Podcasts by National Treasures with Laura Lexx and Will Duggan

1299 from 2023-04-04T10:45:06

This week Laura tells Will all about 1299 - a year full of tiny details including a prissy nun who is just way too perfect, a detour through what not to get stuck in a mangle and then finishing up ...

Deep Dive On: The Great Flood of 1953 from 2023-03-22T01:00:10

For our final (ever?!) deep dive, Laura tells Ron all about the Great Flood of 1953 that they learned about on their trip to Canvey Island. They try to explain the details of the storm and hear som...

Deep Dive On: The Piña Colada Song from 2023-03-15T00:50:08

Yes, we know: there hasn't been an interview. The file is lost somewhere in the ether of Will's internet but that won't stop us from prattling on for further time about the wonders of the Escape/Pi...

National Treasures Goes To: Canvey Island from 2023-03-01T01:00:03

Laura and Will have a blissful trip to Canvey Island and then Will spoils it by being selfless/an idiot. This episode features some of the history of Canvey Island, some fish and chips, some cold w...

Oh Sweet February from 2023-01-31T01:00:17

Due to a planned brilliant thing and an unplanned very irritating thing we are taking a break for a month. That's the headline, listen to the episode if you want more details. We'll see you in Marc...

National Treasures Deep Dive: Dinosaurs in the UK from 2023-01-25T00:15:48

In this, our final episode from Lewes Castle and Archaeological Museum Laura tells Will all about dinosaurs in the UK. And between you and me it is bloody fantastic. So pop it in your ears and enj...

National Treasures Deep Dive: Witchcraft in the UK from 2023-01-18T19:41:28

Hello everyone. This your first little deep dive after our visit to Lewes Castle and Archaeological museum. Now we can all agree that that was a lovely day out. But it gets better! In this episo...

National Treasures Goes To: Lewes Castle Museum from 2023-01-11T01:00:09

Hello! Welcome back! After our little trek round the ruins of Lewes Castle last week, we this week take a moment to explore the archaeological museum that's twinned with the castle.

We...

National Treasures Goes To: Lewes Castle from 2023-01-04T01:00:51

Happy New Year everyone! Laura and Will kick off 2023 with a delightfully wholesome visit to Lewes Castle. Tucked away on a cobbled street just off the main High Street through Lewes, are the ru...

National Treasures Christmas Quiz 2022 from 2022-12-28T01:00:13

So... listen, there was not quite enough of Brighton Christmas Market for us to be able to spin that visit into a double episode. We really did our best, but... this episode would have been us j...

National Treasures Goes To: Brighton Christmas Market (Christmas Special 2022) from 2022-12-21T01:00:59

Now, for our Christmas Special 2022 we headed down the road to Brighton Christmas market to splurge on some tat, pick up some last minute gifts and have a cup of something mulled. We decided to tak...

Christmas Special Deep Dive: The Twelve Days of Christmas from 2022-12-14T07:00:33

Welcome welcome one and all. Christmas is round the corner and before our Christmas Special we have another deep dive. This time Will tells Laura all about the 12 Days of Christmas. Expect twist...

Christmas Special Deep Dive: The North Pole from 2022-12-08T17:47:46

Oh Merry Christmas one and all. In this festive season we have decided to switch things up a bit. We have two deep dive firsts and then a bumper double episode. So in this episode enjoy Laura telli...

BONUS Years and Years 1674 from 2022-12-01T19:01:37

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National Treasures Deep Dive: Lost Things from 2022-11-23T16:26

In your second and final deep dive from the episodes at the Forest of Dean Sculpture trail Laura tells Will all about Lost Things, and what a time we have. Shergar, Vanilla Ice, Caves. Its a wild r...

National Treasures Deep Dive: Crisp Flavours from 2022-11-20T14:10:54

We asked you to vote, and you did. So Will tells Laura all about Crisp Flavours, both at home and abroad. I'll be honest, it's a lot better than it sounds. Though we do end up saying the word 'a...

National Treasures Chats To: Nick Page from 2022-11-09T01:00:41

Last week we had a simply tremendous walk around the Sculpture Trail in the Forest of Dean and this week we bumble a few miles further down the road to visit Nick Page and ask him why he loves i...

National Treasures Goes To: The Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail from 2022-11-02T01:00:12

November. Newvember. New subject?! Let's go!

This month is all about The Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail and comedian Nick Page... what a top legend he is. He asked to come all the way ...

Deep Dive On: Taxidermy from 2022-10-31T23:30:11

We simply cannot apologise enough for the lateness of this episode but we do hope you enjoy it now it has arrived! Will has worked mega hard this week to research as much taxidermy as possible a...

Deep Dive On: Orangeries from 2022-10-19T00:00:03

Well, you stitched her up again didn't you there listeners? You voted, we researched, and after our big trip to Wollaton Hall you chose orangeries for Laura to research and tell Will about. She'...

National Treasures Chats To: Colin Hoult from 2022-10-11T00:00:42

Hurrah! We've got Colin Hoult, who you may know better as Anna Mann, but perhaps no, perhaps you do just know him as Colin Hoult? Either way he's here and he's telling us all about his love of W...

National Treasures Goes To: Wollaton Hall from 2022-10-05T00:00

It's the start of a new month which means a new adventure! This week, Laura and Will head off to Nottinghamshire to visit the incredible Wollaton Hall, which you might know best as Wayne Manor. ...

Deep Dive On: Animals in the Victorian Era from 2022-09-28T00:00:10

Hello glorious listener! For our final episode in Cheddar Gorge month we bring you Laura's best research on animals in the Victorian Era. From ole Queen Vicky herself and her pet choices, right ...

Deep Dive On: Gimmicky Tourist Attractions from 2022-09-21T00:00:15

After our wonderful trip to Cheddar Gorge and our follow up chat with Richard Herring about why he loves it so much, we are now on to the portion of the month where we get researchy! First up, you ...

National Treasures Chats To: Richard Herring from 2022-09-14T00:00:07

We sit down with absolute podcasting royalty this week to ask him about one of his true life's passions: Cheddar Gorge. Richard Herring of RHLSTP fame has the tables turned as we ask him some se...

National Treasures Goes To: Cheddar Gorge from 2022-09-07T00:00:22

It's excursion week, and the start of a brand new month of adventuring! This week, the dynamic duo Laura Lexx and Will Duggan are off to Somerset, Laura's birthplace, to visit Cheddar Gorge on t...

BONUS Years and Years 1953 from 2022-09-01T21:03:17

Due to the new format and not wanting to confuse people by starting a new topic in the same month (and yes it is September now, but this was supposed to come out on Wednesday which was still Aug...

Deep Dive On: Pin Up Nose Art from 2022-08-24T00:00

This week it's Will's turn to listen to the people and do the research on whatever they want. The people chose pin up art! Of course they did! It's the sexiest answer! Will, with a little help from...

Deep Dive on: (le) Concorde from 2022-08-17T00:00:01

In a world first for National Treasures we present our first ever Deep Dive episode! In the first week of August we visited IWM Duxford, then the following week we talked to Ed Byrne all about i...

Laura Lexx and Will Duggan chat to Ed Byrne about IWM Duxford from 2022-08-10T00:00:45

After a truly astonishing trip to see all the planes and nakey ladies on the planes at the IWM Duxford last week, Laura and Will are this week invited into the very home of comedy royalty Ed Byrne ...

Imperial War Museum Duxford from 2022-08-03T00:00:22

Laura Lexx and Will Duggan are BACK with the fourth series of their adorable, hit podcast: The National Treasures Podcast. Between them they've done it all: Live at The Apollo, a Fosters Award, ...

Kelvedon Hatch with Angela Barnes from 2022-04-13T00:00:46

How is it the last episode of the series ALREADY? We don't know. We're gutted to be saying good bye again but so happy to share this final episode with you all. This week we popped up to Essex t...

The Clink Museum with Rachel Fairburn from 2022-04-06T00:00:09

Laura and Will have finally been sent down! Their crime? Everything! Laura and Will head into that there London today and investigate The Clink, a prison on the banks of the river Thames in hist...

Wookey Hole Caves- Laura's choice from 2022-03-30T05:00:33

It's Laura's choice this week. She took us to a childhood favourite of hers; Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset. We were joined by two special guests (and in a first for us both special guests were huma...

Welford Park with Michael Chakraverty from 2022-03-23T01:00:59

Would you like to pour bliss into your ears? Well, get a load of this episode. Laura Lexx and Will Duggan take themselves on a day trip to beautiful Welford Park, home of the Great British Bake ...

The Whitgift Centre with Nabil Abdulrashid from 2022-03-15T01:00:06

In a National Treasures first, Laura and Will head to East Croydon on the orders of Britain's Got Talent star Nabil Abdulrashid. You know how most comedians really take the mick out of their own ne...

Mid Season Years & Years: 4BC from 2022-03-09T01:00:05

We are halfway through the series for the third outing of The National Treasures Podcast so we thought we'd give you another little sneak preview of you what goes on behind the patreon iron curtain...

Stratford Upon Avon with Georgia Tennant from 2022-03-02T01:00:43

Laura and Will go to Stratford. What is Stratford famous for? Yep, that's right: BUTTERFLIES. We have a great time getting dive bombed by some massive fitties and looking at all their sexy sexy win...

The Sir John Soane's Museum with Alasdair Beckett-King from 2022-02-23T01:10:56

This week Laura and Will finally get to go and see The Sir John Soane Museum in London's Holborn after having had it raved about by not one but two comedian friends! It's absolutely full to burstin...

The Booth Museum - Will's Choice from 2022-02-16T01:00:39

This week it's old Double Duggs' choice of location and he chose... close to home. Brighton! Home of the pavillion, the pier, a million different day trips. So which one of these are we going to? W...

The William Morris Gallery with Mark Watson from 2022-02-09T01:00:02

After last week's debacle we really needed a nice clean, fun day out somewhere that wasn't awful and Mark Watson PROVIDED! We popped along to Walthamstow to visit the William Morris Gallery and lea...

Box Hill Park with Jen Brister from 2022-02-02T10:54:13

Welcome all, come gather round, for the start of Series 3 of National Treasures. In this episode, the absolute star that is Jen Brister sent us to Box Hill Park in Surrey. It was muddy, Will had th...

Christmas Special from 2021-12-22T14:27:42

Merry Christmas friends! Although we have only recently wrapped on Series 2 we decided to do a Christmas Special. Our original plans were scuppered by the goddamn Coronavirus, so we've done somethi...

Cardiff Castle from 2021-11-03T02:21:25

Welcome to the final episode of Series 2 of National Treasures, we really hope you've enjoyed it. Plans are well under way for Series 3,so we should be back with you by mid January, and if you t...

The Black Country Living Museum with Darren Harriott from 2021-10-27T00:46

This week, for our final guest episode of the series we take our little bottoms to the Black Country Living Museum to learn all about The Black Country. Named for its industrial past, the area i...

Anglesey/Ynys Mon with Kiri Pritchard-Mclean from 2021-10-19T23:54:05

This week Laura and Will were invited to Anglesey to sample all that the phenomenal island off the North West coast has to offer. They see a Bronze Age standing stone, a museum dedicated to traditi...

Inchcolm Island with Jenny Colgan from 2021-10-13T11:38:25

We crossed the border and hit Scotland for a day trip to the incredible Inchcolm Island in the Forth Strait... we went on a boat, we saw seals, we observed gulls and we explored a monastery... this...

Mid Season Years & Years! from 2021-10-07T10:00:09

Hello Treasurers! As some of you may know, Will and Laura produce an extra podcast every week for their patrons. It's called Years & Years and each week they choose a year at random and one res...

The Isle of Wight with Shaparak Korsandi from 2021-09-29T00:06

This week Will and Laura go overseas! Only a small seas, but nevertheless: water was underfoot. They headed to soak up the sights of the Isle of wight on the orders of comedian, author and general ...

Mother Shipton's Cave from 2021-09-21T23:14:47

Many many months ago, in our spin off podcast Years & Years (check out patreon.com/nationaltreasures for details) we investigated the year 1488 and came across the birth of Mother Shipton. A pr...

Stourhead Gardens from 2021-09-14T23:36:57

This week Laura and Will are doing dealer's choice and are heading off to Laura's choice of day out: Stourhead Gardens on the Wiltshire/Somerset border. It's a place that Laura has a lot of affecti...

Wild Place Project with Briony May Williams from 2021-09-08T00:00:39

This week Laura Lexx and Will Duggan head down the M5 and get off just at Gordano Services to visit Wild Place Project on the orders of Great British Bake Off's own Briony May Williams. They see al...

Beamish, the Living Museum of the North with Lee Ridley AKA Lost Voice Guy from 2021-09-01T00:00

This week Laura Lexx and Will Duggan are obeying the instructions of Lee Ridley AKA Lost Voice Guy to go and visit Beamish, the Living Museum of the North in County Durham. They explore the 1950s, ...

BONUS Years and Years Taster from 2021-08-25T12:07:52

Hello friends. Due to some technical issues the planned episode of National Treasures this week has been pushed back a bit. Now we had planned to drop a bonus episode of our Patreon only podcast Ye...

Wicksteed Park with James Acaster from 2021-08-18T00:00

Series 2 is upon us! For our inaugural episode, Laura and Will are instructed by none other than James Acaster to get in the car and head off to Wicksteed Park in Kettering to enjoy the grass, the ...

BONUS Years and Years 1501 from 2021-08-13T09:38:01

Hello friends, how nice it is to see you again! As we put the final touches toward series 2 we thought we would share one of our patreon only bonus podcasts 'Years and Years' with you. In this epis...

Years & Years - 1989 (National Treasures Spin off Podcast) from 2021-04-28T23:00

Check out this spin off episode from the National Treasures Patreon page. Years & Years sees Laura and Will hop in the time machine and investigate the history of a specific year.

We have a YouTube channel! from 2021-02-26T10:00:13

If we can't go on days out, then the days out will come to us!

Every week on our brand new YouTube channel we'll be posting interviews with experts about their favourite places to visi...

The Whitworth Art Gallery from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

 We’re up in Manchester, Will’s former stomping ground. Although the nostalgia need not end there as we’re in town to visit The Whitworth, an Art Gallery where the young Will used also used to...

Blenheim Palace from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In our first – ever – episode we take you to Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire on bright but blustery day in February. Blenheim, an absolutely massive and very posh house, is home to the Du...

Devil's Dyke from 2020-06-30T23:00

We’re heading back to 2019 for this, the final episode of series 1. It’s December and we’re in Sussex to have a brisk winter stroll around Devil’s Dyke, which was VERY MUDDY (we found this out t...

Warwick Castle from 2020-06-23T23:00

 It’s a return to the Wars of the Roses this week as we lay sightseeing-siege to Warwick Castle, once home to the warmongering 16th Earl of Warwick, Richard ‘the Kingmaker’ Neville.

No Episode This Week from 2020-06-09T23:00

We've chosen not to release an episode this week so we can focus on the ongoing discussions around the death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement.

Our voices are not two...

Kew Gardens from 2020-06-02T23:00

 It’s March, well it isn’t, but in this episode it very much is. March the 11th to be precise and we’re going to Kew Botanical Gardens. Good news for two reasons, you can’t actually go ther...

Beeston Castle from 2020-05-27T04:00

 This week we head back to the start of the year and Cheshire to take a good look at Beeston Castle, an Iron Age fort atop a very steep hill. Apparently, the castle is the hiding place of R...

King Richard III Visitor Centre from 2020-05-20T04:00

 This week we head back to February and our trip to Leicester’s King Richard III Visitor Centre. Now King Richard III has a bit of a reputation and Laura is NOT a fan, but will she change h...

National Treasures - Coming Soon from 2020-04-24T16:00

Welcome to National Treasures!

Tag along with comedians Laura Lexx and Will Duggan for a day out at some of nation's finest attractio...