Prime Time: Prime Ministers

An October 17th episode for celebrating Wilkes’ 300th Birthday. Here's our top 10 favourite facts about John Wilkes, whom you may remember from George Grenville Pt 2, and whose story on our podcast is not yet complete. With thanks to our wonderful Members of the Podcast primetimepod.com righthonwriteoff@gmail.com Instagram & Twitter: @primetime_cast Bluesky: ‪@primetimepod.bsky.social‬ Stock media provided by ScandiFex/ Pond5 [https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/111385359-big-90s-news-tv-intro-shortending-version-retro-music] Best Scream 😱 Sound Effects - Female, Male, Zombie, Horror Screams And Shrieks by Tune Pocket [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYLWeoGGUiw] Angry Crowd from Pixabay [https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/angry-crowd-70647/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

A second episode for examining the Right Hon. William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, and for connected purposes. This is our second of three episodes for Pitt the Elder, featuring Pitt's leadership during the Seven Years War. Edited by Roberto Toro of Grand Embassy Productions [http://tsarpower.com/] With thanks to our wonderful Members of the Podcast primetimepod.com righthonwriteoff@gmail.com Instagram & Twitter: @primetime_cast Bluesky: ‪@primetimepod.bsky.social‬ Stock media provided by ScandiFex/ Pond5 [https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/111385359-big-90s-news-tv-intro-shortending-version-retro-music] https://freesound.org/people/norwayjohn/sounds/404685/ [https://freesound.org/people/norwayjohn/sounds/404685/] https://freesound.org/people/arnaud%20coutancier/sounds/582922/ [https://freesound.org/people/arnaud%20coutancier/sounds/582922/] https://freesound.org/people/WolfOWI/sounds/588310/ [https://freesound.org/people/WolfOWI/sounds/588310/] https://freesound.org/people/mlsulli/sounds/234869/ [https://freesound.org/people/mlsulli/sounds/234869/] https://freesound.org/people/Ali_6868/sounds/384359/ [https://freesound.org/people/Ali_6868/sounds/384359/] https://freesound.org/people/squashy555/sounds/341368/ [https://freesound.org/people/squashy555/sounds/341368/] https://freesound.org/people/IllusiaProductions/sounds/249948/ [https://freesound.org/people/IllusiaProductions/sounds/249948/] https://freesound.org/people/hantorio/sounds/121943/ [https://freesound.org/people/hantorio/sounds/121943/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

An episode for examining the Right Hon. William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, and for connected purposes. This is our first of three episodes for Pitt the Elder, featuring his ancestry, early life, and first forays into politics. Cartoon of Sarah Churchill’s Ghost [https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1898-0520-182] With thanks to our wonderful Members of the Podcast primetimepod.com righthonwriteoff@gmail.com Instagram & Twitter: @primetime_cast Bluesky: ‪@primetimepod.bsky.social‬ Stock media provided by ScandiFex/ Pond5 [https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/111385359-big-90s-news-tv-intro-shortending-version-retro-music] Bell Chime Alert by plasterbrain -- License: Creative Commons 0 [https://freesound.org/s/419493] ScaryViolins.ogg by lennyboy -- License: Creative Commons 0 [https://freesound.org/s/244417] Pitt Boys Sting - ‘God Only Knows’ by the Beach Boys, arranged by Clay Hine, transcribed by Hugo Popplewell, performed by House of Chords. Sailor’s Hornpipe from [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Charles_Dalmaine_1238/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_09222009/Sailors_Hornpipe_Medley_1594/]freemusicarchive.org [http://freemusicarchive.org/] Oh Better Far to Live and Die by Gilbert & Sullivan, recorded by Malcolm Sargent & D'Oyly Carte (1929) ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The "rotten boroughs" were one of the most infamous corruptions in British political history, allowing MPs to be elected by tiny numbers of people, often under the control of wealthy local landowners, or even the government itself. In this episode, we look at their history and some of their sillier stories, as well as some of the other types of now-abolished constituencies. With thanks to our wonderful Members of the Podcast primetimepod.com righthonwriteoff@gmail.com Instagram & Twitter: @primetime_cast Bluesky: ‪@primetimepod.bsky.social‬ Stock media provided by ScandiFex/ Pond5 [https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/111385359-big-90s-news-tv-intro-shortending-version-retro-music] Music: "When I Was a Lad" from Gilbert and Sullivan Spectacular, Decca Records, 1955 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Although serving as Lord Rockingham's political secretary, Edmund Burke made a name for himself not in politics, but in his thinking. In this episode, we take a look at the lasting intellectual legacy of one of Britain's most important political philosophers. With thanks to our wonderful Members of the Podcast primetimepod.com righthonwriteoff@gmail.com Instagram & Twitter: @primetime_cast Bluesky: ‪@primetimepod.bsky.social‬ Stock media provided by ScandiFex/ Pond5 [https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/111385359-big-90s-news-tv-intro-shortending-version-retro-music] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.