Religious War is kicking off in the Middle East - sound familiar? The Crusading epic continues with a short segue into the depraved world of comparethemeerkat.com followed by a tale of two priests, the death of the BAFTA king and much more besides, Sybilla selects regicide and Tiberius tells everyone he's away up the road. The Stairhead rammy commences, and it does not go well for Guy de Lusignan and his loyal badger. God sure as s*** didn't will this.

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Part two on the brilliant if flawed Crusading Epic. Its Go Time for religious warfare, as the whole of Catholic Europe gets hopped up on popery. Guy de Lusignan, the worst Catholic of them all is well up for a fight, even with his own side. Classic characters are introduced and water is drunk like soup. David Thewlis shows off his model castle and we reach the surprising conclusion that Balian's father was Darth Vader. Edward Norton enters dressed as a Bafta award as a CiH favourite is wheeled out for the first time in a long time. We love a leper on this podcast.

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Hail brave knights and buxom wenches (careful!) its time to return once again to the world of medieval. This time we're heading for Jerusalem and the time just before Crusade III: The Crusadening hit theatres and became a smash hit with undertakers all through Outremer. In this first episode however we'll learn how a simple blacksmith can also apparently be Sun Tzu, and how in France in the late 12th century no one was French. We'll also meet a woman who's in a pretty sad state, owing to her decapitation situation and an evil priest played by Michael Sheen, and we discuss the best way to lock the flavour into your kebab. Cinema is History, because sometimes the Holy Land needs wholly lampooning.

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The final episode in the saga of Thomas More and his devoted nightmare of a wife, Alice steps to the fore by going on a rampage at the Tower of London. Refusing to take the oath of personal loyalty to fat ginger tyrant Henry 8.0, the brave Sir Thomas More finds himself in a legal bind as honest Tommy Cromwell's net closes and he moves from questioning to imprisonment to trial to execution with admirable swiftness. Seasons pass, stag trips to Talinn are organised, tree privileges are revoked and tears are shed as martyrdom beckons. A speech in the mode of Fr. Ted rounds things off. Will Roper is also there.

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Welcome back as we continue the epic story of Thomas More, a good and saintly man and Richard Rich, an untrustworthy stoat boy. Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, shouts everything he's just heard. Henry the Eighth jumps off his river barge to be a nightmare as he comes in, Miley Cyrus style, like a wrecking ball. Alice More takes 'waste not want not' to new levels and Meg exceeds her constitutional authority, Donald Trump style. Nixon appears (when does he not?!?) and there's one instance of the strongest possible language right near the end, left in to emphasise an important point, so careful around young ears.

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Good Morrow, and Forsooth.

We return and this time we're on a collision course with Henry VIII and Thomas More, who are at loggerheads over the issue of D-I-V-O-R-C-E - and in the 16th century such a proposition was an even bigger P-A-L-A-V-E-R than it is today, especially when you're the fattest loudest ginger man to ever king it up. We meet talking sofas, wretched hairy stoats who want to be the Goblin King, and climb into bed with a battle axe. As if that wasn't enough,we witness Sir Tam getting 'canonised' the old fashioned way., take in a punt down the Thames and much 'More' besides!. Back by unpopular demand, no refunds. .

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The final episode on Vice is finally here. Please note that while Dick Cheney is now brown bread, he was still very much white bread while we recorded this. We talk torture, heart transplants, and anonymous sources, as well as the moral insanity that comes as standard like power steering in a top of the range 4X4. We explore fishing, focus groups and Donald Rumsfeld getting the tin tack, and about ten minutes from the end, Alex says about the funniest thing I've ever heard him say, so stick around.

Also, Daniel, this is the episode in which we discuss Cheney shooting that poor guy on a hunting trip. This is for you mate.

Alternate title: "As Mad as an Outhouse Rat* "

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