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  • December 4, 2015 at 8:59 pm #1516
    Ray Boyles
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    Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks. No.44. 3 Dec 2015.

    The Quizeum
    BBC Four: Mon 7 Dec 2015, 20.30 – 21.00. 6 / 8
    The Quizeum visits the Royal Armouries in Leeds, home to the national collection of arms and armour. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06rfl44

    Britain’s Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues
    BBC Four: Mon 7 Dec 2015, 20.00 – 21.00. 3 /3: Rogues Gallery
    Concluding the series, Sam Willis focuses on urban crime in the 18th century and includes profiles of thief and jailbreak specialist Jack Sheppard, whose hanging attracted an audience of close to 250,000 spectators; and Mary Toft, who somehow convinced George I and his surgeon that she had given birth to rabbits. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06rfl46

    British Liberalism: The Grand Tour
    BBC Radio 4: Mon 7 to Fri 11 Dec 2015, 13.45 – 14.00
    Over 10 weekday episodes, Anne McElvoy traces the story of 300 years of liberalism in Britain. She begins with a dissident philosopher, John Locke (1632–1704). Subsequent shows this week look at Adam Smith, proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and anti-slavery campaigner Thomas Clarkson, John Stuart Mill and the statesman John Bright, and William Gladstone. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06t44pc

    Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore
    BBC Four: Tue 8 Dec 2015, 21.00v- 22.00. 1 / 3.
    The historian Montefiore embarks on a journey through 2,000 years of Spanish history. He begins in an era when Iberia was a minor province of Carthage before, then spins a tale that encompasses Hannibal, Christian martyrdom, the Visigoths and Islamic conquest. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06rwgdf

    Tumanbay
    BBC Radio 4: Wed 9 Dec 2015, 14.15 – 15.00. 2 / 10
    Tumanbay, the beating heart of a vast empire, is threatened by a rebellion in a far-off province and a mysterious force devouring the city from within. Gregor, Master of the Palace Guard, is charged by Sultan Al-Ghuri (with the task of rooting out the spies within.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06r5y76

    In Our Time: Chinese Legalism
    BBC Radio 4: Thu 10 Dec 2015, 9.00 – 9.45
    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins and rise of Legalism in China, from the Warring States Period (c475-221 BC) to the time of The First Emperor Qin Shi Huang down to the present day. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06r84qy

    The Last Kingdom
    BBC Two: Thu 10 Dec 2015, 21.00 – 22.00. 8 / 8
    The drama based on Bernard Cornwell’s novels concludes with Alfred and Uhtred, preparing for a decisive battle with the invading Danes. Treachery and deception both play a part in what follows. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06s3kxm

    Ancient Ways with Bettany Hughes
    BBC Radio 4: Fri 11 Dec 2015, 11.00 – 11.30. 2 / 3
    Bettany Hughes follows the ancient Roman road to Istanbul. In this episode, she journeys from Thessaloniki into Thrace, tracking the movement of ideas along the road and discovering the long history of refugees on the route from ancient times to the present day. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06r8bnh

    December 10, 2015 at 11:51 am #1527
    Ray Boyles
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    Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks. No.45. 10 Dec 2015.

    British Liberalism: The Grand Tour.
    BBC Radio 4: Fri 11 Dec 2015, 21.00 – 22.00. Omnibus Episode 1 of 2
    Anne McElvoy traces the story of 300 years of liberalism in Britain, from John Locke to New Liberalism. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06r8hr9

    My History.
    BBC Radio 4: Mon 14 – Fri 18 Dec 2015, 9.45 – 10.00. Five daily episodes of Book of the Week.
    Historian Lady Antonia Fraser reads her memoir describes growing up in the 1930s and 1940s but its real concern is with her growing love of History. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06rx463

    The Quizeum
    BBC Four: Mon 14 Dec 2015, 20.30 – 21.00. 7 / 8
    The Quizeum visits the Horniman Museum in London, which specialises in anthropology, natural history and musical instruments. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06s5vbc

    British Liberalism: The Grand Tour
    BBC Radio 4: Mon 14 to Fri 18 Dec 2015, 13.45 – 14.00. Episodes 6 to 10.
    Anne McElvoy reflects on votes for women, explores rival solutions to the 1930s Depression and the distinctively embattled liberalism that emerged in the Cold War. She then traces the rise and fall of the 1960s liberals and how liberalism has since come under pressure, and what this tells us about liberalism’s limits, and its future. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06t44pc

    Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore
    BBC Four: Tue 15 Dec 2015, 21.00 – 22.00. 2 / 3: Reconquest
    Simon Sebag Montefiore continues his journey through Southern Spain to tell the story of how Christian Spain fought back against centuries of conquest. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03b2nqh

    Tumanbay
    BBC Radio 4: Wed 16 Dec 2015, 14.15 – 15.00. 3 / 10: Ship of the Dead
    Adrift at sea in a small boat and captive to an escaped slave, fourteen year old daughter of slave merchant Ibn depends on her slave captor for her survival. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06rz91n. Key characters:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5hZDmXmPD09D1HVHFfm04jw/tumanbay-characters-to-watch-out-for

    Ancient Ways with Bettany Hughes
    BBC Radio 4: Fri 18 Dec 2015, 11.00 – 11.30. 3 / 3
    Bettany completes the final section of the road through Turkey to Istanbul, tracking the movement of stories along the road and discovering the way the Ottomans adapted it to their new empire. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06s1b8r

    British Liberalism: The Grand Tour.
    BBC Radio 4: Fri 18 Dec 2015, 21.00 – 22.00. Omnibus Episode 2 of 2
    From Millicent Fawcett to Multiculturalism: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06s1gcq

    Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore
    BBC Four: Tue 22 Dec 2015, 21.00- 22.00. 3 / 3: Nation
    Simon Sebag Montefiore explores Spain’s Golden Age under Philip II through to the Spanish Civil War and dictatorship under Franco from which Spain has emerged as a modern democratic monarchy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03b2q95

    • Producer Marion Milne discusses the series: http://www.historyextra.com/podcast/Atlantic-history-Spain

    Tumanbay
    BBC Radio 4: Wed 23 Dec 2015, 14.15 – 15.00. 4 / 10: Hidden Knowledge
    Shajar, the sultan’s chief wife, plots her son Madu’s succession to the throne. Madu’s slave finds solace with an unlikely companion while marching with the army out to the provinces. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06s9j7l

    Key characters:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5hZDmXmPD09D1HVHFfm04jw/tumanbay-characters-to-watch-out-for

    The Quizeum: Christmas Special
    BBC Four: Fri 25 Dec 2015, 19.00 – 19.30. 8 / 8
    For this Christmas Day episode Griff Rhys Jones and his teams of experts visit the V&A Museum of Childhood. Originally founded as a museum for the East End area of London, today it houses the largest collection of childhood objects in the UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06ssj6l

    December 10, 2015 at 11:55 am #1529
    Ray Boyles
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    Last issue this year so I’ll take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.

    Many thanks for excellent gaming at Burton during 2015.

    Cheers

    Ray

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