National Trust Podcast

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  • Summary

  • Delve into immersive tales of history, nature and adventure with the award-winning National Trust Podcast. From wild landscapes to heritage sites and historical legends, unearth fascinating stories about people and places in the UK. This series, travel to the 1930s to unmask the eccentric Ferguson’s Gang, find out how the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree impacted the community, and discover what life was like for the people who toiled deep in a Roman gold mine. To learn more about podcasts from the National Trust go to http://nationaltrust.org.uk/podcasts This podcast is made by the National Trust, Europe’s biggest conservation charity. Looking after history, nature and beauty for everyone to enjoy.
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Episodes
  • Halloween Special | Murder in the Castle

    Halloween Special | Murder in the Castle
    Oct 17 2024
    On 18th March AD 978 at Corfe Castle in Dorset, a 16-year-old boy was brutally stabbed in the back and died shortly after. That boy was the teenage king, Edward the Martyr. But who was the murderer, or murderers?
    Join James Grasby and author Anna Groves on this Halloween historical Whodunnit, as they try and figure out who committed the regicide, with the help of some other worldly encounters.

    [Ad from our sponsor] This podcast episode is sponsored by family history website Findmypast. What was life like for domestic servants, workers and local communities at our most fascinating heritage sites? Discover how people from all walks of life lived and worked, and who with, in hundreds of census records, for free, by signing up with Findmypast. And find out about the free trial that you could use to explore your family history. See where the past takes you at: findmypast.co.uk/national-trust

    Watch a video of this podcast on the National Trust’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@nationaltrustcharity/podcasts

    Production
    Hosts : James Grasby and Anna Groves
    Producers : Pippa Tilbury-Harris and Nikki Ruck
    Sound Design: Jesus Gomez
    Actor voices :
    Caitlin Packer, Ethan Hughes, Louise Bray, Mark Powell courtesy of Prime Theatre

    Discover More
    If you’d like to read more about the ghosts of the National Trust, you can purchase Anna Groves’ book, ‘Britain’s Ghosts’ here:
    https://shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/national-trust-britain-s-ghosts.html

    To find out more about Corfe Castle including details for visiting, please click here: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/dorset/corfe-castle

    If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk
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    24 mins
  • New Kids' Podcast | Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers

    New Kids' Podcast | Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers
    Oct 16 2024
    Join the adventures of Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers, the new kids' podcast from the National Trust.

    Introducing the Wildlifers, a crew of colourful creatures who use their special skills to help where there's trouble in nature.

    Beaver’s a super engineer. Sleepy Bat’s skill is sonar. Wildcat’s a proud predator. Deer’s strong and speedy. Fox has a nose for trouble. Shy Mole’s an expert digger, and Dragonfly’s always buzzing.

    Ranger Rae’s the leader and can understand animals. And 12-year-old Apprentice Roxy dreams of becoming a real Ranger and being able to talk to wildlife too.

    From catching an escaped pet rat on a remote island, to solving the mystery of a giant bat in a cave, or tracking a thief through city streets, the gang are put to the test in their quests to help the natural world.

    Uncover stories of adventure and discovery with friends in the wild world.

    Perfect for 5-8 year olds.

    Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers is a podcast from the National Trust, produced by Fun Kids Radio. Artwork (c) Becka Moor.

    Follow and listen to Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers via mobile on your favourite podcast app:
    podfollow.com/national-trust-kids-podcast

    Head to the National Trust Kids' Podcast website: nationaltrust.org.uk/kids-podcast
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    1 min
  • WWII ‘Brown Babies’ | A Hidden History

    WWII ‘Brown Babies’ | A Hidden History
    Oct 10 2024
    Historian David Olusoga tells the story of the children born to white British mothers and black American servicemen during the Second World War, dubbed Britain’s ‘Brown Babies’ in the African American press at the time.
    Carol and Ann, now in their 80s, revisit their childhood home, Holnicote House in Somerset. During the 1940s, the building was used for the care of around 30 children of black GIs, from birth to the age of five.

    Carol and Ann were among some 2000 children born in wartime Britain to black GI fathers and white British mothers. Under many pressures including social prejudice and US legislation banning interracial marriage, around half of these children were placed into care.

    David also meets experts Prof Lucy Bland and Dr Chamion Caballero, to reveal this little-known history of the Second World War, and how modern DNA testing is helping families search for lost relatives 80 years later.

    You can watch a video of this podcast on National Trust YouTube: ntpodcasts.org/NTP143Video

    Production
    Host: David Olusoga
    Producer: Michelle Douglass
    Sound editor: Jesus Gomez
    Consultants: Lucy Bland, Professor of Social and Cultural History at Anglia Ruskin University, and Dr Chamion Caballero, Director and Co-Founder of The Mixed Museum

    Discover more

    Find out more about Britain’s ‘Brown Babies’ and hear oral histories, including more from Ann:
    https://mixedmuseum.org.uk/brown-babies/
    Explore the experiences of WWII black GIs in the UK:
    https://mixedmuseum.org.uk/brown-babies/black-gis-in-britain/
    Read Britain’s ‘Brown Babies’ by Professor Lucy Bland:
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Britains-%60Brown-Babies-Stories-Children/dp/1526133261
    Discover the Holnicote Estate’s diverse countryside, wildlife and walkways, looked after by the National Trust
    https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/somerset/countryside-woodland/explore-holnicote-estate
    Visit the Holnicote House hotel website:
    https://www.hfholidays.co.uk/country-houses/locations/selworthy-exmoor

    If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk

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    24 mins

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