Welcome to The Shortest History of Britain!

In this podcast we’re going to cover a few thousand years of this fabulous nation, from the very beginnings of life here, all the way through to the modern day. We’ll have to skim the surface a little to get through it all, but we'll whirlwind through the years to give you an idea of the main events that shaped our great nation.

Each short episode will feature a period of time, as we climb from the ancient times to the more recent.

In episode ten we explore the 1700s. As we enter into what we know as the Georgian era of British history, with a long line of Georges on the throne, we see a period of incredible social change, reform and revolution. We see the Industrial and Agricultural revolutions, seismic changes in every part of daily life, with the introduction of game-changing inventions and developments. Elsewhere the colonies of America were first fought for and won, then fought for again and lost in the American War of Independence, and the seeds for the French Revolution started a bloodbath which crossed the channel with Napoleon to the shores of Britain.

Episodes:

1 - Pre-Roman

2- Roman -> Norman Invasion

3 - 1000s

4 - 1100s

5 - 1200s

6 - 1300s

7 - 1400s

8 - 1500s

9 - 1600s

10 - 1700s

11 - 1800s

12 - 1900 -> 2000