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For New Year's Eve, we present a story of the origins of a New York Perennial! New York’s Times Square New Year’s Ball Drop is an annual ‘must see’ event for people in the USA and beyond. Harry Tucker looks back at its origins. Hosted by Robbie Stamp Performed by Sarah Beebe Sound Edited by Will Jacob

In this Christmas Story Single Story we hear a retelling of the famous Christmas Truce of 1914 - of kindness and compassion amidst the horrors of war.

In this Special Christmas Story Single Story, we learn a little about the making of Christmas Puddings in the Seventeenth Century and how the ‘Littlest Scullery Maid” saved Stir Up Sunday!

Bram Stoker worked for the charismatic actor and theatre manager Henry Irving in the 1890s. In gothic style, Becky Stamp considers how Irving’s overbearing presence inspired the character of Count Dracula.

In this special episode, recorded live in front of an audience at the Chalke Valley History Festival, Robbie Stamp introduces three stories from Britain's Anglo Saxon past: * Friends Live on Earth - Winflaed’s Will - written and performed by Olivia Bell * They Borrowed a Barrow - written and performed by Robbie Stamp * Before You Can Beat the Bounds, You Have to Read Them - introduced by historian Alex Langlands and performed by Olivia Bell Hosting duties by Viel Richardson, sound editing by Will Jacob.