The Things That Made England

The Things That Made England

By David Crowther and Roifield BrownSociety & CultureHistory
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The Things That Made England episodes

  • English Comedy and Monty P
    Is there such a thing as specifically English comedy? Certainly the English have thought so since Shakespeare's time, it's one of our vanities. Luke and David sicuss what English comedy might be - and test Monty P against the framework

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    1 hr 16 min
  • Shakespeare
    At long last we bring you the one and only William Shakespeare, or "Billy the Bard" as some prefer. Fiona proposes the great man as a thing that made England. Does anyone dare disagree? Have a listen to find out.

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    1 hr
  • Ska again live from Clubhouse

    Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s. Ska combined elements of mento and rhythm and blues. It is characterized by accented with stabs on the off-beat. Prince Buster


    Ska developed in Jamaica in the 1960s with Prince Buster, producers Clement Dodd, and Duke Reid and found its way to England in the early sixties alongside the wave of Jamaican immigrants that moved to England's big cities from the Caribbean.

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    44 min
  • Buns III
    The Buns that made England - Crumpets and Muffins, and some bun throwing traditions

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    36 min
  • Buns the First
    Some triumphant buns in the bread cabinet of English cooking over which you may salivate. And come to Facebook to post pictures of your buns too.

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    50 min
  • The British Empire
    The British Empire... was it a thing that made England or a thing that England made? Find out here, well, find out what we think any way.

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    1 hr 33 min
  • Fish and Chips

    Fish and chips is a hot dish consisting of fried fish in batter, served with chips. The dish originated in England, where these two components had been introduced from Jewish immigrants and probably flemish migrants. Fish and chips is a common take-away food in England and numerous other countries, particularly in English-speaking nations.


    Fish and chips first appeared in the UK in the 1860s, and by 1910, there were over 25,000 chippies across the UK.

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    58 min
  • The British Constitution
    The Constitution of the United Kingdom is the system of rules that decides the political governance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Unlike in most countries, it is not codified into a single document. However, it recognises that there are principles, such as parliamentary sovereignty, the rule of law, democracy and upholding international law.

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    1 hr 23 min
  • Elizabeth 1 - Gloriana

    Luke and David discuss Elizabeth I, sometimes called the Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor.


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    1 hr 2 min

About The Things That Made England

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An affectionate meandering through the things that make England the way she is – from HP Sauce to the Allottment, Aethelstan to the politics of Queuing. With Luke Baxter, Roifield Brown, David…