Greg Jenner is joined by historian Professor Benjamin Reiss and comedian Desiree Burch in the 19th century to meet self proclaimed showman P T Barnum. A man famous for his museums and shows as well as ‘curiosities’ such as General Tom Thumb, Bearded Ladies, and The Fiji Mermaid. But take a deeper dive beyond Barnum’s infamous spin and you’ll find that, contrary to his pop culture image, this showman was far from the greatest. Produced by Cornelius Mendez Script by Greg Jenner and Emma Nagouse Research by Charlotte Potter The Athletic production for BBC Radio 4
My name's Joe Wilkinson, and I've managed to force Patrick Bamford to come on a podcast with me, and he's gonna.
Slowly fall in love with me.
Do you go to the tip?
Believe it or not, yeah, I do.
Do you go to the supermarket?
No.
You know when all the shirts started.
Getting tight on the players and they started selling them like that to the general public?
Yeah.
Yeah.
And everyone looked like sausages.
My mate's a footballer with me, Patrick Bamford and Joe Wilkinson.
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Hello and welcome to you're dead to me, a radio four history podcast for everyone.
For people who don't like history, do like history, or people who forgot to learn any at school.
My name is Greg Jenner.
I'm a public historian, author, and broadcaster.
And I'm the chief nerd on the BBC comedy show Horrible Histories.
And you might have heard my other podcast, homeschool history, but that one's mostly for the kids.