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This podcast is a linear telling of English History through the lives of each of their Monarchs. For lovers of historical fiction, it will fill in the gaps left by authors as well as explore the historical accuracy of those novels.

Dick Newman


    • Sep 4, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 1m AVG DURATION
    • 364 EPISODES


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    Episode 366 – Willie

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024


    Time for William 4 to shine and demonstrate the admiral qualities of a king. Or not.

    Episode 365 – The Downhill Run

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2024


    George 4 (May he live forever) is sick again but this time it may be real. He’s on the booze, the drugs and lots of tucker so is doing himself no favours. And his pet giraffe will die. Sad.

    Episode 364 – She’s Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2024


    Caroline has come back to England to be the darling of the people. For a bit.

    Episode 363 -Empire

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024


    How on earth have we become a mighty empire? Plus George will get his very own silly hat but will Caroline spoil the fun.

    Episode 362 – Unhappy Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024


    Well the whole family looks pretty dysfunctional so it is hardly surprising that we have unhappy children. Princess Charlotte just wants to have fun but Prinny is not about to let that happen. She is to obey him.

    Episode 361 – India falls

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2024


    Team Wellesley will finish the job and India will become part of the British empire.

    Episode 360 – The Wellesley boys are back

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024


    It will be Richard and Arthur working in India. All they want is everything, thanks.

    Episode 359 – Prinny

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2024


    George has a new name for his closest friends to use. Meanwhile, Napoleon has got himself into all sorts of bother by going into Russia. Lots of his brave boys will not be going home again.

    Episode 358 – Are we there yet?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2024


    Prince George is desperate to take over from his mad dad, but plenty of people would rather he didn’t. On and on it goes. Historical fiction this week will feature a cross dressing lesbian at the court of Ted 2 and that means some Piers Gaveston action.

    Episode 357 -The Regency – Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2024


    George is getting there but he will have to be patient and so will we.

    Episode 356 – The Regency

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024


    It is a long time coming but we are on the way.

    Episode 355 – More Princely Action

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2024


    Yes it is all still about George. Except the bit about Duke of York Fred’s missus Freddie and her shoes.

    Episode 354 – The Prince of Wales

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2024 57:02


    I think we have already worked out that this guy is a bit of a dick. Well it is, as usual worse so let us meet him properly. Here he is marrying Mrs Maria Fitherbert without permission.

    Episode 353 – George goes nuts again

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 60:11


    Yes, the old boy is back on his medications or something or other. He is off with the fairies and oh dear, however will we cope.

    Episode 352 – A big win for us and a big loss for the Germans

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024 58:50


    Superstar Nelson will knock out the Frenchie navy and that will hurt Napoleon. He will though belt up the Russians and Germans at Austerlitz giving Ridley Scott happy visions of putting that in a movie.

    Episode 351 – The 19th Century

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 61:16


    Shall we kick off the new century with war? Why not.

    Episode 350 – A Riot

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024 62:42


    You can alway rely on Bristol for a riot every few years.

    Episode 349 – The Empire Strikes Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 61:30


    In which the Indians lose India. But the British Government can see that the company has gone way too far and so will impeach Warren Hastings. Yes the only decent English guy to run the company is the one to cop it.

    Episode 348 – India

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2024 58:42


    It’s not so much as Britain winning an empire as India losing one.

    Episode 347 – A New Pope

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2024 59:41


    War can mess up all sorts of things including a vote for a new pope.

    Episode 346 – Frenchie’s rule!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 59:29


    The Frenchies seem to have their act together and have turned into winners. What we need is a mighty hero. Oddly enough one will turn up but can he do over the Frenchie mighty hero?

    Episode 345 – Flanders

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024 58:56


    More war. Seems to be never ending.

    Episode 344 – The Big War

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2024 58:54


    What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. But it’s what we do.

    Episode 343 – Henry Benedict Stuart

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 61:30


    Time to meet Henry 9 (he thinks) – the very last Stuart who will end that line of incompetant kings.

    Episode 342 – The Terror

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 61:39


    Mobs can be funny old things. The Frenchie mob have decided that industrialised killing would be good entertainment while making France great again.

    Episode 341 – Elizabeth’s last hurrah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 61:45


    We all have to come to the end, my dear listener and that includes Elizabeth. But she will not be going quietly or sedately. It will be party to the end.

    Episode 340 – The Countess Duchess

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024 58:07


    In which Elizabeth will face a trial of her peers on a charge of bigamy. Bigamy is very naughty for a girl.

    Episode 339 – Elizabeth Chudleigh part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2024 62:52


    For Elizabeth it will all go splendily well until it doesn’t. It then goes bigly badly.

    Episode 338 – Elizabeth Chudleigh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2024 59:39


    A digression so we can meet Elizabeth who rocked England for a bit. Here she is as a pinup girl.

    Episode 337 – The Frenchies are Revolting

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2023 59:59


    Yes they are plus George gets better. Charlotte will have her portrait done and here she is.

    Episode 336 – Christmas Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2023 59:42


    This year it will be the big guy.

    Episode 335 – George gets sick

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2023 60:41


    Yes, our king is going a bit nuts. The silly hat might be silly but the silly wig can do your brain some harm.

    Episode 334 – Back to India

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2023 60:55


    The English have taken their eye off the ball and will pay a price for that. Here’s a painting of an English square that is about to cop it bigly.

    Episode 333 – Revolution in America

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 60:15


    Time to go to war for freedom and liberty and we aren’t too keen on the democracy bit just at the moment.

    Episode 332- It’s On

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2023 60:11


    The English may now wish to try a bit of diplomacy but they have left it too late so it is going to be war. Just not like in the movies.

    Episode 331 – America part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 57:47


    Continuing the story of the joys of being a colonialist.

    Episode 330 – America

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 58:46


    So what’s it like in America? Maybe not that good.

    Episode 329 – It Just Got Worse

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2023 60:05


    In which we find out what the corporate response is to a natural disaster. If you guessed make more money then well spotted.

    Episode 328 – Back to India

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2023 61:20


    It is time for our British to effect a corporate take over – of a country. It will be a hostile take over.

    Episode 327 – Charlotte

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2023 57:06


    She might be a bit dull and boring. Just what George wants.

    Episode 326 – George and Charlotte

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 61:04


    Let the magnificence begin

    Episode 325 – George 3 part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2023 58:56


    George has some rather nice ideas. Just a shame that humans are not always nice. Here’s a picture of his mum and dad for you.

    Episode 324 – George 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2023 60:11


    It’s a new king!

    Episode 323 – Payday for the Poms

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2023 58:39


    Yes, Robert Clive is certainly about to bring home the bacon big time. Then there won’t be much at all to slow down the British merchants from making big piles of cash.

    Episode 322 – The Black Hole

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2023 60:17


    Yes, that would be the one in Calcutta. Some English, led by a stupid Englishman will meet some Indians led by a stupid Indian. It won’t go well.

    Episode 321 – George 2 is no more

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 63:06


    Yes, he wasn’t much of a role model as a family man. Bit awful really so bring on George 3. I hear he’s a bit of a mad bugger.

    Episode 320 – Bonnie Prince Charlie

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2023 61:57


    Bonnie Prince Wanker more like it.

    Episode 319 – The Rebellion of ’45

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 61:03


    Here’s Bonnie Prince Charlie to inspire us to overthrow the Germans and get the Stuarts back.

    Episode 318 – Catch up

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 58:44


    Time to check in with India and those pesky Stuarts.

    Episode 317 – War

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2023 63:07


    Not one but two wars in fact. It’s enough to make a Jacobite rebel.

    Episode 316 – That’s it for Caroline

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2023 60:33


    Well I suppose on the plus side, she doesn’t have to put up with George anymore. Here’s a sketch of the whole family together in one room. That may not have actually happened. George and Caroline sitting, Fred on the other side of the room, the 3 elder girls and the 3 younger kiddies.

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