Clare Jackson
Senior Tutor at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge
6 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
The Interregnum
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the unstable rule in England between the execution of Charles I and restoration of Charles II and the impact in Scotland and, infamously, Ireland
27 May 2021
Also featuring: Micheál Ó Siochrú, Laura Stewart
The Treaty of Limerick
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of the treaty ending the Williamite War in 1691, with the disbanding of the Jacobite army and assertion of rights for the defeated gentry
7 November 2019
Also featuring: Jane Ohlmeyer, Thomas O'Connor
Titus Oates and his 'Popish Plot'
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Titus Oates and his role in starting and spreading rumours of a 'Popish Plot' against Charles II.
12 May 2016
Also featuring: Mark Knights, Peter Hinds
The Death of Elizabeth I
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the death of Queen Elizabeth I and its immediate impact, as a foreign monarch became King in the face of plots and plague.
15 October 2009
Also featuring: John Guy, Helen Hackett
CultureBurials at Westminster AbbeyEnglish AnglicansPeople of the Elizabethan eraEnglish women poetsPeople excommunicated by the Catholic ChurchEnglish people of Welsh descentPrisoners in the Tower of LondonFounders of English schools and colleges16th-century queens regnant16th-century English translatorsHouse of TudorThe Divine Right of Kings
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Divine Right of Kings. The idea that kingly authority derives from God alone bit deep into the culture of 17th century Britain.
11 October 2007
Also featuring: Justin Champion, Thomas Healy
The Restoration
Melvyn Bragg examines the reign of Charles II and discusses whether the Restoration brought peace and prosperity to England or was an unstable period that culminated in revolution.
15 February 2001
Also featuring: Mark Goldie, Richard Ollard