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History Hit Network

Hidden Histories sees Helen Carr exploring some of the country's hidden treasures, as she and some of our finest historians scramble through the actual spaces where history happened. Whether she's visiting the whorehouses of Covent Garden, or retracing the steps of the Peasants Revolt, Helen and her guests are a delightful guide to the hidden histories that lie just off the beaten track.

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Hidden Histories

Helen Carr explores the hidden history of surgeons, operations and washing your hands with Lindsey Fitzharris.

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Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Peter Curry

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Joseph Lister with Lindsey Fitzharris

Hallie Rube-Hold runs Helen Carr through Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies, as covered in the BBC 4 documentary, the Harlot's Handbook.

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Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Peter Curry

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Prostitution with Hallie Ruben-Hold

Helen Carr chats to novelist Kate Mosse about the challenges of writing historical fiction, as well as the history of the persecutions of the Huguenots, all from the French Protestant Church of London, a refuge for fleeing Huguenots over the centuries.

For ad free versions of our entire podcast archive and hundreds of hours of history documentaries, interviews and films, signup to History Hit TV. Use code 'pod4' at checkout to get a 30 day free trial and your first 4 months for £4/$4. 

Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Peter Curry

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Writing Historical Fiction and the Huguenots with Kate Mosse

Helen chats to Anna Beer, professor of English at Oxford University, about the life of Sir Walter Raleigh, his relationship with Elizabeth I and his execution at the hands of James I.

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Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Peter Curry

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Sir Walter Raleigh with Anna Beer

Helen chats to Tessa Dunlop, a historian and presenter, about Marie of Romania, her active work on the frontlines of the First World War, and how she pre-empted many of the ways that the monarchy has changed today all the way back in the postwar period.

For ad free versions of our entire podcast archive and hundreds of hours of history documentaries, interviews and films, signup to History Hit TV. Use code 'pod4' at checkout to get a 30 day free trial and your first 4 months for £4/$4. 

Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Peter Curry

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Marie of Romania with Tessa Dunlop

Tom Nancollas talks about offshore lighthouses, the men who worked within them and the hardships they endured. Recorded in a lighthouse on the Thames, the Trinity Buoy Wharf, which contains Longplayer, a continuous 1,000 year long piece of music, made of Tibetan Bells.

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Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Peter Curry

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Lighthouses with Tom Nancollas

Lauren Johnson talks us through the other side of the Tower of London's history, looking at women who worked, lived and were imprisoned in the tower, from Eleanor of Provence to Lady Jane Grey.

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Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Peter Curry

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Women of the Tower of London with Lauren Johnson

Dr Estelle Paranque, a lecturer in early modern history talks about the relationship between Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots and James I.

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Audio: Peter Curry

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Elizabeth I with Dr Estelle Paranque

At Somerset House, Helen and Sophie discuss the 'Song of Simon de Montfort, England's first Revolutionary and the Death of Chivalry'- Sophie's recent biography of the colourful medieval crusader, courtier and rebel, Simon de Montfort.

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Simon de Montfort Crusader and Rebel with Dr Sophie Thérèse Ambler

Clare Mulley talks to Helen about the hidden history behind the charity, Save the Children.

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The Woman who Saved the Children with Clare Mulley

Rebecca Rideal talks to Helen about the Great Fire of London. How did it impact London? What was the aftermath? Was King Charles II really involved in fighting the fire?

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The Great Fire of London with Rebecca Rideal

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