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The Number 10 Podcast
The Number 10 Podcast chronicles the life and times of British Prime Ministers and important political events that have lead us to where we are now. With regular fortnightly historical episodes, group discussions, topical debates and interviews; you need look no further for your regular political...
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Ireland: 100 years on from Partition (with Ivan Gibbons)
In this episode, released on the 100 year anniversary of Irish partition, we talk with Ivan Gibbons about the statesmen involved in the decision and w...
Europe, Brexit and the Future (with James Elles)
In this episode we speak with James Elles (former British MEP) about the changing relationship between Britain and Europe, as well as the steps that l...
Spotlight: John Locke
“Men being, as has been said, by nature, all free, equal and independent, no one can be put out of this estate, and subjected to the political power o...
Would you want to be Prime Minister? (with Mark Garnett)
This week we talk to Mark Garnett, senior lecturer at Lancaster University in Politics, about the changing role of the Prime Minister and his new book...
E11- Elections in the 1700s
This week we look at elections and how they were conducted in the 1700s and pretty much all the way up to the Great Reform Act in 1832 (as well as oth...
E10- Tackers, Jacobites & Sacheverell
We continue today talking about Queen Anne, after talking in great detail about the Act of Union of 1707 that created the kingdom of Great Britain. We...
Bonus: The Treaty of Union
A little treat today, as we read the entirety of the Treaty of Union that bonded Scotland and England together in 1707, off the back of various financ...
E9- Queen Anne & The Making of Great Britain
Today we’re starting our look at Queen Anne after the death of William and the rise of the Tories under Godolphin and Marlborough. We then turn to loo...
UK General Election 2019: The facts, history, policies and predictions
On the eve of the UK general election 2019, we explore everything you need to know about the general election, as well as a bit of the history and int...
Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War (with The Freaking Hambone Podcast)
An episode from our swapcast, where I spoke to Dave over at the Freaking Hambone Show (@hb_show) earlier this week.
We tal...
Who had the worst start as Prime Minister?
Today we looked back across history to pick out the Prime Ministers who had the worst start to their careers in Number 10. This is about what they did...
E8- 1702: Around the World
To kick start this season, we’re going to be going around the world in the year 1702, setting the scene for the new century and giving some perspectiv...
The end of WW1 in London & Berlin (with Podcast on Germany)
In today’s episode, we discuss the events of Armistice Day, that happened 101 years ago today (11/11/1918). To really make it interesting, I teamed up...
Season One Finale Thank You
A quick message from Chris to thank everyone, including our dear listeners for their support this season.
The British Constitution
In today’s episode we talk about the core constitutional sources of our uncodified constitution, as well as some letters from our fans. As it’s not so...
Boris Johnson v Jeremy Corbyn (Part Two)
The second and final episode of the chat forecasting the policies and styles of the two current leaders of the Labour and Conservative Parties in the...
Boris Johnson v Jeremy Corbyn (Part One)
Today we talk with the international socialist of mystery, Ryan about the backgrounds of Boris Johnson, our current Prime Minister and Jeremy Corbyn,...
E7- The Revolutionary Settlement
We talk today about the swathe of legislation through William and Mary’s reign that led to the start of our Parliamentary democracy, including the ico...
The Hong Kong Crisis (Protester Interviews)
With the Hong Kong protests in full swing and escalating week on week- we talk to protesters on the front line and those who’ve fled Hong Kong when it...
Inside Number 10 (with Jack Brown)
This week we’re delighted to be joined by historian Jack Brown for this episode discussing Number 10 Downing Street- the construction, renovations and...
Season One Q&A
Today we’ve got a bit of a special episode for those of you kind enough to post a question to the show about anything really, but most were about wh...
Invitation to William
Today we’ll be hearing the text of the Invitation to William written by the Immortal Seven that we spoke about last week.
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E6- The Glorious Revolution
Today we talk about the penultimate Stuart monarchy in the UK and what some say is the last successful invasion of the British Isles.
Theresa May- A Post-Mortem
On the eve of her departure, we look back on Theresa May’s achievements, disasters and what her legacy is going to be. A hard working MP and Home Secr...
Spotlight: Samuel Pepys
Today we talk about
probably the greatest English diarist of all time, Samuel Pepys.
He’s probably one of the greate...
E5- Rebellion & Reform
Now you’d think, with assassination attempts, and parliament trying to limit your ability to sit on the throne, James was going to come into a pretty...
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[Debate] THB… Trade Unions are bad for the Economy and Society
This week we’ll be doing a group chat in one of our new segments called “This House Believes” or THB for short. We’ll be talking about unions and whet...
E4 – The Exclusion Crisis
Last time we went on a whirlwind journey through the 16th and 17th century and looked at the rising religious tensions between the Protestant majority...
Tractatus de Ponderibus Mensuris
A reading of the important weights and measures memo from the 14th century.
Photo behind player is of the Royal Observartor...
E3 – Religion, Influence & Money
A look back over the 16th and 17th Century in the run up to our first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole.
E2 – Prime Ministers by Numbers
Did you know 14 of the last 23 Prime Ministers were not elected into power? That one Premier died after falling off a chair? One supposedly created Mr...
