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It's just coming up to 500AD, but watch out - the end of the world is nigh.

It's just coming up to 500AD, but watch out - the end of the world is nigh. With Marcus Brigstocke. From October 2000.

It's AD 500, history's most miserable time, when Britain was invaded twice a week and the country was run by a bloke called Arthur. 

But there was always Steve in the Afternoon to help Britons through these difficult times

Series that taps into the radio archive of a bygone age.

Written and performed by:

Marcus Brigstocke
Claire Downes
Stuart Lane
Al Holloway
Danny Robbins
Dan Tetsell

Producers: Paul Dodgson & Sean Grundy

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2000.

2000 Years of Radio: Series 1

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