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Are You More Squeamish Than a Shakespearean?

Synopsis
Educational radio series in which husband and wife Greg James and Bella Mackie meet inspiring teachers. In this edition GCSE English teacher Mrs Steele gives them a lesson about just how gross life was in Shakespeare’s day.

Greg and Bella will work out if they could survive a day in Elizabethan London; hear about the crazy ideas that informed early medicine and their unlikely cures; find out how women’s health was treated differently and see how all these ideas played out in the theatre of the day.
Series
Teach Me a Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
25 Jun 2022 at 20:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 5)
Duration
45 mins

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Subjects
History; Medical sciences; Women’s studies; Shakespeare
Keywords
Elizabethan drama

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

BoB

Email
bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk
Web
https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand External site opens in new window
Phone
020 3743 2345
Address
Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
330 Holborn Gate
1st Floor, Suite 120
London
WC1V 7QH
Notes
Formerly a service from BUFVC, British Universities Film & Video Council

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