Albion
Albion
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Weird UK history by idiots abroad. Or rather, an idiot and a broad.
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APR 8, 2020
S2 // Episode 3: Cycles of Violence
Elliott learns that racists are everywhere. Casey learns never to send back a glass of wine. Sources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/48873611 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_Burton#Personal_life https://www.casquette.co.uk/people/queens-of-pain-beryl-burton https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jun/13/tour-de-france-beryl-burton http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/government/scholastica.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/10/day-1355-university-fracas-ends-93-dead-birth-600-year-long/ https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/9200746.rioting-wine-led-90-deaths/
36 MIN
MAR 23, 2020
S2 // Episode 2: Flea the Crime Scene
Grannies out here making bank, and all ya'll care about is the sharp end of an egg. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plague_of_London https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/women-of-the-plague/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-strangest-weird-laws-enforced-christopher-sargeant-sturgeon-armour-a7232586.html https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/laws-uk-weird-door-knock-12755849 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17610820 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/calls-for-dead-laws-to-be-repealed-7618201.html
35 MIN
MAR 2, 2020
S2 // Episode 1: This Fucking Guy
A monarch with a penchant for fertile uteri, plus a pair of innkeepers with a nasty whisky habit, they'll all soon learn that murder is the solution to any problem.
47 MIN
FEB 16, 2020
S1 // Episode 12: Fun Times in Prison, Funner Times in Hospital
Need to shed a few pounds before mankini season? Try the hot new incarceration diet, and if that doesn't work, try chopping your balls off.
40 MIN
JAN 29, 2020
S1 // Episode 11: Butt Tobacco & Milky Pudding
Half the nation is fleeing workhouses by any means necessary, while the other half is wearing 6 coats and ripping up lawns. Classic.
32 MIN
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