Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Henry as Renaissance Prince | 20090420 | Lucy Wooding, Lecturer in Early Modern History at King's College London, looks behind the trappings of power which Henry VIII exhibited in the splendour of his court, his vast building projects, his banquets and his jewels, and finds a man who felt his claim on the throne was tenuous and whose outward display hid these fears.
Presenter: Lucy Wooding
A LADBROKE RADIO PRODUCTION for BBC RADIO 3 (repeat).
Lucy Wooding goes behind Henry VIII's grand image, revealing fears about losing the throne Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | ||
| 01 | Henry as Renaissance Prince | 20090420 | 20100405 (R3) | Lucy Wooding, Lecturer in Early Modern History at King's College London, looks behind the trappings of power which Henry VIII exhibited in the splendour of his court, his vast building projects, his banquets and his jewels, and finds a man who felt his claim on the throne was tenuous and whose outward display hid these fears.
Presenter: Lucy Wooding
A LADBROKE RADIO PRODUCTION for BBC RADIO 3 (repeat).
Lucy Wooding goes behind Henry VIII's grand image, revealing fears about losing the throne Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | |
| 02 | Henry Tudor and God | 20090421 | Lucy Wooding, Lecturer in Early Modern History at King's College London, looks behind the trappings of power which Henry VIII exhibited in the splendour of his court, his vast building projects, his banquets and his jewels, and finds a man who felt his claim on the throne was tenuous and whose outward display hid these fears.
Presenter: Lucy Wooding
A LADBROKE RADIO PRODUCTION for BBC RADIO 3 (repeat).
Prof Peter Marshall examines Henry VIII's fickle and fragile relationship with God. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | ||
| 02 | Henry Tudor and God | 20090421 | 20100406 (R3) | Lucy Wooding, Lecturer in Early Modern History at King's College London, looks behind the trappings of power which Henry VIII exhibited in the splendour of his court, his vast building projects, his banquets and his jewels, and finds a man who felt his claim on the throne was tenuous and whose outward display hid these fears.
Presenter: Lucy Wooding
A LADBROKE RADIO PRODUCTION for BBC RADIO 3 (repeat).
Prof Peter Marshall examines Henry VIII's fickle and fragile relationship with God. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | |
| 03 | Henry the Man o' War | 20090422 | Geoffrey Moorhouse, travel writer and historian, explores one of Henry VIII's lesser known achievements, the successful 'man of war', who increased his country's sea defences and effectively founded the Royal Navy.
Presenter: Geoffrey Moorhouse
A LADBROKE RADIO PRODUCTION for BBC RADIO 3 (repeat).
Geoffrey Moorhouse examines some of the achievements that resulted from Henry's warfare. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | ||
| 03 | Henry the Man o' War | 20090422 | 20100407 (R3) | Geoffrey Moorhouse, travel writer and historian, explores one of Henry VIII's lesser known achievements, the successful 'man of war', who increased his country's sea defences and effectively founded the Royal Navy.
Presenter: Geoffrey Moorhouse
A LADBROKE RADIO PRODUCTION for BBC RADIO 3 (repeat).
Geoffrey Moorhouse examines some of the achievements that resulted from Henry's warfare. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | |
| 04 | Henry VIII and Drama | 20090423 | Dr Tom Betteridge, Reader in Early Modern English Literature at Oxford Brookes University, considers how Henry VIII provoked different responses from writers and commentators during his reign, dealing through their chosen metaphors with the issues of kingship.
Presenter: Dr Tom Betteridge
A LADBROKE RADIO PRODUCTION for BBC RADIO 3 (repeat).
Dr Tom Betteridge examines the various depictions of Henry VIII in stage plays. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | ||
| 04 | Henry VIII and Drama | 20090423 | 20100408 (R3) | Dr Tom Betteridge, Reader in Early Modern English Literature at Oxford Brookes University, considers how Henry VIII provoked different responses from writers and commentators during his reign, dealing through their chosen metaphors with the issues of kingship.
Presenter: Dr Tom Betteridge
A LADBROKE RADIO PRODUCTION for BBC RADIO 3 (repeat).
Dr Tom Betteridge examines the various depictions of Henry VIII in stage plays. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | |
| 05 | Henry - 1536 | 20090424 | Suzannah Lipscomb, Research Curator at Hampton Court Palace, focuses on one pivotal year in Henry's life - 1536. It was a year of betrayal and injury, from a serious wound in a joust which influenced his health for the rest of his life, to the execution of Anne Boleyn for adultery, following her miscarriage and the death of the longed for male heir. Henry ended the year a different and more dangerous man than he had begun it.
Presenter: Suzannah Lipscomb
A LADBROKE RADIO PRODUCTION for BBC RADIO 3 (repeat).
Suzannah Lipscomb on what happened to make the public see Henry as a tyrant. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | ||
| 05 | Henry - 1536 | 20090424 | 20100409 (R3) | Suzannah Lipscomb, Research Curator at Hampton Court Palace, focuses on one pivotal year in Henry's life - 1536. It was a year of betrayal and injury, from a serious wound in a joust which influenced his health for the rest of his life, to the execution of Anne Boleyn for adultery, following her miscarriage and the death of the longed for male heir. Henry ended the year a different and more dangerous man than he had begun it.
Presenter: Suzannah Lipscomb
A LADBROKE RADIO PRODUCTION for BBC RADIO 3 (repeat).
Suzannah Lipscomb on what happened to make the public see Henry as a tyrant. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. |