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Season 1, Episode 7 17:01 running time

Only One Hundred Generations Ago

This episode travels far back in time to Anglo-Saxon London.

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Hosted by

Dame Joanna Lumley

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Sound Editing

Will Jacob

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  • Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

Wattle, Wyrms and Wyrd Sisters

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Written by

Robbie Stamp

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Performed by

Doctor Shama Rahman

About this story

The lives, belongings and beliefs of a people inhabiting Covent Garden in the 6th to the 9th Century.

  • Maiden Lane, London

The Lay of Nine Herbs

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Written by

Robbie Stamp

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Performed by

Olivia Bell

About this story

Writer Robbie Stamp imagines a family from the 7th century using a healing spell from that period.

Delve Deeper

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The Lacnunga healing chant in this story can be found in the British Library.

  • Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

Run For Your Life

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Written by

Robbie Stamp

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Performed by

Lulu Freeman

About this story

Based on a cache of late 9th century buried coins found in the 1990s, we imagine how and why they were buried, using historical information about that period.