From the Aztecs to witches, Prof Suzannah Lipscomb talks all aspects of the Tudor period
Sounds,·135 episodes
How did a woman rise to power and keep it in the fiercely male-dominated Habsburg Empire?
08 Jun 2026,·50 mins
How English travellers tried to win favour in a faraway place that scarcely noticed them?
01 Jun 2026,·55 mins
An in-depth look at one of the most remarkable women of the Elizabethan age
25 May 2026,·46 mins
Was Captain Kidd a ruthless pirate or a pawn in a royal gamble gone wrong?
18 May 2026,·43 mins
Who was the criminal mastermind behind the poisoning of hundreds of men?
11 May 2026,·36 mins,·
An in-depth look at the adolescent boys who played Shakespeare's greatest heroines
04 May 2026,·49 mins,·
How did Elizabeth I thwart the many plots to replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots?
27 Apr 2026,·42 mins,·
How did a distant German Protestant dynasty take the British throne from the Stuarts?
20 Apr 2026,·48 mins
Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb sets the record straight about one of Britain's least known queens
13 Apr 2026,·39 mins,·
How did a quiet, devout queen help reshape Britain’s monarchy forever?
06 Apr 2026,·53 mins,·
An in-depth exploration of the life and times of the Merry Monarch Charles II
23 Mar 2026,·57 mins,·
Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb takes a fresh look at Mary Tudor.
16 Mar 2026,·52 mins
Why was Elizabeth I’s trusted chief physician executed for treason?
09 Mar 2026,·47 mins,·
How did the challenge to Henry VIII’s religious reforms fail to restore Catholicism?
02 Mar 2026,·47 mins,·
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb investigates the massacres carried out in Elizabeth I's name.
23 Feb 2026,·46 mins,·
Is the smooth transition from the Tudors to the Stuart dynasty a myth?
16 Feb 2026,·44 mins
Was Christopher Marlowe a rebel, a genius, or a heretic ahead of his time?
09 Feb 2026,·48 mins,·
Tinkerbell; step aside! Early modern fairies were not our friends...
29 Jan 2026,·42 mins,·
Why are diamonds black, and how does a triangle show power in Tudor portraits?
26 Jan 2026,·51 mins
Recent findings have raised new questions about the 540-year-old mystery...
22 Jan 2026,·59 mins
How did ordinary people take on Puritan forces to preserve their Yuletide festivities?
19 Jan 2026,·40 mins
From Victorian inaccuracies to the unique upbringing of Henry VIII's wives, it's all here
15 Jan 2026,·46 mins
How did Venice balance commerce, compassion and survival in the face of deadly disease?
12 Jan 2026,·54 mins
What if the most powerful woman in Anne Boleyn’s story never spoke on the record?
08 Jan 2026,·43 mins
Why has history forgotten Henry VIII's legacy as a conqueror?
05 Jan 2026,·58 mins,·
How have the pens of poets given rise to courage and resistance?
01 Jan 2026,·61 mins,·
How religious zeal, fear and desperation drove people to sometimes terrifying acts.
29 Dec 2025,·47 mins
Meet one of the most formidable survivors of the Wars of the Roses.
25 Dec 2025,·60 mins
How has freedom of speech been upheld, from the Middle Ages to the American Revolution?
22 Dec 2025,·60 mins
Who was the Cardinal who defied Henry VIII?
18 Dec 2025,·46 mins
