You’re Dead To Me returns for a special episode on The History of General Elections. Welcome to the world of “bludgeon men”, “potwallopers”, and electorates of sheep (!). Travel back to the 18th Century, when Number 10 was number 5 (yes, really) and discover not just how voter rights have changed, but where they originated. Host Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr Hannah Nicholson and comedian Catherine Bohart.
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 a very special episode of you're dead to me, a history podcast for people who don't like history, or at least people who forgot to learn any at school.
My name is Greg Jenner.
I'm a public historian author, and I'm the chief nerd on the BBC comedy show Horrible Histories.
And if you've not heard this before, the podcast is basically a coalition government between the rival parties of fun and facts.
Under my feeble leadership, today we are taking a trip to the polling booths of Britain in the 18th and early 19th centuries to chat generally about the general history of general elections, hosted by me, Greg.
General.
Sorry, Jenner.
As ever, I am joined by two very special guests in history corner.