Outdoor Stages Programme
Monday 20th – Sunday 26th June 2022 | Outdoor Programme Ticket
Monday 20th June
PREVIEW
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| EMPIRES OF THE NORMANS: CONQUERORS OF EUROPE Levi Roach | 3.45-4.45 | AUDIENCE RE-ENACTMENT OF THE ASSASSINATION OF JULIUS CAESAR Tristan Hughes & History Hit |
| WOLFBANE Michelle Paver | 5.30-6.30 | POWER AND PRIVILEGE: A RECENT HISTORY Richard Beard & Simon Kuper |
| HOW TENNIS INVENTED EVERYTHING Christian Howgill | 7.30-8.30 | TUTANKHAMUN’S TRUMPET: THE STORY OF ANCIENT EGYPT IN 100 OBJECTS Toby Wilkinson with Tristan Hughes |
| 9.00-10.00 | THE FAIRY TELLERS: A JOURNEY INTO THE SECRET HISTORY OF FAIRY TALES Nick Jubber |
Tuesday 21st June
PREVIEW
(subject to change)
| DEVIL-LAND: ENGLAND UNDER SIEGE, 1588 – 1688 Clare Jackson | 3.45-4.45 | HISTORY HIT TV |
| RURAL LIFE FROM THE 1940’S TO THE PRESENT & BEYOND Simon Smart, Allen Chalk Chair: James Holland | 5.30-6.30 | PASSING: AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF IDENTITY Lipika Pelham with Tom Holland |
| CONTROL: THE DARK HISTORY AND TROUBLING PRESENT OF EUGENICS Adam Rutherford | 7.30-8.30 | U.S. CIVIL WAR BATTLE BY BATTLE Iain MacGregor |
| 9.00-10.00 | TALES OF ANCIENT ROME: THE YEAR OF THE FOUR EMPERORS Tom Holland |
Wednesday 22nd June
PREVIEW
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| THE PENINSULAR WAR Peter Caddick-Adams | 12.00-1.00 | HISTORY HIT TV |
| DEFYING HITLER: THE WHITE ROSE PAMPHLETS Alexandra Lloyd, Rachel Herring & Amy Robinson | 2.00-2.00 | THE LOST VIRTUE OF MANLINESS Joanna Grochowicz & Patrick Cordingley |
| TRAVELS THROUGH TIME: PODCAST WITH LIVE AUDIENCE Violet Moller & Oskar Jensen | 3.45-4.45 | THE GROWTH OF BRITISH NAVAL POWER Sam Willis |
| WAR AGAINST RUSSIA General Sir Richard Shirreff | 5.30-6.30 | AUDIENCE RE-ENACTMENT OF THE BATTLE OF GUAGAMELA Tristan Hughes & History Hit |
| 47. SMUGGLING IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Alex Preston | 7.30-8.30 | VAGABONDS: LIFE ON THE STREETS OF NINETEENTH CENTURY LONDON Oskar Jensen |
| 9.00-10.00 | BEOWULF Michael Wood |
Thursday 23rd June
PREVIEW
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| STORYLAND: A NEW MYTHOLOGY OF BRITAIN Amy Jeffs | 12.00-1.00 | THE FATE OF THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER Matt Lewis |
| SHADOWLANDS: A JOURNEY THROUGH LOST BRITAIN Matthew Green | 2.00-3.00 | IN SEARCH OF US: ADVENTURES IN ANTHROPOLOGY Lucy Moore |
| THE RED PRINCE: THE LIFE OF JOHN OF GAUNT, DUKE OF LANCASTER Helen Carr | 3.45-4.45 | THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT Tristan Hughes |
| A SHORT HISTORY OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT Fitzroy Morrissey | 5.30-6.30 | AUDIENCE RE-ENACTMENT OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES Matt Lewis & History Hit |
| FALLEN IDOLS: TWELVE STATUES THAT MADE HISTORY Alex von Tunzelmann | 7.30-8.30 | THE PARTITION OF INDIA: 75 YEARS ON Barney White Spunner & Kavita Puri Chair: Trevor Dolby |
| 9.00-10.00 | STORYTELLING BY THE FIRE Nicole Schmidt |
Friday 24th June
PREVIEW
(subject to change)
| ROTTEN BOROUGHS AND REFORM Ben Wilson | 10.30-11.30 | AUDIENCE RE-ENACTMENT OF THE 100 YEARS’ WAR Matt Lewis & History Hit |
| THE WESTERN FRONT WAY Anthony Seldon & David Walsh | 12.00-1.00 | TBC |
| SAS: SEA KING DOWN Mark Aston & Stuart Tootal | 2.00-3.00 | KINDRED: NEANDERTHAL LOVE, LIFE, DEATH AND ART Rebecca Wragg Sykes with Tristan Hughes |
| THE MONA LISA Natasha Solomons | 3.45-4.45 | THE SHIP ASUNDER: A MARITIME HISTORY OF BRITAIN IN ELEVEN VESSELS Tom Nancollas with Dan Snow |
| THE BBC: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY David Hendy | 5.30-6.30 | THE LION HOUSE: THE COMING OF A KING – SULEYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT Christopher de Bellaigue with Dan Snow |
| HENRY V: 600th ANNIVERSARY Rory Cox | 7.30-8.30 | HISTORY HIT TV |
Saturday 25th June
PREVIEW
(subject to change)
| TBC | 10.30-11.30 | 100. THE GREAT BRITISH DIG: HISTORY IN YOUR BACK GARDEN Chloë Duckworth with Dan Snow |
| LOVE AND DECEPTION: PHILBY IN BEIRUT James Hanning | 12.15-1.15 | THE SHADOW OF EMPIRE: BRITAIN, IMPERIALISM & HOW WE VIEW THE PAST Samir Puri & Zareer Masani Chair: Ali Ansari |
| HOW JAMES BOND WON THE COLD WAR AND SAVED THE WEST Charlie Higson | 2.00-3.00 | THE WARS OF THE ROSES: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW Rory Cox & Dan Jones |
| THE WRATH TO COME: GONE WITH THE WIND AND THE MYTH OF THE LOST CAUSE Sarah Churchwell | 3.45-4.45 | HISTORY HIT’S BIG FAMILY QUIZ History Hit |
| THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Emma Griffin | 5.30-6.30 | BEYOND THE NORTHLANDS: VIKING VOYAGES AND THE OLD NORSE SAGAS Eleanor Barraclough with Dan Snow |
| OVERPAID, OVERSEXED AND OVER THERE: HOW A FEW SKINNY BRITS WITH BAD TEETH ROCKED AMERICA David Hepworth & Mark Ellen | 7.30-8.30 | FREEDOM SONG: WHEN GOSPEL CAME TO THE EMPIRE IN 1871 Vox Holloway Community Choir |
Sunday 26th June
PREVIEW
(subject to change)
| WOMEN AT WAR Lucy Fisher, Kate Vigurs, Judith Mackrell | 10.30-11.30 | TOUCHING THE PAST: ARCHAEOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY Chloë Duckworth, Natasha Billson, Caroline Nicolay Chair: Luke Winter |
| TWO TERRIBLE VIKINGS Francesca Simon | 12.15-1.15 | THE VIEW FROM THE HILL; FOUR SEASONS IN A WALKER’S BRITAIN Christopher Somerville |
| ARGENTINA WORLD CUP 1978: FOOTBALL’S DARKEST HOUR Jonathan Wilson with Tony Pastor | 2.00-3.00 | AFGHANISTAN: FROM THE FIRST AFGHAN WAR TO THE PRESENT DAY William Dalrymple, Elisabeth Leake, Tom Tugendhat |
| OTHERLANDS: A WORLD IN THE MAKING Thomas Halliday | 3.45-4.45 | THE FACEMAKER: ONE SURGEON’S BATTLE TO MEND THE DISFIGURED SOLDIERS OF WORLD WAR I Lindsey Fitzharris with Dan Snow |
