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Greg Jenner

@gregjenner.bsky.social

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~Public Historian 📜🤓 ~Host & creator of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME comedy & history podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️ ~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑‍🎓 ~ Author of 7 funny books ✍️📚 ~ CBBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES TV (series 1-8) 📺🤣 ~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️ www.gregjenner.com 🧑‍💻

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hi! I’m a Public Historian and I host the funny BBC podcast YOU’RE DEAD TO ME which pairs up expert historians with comedians

I also write funny history books - 3 for kids & 3 for adults - and I used to work on the BBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES TV comedy show

I love TV, movies, books, podcasts & Spurs 😀

Greg holds a microphone while speaking in Southwark Cathedral. He wears a leather jacket, red jumper, and has brown curly hair

Greg smiles while holding his children’s book Totally Chaotic History: Ancient Egypt Gets Unruly with its vibrant yellow and red front cover that shows a pharaoh being chased by a crocodile

The artwork for Greg’s BBC podcast You’re Dead To Me which playfully reworks the iconic imagery in the Bayeux Tapestry to show King Harold, with arrow in his eye, pointing accusingly to William who holds up his hands in apology

Greg’s bookcase displaying his podcast artwork, 3 podcast awards, and 5 books he has written, including their international versions with different artwork and titles in various foreign languages

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 3h

TASKMASTER!

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 10h

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 8h

‘When Asa Briggs left school, there were only fifty thousand university students in the whole of Britain. Today, to a substantial degree because of Briggs’s campaigns and ideas, there are more than three million in higher education.’

Neal Ascherson on the historian: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Neal Ascherson · Professor Heathrow: Asa Briggs says yes

Asa Briggs used sweeping educational change to increase equality in England. He helped to make history, as well as...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah, in the uk we have commercial channels too, but the BBC (who I work for) is funded by an annual licence fee, so there are no adverts on their radio or tv shows

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah, I sympathise - it’s hard being a creator too, never quite sure how best to promote stuff these days

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 8h

Not on the BBC channels

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History Today @historytoday.com · 8h

The great sea battle between Christian Europe and the #OttomanEmpire was seen as a pivotal moment in history. Have the consequences of Lepanto been exaggerated?

⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free

www.historytoday.com/archive/head...

How Important Was the Battle of Lepanto?

www.historytoday.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 10h

There is lots of good TV, but budgets are falling and it’s getting harder

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 11h

This is a huge moment in linear broadcast TV. When I began my TV career in 2005, even history documentaries were expected to get 2 million viewers

Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 12h

Last month, something unusual happened in TV - none of the main channels got a million viewers at 9pm. The bigger problem was it happened a 2nd & 3rd time soon after.

Another unwelcome landmark for linear TV & our shrinking shared TV experience.

Does it matter?

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

‘It was a binding experience’: TV producers mourn decline of hot 9pm slot

UK broadcasters used to rely on big audiences at 9pm, but as viewing habits change, figures are falling below the 1m mark

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 11h

Enjoy!

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 11h

Haha, ok - I shall shield you from the beautiful curse

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 12h

I’ve had to learn Golden on guitar just so I stop constantly singing it in the house

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 12h

Sorry, forgot to say it’s on Amazon Prime

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

The John Candy doc is lovely — had me tearing up, what a talent, but, more importantly, what a person

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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 13h

On Indigenous Peoples' Day I'm re-sharing the episode of @thisguysucked.com on which I spoke with host @ceaubin.bsky.social about why, even in his own day, people thought Christopher Columbus sucked.

💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #renaissance #maps #geography #cartography #empire 1/2

Christopher Columbus with Surekha Davies

Podcast Episode · This Guy Sucked · 08/28/2025 · Subscribers Only · 1h

podcasts.apple.com

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Evan Levine @levine.bsky.social · 2d

Marble from the island of Naxos was used for some of the most beautiful monuments from the ancient Greek world–but how were huge blocks like these quarried 2,500 years ago?

Check out our new paper in @antiquity.ac.uk at bit.ly/4h9AVik to learn how we're developing new ways to study old quarries 🏺🇬🇷

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 13h

That is very classy!

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

The John Candy doc is lovely — had me tearing up, what a talent, but, more importantly, what a person

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Michel Lacombe @michellacombe.bsky.social · 1d

Julius Caesar conquered Gaul in 51 BC and died in 44 BC, therefore all of Asterix's adventures took place over the course of less than seven years, probably much less since Asterix's chieftain was at the battle of Alesia, were it is probable Asterix and Obelix's fathers died. In this essay, I will

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Lillian Hochwender (a.k.a. Lillie) @ligerlillie.bsky.social · 1d

Papa Smurf wears a Phrygian cap, most often associated with the French Revolution, indicating Smurf Village had a monarchy it has since overthrown. This makes Papa Smurf, de facto head of state post-revolution, akin to Robespierre. In this essay I will —

An image of Papa Smurf, a small blue man with a white beard. He’s wearing red trousers that lead into shoes and a red cap that slouches forward.

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

I completely missed this story, so sharing it in case you missed it too
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

What are the Boris Files and what do they reveal about former PM’s conduct?

Leaked material from Johnson’s private office raises serious questions relating to his time in No 10 and since he resigned

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

Diane Keaton was the quintessential comedy queen 👸🏻 www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

From Annie Hall to Something’s Gotta Give: Diane Keaton was the quintessential comedy queen

The late actor won an Oscar for leading a romantic comedy in the 1970s and set the blueprint for many of the women who followed her in the genre

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

This is a sensible piece by a good writer, ignore the provocative headline

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2d

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it is still shaping policy. So were we all wrong to leave?

Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky?

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it's still shaping policy

www.newstatesman.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, good stuff!

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

Hello, people of North Wales!

I’m coming to Bangor on Friday to do a lovely event called Ask A Historian, where you can ask me anything about history — tickets still available. All part of Bangor’s 1500th anniversary!

And @katewilliamsme.bsky.social is there too

www.pontio.co.uk/en/events/g%...

Bangor History Festival - Pontio

https://www.pontio.co.uk/en/events/gŵyl-hanes-bangor

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