It’s time to embark on a journey through history with "Oh What A Time…" a comedy history podcast hosted by renowned comedians Elis James and Tom Craine along with award winning podcaster Chris Scull. Tackling a brand new subject each week, (from ‘childhood’ to ‘a life at sea’, ‘marriage’ to ‘holidays’) your hosts will dive into the very weirdest and worst that history has to offer, in an effort to answer the question… "Was the past as awful as it sounds?" You can get in touch with the show by emailing: hello@ohwhatatime.com And you can support the show, get bonus episodes and extended ones by becoming an OWAT: FULL TIMER via a subscription: ohwhatatime.com
191 episodes transcribedNext, Alexander stamps his authority on Greece — crushing Thebes, securing the Balkans, and claiming Achilles as his role model. We end with...
We’re diving into palace intrigue, starting with the assassination of Philip II at a wedding that makes Game of Thrones look tame.Also, Tom h...
We explore the young prince’s elite education under Aristotle, featuring wild horses, epic poetry, and geography lessons that fuelled global...
It’s time to set the stage for one of history’s biggest names. We meet Alexander’s parents: Olympias (possibly sleeping with gods) and Philip...
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re talking about the great illusionists and conjurors of our times. We’ve got the man...
This week we’re talking about the great illusionists and conjurors of our times. We’ve got the man that pretty much invented the genre Jean-E...
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re discussing some of history’s most revolting peasants! Now no episode like this wou...
This week we’re discussing some of history’s most revolting peasants! Now no episode like this would be complete without rumoured West Ham fa...
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!**PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded just before Leslie Lemon - the custard-loving WW2 hero th...
**PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded just before Leslie Lemon - the custard-loving WW2 hero that so many listeners emailed us about -&nbs...
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting self-made millionaires that history has to offer...
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting self-made millionaires that history has to offer! This week we have Sarah Breedlove and her...
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re discussing various tunes and music genres which popped up in surprising circumstan...
This week we’re discussing various tunes and music genres which popped up in surprising circumstances. We’ve got North Africa’s blues inspire...
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!Time to go back to the golden age of cinema; this week we’ll tell the story of how sport first bur...
Time to go back to the golden age of cinema; this week we’ll tell the story of how sport first burst onto the big screen, how the first silen...
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we are trawling the archives for scandals! (And let’s attempt this episode description i...
This week we are trawling the archives for scandals! (And let’s attempt this episode description in true tabloid fashion). Hear all about Lor...
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re turning to history to find people unfortunate enough to have had a really daft dea...
This week we’re turning to history to find people unfortunate enough to have had a really daft death. We’ve got sixteenth-century Danish astr...
