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Time Travellers

Time Travellers

43 episodes

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents a collection of quirky tales gathered from the corners of history by an intrepid band of time travelling correspondents, with a new theme every week.


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Carols, carouses, and ceasefires: Christmas special

Published: Dec. 27, 2019, 10:20 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 49 seconds

Listed in: History

Music and food: a match made in heaven

Published: Dec. 18, 2019, 12:03 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 4 seconds

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Four glorious eccentrics

Published: Dec. 11, 2019, 3:31 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 53 seconds

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Lost at sea

Published: Dec. 4, 2019, 5:23 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 52 seconds

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Folk music and musical folk

Published: Nov. 27, 2019, 4:02 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 6 seconds

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Myths, legends and supernannies

Published: Nov. 20, 2019, 2:19 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 26 seconds

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Slave songs, pit songs, songs in dark times

Published: Nov. 13, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 11 seconds

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A quartet of musical superwomen

Published: Nov. 6, 2019, 3 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 24 seconds

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A whistle-stop tour of four intriguing instruments

Published: Oct. 30, 2019, 11:18 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 54 seconds

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Celeb-spotting stories: four tales of musical celebs from history

Published: Oct. 23, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 45 seconds

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Five objects that tell the story of the River Thames

Published: May 17, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes

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Feasts, festivals and Fat Tuesdays

Published: May 8, 2019, 5:35 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 37 seconds

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Keeping up appearances

Published: May 1, 2019, 4:27 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 7 seconds

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Smoke and mirrors

Published: April 26, 2019, 3:35 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 4 seconds

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Objects of desire

Published: April 17, 2019, 2:59 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 1 second

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Very superstitious

Published: April 10, 2019, 4:58 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 27 seconds

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Historical brainteasers

Published: April 3, 2019, 3:37 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 5 seconds

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Whatever the weather

Published: March 27, 2019, 4:44 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 22 seconds

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A Time Traveller's dictionary

Published: March 20, 2019, 1:03 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 58 seconds

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Sporting endeavours

Published: March 13, 2019, 3:55 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 59 seconds

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Music everywhere

Published: March 6, 2019, 3:06 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 34 seconds

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Treading the boards

Published: Dec. 19, 2018, 11:54 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 31 seconds

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A glimpse of paradise

Published: Dec. 12, 2018, 8:08 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 38 seconds

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Retro technology

Published: Dec. 5, 2018, 4:48 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 4 seconds

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Grandiose designs

Published: Nov. 28, 2018, 4:46 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 19 seconds

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A classical century

Published: Nov. 22, 2018, 10:58 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 29 seconds

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A historical tasting menu

Published: Nov. 14, 2018, 6:05 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 59 seconds

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Ancient trees and forest virgins

Published: Nov. 7, 2018, 6:30 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 34 seconds

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A brief history of youth

Published: Oct. 31, 2018, 2:10 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 47 seconds

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Viking hipsters and Tudor yoga

Published: Oct. 25, 2018, 10 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 13 seconds

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Talking dogs and dog-headed men

Published: Oct. 17, 2018, 2:06 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 12 seconds

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There will now be a short intermission

Published: Aug. 8, 2018, 3:59 p.m.
Duration: 39 seconds

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Stand like a Tudor; smell like a Georgian

Published: Aug. 1, 2018, 4:46 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 8 seconds

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Message in a bottle

Published: July 25, 2018, 4:56 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 38 seconds

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The power of paint

Published: July 18, 2018, 5:05 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 3 seconds

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The magic of small things

Published: July 11, 2018, 9:54 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 44 seconds

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Mavericks and pioneers

Published: July 4, 2018, 3:55 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 44 seconds

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Beside the seaside

Published: June 27, 2018, 5:13 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 16 seconds

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Bizarre audio inventions

Published: June 20, 2018, 4:08 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 18 seconds

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Creatures of science

Published: June 13, 2018, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 44 seconds

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Past pastimes

Published: June 13, 2018, 5:08 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 37 seconds

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History without borders

Published: June 13, 2018, 4:19 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 22 seconds

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Welcome to Time Travellers

Published: June 12, 2018, 12:29 p.m.
Duration: 8 seconds

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