Maureen O'Sullivan had survived two wars by the time she was in her teens. So naturally when WWII kicked off she had all the skills needed to take on one of the most difficult jobs available.

We'll follow Maureen through five countries and two continents during a whirlwind adventure which proves without a doubt that all the cool spy gadgets in the world are nothing compared to the quiet competence of an unflappable Irish woman.

Guest Host: Emma Heathcote

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The Dark Ages are the time that Britain forgot. With that in mind let's try to pierce the veil with a story that almost definitely didn't happen!

When the Romans abruptly pack up, leaving the locals with no protection one enterprising British Warlord will look to upgrade with some German muscle in the form of two guys who can trace their lineage back to the gods themselves. As long as they don't have an ulterior motive everything should be fine.... Right?

Guest Host: Matt Hare

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What could you do when you wanted to be a rock star centuries before the advent of rock and roll? If you were John Rann you dressed yourself up to the nines and became a notorious highwaymen in good old London Town. Join us for the tale of one of the most fashionable and polite criminals England has ever produced (though he really could have done to have bought his own pocket watch).

Guest Host: Jack Heathcote

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This week we will be jumping on the late Georgian fad for suspension bridges (because we are all about current affairs). From their birth in the mind of a genius Scotsman to the ever more disaster prone knock-offs that followed. It is a story filled with tension because tensile strength is an important consideration when designing a suspension bridge.

In fact it gets so tense that we may have to run away and join a circus!

Guest Host: Emma Heathcote

This week sponsored by Champis!

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How did a doctor specialising in corpulent Victorian gentlemen become synonymous with the female orgasm?

By horrible accident of course!

This week meet Joseph, a medical polymath who would be turning in his grave to see how he has been misrepresented over the last century. A wrong we intend to right on this special Valentines Day episode.

Guest Host: Jack Heathcote

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Your father was nearly king. Your older brother is currently king. Your younger brother will one day become king. You however are an idiot.

Welcome to the world of George Plantagenet, a spoilt little rich boy who is easily manipulated, has no sense of self-preservation and takes years to form an independent thought.

And those are arguably his best qualities.

Join us as we look at a man who, in spite of himself, was within a whisker of failing upwards to the point of gaining the throne of England.

Guest Host: Matt Hare

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The North South divide needs to be abolished and we here at Consistently Eccentric are doing our bit! Join us and verified southerner Ollie Green (From History Emporium and Pals Podcast) as I attempt to demonstrate that there is at least one person from my home town who is worth learning about.

It is a story of a late blooming Wesleyan who avoided the lovefeasts to pursue a career when most people were settling into retirement. Meet Lucy Boston. The Sandgrounder who lived two lives!

Guest Host: Ollie Green

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Let's jet off to the sunny shores of Jamaica this week to meet Mary. Avoiding slavery by virtue of a Scottish father Mary spent her life being all the things she could think of. Part herbalist, part hotelier, part entrepreneur, part nurse, part chef; Mary was a well travelled tour de force who couldn't imagine a situation so dire that her presence couldn't turn things around!

And if that failed there was always the restorative power of tea.

Guest Host: Jack Heathcote

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Law and order 1600s style. Join us for a tale of Northern family drama which is as convoluted as it is ultimately pointless. There will be murder! There will be litigation (oh so much litigation). But most of all, there will be poetry!

Guest Host: Matt Hare

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It's time to go boating down England's most famous river. Just try to avoid the dead bodies and try not to breath too deeply. Our omnibus episode covers three stories that confirm beyond a doubt that the Thames has claimed more lives than any other river in the UK.

And, because it is Emma, of course we are going to talk at length about at least one boat.

Guest Host: Emma Heathcote

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