{"podcast":{"title":"Willy Willy Harry Stee...","slug":"willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749","podcast_index_feed_id":6300749,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/643708c2cf22560011db18ed","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/willy-willy-harry-stee","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/643708c2cf22560011db18ed/1681383189743-42216b9e12d17c527f5a081659830f2b.jpeg","author":"Charlie Higson","episode_count":186,"summary":"Charlie Higson's History of the Monarchy. In each new weekly episode, Charlie and his friendly experts....(ie REAL historians)...learn all about one of our Kings or Queens and ask searching questions like: Were they any good? What did they actually do? Why did so many die from an exploding stomach? It's the story of families at war....literally! New episodes every Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749"},"episode":{"title":"Book Companion - Charles I","slug":"book-companion-charles-i","published_at":"2026-05-21T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749/book-companion-charles-i","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749","url":"https://shows.acast.com/willy-willy-harry-stee","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/643708c2cf22560011db18ed/e/6a0dbad98777270b4134a76c/media.mp3","summary":"Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie...... Charles The 1st, a king so bad he got himself executed and almost finished the Monarchy off for good. But, of course, the story isn't that simple. Luckily for us, Charlie Higson unpicks his life with the help of Leanda De Lisle, historian and author of Henrietta Maria, Conspirator, Warrior, Phoenix Queen. Also don't forget that Charlie's book of this podcast, Willie Willie Harry Stee is out now, with illustrations by Jim Moir , or Vic Reeves as you may know him. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Willie-Harry-Stee-brand-new-hilarious/dp/0008741050 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4515,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749/episodes/book-companion-charles-i/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749/book-companion-charles-i.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}