Saladin
The Witch Craze
Lord Byron
Stonehenge
The Aztecs
Joan of Arc
Young Napoleon
Justinian and Theodora
Mansa Musa
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