A little known and very interesting bit of Victoriana well presented and well worth listening to.

I listen to podcasts daily. This is hands down my favorite discovery of the year. Highly recommended!

The presentor is great, his research brilliant. Not that I wanted more attempts on Queen Victoria, but I hated to see the series end . Quite addictive

Made for a Radio 5 audience. Was a time when you needed a minimum of half a brain to enjoy a good BBC documentary. Now it’s a maximum of half a brain. Shows are dumbed down so much by times that it seems like Children’s Hour has returned to the BBC. Radio 4-the flagship-in particular is now over run by millennials and the quality of programming has suffered so much that it’s now a shadow of it’s former self. What now passes for comedy and drama is mind numbing let alone documentaries. At least 10% of the programming schedule is still good but for how long. Give me a good Archive on 4 any time.

I don’t know much about the reign of Queen Victoria, let alone detailed descriptions of the lives of the men who tried to assassinate the Queen. The narrator shared their stories and their motivations, provides important context for what was happening in the UK at the time, and describes the Queen’s reactions to these attempts on her life and the fate of her would-be assassins in a captivating and informative way. I would highly recommend!

Good narrator, story moves with detail but quickly…and it amazed me how this young man became a rehabilitated adult. His recognition of why he did what he did..mirrors the reasons young men the same today.

Haven’t been able to find any other sources who say that.