{"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 VIII - Part 1","slug":"book-companion-henry-viii-part-1","published_at":"2026-03-20T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749/book-companion-henry-viii-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/69b95b60b5ba12a227d85c2c/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....... Yes, we usher in Henry VIII . He ate a lot. He spent a lot. He married a lot. If that's all you know about the most famous of all our Kings, then listen on as Charlie Higson uncovers Henry's life in the first part of a story that is so epic, it requires.....well......two parts! Such is Henry's magnitude, one guest is not enough either. In this episode we have two, the formidable husband and wife team of John Guy & Julia Fox, authors of many books on this Monarch including Hunting The Falcon, Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the Marriage that Shook Europe. 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":4333,"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-viii-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-viii-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}