Ian Hislop's Olden Days

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Ian Hislop explores the British obsession with the past. He reveals how and why, throughout our history, we have continually plundered 'the olden days' to make sense of and shape the present.

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Ian Hislop Self - Presenter

Miri Rubin Self - Queen Mary University of London

Jonathan Bate Self - Worcester College, Oxford University

Vic Gammon Self - Newcastle University

Jesse Norman Self - Author, 'Edmund Burke'

Jane Haslam Self - Vicar of North Petherton

Allan Massie Self - Novelist and Journalist

Jonathan Glancey Self - Design Historian

Luke Loader Self - Glastonbury Abbey

Kath Shuttleworth Self - Senior Audio Supervisor, 'The Archers'

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