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We are a slightly mad, always fun podcast bringing you all the History you love and a lot that you didn‘t know you‘d love until you heard it here! Recommended by BBC Radio, and presented by acclaimed historian Alexandra Churchill, with Alina Nowobilska, Chris Sams and the rest of the awesome team.
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Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
In a new monthly segment, Napoleonic gurus Marcus Cribb and Zack White take a more detailed look at the era; beginning with an examination of the Duke of Wellington after Waterloo.
Saturday Nov 21, 2020
Saturday Nov 21, 2020
Join Alex and Napoleonic Historian Marcus Cribb with cast members Jason Salkey, Michael Cochrane, Neil Dudgeon, Paul Bigley, Paul Trussell, Assumpta Serna, Scott Cleverdon and Gavan O'Herlihy as they recall life on set and filming the iconic series.
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Stars of the hit show Jason Salkey, Philip Whitchurch, Michael Mears, Lyndon Davies, Nicholas Rowe, Feodor Atkine and Nickolas Grace join Alex and historian Marcus Cribb to reminisce about filming Sharpe.
Friday Aug 28, 2020
Friday Aug 28, 2020
Brace yourselves, it's a full house as we host Jason Salkey, BOTH Wellingtons: David Troughton and Hugh Fraser, the legend that is Brian Cox, Assumpta Serna, and Scott Cleverdon. As if that wasn't enough, the lovely Paul McGann also dropped in to tell us all about his stint as the original Richard Sharpe.
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
The Chosen Men rejoin us, bringing a host of crew members with them that spent years dedicating their expertise and creativity to recreating the earl nineteenth century. Find out if Lyndon remembers anything yet, what fake sick is made of, why Russian stuntmen are terrifying and what happens when actors don't get their bacon.
Sunday May 03, 2020
Sunday May 03, 2020
Sharpe's Chosen Men: Jason Salkey, Michael Mears, Lyndon Davies, John Tams and Paul Trussell reunite for the first time in years to talk about making the series. Horror moments, more from the Yalta Bazaar, the legend that is the Triple M, and why does Daniel Craig owe Perkins £5.99? Zack White, Marcus Cribb and Adam Barnes attempt to provide some historical context, but in truth, the actors ran riot.
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Major Sharpe himself, Sean Bean and Jason Salkey, Rifleman Harris, join Alex and Alina for Sharpe's Reunion. We discuss the highs and lows of filming, whilst the chaps reveal a unique insight into making the much loved series. Enjoy tales of toy soldiers, looting the set, lockdown in the Crimea and character sketches of fellow cast members including the late, much loved, Pete Postlethwaite; whilst your questions about the history that inspired it are put to Historian Zack White.