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We Are History
- By: Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell
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The less-than-serious history podcast with stand up comedian Angela Barnes (The News Quiz, Mock The Week and Live at The Apollo) and writer John O'Farrell (An Utterly Impartial History of Britain, Things Can Only Get Better, Spitting Image). In each podcast our two history nerds discuss, explain and laugh at interesting and quirky episodes from the olden days, such as East German Nudism, Spy Pigeons or Vlad the Impaler. Angela and John’s in-depth knowledge of world history has been described as ‘laughable’ - and now they read the history books so that you don't have to. The We Are ...
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The best, informative & funny History podcast
- By Sarah on 07-09-22
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An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain
- or Sixty Years of Making the Same Stupid Mistakes
- By: John O'Farrell
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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Following his hugely popular account of the previous 2000 years, John O'Farrell now comes bang up to date with a hilarious modern history asking 'How the hell did we end up here?' An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain informs, elucidates and laughs at all the bizarre events, ridiculous characters and stupid decisions that have shaped Britain's story since 1945; leaving the Twenty-First Century reader feeling fantastically smug for having the benefit of hindsight.
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Excellent Listen
- By Paul Plumber on 14-11-09
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An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain
- or Sixty Years of Making the Same Stupid Mistakes
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 12-11-09
- Language: English
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A Look Back at the Future
- The BBC Radio 4 Spoof Comedy Series
- By: Mark Burton, John O'Farrell, Pete Sinclair
- Narrated by: Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins, Jeremy Hardy, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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First broadcast (with the aid of a crystal ball) in summer 1994, the Sony Award-winning show returns for a second series starring the ‘Godfather of Radio 4’, Brian Perkins, and Spitting Image impressionist Kate Robbins. This time, they turn their comic gaze on six roller-coaster years from the 21st Century: 2001, 2005, 2010, 2021, 2025 and 2099.
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A Look Back at the Future
- The BBC Radio 4 Spoof Comedy Series
- Narrated by: Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins, Jeremy Hardy, John O’Farrell, Griff Rhys Jones, Tony Hawks, Nigel Planer, Hugh Dennis, Mark Burton, Pete Sinclair, Various
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 14-03-24
- Language: English
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A Look Back at the Nineties
- The Complete Series of the Award-Winning BBC Radio 4 Comedy
- By: Mark Burton, John O'Farrell, Pete Sinclair
- Narrated by: Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins, Chris Barrie, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
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Newsreader and ‘Godfather of Radio 4’ Brian Perkins and Spitting Image impressionist Kate Robbins star in this Sony Award-winning satirical show, set on New Year’s Eve at the turn of the millennium. As the Nineties come to a close, they recall the tumultuous, earth-shattering events of the years 1994-1999.
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A Look Back at the Nineties
- The Complete Series of the Award-Winning BBC Radio 4 Comedy
- Narrated by: Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins, Chris Barrie, Hugh Dennis, Steve Coogan, Jack Dee, Rory Bremner, Various
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 14-03-24
- Language: English
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Things Can Only Get Worse?
- By: John O'Farrell
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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Things Can Only Get Worse is the personal story of one political activist helping Labour progress from its 1997 landslide to the unassailable position it enjoys today. Along the way he stood for Parliament against Theresa May; he was dropped from Tony and Cherie's Christmas card list after he revealed he always sent their card on to a friend from the SWP; and he campaigned for a new nonselective inner-city state school, then realised this meant he had to send his kids to a nonselective inner-city state school.
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Political Testament of a Lefty
- By Judy Corstjens on 23-01-18
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Things Can Only Get Worse?
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 07-09-17
- Language: English
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Family Politics
- By: John O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Claudie Blakey
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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All across Britain, a generation of grown-up children are graduating from university, moving back in to their old bedrooms and showing their gratitude by berating their parents for their out-of-date politics. But for proud and high-profile left-wingers Emma and Eddie Hughes, the return of their only child is a far greater challenge than they ever could have anticipated. Young Dylan had warned them there was something personal he needed to tell them, but nothing could have prepared his right-on parents for the shocking revelation he delivers. Their son is a Conservative.
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The humour
- By Philip on 26-03-24
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Family Politics
- Narrated by: Claudie Blakey
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 14-03-24
- Language: English
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An Utterly Impartial History of Britain
- By: John O'Farrell
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
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From 55 BC to AD 1945, An Utterly Impartial History of Britain informs, explains, but most of all laughs at the seemingly incomprehensible rollercoaster of events that make up the story of Great Britain.
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Bordering on seditious; very enjoyable.
- By Matt on 12-04-08
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An Utterly Impartial History of Britain
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 09-04-08
- Language: English
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Little Blighty on the Down: Series 1-5
- A BBC Radio 4 Political Comedy Satire
- By: Mark Burton, John O’Farrell, Mike Coleman
- Narrated by: full cast, Alistair McGowan, Michael Troughton, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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Little Blighty is an idyllic part of the world, with a church, a market, a small school and a pub, The Cock and Bull. Village life is pretty uneventful, though the humdrum happenings include social turmoil, economic upheaval and vicious political squabbles - all presided over by the redoubtable head of the Parish Council and secretary of the Rotarians, Mrs Roberts.
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The joy of opposition
- By Tom Watts on 19-08-22
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Little Blighty on the Down: Series 1-5
- A BBC Radio 4 Political Comedy Satire
- Narrated by: full cast, Alistair McGowan, Michael Troughton, Jo Kendall, Andrew Sachs, Nick Hancock
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 14-10-21
- Language: English
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Week Ending with Maggie
- By: David Baddiel, Guy Jenkin, Rob Newman, and others
- Narrated by: Sally Grace, Bill Wallis, David Tate, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
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A loyal tribute to 10 glorious years from BBC Radio 4's Week Ending team. From the archives of the legendary satirical radio comedy series Week Ending comes this compilation of satirical and sardonic sketches based on Margaret Thatcher's first 10 years as prime minister.
First released on cassette as Ten Years With Maggie, this has now been reissued as a digital download for the first time, on the 30th anniversary of Mrs Thatcher's coming to power.
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A true classic
- By Nicolette on 04-02-19
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Week Ending with Maggie
- Narrated by: Sally Grace, Bill Wallis, David Tate, Jon Glover, Chris Emmett
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 17-04-09
- Language: English
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1950s
- An Utterly Exasperated HIstory of Modern Britain
- By: John O'Farrell
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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The 1950s was an era viewed by many Britons to be a Golden Age; in fact, the Isle of Wight liked it so much they decided to stay there. With the end of rationing, the increase in availability of consumer goods and the money with which to buy it, Britain rushed out to purchase luxuries like TVs, fridges and its first nuclear deterrent (though their pocket money couldn’t quite stretch to it). The teenager was also invented somewhere in the United States, causing mass panic across vast swathes of suburban England.
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Is that how it was?
- By Teresa Cooper on 04-02-15
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1950s
- An Utterly Exasperated HIstory of Modern Britain
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Release date: 10-03-10
- Language: English
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1970s
- An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain
- By: John O'Farrell
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
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Strikes, hooliganism, IRA bombings and the most atrocious haircuts of the last 50 years. The 1970s do appear to be a dark time in Britain’s history. While whole counties were subsumed by concrete, roundabouts, and subways (assisting the burgeoning mugging industry), power cuts reduced the nation to women shopping in candlelight and, god forbid, actually having sex with their husbands.
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History from a very odd angle!
- By Teresa Cooper on 27-02-16
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1970s
- An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
- Release date: 10-03-10
- Language: English
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1990s
- An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain
- By: John O'Farrell
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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Significant moments of the 1990s included the first Gulf War, the Fall of the Berlin Wall and John Major’s radical new traffic cone hotline. Britain would begin the decade in recession, coming to its climax on Black Wednesday, a term coined by little known shadow chancellor Gordon Brown, the rail industry would be come privatised and Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait led to the first Gulf War.
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1990s
- An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Release date: 10-03-10
- Language: English
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2000s
- An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain
- By: John O'Farrell
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 2 hrs
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Beginning with New Labour’s pithy campaign promises such as Education, Education, Education, and ending with the worst financial crises of the last six decades, the Noughties saw Labour fade from its glimmering best to a government obsessed with ‘spin’, WMDs and watching us like Big Brother while we all watched Big Brother. From the million children lifted off the poverty line, Britain winning the 2012 Olympic bid to the cataclysmic terrorist acts on the West.
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2000s
- An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 2 hrs
- Release date: 10-03-10
- Language: English
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1960s
- An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain
- By: John O'Farrell
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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The swinging sixties introduced several progressive laws to the residents of the British Isles. The conversion of the nation to flared trousers, the legalisation of colour and the right to live in a newly built tower block almost entirely made from asbestos. Yet despite the freedoms gained, the vibrant clothing, the music, often the grooviest experience of the average youth of Britain was down a mine.
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Great read
- By keith on 18-02-20
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1960s
- An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Release date: 10-03-10
- Language: English
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An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain
- Or Sixty Years of Making the Same Stupid Mistakes as Always
- By: John O'Farrell
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
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Following his hugely popular account of the previous 2000 years, John O'Farrell now comes bang up to date with a hilarious modern history asking 'How the hell did we end up here?' He informs, elucidates, and laughs at all the bizarre events, ridiculous characters, and stupid decisions that have shaped Britain's story since 1945 - leaving the 21st-century reader feeling fantastically smug for having the benefit of hindsight.
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Disappointing
- By Mr S A Corbishley on 20-05-10
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An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain
- Or Sixty Years of Making the Same Stupid Mistakes as Always
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 20-10-09
- Language: English
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1980s
- An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain
- By: John O'Farrell
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
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A decade dominated by the collapse of the manufacturing industry, troubles escalating in Ireland, the Falklands war, AIDs and yuppies. Not to mention the country being run by one of the most unpopular leaders of the country since polling began. Thankfully, the marriage of Charles and Di in a spectacular wedding lifted the spirits of the nation for a while, until Di promised to love, honour and then fracture the Royal Family with a string of embarrassing revelations.
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Enjoyable race through a decade
- By Amazon Customer on 14-04-24
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1980s
- An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain
- Narrated by: John O'Farrell
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Release date: 10-03-10
- Language: English
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