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12 Mar 2026
Towton Audio Promo Video Podcast Show 2026
1. Kingmaker Kingmaker: Winter Pilgrims follows the epic tale of two heroic young people who unwittingly hold the key to the throne and must survive against incredible odds in the savage world of
1460’s England.
5 x 60 min episodes
2. Whisky Wars 1927. Prohibition in the United States is having a profound impact on the Scotch
whisky industry, having removed its main overseas market. Desperate to reverse dwindling sales, a
group of whisky barons decide to send an emissary to the men who still control the importation and sales of alcohol in the US, even though these men operate illegally.
4 x 40 min episodes
3. What did you did in the war Mama? What Did You Do In the War, Mama? is set in 1917 at the height of World War One when the great powers of Europe are locked in a lethal conflict. Casualty numbers are enormous.
48 min one-off
4. Interviews from History Series One - Nobel Women. Kimberley Lim, an accomplished broadcast journalist, interviews Marie Curie, Lise Meitner and Rosalind Franklin exploring their lives, discoveries and also the struggles they had to surmount.
3 episodes spanning 1 hour and 56 mins
5. A Tailor of Florence. In Renaissance Florence, clothes were a symbol of your occupation and your
status. Hundreds of rules dictated what citizens, especially women, could wear. This enchanting romantic tale is about the making of a sumptuous, outrageous, lawbreaking dress.
53 min one-off
6. Interviews from History Series Two – The Making of London. Broadcast journalist Kimberley Lim explores the lives of three brilliant minds who all contributed to The Making of London including Sir Christopher Wren, Sir Joseph Bazalgette and Charles Tyson Yerkes.
3 episodes spanning 1 hour and 57 mins
7. Wresting Peace In 1813, the much-maligned British Foreign Minister Robert Steward, Viscount Castlereagh, attempted to broker a peace deal between the key players in Europe in an attempt to stall the bloodshed of the Napoleonic Wars.
56 min one-off
8. Interviews from History Series Three – Pioneering Women. Kimberley Lim, an accomplished
broadcast journalist, interviews Bessie Coleman (stunt flyer), Nellie Bly 9investigative journalist) and Maria
Mitchell (astronomer).
3 episodes spanning 1 hour and 41 mins
9. Great Battles: Trafalgar. First in a new series of our Great Battles format with a military historian in
conversation set against a dramatic backdrop.
3 episodes spanning 90 mins
10. Great battles: Bosworth. Second in our new series focussing on key battles that shaped the evolution of
Britain.
3 episodes spanning 90 mins
11. Antarctica Antarctica tells the story of the epic Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) led by Ernest Shackleton. The voyage on board the recently re-discovered ship, The Endurance, was a failure but such was the extraordinary courage and resilience of Shackleton and his crew that the expedition
became a triumph.
Script is complete and 2 x 45 min episodes are planned later this year.
12. Trafalgar Adapted from a screenplay by celebrated Nelson expert, Alex Naylor,Trafalgar follows the parallel storylines of Admiral Horatio Nelson and one of his loyal seaman, Henry Flight. The story takes us from England to Egypt, France, Italy and the Caribbean, culminating at
one of the greatest naval engagements in history.
Script is complete and 4 x 45 min episodes are planned later this year.
Short Description
This Towton Audio Promo Video seeks to showcase the range and quality of our epic historic audio dramas which span full cast audio drama, an interview format involving an accomplished broadcast journalist and some of the most inspiring people from history.