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Stephen Fry's Edwardian Secrets

By: Stephen Fry, John Woolf, Nick Baker
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Powered flight. Votes for women. Human sexuality. Mass migration. The psychology of dreams. The magic of the movies. Spies and detectives. Welcome to Stephen Fry’s Edwardian Secrets.

Perhaps thanks to TV period dramas, the popular imagination may picture the Edwardian era as an idyllic window between the wars, a time of manners and tea on the lawn. But below the surface lies a frenetic and often bizarre age where scientific leaps forward went hand in hand with belief in fairies, and secrets of sex, lies and murder simmered.

Across 12 episodes, in this sequel to his Victorian Secrets, Stephen Fry uncovers some of the startling and unexpected hidden histories of the Edwardians.

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Episodes
  • Ep 1: A Hard Act to Follow

    Ep 1: A Hard Act to Follow
    Aug 11 2021

    The Queen is dead, long live the King. On the occasion of Edward Vll’s coronation, we look back at his life as spoilt child, curious adolescent and womanizing princely glutton. There’s a bizarre secret behind those early motion pictures of a new and rotund monarch.
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    31 mins
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  • Ep 2: Big Helpings

    Ep 2: Big Helpings
    Aug 11 2021

    This was to be an age of excess for some, and plenty for others. An age when the ruling classes enjoyed a secret life of large-scale adultery. Plus, the story of a female celebrity cook whose quail puddings were loved by the King. But was there more to their relationship?
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    36 mins
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  • Ep 3: Small Worlds

    Ep 3: Small Worlds
    Aug 11 2021

    The bumpy story of early British flight; some secret mysteries about the Titanic, plus the secrets of a famous pair of murderers who were tracked down thanks to new technology. Ships, Telegraphy and the popular press were shrinking the world, with some unforeseen results.
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    37 mins
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Worth checking out. History made come alive and well put into perspective. Buckets of history explained but never gets boring.

Great detail while very entertaining

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I really enjoyed this fun insight into a world I knew little about. well worth listening to.

excellent stuff

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informative and entertaining a real insite into an era i knew little about xamt wait for the next series about ........

really informative and entertaining 👏

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Brilliant!!! Next please???

cannot get enough ! Well written, funny and entertaining and extremely informative 👏

BRILLIANT

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Informative, educational, entertaining. Very good series of podcasts, just like the previous Victorian series. I like the format, Mr Fry narrating and other actors playing parts. Brilliant…I hope there are more

Excellent as before

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