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3	''You're Dead To Me'' is a Radio 4 comedy podcast "that takes history seriously." Every episode is hosted by Greg Jenner[[note]]former historical advisor or "chief nerd" of Series/HorribleHistories[[/note]] and two guests: a historian, who is an expert in the given subject area, and a comedian, who is there to [[TheWatson ask questions]] and be funny.
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5	Each episode is on a specific person, place, concept, or process[[note]]such as the history of chocolate, for example[[/note]]. Excluding the introduction and sign-off, the episodes are divided into the following parts:
6	* "So, what do you know?" in which Greg summarises where the viewer may have heard about the subject before, usually citing pop culture examples.
7	* The main part, in which the three presenters talk about the topic, with humorous commentary and small games and quizzes thrown in.
8	* "The Nuance Window," in which the historian gets two uninterrupted minutes to talk about anything related to the subject they like.
9	* "So what do you know now?" is a quiz for the comedian, consisting of 10 questions over the course of another two minutes.
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11	The show can be heard on all major podcast providers or [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07mdbhg on the BBC website]].
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14	!! Episodes:
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17	[[folder:Series 1]]
18	* Boudicca
19	** Historian: Dr. Emma Southon; Comedian: Sara Pascoe
20	* The Spartans
21	** Historian: Prof. Michael Scott; Comedian: Joel Dommet
22	* Harriet Tubman
23	** Historian: Dr. Michell Chresfield; Comedian: Desiree Burch
24	* The History of Football
25	** Historian: Prof. Jean Williams; Comedian: Tom Parry
26	* Blackbeard
27	** Historian: Dr. Rebecca Smith; Comedian: Stu Goldsmith
28	* LGBTQ History
29	** Historian: Dr. Justin Bengry; Comedian: Suzie Ruffell
30	* Mansa Musa
31	** Historian: Dr. Augustus Caseley-Hayford (OBE); Comedian: Athena Kugblenu
32	* Justinian and Theodora
33	** Historian: Prof. Peter Frankopan; Comedian: Shaparak Khorsandi [[note]]credited as Shappi Khorsandi[[/note]]
34	* Young Napoleon
35	** Historian: Dr. Laura O'Brien; Comedian: [[Podcast/NoSuchThingAsAFish Dan Schreiber]]
36	* Joan of Arc
37	** Historian: Dr. Helen Castor; Comedian: Catherine Bohart
38	* The Aztecs
39	** Historian: Dr. Caroline Dodds; Comedian: Joel Dommet
40	* Stonehenge
41	** Historian: Susan Greaney; Comedian: Creator/RichardHerring
42	* Lord Byron
43	** Historian: Dr. Corin Throsby; Comedian: Ed Gamble
44	* The Witch Craze
45	** Historian: Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb; Comedian: Cariad Lloyd
46	* Saladin
47	** Historian: Prof. Jonathan Phillips; Comedian: Maria Shehata
48	* The History of General Elections
49	** Historian: Dr. Hannah Nicholson; Comedian: Catherine Bohart
50	* The Victorian Christmas
51	** Historian: Dr. Fern Riddell; Comedian: Russell Kane
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53	[[folder: Series 2]]
54	* Neanderthals
55	** Historian: Dr. Becky Wragg Sykes; Comedian: Music/TimMinchin
56	* Mary Shelley
57	** Historian: Dr. Corin Throsby; Comedian: Lauren Pattison
58	* The Mayflower
59	** Historian: Dr. Misha Ewen; Comedian: Alex Edelman
60	* The Ancient Olympics
61	** Historian: Prof. Michael Scott; Comedian: Shaparak Khorsandi
62	* Josephine Baker
63	** Historian: Dr. Michell Chresfield; Comedian: Deisree Burch
64	* The History of Chocolate
65	** Alex Hutchinson; Comedian: Creator/RichardOsman
66	* Eleanor of Acquitane
67	** Historian: Gabby Storey; Comedian: Rachel Parris
68	* The Mughal Empire
69	** Historian: Dr. Mehreen Chida-Razvi; Comedian: Sindhu Vee
70	[[/folder]]
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72	[[folder: Series 3]]
73	* The Battle of Salamis
74	** Historian: Prof. Michael Scott; Comedian: Shappi Khorsandi[[note credited as Shappi Khorsandi[[/note]]
75	* Vampires in Gothic Literature
76	** Historian: Dr. Corin Throsby; Comedian: Ed Gamble
77	* The Haitian Revolution
78	** Historian: Prof. Marlene Daut; Comedian: Athena Kugblenu
79	* Jack Sheppard
80	** Historian: Dr: Lena Liapi; Comedian: Stu Goldsmith
81	* Notting Hill Carnival
82	** Historian: Dr. Meleisa Ono-George; Comedian: Nathan Caton
83	* Ghengis Khan
84	** Historian: Prof. Peter Frankopan; Comedian: Phil Wang
85	* The Egyptian Pyramids
86	** Historian: Prof. Sarah Parcak; Comedian: Maria Shehata
87	* Agrippina the Younger
88	** Historian: Dr. Emma Southon; Comedian: Cariad Lloyd
89	* The Ancient Babylonians
90	** Historian: Dr. Moudy Al-Rashid; Comedian: Kae Kurd
91	* Grainne O'Malley
92	** Historian: Dr. Gillian Kenny; Comedian: Catherine Bohart
93	* Ancient Greek and Roman Medicine
94	** Historian: Dr. Kristi Upson Saia; Comedian: Stu Goldsmith
95	* The Borgias
96	** Historian: Prof. Catherine Fletcher; Comedian: Phil Wang
97	* The Asante Empire
98	** Historian: Dr. Augustus Casely-Hayford (OBE); Comedian: Sophie Duker
99	* King James VI of Scotland
100	** Historian: Dr. Anna Whitelock; Comedian: Larry Dean
101	* The Tang Dynasty
102	** Historian: Prof. Tineke D'Haeseleer; Comedian: Evelyn Mok
103	* Old Norse Literature
104	** Historian: Dr. Janina Ramirez; Comedian: Kae Kurd
105	* Chevalier de Saint-Georges
106	** Historian: Prof. Olivette Otele; Comedian: Sophie Duker
107	* The Harlem Renaissance
108	** Historian: Prof. Emily Bernard; Comedian: Roy Wood Jr.
109	* Becoming America
110	** Historian: Prof. Joanne Freeman; Comedian: Chris Addison
111	* Sacagawea
112	** Historian: Prof. Katrina Phillips; Comedian: Alex Edelman
113	* Prohibition in the USA
114	** Historian: Prof. Sarah Churchwell; Comedian: Kemah Bob
115	* P.T. Barnum
116	** Historian: Prof. Benjamin Reiss; Comedian: Desiree Burch
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119	[[folder: Series 4]]
120	* Ivan the Terrible
121	** Historian: Prof. Peter Frankopan; Comedian: Olga Koch
122	* Fairy Tales
123	** Historian: Prof. Maria Tatar; Comedian: Sally Phillips
124	* Ramesses the Great
125	** Historian: Dr. Campbell Price; Comedian: Sophie Duker
126	* Nell Gwynn
127	** Historian: Diana Solomon; Comedian: Jess Knappet
128	* The History of High Heels
129	** Historian: Dr. Elizabeth Semmelhack; Comedian: Laura Pattinson
130	* Medieval Science
131	** Historian: Dr. Seb Falk; Comedian: Josie Long
132	* Sake Dean Mahomed
133	** Historian: Dr. Arunima Datta; Comedian: Eshaan Akbar
134	* Çatalhöyük and the Neolithic Revolution
135	** Historian: Dr. Lindsay Der; Comedian: Mike Wozniak
136	* Paul Robeson
137	** Historian: Prof. Shana L. Redmond; Comedian: Desiree Burch
138	* Owain Glyndŵr
139	** Historian: Dr. Kathryn Hurlock; Comedian: Elis James
140	* Disability in the Ancient World
141	** Historian: Dr. Jane Draycott; Comedian: Rosie Jones
142	* Mary Seacole
143	** Historian: Prof. Gretchen Gerzina; Comedian: Nathan Caton
144	* The History of Ice Cream
145	** Historian: Dr. Annie Gray; Comedian: Creator/RichardOsman
146	* Mary Wollstonecraft
147	** Historian: Dr. Corin Crosby; Comedian: Cariad Lloyd
148	* Zheng Yi Sao
149	** Historian: Prof. Ronald C Po; Comedian: Ria Lina
150	* The Medieval Christmas
151	** Historian: Dr. Eleanor Janega; Comedian: Miles Jupp
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154	[[folder: Series 5]]
155	* Frederick the Great of Prussia
156	** Historian: Dr. Bodie Ashton; Comedian: Creator/StephenFry
157	* Hatshepsut
158	** Historian: Dr. Cambpell Price; Comedian: Kemah Bob
159	* The Bayeux Tapestry
160	** Historian: Dr. Janina Ramirez; Comedian: Lou Sanders
161	* Ancient Athenian Democracy
162	** Historian: Prof. Michael Scott; Comedian: Alice Fraser
163	* Captain Cook's First Voyage
164	** Historian: Dr. Katherine Parker; Comedian: James Nokise
165	* Istanbul in the Ottoman Golden Age
166	** Historian: Prof. Ebru Boyar; Comedian: Sue Perkins
167	* Julie d'Aubigny
168	** Historian: Dr. Sara Barker; Comedian: Catherine Bohart
169	* Julius Caesar's Rise To Power
170	** Historian: Dr. Shushma Malik; Comedian: Ahir Shah
171	* Black Georgian England
172	** Historian: Prof. Gretchen Gerzina; Comedian: Kwame Asante
173	* The Terracotta Army
174	** Historian: Prof. Julia Lovell; Comedian: Phil Wang
175	* Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba
176	** Historian: Dr. Daniel F. Silva; Comedian: Athena Kugblenu
177	* The History of Timekeeping
178	** Historian: Dr. David Rooney; Comedian: Desiree Burch
179	* Ibn Battuta
180	** Historian: Prof. Amira Bennison; Comedian: Nabil Abdulrashid
181	* Medieval Animals
182	** Historian: Dr. Tim Wingard[[note]]Tim uses they/them pronouns[[/note]]; Comedian: Kiri [=Pritchard-McLean=]
183	* The History of Fandom, 1700-1900 (Recorded live at the Hay Festival 2022)
184	** Historian: Dr. Corin Throsby; Comedian: Stu Goldsmith
185	* Christmas With Charles Dickens
186	** Historian: Dr. Emily Bell; Comedian: Mike Wozniak
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189	[[folder: Series 6]]
190	* Georgian Courtship (Valentine's Day Special)
191	** Historian: Prof. Sally Holloway; Comedian: Cariad Lloyd
192	* Early Medieval Papacy
193	** Historian: Prof. Brett Whalen; Comedian: Alison Spittle
194	* The Indus Civilisation
195	** Historian: Dr. Danika Parikh; Comedian: Ahir Shah
196	* Vital Electricity
197	** Historian: Dr. Iwan Rhys Morus; Comedian: Olga Koch
198	* Frederick Douglass
199	** Historian: Prof. Emily Bernard; Comedian: Toussaint Douglass
200	* The Columbian Exchange
201	** Historian: Dr. Caroline Dodds Pennock; Comedian: Desiree Burch
202	* Sarah Bernard
203	** Historian: Prof. Sharon Marcus; Comedian: Isy Scuttie
204	* Atlantis
205	** Historian: Dr. Stephen Kershaw; Comedian: Sophie Duker
206	* The Jacobites
207	** Historian: Dr. Jeremy Filet; Comedian: Eleanor Morton
208	* Al Andalus
209	** Historian: Prof. Amira Bennison; Comedian: Faitha El-Ghorri
210	* Cleopatra
211	** Historian: Dr. Shushma Malik; Comedian: Thaniya Moore
212	* The Rise of the Tudors
213	** Historian: Dr. Adam Chapman; Comedian: Kiri [=Pritchard-McLean=]
214	* Victorian Bodybuilding
215	** Historian: Dr. Vanessa Heggie; Comedian: Darren Harriot
216	* Leonardo da Vinci (Recorded live, with live music by the BBC orchestra)
217	** Historian: Prof. Catherine Fletcher; Comedian: Creator/DaraOBriain
218	* Agatha Christie
219	** Historian: Lucy Worsley; Comedian: Sue Perkins
220	* Medieval Irish Folklore (Recorded live at the Hay Festival 2023)
221	** Historian: Dr. Gillian Kenny; Comedian: Seán Burke
222	* Medieval Ghost Stories (Halloween Special)
223	** Historian: Dr. Michael Carter; Comedian: Mathew Baynton
224	[[/folder]]
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228	!! ''You're Dead To Me'' contains examples of:
229	* TheAce:
230	** Desiree Burch is the all-time champion of the quizzes, with a success rate of 100%! According to Greg, the production team refer to a 10/10 score on the quiz as "Burching it"
231	** The Chevalier de Saint-Georges was a sword-fighting, womanising, revolutionising violin virtuoso.
232	* ActorSharedBackground: Frequently, a guest or both guests have something in common with the subject; for example, the episode on the Asante empire in modern-day Ghana features historian Gus Casely-Hayford and comedian Sophie Duker, who are both of Ghanaian descent.
233	* BerserkButton:
234	** Greg absolutely loathes conspiracy theories about history, especially ancient aliens.
235	** Downplayed, but Greg, and guests who are also medievalists, aren't very fond of the term "The Dark Ages"
236	* ChristmasEpisode: So far, the podcast has explored Christmas in the Victorian Era, the Medieval Era, and very specifically, Christmas with Charles Dickens.
237	* DontTryThisAtHome: Whenever the talk is about dangerous, weird, or just plain stupid things people from history got up to, Greg will throw in an 'obligatory BBC disclaimer.' The episode on Vital Electricity alone has three! When the presenters discuss [[ItMakesSenseInContext Alexander von Humboldt shoving electric nodes up his bum]] [[ForScience to see what would happen,]] Greg exclaims, "please, for the love of God, ''don't'' try this at home!"
238	* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: There is no quiz in the first two episodes, on Boudicca and the Spartans, respectively. The first quiz happens in episode 1x03, on Harriet Tubman.
239	* FirstNameBasis: The presenters address each other by their first names. Greg likes to stick the historian's title before their first name, resulting in such amusing forms of address as "Dr. Gus" or "Prof. Gretchen"
240	* FunWithHomophones: In the episode on the history of ice cream, comedian Creator/RichardOsman mishears (or pretends to mishear) the term "the queen of ices" as "the queen of ISIS"
241	* TheInternetIsForPorn: In the episode on the Medieval Papacy, comedian Alison Spittle asked for clarification when Greg refers to the pornocracy (due to a combination of Greg's accent and the utter outrageousness of the term); Greg confirms that it's not "pawn" as in the chess piece, but "porn", as in, "the stuff you find on the internet"
242	* NonIndicativeName: Defied. The episode "Julius Caesar's Rise to Power" was initially entitled "Young Julius Caesar." When it turns out that the episode covers Caesar's life until well into his fifties, comedian Ahir goes on a rant about it. Greg changes the episode title.
243	* PungeonMaster: Greg rarely lets an opportunity to make a (usually groanworthy) pun pass by.
244	* TheScrappy: The episode on P.T. Barnum is mostly all three presenters, but especially comedian Desiree Burch, repeatedly voicing their disgust with the man and his actions. The Nuance Window even doubles down on it!
245	-->'''Desiree:''' Normally that window brings renewed humanity to the subject, as opposed to just, like, firmly entrenching them in time as, like, an even bigger, like, top-of-the-dickpile of enslaver dicks.
246	* ShoutOut: The series logo is one to the Bayeux Tapestry.
247	* ValuesDissonance: Inevitably, since this is a podcast about history. In discussing the subjects, the presenters are confronted with racism, enslavement, children getting married or outrageous age gaps between spouses, incest, sexism, homophobia, etc.

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