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Join us, Michelle and Lucy, for a mildly diverting delve into the great, the good, the mad, the brave, the outrageous, the mischievous and the truly preposterous folk of the Tudor Age. Two enthusiastic Tudorphiles discuss each in turn and give them marks out of ten for intrigue, martyrdom, posterity and rise & fall before deciding whether they are Tudorlicious.
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Our 100th episode! We made it here?
Now on to the Diabolical Duchess!
Sunday May 05, 2024
S1 - 048 Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy, Part 3
Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
Now a widow with an unpaid dowry leaving her no right to an income and with a female heir to Burgundy. Can she keep everything together? And what if her brother decides to marry her off to someone else?
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
S1 - 047 Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy, Part 2
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
She is a bauble at court and meant to only breed and look pretty. So how does she end up being able to pull so many strings that other monarchs fear her?
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
S1 - 046 Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy, Part 1
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
Life begins for the Diabolical Duchess! The woman who terrified and angered the kings of both England and France!
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Cameo 26 - John Stuart, Duke of Albany
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Being regent of Scotland was just a small part of his life. There was so much more.
Monday Apr 01, 2024
April Foolish Stories
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
The Tudors loved stories about people being made to look fools. Here are two of them.
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Cameo 25 - Prince Djem
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
As promised in Charles VIII's episodes, the bizarre tale of the would-be sultan who lived in the Vatican.
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
S1 - 045 Charles VIII of France, Part Three
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Is Charles the luckiest man in the world, or the unluckiest?! It is very hard to tell.
Friday Mar 08, 2024
S1 - 044 Charles VIII of France, Part Two
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Now that he has taken the plunge, will he make it down to Naples, and, if he does, will he make it back again?
And why is everyone ganging up on him? What? What have I done?
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
S1 - 043 Charles VIII of France, Part One
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
'A young and licentious hunchback of doubtful sanity'.
What's not to love?
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Cameo 24 - John Damian
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
This French, Italian, Scottish or Turkish doctor, alchemist, abbot or aviator either did something.....or he didn't.
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
Sex and Why You Shouldn't
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
Our attempt at a Valentine's Day Special.
How the Church viewed sex before the Reformation. Sorry. It's not very romantic. We did our best, but it's not a very romantic era.
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Cameo 23 - Hugh Denys
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Denys' career path is very different from one we might follow these days. Groom of the Stool and much, much more
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Dentistry
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Brace yourselves for this one and just be thankful you live in the 21st century!
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Cameo 22 - Gavin Douglas
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
A man who turns out to be a lot more famous than we realised when we recorded the Margaret Tudor episode. A man of hidden depths!