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Eadfrith the Scribe
10/30 Richard Gameson explores the everyday working lives and vital contribution of scribes.
Cuthbert
9/30 Historian Tony Morris explores the life of Cuthbert, the popular saint of the Northeast.
Hild of Whitby
8/30 The story of Hild of Whitby, an abbess who held great power in the seventh century.
Penda
7/30 Historian Michael Wood celebrates Penda, the much-maligned last pagan king of England.
King Edwin
6/30 Discussing King Edwin, the ruler of Northumbria famous for his conversion to Christianity.
King Raedwald
5/30 Martin Carver discusses the inhabitant of the Sutton Hoo ship burial.
Three Alpha Females
4/30 Martin Carver recreates the lives of three powerful pagan women.
St Augustine
3/30 Rowan Williams focuses on St Augustine, the first-ever Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Peasant Farmer
2/30 Portrait of the peasant farmers who have shaped the English landscape as we know it today.
Vortigern
1/30 Discussion on Vortigern, the king often blamed for inviting the first Anglo-Saxon invaders
