Hidden Histories

By History Hit Network

Hidden Histories sees Helen Carr exploring some of the country's hidden treasures, as she and some of our finest historians scramble through the actual spaces where history happened. Whether she's vis... more

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The podcast currently has 51 episodes available.

Hidden Histories episodes:

July 07, 2019 Castle Series: Episode One, Leicester Castle with Tom Weir
As part of a brand new feature of Hidden Histories, Helen looks at the hidden history behind some of our best loved castles. For this episode, she travels to Leicester to talk to historian, Tom Weir, about Leicester Castle. They uncover its layers of history, from the Normans, to French Revolution and not forgetting Richard III, the king in the car park and why Leicester was so important for him.
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24min
June 30, 2019 The Woman who Saved the Children with Clare Mulley
Clare Mulley talks to Helen about the hidden history behind the charity, Save the Children.
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31min
June 04, 2019 Simon de Montfort Crusader and Rebel with Dr Sophie Thérèse Ambler
At Somerset House, Helen and Sophie discuss the 'Song of Simon de Montfort, England's first Revolutionary and the Death of Chivalry'- Sophie's recent biography of the colourful medieval crusader, courtier and rebel, Simon de Montfort.
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41min
April 15, 2019 Elizabeth I with Dr Estelle Paranque
Dr Estelle Paranque, a lecturer in early modern history talks about the relationship between Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots and James I.

Producer: Natt Tapley
Audio: Peter Curry

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26min
April 07, 2019 Women of the Tower of London with Lauren Johnson
Lauren Johnson talks us through the other side of the Tower of London's history, looking at women who worked, lived and were imprisoned in the tower, from Eleanor of Provence to Lady Jane Grey.

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Audio: Peter Curry

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24min
April 01, 2019 Lighthouses with Tom Nancollas
Tom Nancollas talks about offshore lighthouses, the men who worked within them and the hardships they endured. Recorded in a lighthouse on the Thames, the Trinity Buoy Wharf, which contains Longplayer, a continuous 1,000 year long piece of music, made of Tibetan Bells.

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Audio: Peter Curry

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32min
March 17, 2019 Marie of Romania with Tessa Dunlop
Helen chats to Tessa Dunlop, a historian and presenter, about Marie of Romania, her active work on the frontlines of the First World War, and how she pre-empted many of the ways that the monarchy has changed today all the way back in the postwar period.

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29min
March 10, 2019 Sir Walter Raleigh with Anna Beer
Helen chats to Anna Beer, professor of English at Oxford University, about the life of Sir Walter Raleigh, his relationship with Elizabeth I and his execution at the hands of James I.

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42min
March 04, 2019 Writing Historical Fiction and the Huguenots with Kate Mosse
Helen Carr chats to novelist Kate Mosse about the challenges of writing historical fiction, as well as the history of the persecutions of the Huguenots, all from the French Protestant Church of London, a refuge for fleeing Huguenots over the centuries.

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33min
March 04, 2019 Prostitution with Hallie Ruben-Hold
Hallie Rube-Hold runs Helen Carr through Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies, as covered in the BBC 4 documentary, the Harlot's Handbook.

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39min

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How many episodes does Hidden Histories have?

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