Episodes
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| 01 | Patrick | 20020720 | 20030113 20120311 (BBC7) 20120312 (BBC7) 20170317 (BBC7) 20170318 (BBC7) | How did a fifth-century preacher become the toast of Dublin, Manhattan and even Lagos? Associated with the Shamrock, how did a 5th-century British preacher become Ireland's patron saint? Ian Hislop investigates. 4 Extra Debut. Associated with the Shamrock, how did a 5th century British preacher become Ireland's Patron Saint? Ian Hislop investigates. How did a 5th century British preacher become Ireland's Patron Saint? With Ian Hislop. How did a fifth-century preacher become the toast of Dublin, Manhattan and even Lagos? 4 Extra Debut. Associated with the Shamrock, how did a 5th century British preacher become Ireland's Patron Saint? Ian Hislop investigates. How did a 5th century British preacher become Ireland's Patron Saint? With Ian Hislop.
How did a fifth-century preacher become the toast of Dublin, Manhattan and even Lagos? Associated with the Shamrock, how did a 5th-century British preacher become Ireland's patron saint? Ian Hislop investigates. How did a 5th century British preacher become Ireland's Patron Saint? With Ian Hislop. |
| 02 | David | 20020727 | 20030120 20120226 (BBC7) 20120227 (BBC7) 20170301 (BBC7) 20170302 (BBC7) | The patron saint of Wales was a monk, conceived as a result of a sexual assault, who liked to stand up to his neck in freezing cold water. Ian Hislop investigates. How did a monk keen on standing in freezing cold water become the Patron Saint of Wales? How did a monk keen on standing in freezing cold water become the Patron Saint of Wales? Ian Hislop investigates. The patron saint of Wales was a monk, conceived as a result of a sexual assault, who liked to stand up to his neck in freezing cold water.
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| 03 | Andrew | 20020803 | 20030127 20121125 (BBC7) 20121126 (BBC7) 20171130 (BBC7) | How did a Palestinian fisherman who'd never even heard of Scotland become the country's patron saint? Ian Hislop investigates. How did a Palestinian fisherman who had never heard of Scotland become its patron saint? How did a Palestinian fisherman who had never even heard of Scotland become the patron saint? Have the Scots got the wrong man? Ian Hislop pieces together a rather unsaintly tale of Andrew the apostle posthumously elbowing out his local rivals to the title, only to be challenged in later years by a romantic drunk, a poet - and Mel Gibson. Part of Ian Hislop's investigation into the conflicting and confusing history of the four national saints. Producer: Philip Sellars. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. How did a Palestinian fisherman who had never heard of Scotland become the country's patron saint? |
| 04 LAST | George | 20020810 | 20030203 20170422 (BBC7) 20170423 (BBC7) | Ian Hislop chases dragons, crusaders and a large joint of roast beef searching for the real patron saint of England. From August 2002. Dragons, crusaders and a joint of roast beef feature in a hunt for the man behind the myth A quest for dragons, crusaders and a large joint of roast beef feature in his search for the man behind the myths. A quest for dragons, crusaders and a large joint of roast beef feature in his search for the man behind the myths.
Dragons, crusaders and a joint of roast beef feature in a hunt for the man behind the myth Ian Hislop chases dragons, crusaders and a large joint of roast beef searching for the real patron saint of England. From August 2002.
Dragons, crusaders and a joint of roast beef feature in a hunt for the man behind the myth Ian Hislop chases dragons, crusaders and a large joint of roast beef searching for the real patron saint of England. From August 2002. |
