The Podcast Title – Historic Royal Palaces – Tower Prisoner Stories – JacobsOriginal Air Date – 13 February 2013Series – Stories from the PalacesDuration – 4:19 minutesProducer -unknownClip available here (N.B. 2021 – link no longer works and I haven’t been able to find a replacement) Review This programme was produced by the Tower of […]
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The Show – BBC Radio Scotland – Edinburgh, Scotland: Carl Lody, Spy on the Forth Original Air Date – 17 February 2014Station – BBC RadioShow – World War I at HomeDuration – 6:38 minutesProducer -unknownClip available here Review This programme tells the story of Carl Hans Lody, a German spy who was executed at the
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The Show – BBC Radio – Tower of London, London: The Execution of Eleven German Spies Original Air Date – 3 February 2014Station – BBC RadioShow – World War I at HomeDuration – 6:49 minutesProducer -unknownClip available here Review Although this radio programme deals primarily with the execution of German spies during World War I,
The Radio Show – Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm Original Air Date – 2 August, 2014Station – BBC Radio 4Show – Punt PI: Steve Punt InvestigatesDuration – 30 minutesHost – Steve PuntProducer – Sarah BowenClip available here Review In this half hour show, BBC’s resident gumshoe, Steve Punt, looks into the mystery surrounding
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The Film Tales from the Tower was released in 2001 by Ardent Productions, a film company based in England. It was produced for the American market and aired on The Learning Channel. Producers: Robin Bextor, Edward Wessex (also known as Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex), Larry Lamb and Peter Koper.Directors: Paul Bryers and Robin Bextor.Writers:
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The Film – Tales from the Tower (2001) Producers: Robin Bextor, Edward Wessex (also known as Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex), Larry Lamb and Peter Koper.Directors: Paul Bryers and Robin Bextor.Writers: Daniel Diehl and Mark P. Donnelly (who later published a book with the same title in 2004). N.B. This video should not be confused
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World War II Today is an interesting site with stories from the war, updated 70 years after the event. The site is currently posting events from 1944 but the site also has articles from previous years. One article entitled the Last Execution in the Tower of London appears for 15 August 1941. The article is
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National Geographic has set a date and a time for the first episode of their three part series – Bloody Tales from the Tower. The three parts are: Traitors, Executions and Scandal. The first episode will air on Monday April 16 at 8 pm (UK premiere) and includes the piece of Josef. The episode featuring
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An independent film company, True North Productions, contacted me in December. They are producing a mini-documentary on the history of the Tower and had heard about me. After several email conversations and an introductory Skype call, we connected via Skype, and I was interviewed by one of the hosts of the show. The documentary is
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