Show Notes
What do you get when you put a drag queen, a drag king, a Big Brother star and one of England's most controversial monarchs in the same taxi?
In the first episode of Time Travelling Queers, Don One is joined by RuPaul's Drag Race UK star Tia Kofi and historian and Big Brother 8’s Jonty Stern to journey back to the fourteenth century and uncover the extraordinary life of King Edward II.
Was Edward II really England's first queer king? Were his relationships with Piers Gaveston and Hugh Despenser love stories, political disasters—or both? And why has history spent centuries obsessing over how he died instead of how he reigned?
Expect scandal, court favourites, civil war, royal revenge, dubious death theories, and enough palace drama to rival today's reality TV.
History has never been this queer.
#ttqpod
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Host : Don One Guest : Tia Kofi Historian : Jonty Stern Creator, Writer & Director : David Mark Graham Writer & Producer : Marie Horner Executive Producer : Rishi Khosla Set Designer : Ellie Koslowsky Sound Designer & Dubbing Mixer : Jon Gray Theme music Composer : Adiescar Chase
Special thanks to the incredible historians who gave their time and knowledge as we developed this show; Claire Mead, Jas Bevan Nas, Tim May, Ema Sala, Tallulah Smart, Kit Heyam, Ess Grange, Jonty Stern, Kit Green and Siobhan McGuirk.
Recorded at www.storyhousestudios.co
CHAPTERS 0:00 - 03:23 Intro 03:24 - 04:06 Time Travel 04:07 - 08:58 For Queer King and Country 08:59 - 11:52 There were two of us in this marriage 11:53 - 13:00 The Favourite number 1 Piers 13:00- 16:20 Whats On Trend!? 16:20-23:40 Piers the favourite continued 23:41 - 37:44 Favourite number 2 Hugh Dispenser 37:45 - 43:17 Revenge is a dish served red hot and pointy. 43:18- 45:30 Is Diana Spencer related to Hugh Despenser? 45:30- 46:56 King Edward II Legacy 46:56- 48:11 Sorting out the fare and outro
REFERENCES Edward II the Man: A Doomed Inheritance — Stephen Spinks, Amberley Publishing, 2017. The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Ruler of England, 1327–1330 — Ian Mortimer, Jonathan Cape, 2003. Joan of Kent: The First Princess of Wales — Penny Lawne, Amberley Publishing, 2015. The Queen and the Mistress: The Women of Edward III — Gemma Hollman, The History Press, 2022. Edward I — L. F. Salzman, Frederick A. Praeger, 1968
IMAGE CREDIT Manuscript in Carlisle Castle from c. 14th century and an anonymous 19th century portrait of Edward II by unknown Author, accessed via Wikimedia Commons.
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