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Hidden Killers of the Post-War Home

In this fifth episode of the popular Hidden Killers strand, Dr Suzannah Lipscomb explores the time when British people embraced modern design for the first time after years of austerity and self-denial. This first aired on Wednesday 25th May 2016 on BBC FOUR.

Carbon Monoxide

I add this clip as it’s potentially the one most likely to save lives, even now. My schoolfriend, Katie Samuels,...

Behind the Scenes of Hidden Killers of the Post-War Home

Here I’ve given an interview to the BBC History magazine online, HistoryExtra, about how in the 1950s, following long years...

Hidden Killers of the Post-War Home

Only two days to go: here’s a few more pieces about these hidden killers – History Extra History Extra Podcast...

History Hit

If you didn’t make it to History Hit, you can hear me talking about witchcraft for 79p now on iTunes....

Some of the short videos Dan Jones and I made about Henry VIII’s Six Wives

Thought you might like to see the Ch. 5 videos of me and Dan Jones talking about the series again,...

My TV Hero …

The Radio Times asked me about about starting out in TV and who influenced me – I told them that...

Face to Face with History

Practical details from historical sources may convince us that historical fiction is fact, but, warns Suzannah Lipscomb in her History Today column of May 2016, such novels are fraught with danger for one in search of the past.

Hidden Killers of the Post-War Home

For my friends in the UK, I thought you’d like to be the first to know: Obviously, we’ve got one...

Ep 3 Henry VIII and his Six Wives …

… goes out this evening at 8pm Ch. 5. Do watch if you can. This week we’ll be telling you...