Matthew Sweet and panto with Jeffrey Richards and actor/director Tony Lidington, Bryony Lavery between Treasure Island and 101 Dalmatians, biologist EO Wilson on the human miracle. Show more

The Rev Thomas Horne tells how a burglary is foiled by the cunning and bravery of a dwarf employed in a Victorian waxwork show. Show more

The Reverend Thomas Horne tells how the notorious Cumberland Crusher meets his match in a Victorian boxing booth at Newcastle Races. Show more

The Reverend Thomas Horne tells the tale of actor Hervey Hoyne and the terrible events surrounding a fire in the mumming booth at Rotherham Statutes Fair. Show more

Byng reminisces about his early childhood as the son of a Nottingham bank manager and his first job as a theatrical costume designer in Soho. Show more

Byng tells of his first professional engagement as a member of a concert party in Hastings, and remembers working at London's Gaiety Theatre during the First World War. Show more

Byng explains how he began playing risque female characters and became the darling of 'the smart set' at London's Cafe de Paris. Show more

Uncle Joe describes the execution of King Charles I and the love life of Bluff King Hal in his own inimitable way – with little regard for historical accuracy. Show more

Tony Liddington recalls a travelling showman's fairground life in mid-Victorian England. Uncle Joe recruits an odd-job man he finds working with the donkeys on Yarmouth sands. Show more

Tony Liddington recalls a travelling showman's life in mid-Victorian England. We learn of Uncle Joe’s skill in crafting his waxwork figures as he becomes known as The Waxy’un. Show more

Frank Skinner and Suzy Klein look at the birth of 19th-century music hall, the colourful world of its entertainers and the audiences whose lives were changed by it. Show more