90. A war fought for no good reason
Although Britain was in the closing stages of a long and desperate struggle with France, it somehow managed to get itself sucked into a separate war with the United States. Called the War of 1812, acc...
15 Mai 202214min
89. 1812: turning point
1812 was a year of turning points. It was the year that Spencer Perceval was murdered, the only British Prime Minister to have met such a fate, and his successor Lord Liverpool was appointed. Just a ...
8 Mai 202214min
88. Murder in the Commons
This is where we start to get to know the future King George IV, in the time when he became Prince Regent. We also meet his friend ‘Beau’ Brummel and talk about the disastrous way that friendship end...
1 Mai 202214min
87. War, a war crime, and a duel
The Ministry of all the Talents has fallen and the Duke of Portland, after a record-breaking gap of 24 years, has formed a new government. The people making it up are now referred to as Tories and thi...
24 Apr 202214min
86. Abolition of the Slave Trade. By the Talents. Or Blunderers
Slavery: finally, the time had come for a major step to be taken. Oh, no, not the actual abolition of slavery itself. But at least the abolition of the trade in slaves. Funnily enough, that’s somethin...
17 Apr 202214min
85. England expects. And saves its neighbours
It’s time for Pitt’s second go as Prime Minister, and for another round of war in Europe. But Pitt was no longer the conquering hero he once had been. On the other hand, there was one notable moment o...
10 Apr 202214min
84. Interludes
An episode about interludes… The first of these looked like the end of an era, when William Pitt the Younger stepped down as Prime Minister, after seventeen years in power, and still younger than any ...
3 Apr 202214min
83. Dragging Ireland into the United Kingdom, and how that brought down its first Prime Minister
After talking about Britain’s biggest and most lucrative colony, India, we now turn our attention to its oldest, closest and most troublesome, Ireland. We've seen that Pitt had tried to establish fre...
27 Mar 202214min
