Outdoor Stages Programme
Wednesday 23th – Sunday 27th June 2021 | Outdoor Programme Ticket
Wednesday 23rd June
| CHECKMATE IN BERLIN: THE COLD WAR SHOWDOWN THAT SHAPED THE MODERN WORLD Giles Milton | 5.30-6.30 | THE AUDIENCE RE-ENACTS THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR History Hit Team |
| PETER BUTTERWORTH: HIS UNTOLD STORY FROM WW2 ESCAPEE TO CARRY ON STAR Tyler Butterworth | 7.15-8.15 | THE GULF WARS: HOW THEY SHAPED THE MODERN WORLD Patrick Cordingley |
Thursday 24th June
| ANGEL OR ASSASSIN? JAMES I AND THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM Tracy Borman | 2.00-3.00 | ALFRED THE GREAT: HIS DARKEST HOUR AND THE LIBERATION OF WESSEX Philip St Lawrence |
| DIANA CAVENDISH: AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE Diana Cavendish with Xan Smiley | 3.45-4.45 | THE AUDIENCE RE-ENACTS THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT History Hit Team |
| THE LIGHTNING THREAD: FISHOLOGICAL MOMENTS AND THE PURSUIT OF PARADISE David Profumo | 5.30-6.30 | REMARKABLE WOMEN IN HISTORY Bee Rowlatt, Mary Ann Sieghart & Lucy Moore |
| TAKE SIX GIRLS: THE LIVES OF THE MITFORD SISTERS Laura Thompson | 7.15-8.15 | THE MOTH AND THE MOUNTAIN: A TRUE STORY OF LOVE, WAR AND EVEREST Ed Caesar with Trevor Dolby |
| 9.00-10.00 | STORY-TELLING BY THE FIRE Dan Snow |
Friday 25th June
| LIONHEART: RICHARD I Ben Kane | 2.00-3.00 | THE AUDIENCE RE-ENACTS ALEXANDER THE GREAT’S GREATEST VICTORY History Hit Team |
| THE STORY OF THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY: UNRAVELLING THE NORMAN CONQUEST David Musgrove & Michael Lewis | 3.45-4.45 | THE SECRETS OF CHAMPAGNE Paul Beaver |
| THE LOST HOMESTEAD: MY MOTHER, PARTITION AND THE PUNJAB Marina Wheeler | 5.30-6.30 | WE HAVE WAYS OF MAKING YOU TALK – LIVE! Al Murray, James Holland |
| HISTRIONICS QUIZ SHOW Al Murray, Alexandra Richie, Harry Enfield, Dan Snow & Charlie Higson | 7.15-8.15 | FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE: MUSIC, MERRIMENT, STORYTELLING AND A CHANCE TO HANG OUT WITH THE TEAM History Hit Team |
| 9.00-10.00 | STORY-TELLING BY THE FIRE: THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN Michael Wood |
Saturday 26th June
| RIVER KINGS: A NEW HISTORY OF THE VIKINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA TO THE SILK ROADS Cat Jarman | 10.30-11.30 | THE GREATEST HISTORY OF BRITAIN SHOW The History Tellers |
| CIRCUS MAXIMUS: THE DEADLY ROMAN SPORT OF CHARIOT RACING Annelise Gray | 12.15-1.15 | BLOOD AND IRON: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE 1871-1918 Katja Hoyer with Dan Snow |
| THE DEATH OF KINGS: A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH MONARCHY IN FORTY-ONE ENDINGS Charlie Higson | 2.00-3.00 | DIGGING FOR HISTORY: ARCHAEOLOGY UNCOVERED Neil Oliver, Mary-Ann Ochota, Alex Langlands |
| ENGLISH PASTORAL: AN INHERITANCE James Rebanks with Alex Langlands | 3.45-4.45 | CLIMATE CHANGE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Sarah Dry & Jonathon Porritt Chair: Andrew Gilmour |
| PROTEST SONGS: 33 REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE Dorian Lynskey | 5.30-6.30 | WHY BRITANNIA RULED THE WAVES: THE ARMADA TO TOKYO BAY Dan Snow & Steve Prince |
| TO WAR WITH THE WALKERS Annabel Venning | 7.15-8.15 | THE ANGLO-SAXON LADY OF EBBESBOURNE WAKE Michael Wood |
Sunday 27th June
| THE FOSSIL WOMAN: A LIFE OF MARY ANNING Tom Sharpe | 10.30-11.30 | THE GREATEST HISTORY OF BRITAIN SHOW The History Tellers |
| HOW THE BEATLES BROUGHT DOWN THE BRITISH EMPIRE: THE REST IS HISTORY – LIVE! Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook | 12.15-1.15 | SPIES: BRITISH SECRET INTELLIGENCE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR Helen Fry, Rob Hutton, Patrick Marnham Chair: James Holland |
| COULD YOU BE A SPY? Robert Hutton | 2.00-3.00 | THE AUDIENCE RE-ENACTS THE BATTLE OF… WATERLOO History Hit Team |
| THE TOP TEN TIMES THE WEATHER HAS CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY: THE REST IS HISTORY – LIVE! Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook | 3.45-4.45 | THE ONCE AND FUTURE FARM Alex Langlands & Wilfred Mole |
