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Only One Hundred Generations Ago

Only One Hundred Generations Ago

Only One Hundred Generations Ago

This episode travels far back in time to Anglo-Saxon London.

Hosted by

Dame

Joanna

Lumley

Sound Editing

Will

Jacob

Listen Now:

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Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom

Wattle, Wyrms and Wyrd Sisters

Written by

Robbie

Stamp

Performed by

Doctor

Shama

Rahman

About this story

The lives, belongings and beliefs of a people inhabiting Covent Garden in the 6th to the 9th Century.

Maiden Lane, London, United Kingdom

The Lay of Nine Herbs

Written by

Robbie

Stamp

Performed by

Olivia

Bell

About this story

Writer Robbie Stamp imagines a family from the 7th century using a healing spell from that period.

Delve Deeper

The Lacnunga healing chant in this story can be found in the British Library.

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom

Run For Your Life

Written by

Robbie

Stamp

Performed by

Lulu

Freeman

About this story

Based on a cache of late 9th century buried coins found in the 1990s, we imagine how and why they were buried, using historical information about that period.

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom

Wattle, Wyrms and Wyrd Sisters

Written by

Robbie

Stamp

Performed by

Doctor

Shama

Rahman

About this story

The lives, belongings and beliefs of a people inhabiting Covent Garden in the 6th to the 9th Century.

Maiden Lane, London, United Kingdom

The Lay of Nine Herbs

Written by

Robbie

Stamp

Performed by

Olivia

Bell

About this story

Writer Robbie Stamp imagines a family from the 7th century using a healing spell from that period.

Delve Deeper

The Lacnunga healing chant in this story can be found in the British Library.

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom

Run For Your Life

Written by

Robbie

Stamp

Performed by

Lulu

Freeman

About this story

Based on a cache of late 9th century buried coins found in the 1990s, we imagine how and why they were buried, using historical information about that period.

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom

Wattle, Wyrms and Wyrd Sisters

Written by

Robbie

Stamp

Performed by

Doctor

Shama

Rahman

About this story

The lives, belongings and beliefs of a people inhabiting Covent Garden in the 6th to the 9th Century.

Maiden Lane, London, United Kingdom

The Lay of Nine Herbs

Written by

Robbie

Stamp

Performed by

Olivia

Bell

About this story

Writer Robbie Stamp imagines a family from the 7th century using a healing spell from that period.

Delve Deeper

The Lacnunga healing chant in this story can be found in the British Library.

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom

Run For Your Life

Written by

Robbie

Stamp

Performed by

Lulu

Freeman

About this story

Based on a cache of late 9th century buried coins found in the 1990s, we imagine how and why they were buried, using historical information about that period.

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