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‘In this special Halloween episode, Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Michael Carter and actor Mathew Baynton to learn all about ghost stories in the European Middle Ages. From the 12th century onwards, medieval Europe produced a huge number of ghost stories, often written in monasteries. But why were monks so interested in ghosts? How were ghost stories related to wider Christian beliefs about death and the afterlife? And what happened to these beliefs with the arrival of the Protestant Reformation?


From creepy child ghosts to friendly apparitions via the fires of purgatory, this is a glimpse into the strange, spooky and sometimes sinister side of medieval beliefs.’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gnwlmj?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
 
MorningAngel said:
‘In this special Halloween episode, Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Michael Carter and actor Mathew Baynton to learn all about ghost stories in the European Middle Ages. From the 12th century onwards, medieval Europe produced a huge number of ghost stories, often written in monasteries. But why were monks so interested in ghosts? How were ghost stories related to wider Christian beliefs about death and the afterlife? And what happened to these beliefs with the arrival of the Protestant Reformation?


From creepy child ghosts to friendly apparitions via the fires of purgatory, this is a glimpse into the strange, spooky and sometimes sinister side of medieval beliefs.’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gnwlmj?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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Wonder if that's how the term 'Ghost Writer' came in?
 
The Princes in the Tower: The New Evidence
Channel 4, 8pm

'Historical cold cases are the specialism of Philippa Langley, who achieved worldwide fame in 2012 when she masterminded the discovery of Richard III’s remains. Can she now solve the mystery of whether the same king had “the princes in the tower”, Edward V and Richard Duke of York, two young rivals for the throne, killed in 1483? Rob Rinder helps her out on a trip to medieval Europe.'

The (supposed) new evidence is outlined here:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/ukne...ints-to-escape-rather-than-murder/ar-AA1k34Ga
 
MorningAngel said:
‘In this special Halloween episode, Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Michael Carter and actor Mathew Baynton to learn all about ghost stories in the European Middle Ages. From the 12th century onwards, medieval Europe produced a huge number of ghost stories, often written in monasteries. But why were monks so interested in ghosts? How were ghost stories related to wider Christian beliefs about death and the afterlife? And what happened to these beliefs with the arrival of the Protestant Reformation?


From creepy child ghosts to friendly apparitions via the fires of purgatory, this is a glimpse into the strange, spooky and sometimes sinister side of medieval beliefs.’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gnwlmj?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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Just a few days ago I was wondering why all the ghost stories I hear about are ghosts from the Edwardian or Victorian eras, but never medieval or earlier. Cheers, I'm going to enjoy this one!
 
Steven said:
The Princes in the Tower: The New Evidence
Channel 4, 8pm

'Historical cold cases are the specialism of Philippa Langley, who achieved worldwide fame in 2012 when she masterminded the discovery of Richard III’s remains. Can she now solve the mystery of whether the same king had “the princes in the tower”, Edward V and Richard Duke of York, two young rivals for the throne, killed in 1483? Rob Rinder helps her out on a trip to medieval Europe.'

The (supposed) new evidence is outlined here:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/ukne...ints-to-escape-rather-than-murder/ar-AA1k34Ga
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This was very convincing, not that I really give a feck about royal family power struggles in the 15th century, but the archive finds from Europe are quite remarkable.

Basically, the evidence found points more than strongly that they weren’t murdered but were freed, went to Europe & subsequently raised forces to try to regain the throne ‘stolen’ from them.

History being written by the winners means the prevailing established version is false to hide the truth. Well worth a watch. Phillipa Langley has done a remarkable job.
 
hunck said:
This was very convincing, not that I really give a feck about royal family power struggles in the 15th century, but the archive finds from Europe are quite remarkable.

Basically, the evidence found points more than strongly that they weren’t murdered but were freed, went to Europe & subsequently raised forces to try to regain the throne ‘stolen’ from them.

History being written by the winners means the prevailing established version is false to hide the truth. Well worth a watch. Phillipa Langley has done a remarkable job.
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Yes it was intriguing. It seems that a lot of History has been riddled with fake and false stuff - now where have I heard that said before. . .
 
Steven said:
The Princes in the Tower: The New Evidence
Channel 4, 8pm

'Historical cold cases are the specialism of Philippa Langley, who achieved worldwide fame in 2012 when she masterminded the discovery of Richard III’s remains. Can she now solve the mystery of whether the same king had “the princes in the tower”, Edward V and Richard Duke of York, two young rivals for the throne, killed in 1483? Rob Rinder helps her out on a trip to medieval Europe.'

The (supposed) new evidence is outlined here:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/ukne...ints-to-escape-rather-than-murder/ar-AA1k34Ga
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An excellent and engrossing tale!
 
If anyone's interested in reading more about the mystery, I recommend this amazing book on the pretender Perkin Warbeck:

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'In 1491, as Machiavelli advised popes and princes and Leonardo da Vinci astonished the art world, a young man boarded a ship in Portugal bound for Ireland. He would be greeted upon arrival as the rightful heir to the throne of England. The trouble was, England already had a king...

The most intriguing and ambitious pretender in history, this elegant young man was celebrated throughout Europe as the prince he claimed to be: Richard, Duke of York, the younger of the "Princes in the Tower" who were presumed to have been murdered almost a decade earlier. Handsome, well-mannered, and charismatic, he behaved like the perfect prince, and many believed he was one. The greatest European rulers of the age -- among them the emperor Maximilian, Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, and Charles VIII of France- - used him as a diplomatic pawn to their own advantage. As such, he tormented Henry VII for eight years, attempting to invade England three times. Eventually, defeated and captured, he admitted to being Perkin Warbeck, the son of a common boatman from Flanders. But was this really the truth?'
 
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This Christmas

BBC Two and BBC iPlayer

Mark Gatiss’ adaptation of the Arthur Conan Doyle short story comes to BBC Two this Christmas, starring Kit Harington and Freddie Fox.

1881. Old College, Oxford plays host to three very different young academics: Abercrombie Smith, a model of Victorian manhood, clean of limb and sound of mind; Monkhouse Lee, a delicate and unworldly student from Siam; and the strange and exotic Edward Bellingham, whose arcane research into Ancient Egypt is the talk of the campus.

Could Bellingham’s unnatural experiments bring the breath of life to the horrifying bag of bones tagged Lot No.249?

An end-of-Empire chiller, Lot No. 249 stars Kit Harington, Freddie Fox, Colin Ryan, John Heffernan, James Swanton, Jonathan Rigby and Andrew Horton.

Lot No. 249 is an Adorable Media production for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer (1x30). The Executive Producer for Adorable Media is Isibéal Ballance for Adorable Media, and the Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Mark Bell.
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Speaking of TV, I just found out there was a show, Fortean TV. A look on Youtube shows a few episodes here and there, I was wondering if anyone knew where to find the complete series, as the company who had it is now defunct. *sigh*
 
Aydee_Aitchdee said:
Speaking of TV, I just found out there was a show, Fortean TV. A look on Youtube shows a few episodes here and there, I was wondering if anyone knew where to find the complete series, as the company who had it is now defunct. *sigh*
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It was released on dvd late last year by Network DVD who,as you say went out of business. Copies are available on eBay and Amazon but are expensive. Most Network titles have rocketed in price since the company went bust.
 
Aydee_Aitchdee said:
Speaking of TV, I just found out there was a show, Fortean TV. A look on Youtube shows a few episodes here and there, I was wondering if anyone knew where to find the complete series, as the company who had it is now defunct. *sigh*
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They are repeating a lot of their stuff on 'Blaze' Channel - have been for a while.
 
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"Blaze" channel, eh? So, watchable by those who've been partaking of ... herbs? Adverts for snack firms and fast food outlets, perhaps?
 
tonight on BBC Scotland Loch Ness They Created a Monster. Great documentary about some of the searchers for the monster. Saw it on Wednesday and well worth 90 minutes of anyone's time.

If you're not in Scotland and you have Sky it's on channel 187, it's also of course, on BBC iPlayer.
 
If you use a TV then you need a license. It's not a matter of what you watch on it. Unless you watch it on your computer.
 
As far as I've been told, it all depends on the device you watch it rather than which channel you watch.
I'm not tied into this argument - I've always had a TV license while I can afford it. The morality of the whole thing matters not to me. Find excuses - political or moral - not to pay for a TV license then it's up to you.
 
There are new episodes of London Particular. I’d listen to the original episodes three years ago. I’d forgotten about it until someone mentioned the new episodes.

‘In Nick Perry's time travelling drama series, London is not one but many cities; a city of curious anomalies and dark secrets, of hidden portals to other dimensions. A city so vast and varied that the weird and the uncanny blend seamlessly with the ordinary, where the person sitting next to you on the bus, or walking beside you on the pavement, may in fact be a visitor from another time.’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b04xxp0g?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
 
This sounds interesting:

'Ghost Story, from Wondery, is a strange new seven-part show. It starts out in familiar spooky-tale territory. Then it performs a lane hop into another genre before zigzagging and turning back on itself to become something else entirely. This might make it sound an awkward listen. It’s not. It’s very good, but any explanation will seem bananas.

Here goes. Journalist Tristan Redman moved to a house in London when he was a teenager. On several occasions, objects in his bedroom would move without anyone touching them – a vase would end up on a bedside table, say, where he definitely didn’t put it. As an adult, he discovered that other people who’d lived in the same house had also had weird experiences, often involving seeing a woman with no face.

So far, so Danny Robins’s Uncanny. But the story becomes complicated by the utterly mad coincidence that Redman’s wife, Kate’s, family used to live in the house next door. And that a woman in that family – Naomi, Kate’s great-grandmother – was murdered in that house. Naomi’s husband, known as Feyther, escaped being killed himself, through his cleverness and quick actions. Redman decides to find out more.'

https://wondery.com/shows/ghost-story/?queryID=ccd72e7ed95b963b460baaf6802d2469

(Summary courtesy of the Guardian)
 
MorningAngel said:
This Christmas

BBC Two and BBC iPlayer

Mark Gatiss’ adaptation of the Arthur Conan Doyle short story comes to BBC Two this Christmas, starring Kit Harington and Freddie Fox.
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Thanks for the reminder. Looking forward to it. Makes a change from M.R.James. Not Familiar with Lot 249 and not sure whether I will listen to an audio book version first or watch it without knowing too much about the plot.

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Steven said:
This sounds interesting:

'Ghost Story, from Wondery, is a strange new seven-part show. It starts out in familiar spooky-tale territory. Then it performs a lane hop into another genre before zigzagging and turning back on itself to become something else entirely. This might make it sound an awkward listen. It’s not. It’s very good, but any explanation will seem bananas.

Here goes. Journalist Tristan Redman moved to a house in London when he was a teenager. On several occasions, objects in his bedroom would move without anyone touching them – a vase would end up on a bedside table, say, where he definitely didn’t put it. As an adult, he discovered that other people who’d lived in the same house had also had weird experiences, often involving seeing a woman with no face.

So far, so Danny Robins’s Uncanny. But the story becomes complicated by the utterly mad coincidence that Redman’s wife, Kate’s, family used to live in the house next door. And that a woman in that family – Naomi, Kate’s great-grandmother – was murdered in that house. Naomi’s husband, known as Feyther, escaped being killed himself, through his cleverness and quick actions. Redman decides to find out more.'

https://wondery.com/shows/ghost-story/?queryID=ccd72e7ed95b963b460baaf6802d2469

(Summary courtesy of the Guardian)
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Just to be clear, this isn't Fiction...?
 
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