Gather round your camp fires and listen! To tales of daring, horror and high adventure from the worn pages of our History Book Not a talky Podcast. More like Action Radio! Join the man known only as the Pear Bear, the unflappable Tombo and your new favourite Uncles BobBob & Bilbo. Let us take a questionably queasy trip through the squishy bits of history and myth. Fun for all the family? We don’t know yet... But we promise it’ll be silly, it’ll be fun!
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Havin’ a Mare; Heracles & The Mares of Diomedes (or Episode 96)
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Hold your horse’s listener, it’s dinnertime! And Heracles is taking us out on a hot date to the Kingdom of Thrace. But wait- are we the appetiser? On the menu are Wicked Kings, Troubled Gods and Flesh-Eating Horses! Call ahead for a reservation to avoid disappointment! A big thanks to ZapSplat for scuffles and tussles. A heavily reduced Mount Olymp…
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Gruffydd ap Llewellyn Last Action King of Wales (or Episode 95)
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Another deep dip in the dark ages with the Silliest Boys in history! ...this week we're swimming with Wales! Join us for battles, betrayal, Brummies and boyos as we begin the tale of... Gruffydd ap Llewellyn the Last Action King of Wales! Can squirty young Griff become King of the Britons because a stew told him he would...or will his wicked Uncle,…
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Hello Listener you look tired! Come on you’ve worked hard enough today its time to cuddle up in bed with…a story! A new feature for us silly boys with a little screeching and explosions to lull you to sleep! But don’t worry the screeching and explosions will be back next time. For now cosy up with…some Tales from Wales. The Eagle and the Wren and t…
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Hair Today, Gold Tomorrow (or Episode 94)
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Someone has cut off the hair of the Goddess Sif, and she's super unhappy about it. So unhappy that she's made the Silly Boys all be in the same room to record her saga! Join us as we venture back to Asgard again, live before ourselves. It's a tale of origins, of weapons, of stubby handles. Thanks to www.Zapsplat.com as always for their zips, zaps, …
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Cut The Bull; Heracles vs The Cretan Bull (or Episode 93)
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Our hero is struggling with his mental and personal wellbeing as he approaches his 7th labour. Is Heracles having a mid-labour crisis? Has he fallen out of Love with Labouring? Perhaps wrestling a good looking bull will help? We're talking Chris Hemsworth levels of beefcake yo. Join Heracles as he goes on a bit of a jaunt with daddy Zeus to visit U…
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WressleMania; The Origin of the Percy/Neville Beef (or Episode 92)
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OMGosh are we wilfully niche for you this time listener! What starts off as an episode about The Percy Family, turns into a deep dive on Wressle Castle and it's ownership! Some say this conflict over Wressle Castle starts the feud between the families Percy & Neville; which in turn may have given the Wars of the Roses a big old push in the fight di…
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Nail the doors shut, barricade the fridge, the Silly History Boys are back…and so are the Vikings! Rollo and his gang of idiots return laying siege to the mighty city of Paris. Only two hundred brave souls, a few croissants and quite a lot of hot wax stand between the Viking Horde and the conquest of France…only bickering can stop them…and giant cr…
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Sorry for the delay chums, some of you know how the summer goes! We'll see you tomorrow for Rollo the Viking Part two! WOO!By sillyhistoryboysshow
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The Silly History of England Part Two: The Hundred Years War
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Its the Silly History of England Part two: Return of Jafar! Swotty Uncle Bob Bob is back for part two of the Silly History of England! A special 'talky' podcast where everyone's favourite History Pervert attempt to bridge gaps in people's knowledge and explain complicated history...in terms that a silly person can understand. This week he over stre…
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Rollo is it me your Viking for? (or Episode 90)
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Mr Ritchie there’s something happening in 9th Century France! VIKINGS! There's many a Dane axe to be ground in the story of ROLLO THE WALKER...not to mention FEUDS, people falling in the water and HAIRCUTS worse than DEATH! Join the exiled ROLLO and his extremely SILLY band of VIKINGS as they travel to FRANCE in search of riches and ADVENTURE...whi…
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Heracles vs the Angry Birds (or Episode 89)
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Thumping techno, thumping monsters and over flowing toilets! It's the silliest telling of the labours of Heracles ever!* This week...the taming of the Stymphalian Birds! But where has our favourite Demi God been for almost a year?! Rightings wrongs? Being righteous?** He's not completely sold out has he?*** Join us for the 'unbearable weight of bei…
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Feel The Burn: The Great Fire of London part 2 (or Episode 88)
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FIRE! STILL FIRE! If you thought the first part of our tale was overcooked, then get in on this chewy action! The Great Fire of London is taking hold! The Pear Bear is in search of Samuel Pepys and the other Silly Boys! Mayor Bloodworth is flapping and there is nary a fire-hook to be seen! Can the boys help this fine old city? Or will their family …
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Get Fired Up; The Great Fire of London part 1 (or Episode 87)
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FIRE! FIRE! That's right, it gets everywhere, even the school national curriculum! So if you know anyone on KS1, force them to listen to this! They'll cry, they'll resit, they'll learn (?) They'll learn everything from [INSERT HISTORY FACT HERE] to [DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN MUMMY? HERE]. Oh the fun you'll have! Join the Silly Boys and a special liter…
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Ordeal or No Deal the Medieval Justice Show (or Episode 86)
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The Silly History Boys are on trial...and they plead silly! This weeks episode puts the 'ARGH' in Courtroom Drama as we are flung screaming into the bubbling cauldron of medieval justice...with Trial by Ordeal. Water, Fire and Combat are the only to freedom this week via the stories of... Queen Emma of Normandy's red hot trial by FIRE The PAINFUL t…
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Pretty Fly for a Samurai Miyamoto Musashi Remastered
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He's back! Katana's sing and hearts flutter as one of the show's early heroes returns! Miyamoto Musashi is thirteen going on forty (judging by his voice) He yearns to be the best swordsman in all Japan but his Father wants him to commit to the family business... Unfulfilling Saturday jobs and duels to the death are the order of the day in this defi…
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Miyamoto Musashi is back! In a FULLY remastered, retelling of his first adventure with the Silly History Boys! Episode Seven is replaced in feed and available as a bonus too! Sorry! For the Delay!By sillyhistoryboysshow
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Oh hi there our lovelies. You looked stressed and/or full of sugar. It must be half term! That means the Silly Boys aren't here, but babysitting your ungrateful brood of-... little darlings. The Pear Bear and Bilbo have been at the Jorvik Viking Festival (at least one of them will have broken their hand in sword school) and it gave the us an idea f…
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Take the Mummy and Run: The Tale of Isis and Osiris the First Mummy part 2 (or Episode 85)
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And here we go listener. Closing the Sarcophagus lid on our first (but hopefully not last) Egyptian tale. Big thanks to the nation of Egypt for being a good sport with all the fun liberties taken with your rich history. A weighty box of gold talons for ZapSplat for all the music and murder noises. A bit of the Pyramid of Unas (that Pear Bear chippe…
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Mummy Talks Isis Walks: The Tale of Isis and Osiris the First Mummy part 1 (or Episode 84)
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Mummy! Mummy! The Man Mummy! It's Myth time again dear listener! Let us away to ancient Egypt to hear the suntanned tale of how the first mummy came to be. We don't actually do that here but we lay all the ground work! There's sibling, er, lets say Rivalry. Fratricide! And Braiding of Hair! All the things your stuffy history prof wouldn't teach you…
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Norman Holiday or the Salerno Tradition (or Episode 83)
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Happy 2024! Now that the new year is here...we all deserve a holiday! So pack your sun cream, chainmail and Song of Roland double cassette! Cos it’s a Norman holiday! It’s 999AD and everyone’s least favourite French Vikings on horses are off to see Jerusalem! Hopefully the journey will stop them being quite so horrible*, certainly once they see the…
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Lionheart 3: The Lion, The Weasel, and The War Chest (or Episode 82)
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CRUSAAAAAAAADE!!!!! The Third Crusade to be precise! Join the Silly Boys as they examine the motivation of all the key players of the Lionheartiest of all the crusades. Oh alright, it's silly voices, sword noises and facts. Get amongst it! Thanks as ever to ZapSplat And to Scott Buckley And to... You. See you in 2024 dear listener! OKTHANKSBYEEEEEE…
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Lionheart 2: Crusading for a Bruisading (or Episode 81)
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Join us as we continue the tale of Richard I 'The Lionheart'... greatest King ever? Find out this week! Alright, you won't find out as that's an answer entirely too subjective to tackle in a show with silly voices and sword noises... but the silly voices and sword noises are extra good this week to make up for it. Thanks for... Music & SFX ZapSplat…
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Lionheart 1: Young Lionhearts Run Free (or Episode 80)
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This week we're taking a look at a King so famous he's on the football clothes - Richard I, The Lionheart! But how did he become known as 'Couer de Lion' (The Lionheart)? Join us as we deconstruct the events of the day and provide fresh analysis on the early life of probably the best King to ever have Kinged... or was he? He wasn't he was terrible.…
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Halloween 3: Season of the Witch (or Episode 79)
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Watch out listener! It's Halloween and the passing of the season of the sun has brought a thinning of the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead... Or it's just people putting on costumes and wandering the neighbourhood begging for sweets... Either way it's time for another SpOoOoky episode of The Silly History Boys Show! This week the …
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Godwin Family Values; The Torrid tale of Earl Godwin (or Episode 78)
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Who are the most famous family in history? The Tudors? The Stuarts? The Osmonds? No! Wrong! Silly! Just before 1066 and all that...the Godwin Family were 'god winning' the Dark ages! Mainly through murder plotting and ACID. So join the Silliest Boys in history and Tremble at the torrid tale of the house that Earl* built... right before Anglo Saxon …
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You’ve Been Door Framed; The Frankish tale of Louis III (or Episode 77)
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Oh God no! Not another Game of Death of Thrones of Death episode! Shaddup and take your medicine. You've had Kings from Ancient Greece shoppin' in Argos Chinese Rulers on the bog Holy Roman Emperors doin' scream therapy But now it's the turn of the French not yet French! It's the slightly embellished tale of Louis III. Not sure if he had a nickname…
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Fishguardians of the Galaxy (or Episode 76)
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The Silliest boys in history are back! For the LAST INVASION of BRITAIN! A true tale from Welsh and British history that is so silly, you'll think we made it up! in the 1797 all roads lead to Fishguard, a small village on the Welsh coast including.... A sinisterly Yorkshire sounding French Convict army The two biggest idiots in the British army (wh…
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The New Season Preview Special Show Preview Show!
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The Silly Boys needs to convince History not to boycott the show! Come see what and who we have planned for the new season. Cheers ZapSplat for the SFX We'll see you all soon. Kisses!!!By sillyhistoryboysshow
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Oh hey all! Sorry there's no show this week, it's been Silly Season! But we thought we'd let you know what we've been up to in the Castle and what we've got going down in the Dungeon. Hope you're all well, we love you, be excellent to each other yeah? Ko-Fi - if you wanna donate Come say hi on; Insta, Facebook and Twix - The Silly History Boys Show…
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The Silly History of England Part 1
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In school, remember that far back? Did you ever have that badly dressed man bore the pants off you teaching history? His vocal monotony rapping his way through our dull backstory? WELL UNLUCKY FOR YOU! For the sexily well healed sonic powerhouse that is you dear Uncle BobBob is going to take you through the ENTIRE History of England (part1) Sit bac…
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Screaming for Vengeance; The Story of Holy Roman Emperor Valentinian I (or Episode 75)
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It's another Strange Demise in the unfortunate sphere of The Game of Death of Thrones of Death! And we're in Rome, in and about Rome, sort of near Rome, ok he's Roman at least! Valentinian The First. Come hear how he screamed himself to death! (spoilers) Big thanks to Scott Buckley for some lovely music ZapSplat for Music, Marching and Bears! Pay u…
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Strong and Stable; Heracles part 6 (or Episode 74)
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Oh man what's that smell?! It's the Silly History Boys doing their thing! waitwhat? Our Hero Heracles is charged with cleaning out some mucking old stables. Thirty years of filth pooped out by Immortal Cows no less. If that doesn't have you downloading, we don't know what will! Big thanks to ZapSplat for music & SFX Henry from BattleForge Productio…
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47 Ronin Around Looking for Trouble (or Episode 73)
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The Silliest boys in history are in Japan for the 'Revenge of the Forty Seven Ronin'. The classic and true tale of old Japan...now with silly bits and sword fights! The Samurai of Asano are dishonoured when their master is teased into poking a civil servant with his Tanto! And sentenced to a gruesome death (don't worry we only used balloons) They d…
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It’s Silly! Its history! It’s LIVE! On the 23rd of June at 7pm GMT on Facebook Join your Dear Uncle Bob Bob for a very rough, very basic and probably very silly history of England Guaranteed to secure basic points at pub quiz’s, help your children’s home work and heckle historical interpreters ( don’t do that) Uncle Bob Bob will be available for qu…
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Toilet Humour; The Final Movements of Duke Jing (or Episode 72)
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No way?! A second Game of Death of Thrones of Death (itsaworkingtitle). We had so much fun in Argos on our first GOTODOT, that we're back for number two. Let us away to Ancient China! To meet Duke Jing, the ruler of the State of Jin, and ask "how did he die"? Yachting Accident? A Sedentary lifestyle coupled with a Bad Diet? The Silly History Boy en…
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Don’t Siege For It, Argos It; The Tall Tile of King Pyrrhus of Epirus (or Episode 71)
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Welcome to the Game of Death of Thrones of Death...(itsaworkingtitle). A clutch of new silly storytelling shows based on a LIVE show we're not even sure works yet! Just like that pirate rollercoaster thing. Each show we take an Historic Ruler and explore the interesting / fantastical / stupid way that they met their end. We kick of GODOTOD (itsawor…
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Jamrach Cockney Tiger Caper (or Episode 70)
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Its 1857 and there's reports of a beast stalking the East End...surely there can't be...A TIGER IN VICTORIAN LONDON? A case for…The Police? The RSPCA? The Silly History Boys?* The boys are on the trail of a tail, what a tale! Is there really a Tiger on loose in Victorian London? What has it got to with Charles Jamrach and his pet shop where you can…
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Episode 69 is here and it's a rum soaked, sword swinging, cannon blasting Pirate extravaganza! Join the Silly Boys as they return to the pirate port of Nassau alongside none other than Anne Bonny, amazingly voiced by the incredible Ashling Leyne of Lashing Rain Voiceovers! Thanks as ever to Zapsplat for SFX and music To Scott Buckley for his amazin…
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Hit me Beowulf, one more time! (or Episode 68)
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The Silliest of Boys connected with history return once more for a classic saga built for flickering campfires! It’s Beowulf baby! The monster Grendel is loose in dark age Scandinavia and its up to the gravel voiced Prince of Gertland to leave his Warhammer and deal with him! But behind every great monster is an overbearing Mother and this time she…
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Only the Boaring are Boared; Heracles part 5 (or Episode 67)
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Centaurs! Huge Killer Boars! WINE!!! The things that get dug up, like a disappointing truffle (what do you mean it's not chocolate?!), when the myth is so very thin! Join us dear listeners for the fifth instalment (4th Labour) of everyone's fave Demi-God, Heracles! Big thanks to ZapSplat for breaking glass and driving snow! Freesound & Fesliyan Stu…
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This is the final instalment in the JORVIK Thing meets Silly History Boys Fact-ravaganza! In this episode we Silly Boys peek behind the cleansing facemask that is "Beauty by Baldr"; the best beauty salon in Asgard* Join us as we exfoliate and peel back some of the other gods from Norse mythology; they may be lesser known, but they're certainly no l…
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Loki and the Golden Apples (or Episode 65)
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How d'ya like those Apples???!!! Let us find out! In our third collaboration we go scrumping for Norse Myth & Legend with Miranda & Lucas from That JORVIK Viking Thing Ever wondered how those super attractive Norse Gods stay so youthful and supple? Well if you do can you tell us Silly Boys? We're one half-term thrashing from being sent to the glue …
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Like Uncle BobBob for compliments, The Pear Bear for box damaged Warhammer, Bilbo for a Twix and Tombo for a good nights sleep, Thor goes Fishing! It's our second hot date with That Jorvik Viking Thing Podcast! Miranda and Lucas bought the tickets and we microwaved our own pop corn at home. Let's see what we catch. It was THIS BIG!!! To hear more f…
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Odin and the Mead of Poetry (or Episode 63)
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Come gather ye friends around your flickering campfires and listen, to tales of teamwork, shared effort and collaboration as we Silly Boys skip hand in hand with That JORVIK Viking Thing Podcast over the rainbow bridge. In this episode we tell the story of Odin and the Mead of Poetry, and then Jorvik's own Lucas and Miranda will take you through th…
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X-Mas Origins: The Silly Christmassy Boys (or Episode 62)
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It's that time of year dear listener! Christmas episoooooooode!!! For your holiday history fix this year we're telling two tales of different festive traditions that have heavily influenced our annual celebrations... Join Caesar and Mark Antony as they celebrate Saturnalia, a Roman festival that gave us presents, gambling and drinking whilst wearin…
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’Deer Hard’ the Hind of Artemis; Heracles part 4 (or Episode 61)
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The Silly History Boys are back again to continue the laborious labours of everyone’s fave Demi God…Heracles! Weary of our hero’s popularity the wicked King and naughty goddess Queen Hera plan to set our hero up for a fall… He must hunt the fastest thing alive…no not Sonic! The Golden Hind of Artemis! Can he catch it? What happens if he does? Will …
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Fight The Powder! The Gunpowder Plot part 3 (or Episode 60)
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Light that fuse! It's the silly boys (non) Explosive final chapter of The Gunpowder Plot! Will Robert Catesby get that Catholic England he so badly craves? (no) Will Guido Fawkes be able to get the smell of smoke & meaty carnage out of his clothes? (no need to worry about that Guy - you won't be able to use your hands!) Will boar hunting be ruined …
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The Gunpowder Behind The Throne; The Gunpowder Plot part 2 (or Episode 59)
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Never go back when the firework is lit! Unless it's for the second silly part of the Gunpowder plot When we left our plotters they were but four strong...or was it five? Confusing! But never fear, the silly boys go full character overload! (And yes, Uncle BobBob still has loads to say) Covert glances across a crowded ballroom to ZapSplat for "Kerbl…
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With Gunpowder Comes Great Accountability; The Gunpowder Plot part 1 (or Episode 58 )
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Kerblam-OoOoOoOh listener! It's that time again when we on our island celebrate a bunch of folks not getting murdered by celebrating the torture and murder of a Guy by setting an effigy of him on fire! It's not crazy if you get to eat spiced cake I tells ya! This is first of of Gunpowder three-parter, and you know what? It's quite interesting. A mu…
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Avery Seadog Has It’s Day; Henry Avery the Pirate part 2 (or Episode 57)
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Silly Me Timbers AGAIN Mates! Following the following sea that was Henry Avery part one...its Henry Avery part two! Have the crew of silly pirates bitten off more than they can chew as they try and rob....The Grand Mughal fleet? How much cannon smoke and people falling in the water will it take to win the wrestle the greatest treasure in history fr…
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