AGE OF VICTORIA Podcast
1) Minisode 005 Big Ben
The story of the most distinctive clock and bell in the world. Learn how a tragic fire, and a brilliant Victorian rotter, gave us the iconic Big Ben. This minisode details the great fire at Westminst...Show More
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The story behind the building of the iconic clock tower. It was somehow designed by the lawyer who was in charge of running the project. H...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) EP068 WHEN HUNGER WALKS THE LAND
Episode Overview In the third instalment of our series on famine and revolution, we pull away the veil of headline numbers to investigate the visceral, human reality of the Great Hunger in Ireland. Th...Show More
3) EP067 HIGHLANDS & HARDSHIP
Summary While the Great Hunger in Ireland remains one of the most documented tragedies of the nineteenth century, the story of what happened across the Irish Sea in the Scottish Highlands is often ...Show More
4) EP066 THE PANDEMIC OF ROT
Episode Summary: The Age of Victoria continues its 2026 “Famine & Revolution” series by stepping away from the political scandals of Lola Montez and into the microscopic world of a biologi...Show More
5) EP065 SETTING EUROPE ON FIRE
The Age of Victoria returns for the 2026 season with a high-energy prologue to our new series, “Hunger and Revolution”. In this episode, we follow the “magnificent, terrible, magneti...Show More
6) Christmas special 2025: Anyone for cocktails?
Christmas is here, and after a brief hiatus due to a hectic workload, Chris Fernandez-Packham returns with the traditional festive special. This year, we raise a glass to the Victorian origins of the ...Show More
7) EP064 LOLA TAKES THE STAGE
Larger-than-life, scandalous, and unforgettable – Lola Montez blazed across the Victorian stage and into the history books. But who was she really? A glamorous dancer, a political influencer, a femme ...Show More
8) 8TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL – A FLASHY CELEBRATION
Episode Summary It’s the 8th anniversary of The Age of Victoria Podcast! Join your host Chris Fernandez-Packham as he celebrates this milestone with a very special episode dedicated to one of the m...Show More
9) EP063: Are We Nearly There Yet?
INDIA SERIES 10 In this episode of The Age of Victoria Podcast, your host Chris Fernandez-Packham takes a deep dive into the personal and social side of the British presence in early Victorian Ind...Show More
10) EP062 SHALL WE NOT REVENGE
INDIA SERIES 09 Episode Summary:The British Empire does not take humiliation lightly. In this episode, we follow the Army of Retribution as it storms back into Afghanistan to rescue prisoners, aven...Show More