{"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 - Henry VI - Part 1","slug":"book-companion-henry-vi-part-1","published_at":"2026-02-06T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749/book-companion-henry-vi-part-1","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/69846e2aebe93027d31ea5c8/media.mp3","summary":"Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six......... The story of Henry VI is a tangled one, intertwined with Edward IV and, not something to be rushed. So over the next two episodes, Charlie Higson unpicks the story of a man who became king, then was deposed only to become king again, only to be deposed.....again! It's a fascinating story which takes in a couple of wars, one civil and one against the French and even Joan of Arc makes an appearance. Helping Charlie make sense of all this is the excellent Helen Castor, author of Joan Of Arc and Blood & Roses and speaking of books, remember that you can still buy the book of the podcast, Willie Willie Harry Stee , a hardback volume lovingly created by Charlie, with sumptuous illustrations by his old pal Vic Reeves ....or Jim Moir to be more precise. Available now wherever books are sold. 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......... The story of Henry VI is a tangled on…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4289,"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-henry-vi-part-1/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-henry-vi-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}