London History

London History

76 episodes

Learn things about London that most Londoners don't even know in weekly episodes with qualified London tour guide Hazel Baker from londonguidedwalks.co.uk There's so much we can't fit into our tours, no matter how hard we try. This London history podcast is where we can get down and dirty with the detail! You're not going to find this level of detail in any guidebook. Leave us a voice message to get featured!

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124. History of Tite Street, Chelsea

Published: Nov. 10, 2023, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 37 seconds

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123. Lord Mayor's Show

Published: Nov. 3, 2023, 11:52 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 45 seconds

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122. Haunted Underground Stations

Published: Oct. 27, 2023, 12:30 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 33 seconds

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121. Suffragette Annie Kenney

Published: Oct. 20, 2023, 12:02 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 17 seconds

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120. Doctor Who in London

Published: Oct. 13, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 51 seconds

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119. Crystal Palace Football Club: How It Began

Published: Oct. 5, 2023, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 42 seconds

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118. Francis Barber in Georgian London

Published: Sept. 29, 2023, 12:36 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 15 seconds

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117. Eleanor of Acquitaine

Published: Sept. 21, 2023, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 21 seconds

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116. Caroline Crachami - The Sicilian Fairy

Published: Sept. 14, 2023, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 4 seconds

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115. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Published: Sept. 7, 2023, noon
Duration: 45 minutes 27 seconds

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114. Buckingham Palace

Published: June 30, 2023, 1:54 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 41 seconds

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113. The Gentleman's Magazine

Published: June 15, 2023, 11:02 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 8 seconds

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112. Georgian London - Mudlarking Finds

Published: June 8, 2023, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 58 seconds

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111. London's Nightclubs in the interwar years

Published: June 1, 2023, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 56 seconds

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110. Crossness Pumping Station

Published: May 11, 2023, 9:05 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 52 seconds

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109. Coronations - a Short History

Published: May 4, 2023, 11:01 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 31 seconds

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108. Victorian Rat Catchers

Published: April 22, 2023, 7:55 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 14 seconds

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107. Rats - a Victorian problem

Published: April 13, 2023, 11:01 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 13 seconds

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106. The History of Afternoon Tea

Published: April 6, 2023, 11:01 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 55 seconds

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105. St Pancras Station

Published: March 31, 2023, 5:39 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 55 seconds

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104. Women's Rights Activist Annie Besant

Published: March 24, 2023, 12:02 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 16 seconds

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103. Annie Besant and Nineteenth-Century London

Published: March 17, 2023, 12:02 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 5 seconds

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102. Characters of Leadenhall Market

Published: March 10, 2023, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 34 seconds

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101. Henry VIII's Navy

Published: March 3, 2023, 9:37 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 5 seconds

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100. Christmas Words

Published: Dec. 9, 2022, 11:36 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 10 seconds

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99. Royal Christmas Speech - a modern tradition

Published: Dec. 2, 2022, 12:01 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 13 seconds

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98. Christmas Puddings Through History

Published: Nov. 25, 2022, 12:01 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 44 seconds

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97. Temple Bar

Published: Nov. 18, 2022, midnight
Duration: 26 minutes 44 seconds

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96. Gas Lamps of Westminster

Published: Nov. 11, 2022, 12:01 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 11 seconds

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95. The Port of London in the Tudor period

Published: Nov. 4, 2022, 12:01 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 17 seconds

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94. Jack Sheppard - the Celebrity Thief

Published: Oct. 27, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 13 seconds

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93. Hannah Snell, the Female Soldier

Published: Oct. 20, 2022, 11:02 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 57 seconds

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92. Public Executions

Published: Oct. 13, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 1 second

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91. Radical MP John Wilkes

Published: June 24, 2022, 3:15 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 9 seconds

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90. Thomas Becket, Patron Saint of London

Published: June 9, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 54 seconds

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90. Thomas Becket

Published: June 9, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 54 seconds

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89. Thomas Arne in Covent Garden

Published: June 2, 2022, 11:01 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 27 seconds

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88. The World's First Underground Railway

Published: May 26, 2022, 11:01 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 30 seconds

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87. An Introduction to Georgian London

Published: May 12, 2022, 11:04 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 2 seconds

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86. Shakespeare's London - Part 2

Published: April 22, 2022, 8:07 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 54 seconds

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85. Shakespeare's London - Part 1

Published: April 15, 2022, 9:11 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 36 seconds

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84. London Geology

Published: April 7, 2022, 11 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 19 seconds

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83. Dutch Eels in Medieval London

Published: March 31, 2022, 11 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 17 seconds

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82. Ballet in London

Published: March 18, 2022, 6:52 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 58 seconds

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81: Voltaire in London

Published: March 11, 2022, midnight
Duration: 27 minutes 29 seconds

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80. Disability in Tudor Times

Published: March 4, 2022, midnight
Duration: 21 minutes

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79. Landladies of Georgian London

Published: Feb. 25, 2022, midnight
Duration: 20 minutes

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78. Georgian Lodgers and Landlords

Published: Feb. 18, 2022, midnight
Duration: 19 minutes 41 seconds

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77. The Delaunes of Blackfriars

Published: Feb. 11, 2022, midnight
Duration: 23 minutes 52 seconds

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76. Elizabeth and Mary: Tudor Cousins

Published: Feb. 3, 2022, 7:27 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 18 seconds

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75. The Christmas Cracker - A Victorian Invention

Published: Dec. 10, 2021, midnight
Duration: 19 minutes 54 seconds

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74. Christmas in 1950s and 60s London

Published: Dec. 3, 2021, midnight
Duration: 20 minutes 26 seconds

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73. Great Ormond Street Hospital

Published: Nov. 26, 2021, midnight
Duration: 21 minutes 28 seconds

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72. Drs William and John Hunter

Published: Nov. 19, 2021, midnight
Duration: 23 minutes 36 seconds

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71. Georgian Dentistry

Published: Nov. 12, 2021, midnight
Duration: 21 minutes 12 seconds

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70. Robert Hooke

Published: Nov. 5, 2021, midnight
Duration: 19 minutes 46 seconds

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69. Victorian Actor William Terriss

Published: Oct. 28, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 20 seconds

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68. London's First Railway

Published: Oct. 21, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 32 seconds

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67. London Street Names: Food Edition

Published: Oct. 14, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 58 seconds

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66. London's Blackout

Published: Oct. 8, 2021, 10:05 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 15 seconds

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65. London Nursery Rhymes

Published: July 22, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 17 seconds

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64. Medieval Toilets in London

Published: July 15, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 33 seconds

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63. Hendrix & Handel in London

Published: July 9, 2021, 11:15 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 12 seconds

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63. Hendrix & Handel London

Published: July 9, 2021, 11:15 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 12 seconds

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62. James Scott, the First Duke of Monmouth

Published: July 1, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 34 seconds

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61. Medieval London at the Museum of London

Published: June 24, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 2 seconds

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60. Virginia Woolf & The Bloomsbury Set

Published: June 17, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 7 seconds

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59. Big Ben

Published: June 10, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 40 seconds

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58. Greenwich Palace and Hospital

Published: June 3, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 54 seconds

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57. The Gerald Coke Handel Collection

Published: May 27, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 31 seconds

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56. London's Black Cab Legacy

Published: May 20, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 42 seconds

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55. The Regency Cook

Published: May 14, 2021, 5:30 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 58 seconds

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54. The Festival of Britain

Published: May 6, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 20 seconds

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53. Benjamin Franklin in London

Published: April 29, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 45 seconds

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52. St George's Day

Published: April 22, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 47 seconds

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51. Walk Through London's Forgotten Places

Published: April 15, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 2 seconds

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50. History of Shoreditch

Published: April 8, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 8 seconds

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49. Myths of Regency Dress

Published: April 1, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 29 seconds

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48. Leper Houses in London

Published: March 26, 2021, midnight
Duration: 20 minutes 20 seconds

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47. Victorian Dinosaurs in Crystal Palace Park

Published: March 19, 2021, midnight
Duration: 20 minutes 55 seconds

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46. Beer, The Bard & Historic Buildings of Bankside

Published: March 12, 2021, midnight
Duration: 20 minutes 51 seconds

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45. Drawing London's Buildings

Published: March 5, 2021, midnight
Duration: 20 minutes 14 seconds

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44. Tudor London & John Stow

Published: Feb. 26, 2021, midnight
Duration: 21 minutes 21 seconds

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43. London Fog

Published: Feb. 19, 2021, midnight
Duration: 22 minutes 21 seconds

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42. How the National Gallery Began

Published: Feb. 12, 2021, midnight
Duration: 20 minutes 17 seconds

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41. London's Medieval Friaries

Published: Feb. 5, 2021, midnight
Duration: 20 minutes 8 seconds

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40. Charles Dickens in Greenwich

Published: Jan. 29, 2021, midnight
Duration: 15 minutes 3 seconds

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39. London's Frost Fairs

Published: Jan. 22, 2021, midnight
Duration: 18 minutes 22 seconds

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38. The Black Death: London's First Plague

Published: Jan. 15, 2021, midnight
Duration: 20 minutes 12 seconds

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37. Bridgerton & Regency London

Published: Jan. 8, 2021, midnight
Duration: 19 minutes 8 seconds

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36. Brexit and the City of London

Published: Jan. 1, 2021, midnight
Duration: 19 minutes 38 seconds

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35. A Tudor Christmas

Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 6:51 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 53 seconds

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34. London's Old Shops: Food and Drink

Published: Dec. 11, 2020, midnight
Duration: 19 minutes 57 seconds

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33. London's Pillar Boxes

Published: Dec. 4, 2020, midnight
Duration: 19 minutes 29 seconds

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32. Medieval Guilds

Published: Nov. 27, 2020, midnight
Duration: 20 minutes

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31. Abandoned London Underground Stations

Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 24 seconds

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30. Quirky Street Names - Little Britain

Published: Nov. 14, 2020, 11:23 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 42 seconds

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29. Victorian Harp Makers

Published: Nov. 6, 2020, 1:47 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 1 second

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28. A Georgian Ghost Story

Published: Oct. 30, 2020, midnight
Duration: 16 minutes 50 seconds

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27. The South Sea Bubble

Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 44 seconds

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26. The Seven Noses of Soho

Published: Oct. 15, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 57 seconds

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25. The British Museum

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 52 seconds

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24. The Walbrook in Roman London

Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 25 seconds

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23. London's Historic Pubs

Published: Sept. 24, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 24 seconds

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22. The Havering Hoard

Published: Sept. 17, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 35 seconds

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21: London Area Names - Animal Edition

Published: Sept. 11, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 28 seconds

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20. The Great Fire of London - How It Began

Published: Sept. 4, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 37 seconds

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19. London Coffeehouses

Published: July 31, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 46 seconds

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18. Victorian Photographs

Published: July 24, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 34 seconds

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17. The Proms & The Royal Albert Hall

Published: July 17, 2020, 5:23 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 55 seconds

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16. Women in 1920s London

Published: July 9, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 2 seconds

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15. Movies Filmed in London

Published: July 2, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 54 seconds

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15. Old Movies Filmed in London

Published: July 2, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 54 seconds

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14: Postcards from London's Past

Published: June 26, 2020, 6:57 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 50 seconds

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13. London Statues: Medical Women

Published: June 18, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 56 seconds

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12: The Old Operating Theatre Museum

Published: June 11, 2020, 4:41 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 41 seconds

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11. London's Coffeehouses and Commerce

Published: June 4, 2020, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 50 seconds

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10. London's Folklore

Published: May 29, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 17 seconds

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9: Music Halls and Cabaret - from yesterday to today

Published: May 21, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 33 seconds

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8. The Monument to the Great Fire of London

Published: May 14, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 44 seconds

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7. True London Spy Stories

Published: May 8, 2020, 1:05 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 51 seconds

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6. Lost London - Hockley in the Hole

Published: May 1, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 47 seconds

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5. Dragons of London

Published: April 23, 2020, 10:07 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 52 seconds

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4. The Crown Jewels

Published: April 17, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 26 seconds

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3. Childhood Foods

Published: April 12, 2020, 3:50 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 50 seconds

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2. Fantastic Beasts in London

Published: April 4, 2020, 4:03 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 26 seconds

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1. Roman London: An Introduction

Published: March 22, 2020, 6:06 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 34 seconds

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London History Podcast

Published: March 21, 2020, 6:06 p.m.
Duration: 37 seconds

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