In winter 2025, Greg became the host of a new 15-part BBC Radio 4 podcast series called You’re Dead To Me presents… Dead Funny History! It’s aimed at families and children, continuing on from the earlier success of BBC Homeschool History, but returning to research subjects often already covered in BBC You’re Dead To Me, making them more age appropriate for younger listeners
In each 13 minute episode, Greg narrates the stories of famous people and subjects from the past, but is often interrupted by funny audio sketches featuring some of the dead people themselves, who might even argue with what he’s saying!
New series launches Monday 15 December. Three special episodes will be broadcast on Radio 4 on 19 December, 26 December and 2 January.
Attention kids of all ages! Dead Funny History is the brand-new comedy history show for everyone aged 8 to 108, from the team behind the hit Radio 4 podcast You’re Dead to Me.
What links a 70-foot colossus to the prettiest cow in Ancient Egypt? Which world-famous siblings began as terrible teachers? And what was the surprisingly dangerous Christmas game in medieval Britain? From Ramesses the Great to the Brontë sisters to the history of football, Greg Jenner serves up a smorgasbord of the funniest, messiest, and most astonishing stories from history.
Expect pirates, spies, superstars, chariot races, bouncing cats, ancient toilets, radioactive notebooks, and a pig named Albert, all crammed into 14-minute episodes packed with jokes and sketches. Dead Funny History is a brilliantly bonkers historical romp for the whole family to enjoy.
Starring: Richard David Caine (Horrible Histories), Mali Ann Rees (Mammoth), and John-Luke Roberts (Sound Heap), with scripts by top comedy writers Gabby Hutchinson Crouch, Jack Bernhardt, Athena Kugblenu, and You’re Dead to Me’s own Dr Emma Nagouse.
Presenter: Greg Jenner
Written by: Gabby Hutchinson Crouch, Jack Bernhardt, Athena Kugblenu, Dr Emma Nagouse
Produced by: Dr Emma Nagouse and Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
Audio Producer: Emma Weatherill
BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.