Greg Jenner digs into the history and mystery surrounding Stonehenge. Is it really the symbol of fertility and scene of sacrifice it’s portrayed to be, and what part of Stonehenge is the henge exactly? Featuring podcasting legend Richard Herring alongside archaeologist Susan Greaney from English Heritage. It’s history for people who don’t like history! Produced by Dan Morelle Script by Greg Jenner Research by Emma Nagouse A Muddy Knees Media 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.
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Hello and welcome to you're dead to me, a history podcast for people who don't like history, or at least forgot to learn any of school.
My name is Greg Jenner.
I'm a public historian and I'm the chief nerd on the BBC comedy show Horrible Histories.
I like jokes and I like facts.
And in this podcast, we cram them together in a sort of Frankenstein monsters way.
In each episode, I'm joined by an expert historian with years of accumulated knowledge and a top comedian with years of accumulated penis gags.
And today, we're donning our waterproofs and wellies and heading to Wiltshire to learn about the ancient majesty of Stonehenge.
Joining me in the studio are two people with very different skill sets when it comes to assessing a field full of stones.
In history corner, we've rustled up a proper expert.