Introducing... Dead Funny History

Attention kids of all ages! Greg Jenner introduces his brand-new comedy history show for all the family. From Ramesses the Great to the History of Football, the team behind You're Dead to Me serves up a smorgasbord of the funniest, messiest, and most astonishing stories from history. Expect pirates, spies, superstars, chariot races, bouncing cats, ancient toilets, radioactive notebooks, and a pig named Albert, all crammed into 14-minute episodes packed with jokes and sketches.

Speaker names marked ? are inferred from speaking time and the show’s known hosts — they are not voice-verified.

• 0:00Speaker 00

  This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK.

• 0:06Speaker 01

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• 0:34Speaker 02

  Hey, I'm Niall Rogers. This fall, I'll be driving across the country, meeting some of today's coolest and most fascinating artists. We'll explore the stories before the moments that changed everything. Because every musician remembers the moment where it all began. Experience Before the Moment, a Lincoln original series on the iHeart Radio app, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.

• 1:07Greg Jenner?

  Hello, Greg here. Hope you're doing OK. And I hope you enjoyed our most recent series of Your Dead to Me. I'll be back in the new year with a brand new series. But before then, I heard some news of something else from the Your Dead to Me team. This Christmas, forget about socks. Forget about a jigsaw with missing pieces. No, we've got the best present of all: dead people! Oh, that sounds like zombies. Sorry, it's not zombies. Um, let me start again. In our new family-friendly podcast series, Dead Funny History, historical figures come back to life for just long enough to argue with me, tell their life stories, and sometimes get on my nerves.

• 1:43Speaker 04

  It was not my fault! Yes, it is! Oh.

• 1:47Greg Jenner?

  So go ahead and unwrap some history. There are 15 new episodes waiting under your tree. There's Ramses the Great, there's Josephine Baker, and even the history of football.

• 1:57Speaker 04

  Can he hold the ball with his hands? By his feet? Can he catch it? Rush with it? Can other players tackle him? Hack his shin, scow out his eyes, tickle him?

• 2:05Speaker 05

  Oh, never mind.

• 2:07Greg Jenner?

  So this Christmas, give your ears, and indeed your family's ears, a treat with Dead Funny History. You can find it in the Your Dead to Me feed on BBC Sounds. Thank you very much. Bye!

• 2:19Speaker 06

  In Our Time is a world-class seminar every week. Why was Jeremy a lonely snail? What were lines doing in York in the third century? I'm Misha Glennie and every week I'm joined by expert guests to explore the ideas that shape our world.

• 2:35Speaker 07

  It's one of the first times really that you consistently see someone painting teeth. I know that sounds bonkers. If I was going to define mathematics, I would say it's the study of structure.

• 2:43Speaker 06

  In Our Time, listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Tea or coffee? Love a cup of tea.