Willy Willy Harry Stee...

Charlie Higson's History of the Monarchy.

In each new weekly episode, Charlie and his friendly experts....(ie REAL historians)...learn all about one of our Kings or Queens and ask searching questions like:

Were they any good?
What did they actually do?
Why did so many die from an exploding stomach?

It's the story of families at war....literally!

New episodes every Friday.

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William The Conqueror

And so, after 2 episodes, 4500 years and a great deal of frankly unpronounceable Anglo Saxon Kings, Charlie finally gets to his first Willy. William the Conqueror , otherwise known as William the Bastard. The question is WHY was he known as this? The answer is.....well, Charlie will explain along with this weeks proper historian, Judith Green . Subscribe or Follow as there's a new King or Queen to hear about every Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

May 18, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Alfred The Great & The Anglo Saxons

Charlie continues his pre-history of the Monarchy with a quick blast through the 400 years prior to William The Conqueror. Yes, it's those crazy Anglo-Saxons and in this episode we get to know them a little better thanks to Charlie's proper historian guest and all-round Anglo-Saxon expert, Marc Morris. And yes, he will be asking the question we all ask at one point in our lives....Was Alfred so Great? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

May 11, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Willy Willy Harry what???? Charlie explains....

Willy Willy Harry Stee is Charlie Higson's guide to the monarchy, all based on a rhyme he learned at school which, helpfully, gave an easy way to remember the names of every King & Queen of England. Unhelpfully it didn't teach you anything else about them, something this weekly podcast will help rectify. In this first episode, Charlie, who you may know as creator of and actor in The Fast Show and Down The Line , author of the Young Bond and Enemy series and recently the brand new James Bond ...

May 04, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 1

Willy Willy Harry Stee...the trailer.....!

This has been in Charlie Higson's head since the 1960's..... Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee, Harry, Dick, John, Harry Three, One, Two, Three Ned's, Richard Two, Henry Four, Five, Six, then who? Edward Four, Five, Dick the Bad, Harrys twain and Ned, the lad. Mary, Bessie, James the Vain, Charlie, Charlie, James again. William and Mary, Anne o'Gloria, Four Georges, William and Victoria. Edward, George and Edward Eighth, quickly goes and Abdicates. Then comes Georgy Six and Lizzie Two and Charlie next...

Apr 12, 2023•4 min

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