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128. Edward VIII (January 1936-December 1936) from 2023-11-27T01:00

Iain Dale talks to historian and Conservative MP Damian Collins about the life and very short reign of King Edward VIII, who abdicated the throne before being crowned in December 1936.

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127. Henry I (1100-1135) from 2023-11-20T01:00

Iain Dale talks to historian Dominic Selwood about the life and reign of one our lesser remembered monarchs, King Henry I.

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126. Edward the Confessor (1042-1066) from 2023-11-13T01:00

Iain Dale talks to Lord Stephen Parkinson about the life and reign of one of the new Anglo-Saxon kings we have heard of, but whose reign was rather unmemorable.

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Coming soon: Kings and Queens from 2023-09-29T16:29

Good news!

64 new podcasts will be coming to this feed, featuring UK Kings and Queens since Alfred the Great.

Featuring Simon Heffer, Jane Ridley, Lewis Goodall and many more.

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Micheál Martin from 2023-07-11T11:34

Iain Dale talks to Gavan Reilly, political correspondent for Virgin Media News and a presenter on Newstalk about the life and career of Ireland’s 15th Taoiseach, Micheal Martin wh...

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Leo Varadkar from 2023-06-28T13:41

Iain Dale discusses the life and career of Ireland’s 14th, and youngest, Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, with the Group Political Editor of Independent Newspapers in Dublin, and Var...

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Enda Kenny from 2023-06-21T01:00

Iain Dale talks to John Downing columnist for the Irish Independent about the life and career of Enda Kenny, Ireland’s 13th Taoiseach, who served from 2011-2017. John Downing’s biography of...

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Brian Cowen from 2023-06-14T11:52

Iain Dale talks about the life and career of Ireland’s twelfth Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, with Theresa Reidy, lecturer in politics at University College Cork.

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Bertie Ahern from 2023-06-07T11:15

Bertie Ahern served as Taoiseach between 1997 and 2008, and was the second longest serving Taoiseach in the history of the Republic of Ireland. Iain Dale discusses ...

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John Bruton from 2023-05-31T11:31

Iain Dale talks to the Irish Independent’s Ireland Editor Fionnan Sheahan about the life and career of Ireland’s tenth Taoiseach, John Bruton, who served in the office from 1994-1997.

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Albert Reynolds from 2023-05-27T17:11

Iain Dale discusses the life and political career of Ireland’s ninth Taoiseach, Albert Renolds, with former civil servant. Government adviser, minister and member of the Dail and Senate, Ma...

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Garret Fitzgerald from 2023-05-17T01:00

Iain Dale speaks to Associate Professor of Political Science at Dublin City University, Eoin O’Malley, about the life and career of Ireland’s eighth Taoiseach, Dr Garret Fitzgeral...

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Charles Haughey from 2023-05-10T13:34

Iain Dale talks to Gary Murphy, Professor of Politics at Dublin City University, about the life and career of Ireland’s most colourful and controversial Taoiseach, Charles J Haugh...

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Liam Cosgrave from 2023-05-03T11:31

Iain Dale talks to Deirdre Foley, Irish Research Council Fellow at University College Cork, about the lefe and career of Liam Cosgrave, who served as Taoiseach from 1973-77.

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Jack Lynch from 2023-04-26T01:00

Iain Dale talks to Irish Times columnist Stephen Collins about the life and career of Ireland’s fifth Taoiseach, Jack Lynch, who served two terms in office - 1966-73 and 1977...

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Sean Lemass from 2023-04-21T11:37

Iain Dale talks to Bryce Evans, professor of modern history at Liverpool Hope University, about the life and career of Ireland’s fourth Taoiseach, Sean Lemass. Bryce has written a...

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John Costello from 2023-04-14T14:47

Iain Dale talks to Sheffield University’s Caoimhe Nic Dhaibheid about the life and career of Ireland’s third Taoiseach, John Costello. Costelloserved as Taoiseach for tw...

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Eamon de Valera from 2023-04-05T01:00

Iain Dale talks to Eamon de Valera’s biographer David McCullagh about the life and times of Ireland’s most long serving Taoiseach.

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W T Cosgrave from 2023-03-30T12:22

Iain Dale talks to Irish political historian Ciara Meehan about the life and politics of W T Cosgrave, the man who became President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free Stat...

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Series 3 – The Irish Taoisigh from 2022-11-22T11:08

Iain Dale trails ahead to the next series of the Presidents & Prime Ministers podcast, which will revolve around the 14 men who have served as Irish Taoiseach over the last century. The series will...

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Joe Biden from 2022-11-07T01:00

in the final Presidents podcast Iain Dale talks to Labour peer and political biographer Andrew Adonis about the life and presidency of Joseph P. Biden.

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Introducing: Sweeney Talks from 2022-11-03T09:00

Hey listener, we’ve got a new LBC podcast that we think you’d like called Sweeney Talks with old-school reporter, John Sweeney. John is trouble. He's taken on Vladimir Putin, challenged Donald Tr...

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George Washington from 2022-10-31T01:00

Iain Dale talks to US diplomat Mitchell Reiss about the life and presidency of America’s first president, George Washington.

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Harry S. Truman from 2022-10-24T00:00

Iain Dale talks to Alvin S Felzenberg about the life and presidency of Harry S. Truman who served as president from 1945-1953.

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Andrew Johnson from 2022-10-13T10:46

Iain Dale talks to Alvin S. Felzenberg about the life and presidency of America’s 17th president, Andrew Johnson (1865-69).

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Dwight D. Eisenhower from 2022-10-03T00:00

Iain Dale talks to military historian Peter Cadddick-Adams about the life and presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961).

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John Quincy Adams from 2022-09-26T00:00

Iain Dale talks to Mark Fox about the life and presidency of America’s 6th president, John Quincy Adams.

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Donald Trump from 2022-09-20T14:54

Iain Dale talks to BBC presenter and former North America editor Justin Webb about the life and presidency of Donald J Trump (2017-2021)

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John F. Kennedy from 2022-09-12T00:01

Iain Dale talks to former Conservative MP Sir Simon Burns about the life and presidency of John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1961-1963).

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Bonus : The Queen&The Presidents from 2022-09-09T13:56

Presidential historian Alvin S. Felzenberg, talks to Iain about the Queen's connections with the 13 Presidents who served during her reign.

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Rutherford B. Hayes from 2022-08-01T00:00

Iain Dale talks to historian Robert Waller about the life and presidency of Rutherford B.Hayes, America’s 19th president who served for one term from 1877-1891.

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Abraham Lincoln from 2022-07-25T00:08

Iain Dale talks to presidential historian Alvin S. Felzenberg about the life and presidency of Abraham Lincoln who was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the Unite...

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Barack Obama from 2022-07-18T00:00

Iain Dale talks to writer and author Toby Harnden about the presidency of Barack Obama, who was president from 2009-2017.

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Grover Cleveland from 2022-07-11T00:00

Iain Dale talks to presidential historian Alvin S. Felzenberg about the life and presidencies of Grover Cleveland, America’s 22nd and 24th president. He remains the only president to serve two sepa...

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Calvin Coolidge from 2022-07-04T00:00

Iain Dale talks to historian Leo McKinstry about the life and presidency of Calvin Coolidge, who served from 1923-1929

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Woodrow Wilson from 2022-06-27T00:00

Iain Dale talks to Alvin D. Felzenberg about the life and career of Woodrow Wilson, who served as president from 1913-1921. Apologies for the notification alert at Alvin’s end during the first half...

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Herbert Hoover from 2022-06-20T00:00

Iain Dale talks to Conservative MP and former Justice Secretary Robert Buckland about the life and Presidency of Herbert Hoover, who served as President from 1929 to 1933.

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James Buchanan from 2022-06-13T00:00

Iain Dale interviews military historian and former Conservative MP Keith Simpson about the life and presidency of the man who is considered by most to be America’s worst president, James Buchanan, ...

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Benjamin Harrison from 2022-06-06T00:00

Iain Dale talks to Alvin S. Felzenberg about the life and presidency of President Benjamin Harrison, who served between 1889 and 1893.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt from 2022-05-30T00:00

Iain Dale talks to Neil Stockley about the life of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who served as president from 1932-1945.

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Millard Fillmore from 2022-05-23T00:00

Iain Dale talks to Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran about the life and presidency of America’s 13th president Millard Fillmore, who served from July 1850 to March 1853.

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James Garfield from 2022-05-16T00:00

Iain Dale talks to broadcaster Anne Alexander about President James A. Garfield who served for only six months as president in 1881. He was the second of four presidents to be assassinated.

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Richard Nixon from 2022-05-09T00:00

Iain Dale talks to Freddy Gray, deputy editor of The Spectator about the life and presidency of Richard Nixon who served from 1969-74.

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Gerald Ford from 2022-05-02T00:00

Iain Dale talks to journalist Andy Silvester about the life and presidency of Gerald Ford, who served as president from August 1974 to January 1977.

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Zachary Taylor from 2022-04-25T00:00

Iain Dale talks to broadcaster and journalist Michael Crick about the life and very short presidency of Zachary Taylor, who served as president from March 1849 to July 1850.

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James Madison from 2022-04-18T00:00

Iain Dale talks to Matthew Binkowski about the life and presidency of America’s fourth president, James Madison, who served from 1809-1817.

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Warren G. Harding from 2022-04-11T00:00

Iain Dale talks to broadcaster Adam Boulton about the life and career of the 29th President of the United States Warren G. Harding, who was president for only thirty months from 1921 to 1923.

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Lyndon Baines Johnson from 2022-04-04T00:00

Iain Dale talks to former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and LBJ obsessive about the life and career of Lyndon Baines Johnson, who served as US president from 1963-1969.

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John Adams from 2022-03-28T00:00

Iain Dale talks to American author and strategist Daniel Forrester about the life and presidency of one of the Founding Fathers, John Adams, who served as America’s second president from 1797-1801

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Bill Clinton from 2022-03-21T01:00

Iain Dale talks to former Treasury adviser and broadcaster Poppy Trowbridge about the life and presidency of William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton, who was president from 1993-2001.

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Chester A. Arthur from 2022-03-14T01:00

Iain Dale interviews broadcaster and journalist Sue Cameron about the life and presidency of Chester A. Arthur who served as America’s 21st president from 1881-1885.

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Franklin Pierce from 2022-03-07T01:00

Iain Dale talks to former Obama strategist Karin Robinson about the life of Franklin Pierce, America’s fourteenth president, who served from 1853-1857

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James Monroe from 2022-02-28T01:00

Iain Dale talks to former Conservative MP Brooks Newmark about the life and presidency of James Monroe, who was America’s 5th president. He served for two terms from 1817-25.

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George W Bush from 2022-02-21T01:00

Iain Dale talks to former British Ambassador to Washington Sir Christopher Meyer about the life and presidency of President George W Bush, who was president from 2001-2009

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Ulysses S. Grant from 2022-02-14T01:00

Iain Dale talks to playwright and author Bonnie Greer about the life of the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S Grant (1869-1877)

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Thomas Jefferson from 2022-02-07T01:00

Iain Dale talks to American political historian Alvin S. Felzenberg about the life and presidency of Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson served from 1801-1809 as America’s third president.

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James K. Polk from 2022-01-31T01:00

Iain Dale talks to Professor Brian Klaas about the life and presidency of President James K. Polk, who served for one term from 1845-1849.

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Theodore Roosevelt from 2022-01-24T01:00

Iain Dale talks to Damian Collins MP about Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the USA who was in office from September 1901 through to March 1909.

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George H W Bush from 2022-01-17T01:00

Iain Dale talks to Colleen Graffy about the presidency of the 41st President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, who was President from 1989-1993.

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William Howard Taft from 2022-01-10T01:00

Iain Dale talks the political historian Lord Philip Norton about the life of William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States, 1909-1913.

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William McKinley from 2022-01-03T01:00

Iain Dale interviews biographer and historian David Torrance about the life and Presidency of William McKinley who served as President from 1897-1901.

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John Tyler from 2021-12-27T01:00

Iain Dale talks to veteran political journalist Peter Riddell about the life and Presidency of John Tyler, who served as President from 1841-1845.

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William Henry Harrison from 2021-12-20T01:00

Iain Dale talks to Emma Burnell about William Henry Harrison, America’s ninth President, who only served as President for one month, between March and April 1841.

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Martin Van Buren from 2021-12-13T01:00

Iain Dale interviews broadcaster and podcaster Roifield Brown about the life and Presidency of Martin Van Buren who served as President from 1837-1841.

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Andrew Jackson from 2021-12-06T01:00

Iain Dale talks to LBC US Correspondent Simon Marks about the life of Andrew Jackson. 7th President of the United States, 1829-1837.

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Ronald Reagan from 2021-11-29T01:00

iain Dale talks to Professor Simon Heffer about the life and presidency of Ronald Reagan, America’s 40th President. He served two terms, from 1981-1989

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Jimmy Carter from 2021-11-22T01:00

Iain Dale talks to former British Foreign Secretary David Owen, now Lord Owen about the life and career of America’s 39th President, who served for one term from 1977 to 1981.

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Introducing'The Presidents' from 2021-11-17T12:01

As the Prime Ministers conclude, the podcast moves into season 2 with The US Presidents. The introduction includes audio from every US President since the very first recording of Grover Cleveland ...

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Boris Johnson from 2021-11-15T01:00

Nigel Fletcher talks to Iain Dale about the political career and premiership (so far!) of Boris Johnson.

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Viscount Palmerston from 2021-11-08T01:00

Iain Dale talks to historian David Brown about the life of Henry Temple, Viscount Palmerston, who served as Prime Minister from 1855-1858 and 1859-1865.

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Stanley Baldwin from 2021-11-01T01:00

Iain Dale talks to political historian and biographer John Barnes about the life and premierships of Stanley Baldwin who served as Prime Minister from 1923-24, 1924-29 and 1936-37

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Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 2021-10-25T00:00

Iain Dale talks to political historian David Dutton about the life and short Premiership of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, who served for just under a year as Prime Minister from October 1963

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Earl Grey from 2021-10-18T00:00

Iain Dale talks to political historian Professor Gerry Hassan about the life and premiership of Earl Grey, Charles Grey, who was Prime Minister from 1830-34, and oversaw the introduction of the 183...

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Margaret Thatcher from 2021-10-11T00:00

Iain Dale talks to political journalist and biographer Julia Langdon about the life and career of Margaret Thatcher. She was, of course Britain’s first woman prime minister, and she served as Brita...

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George Canning from 2021-10-04T00:00

Iain Dale talks to Theo Barclay about the life and career of George Canning, who is our shortest serving Prime Minister, having chalked up a premiership lasting only 3 months in 1827.

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Earl of Rosebery from 2021-09-27T00:00

Iain Dale talks to social commentator, biographer and historian Leo McKinstry about the life and premiership of Archibald Primrose, better known as the fifth Earl of Rosebery, who served for only ...

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Bonus: Steve Richards on the ‘Nearly Prime Ministers’ from 2021-09-24T00:00

Iain Dale talks to Steve Richards about his book THE PRIME MINISTERS WE NEVER HAD: SUCCESS & FAILURE FROM BITLER TO CORBYN which features chapters on 11 politicians who didn’t quite make it to Numb...

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John Major from 2021-09-20T00:00

Iain talks to biographer, journalist and historian Julian Glover about the life and career of John Major, who served for six and a half years as Prime Minister from November 1990 to May 1997.

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Duke of Devonshire from 2021-09-13T00:00

Iain Dale talks to Elaine Chalus, Professor British History at the University of Liverpool about the life and premiership of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire who was Britain’s fifth Prime ...

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Harold Wilson from 2021-09-06T00:00

Iain Dale talks to Labour politician Nick Thomas-Symonds about the life and career of Harold Wilson who served as Prime Minister from 1964-70 and 1974-76.

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Tony Blair from 2021-08-30T00:00

Iain Dale talks to Lord (Andrew) Adonis about the life and Premiership of Tony Blair, who served as Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007.

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Earl of Shelburne from 2021-08-23T00:00

Iain Dale talks to historian Dr Nigel Aston about the life and rather short premiership of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne. He was Britain’s 12th prime minister, who served for eight months fr...

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Henry Pelham from 2021-08-16T00:00

Iain Dale talks to historian Stuart Handley about the life and premiership of Henry Pelham, who was Britain’s second Prime Minister and served from 1743 to 1754.

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Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington from 2021-08-09T00:00

Iain Dale talks to historian Robin Eagles about the short-lived premiership of the Earl of Wilmington, who served as Prime Minister from February 1742 to July 1743.

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Edward Heath from 2021-08-02T00:00

Iain Dale talks to public affairs consultant Wilf Weeks about the life and premiership of Edward Heath, who served as Prime Minister from June 1970 to February 1974.

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Ramsay MacDonald from 2021-07-26T05:00

Iain Dale talks to author and historian Robert Waller and the life and Premierships of Labour’s first Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald. He served as Prime Minister for 9 months in 1924, then from 1...

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Marquess of Rockingham from 2021-07-19T05:00

Iain Dale talks to historian and Conservative MP Jesse Norman about the life and premierships of Charles Watson-Wentworth who served twice as prime minister, from 1765-66 and for three months in 1782.

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David Cameron from 2021-07-12T05:00

Iain Dale talks to Sky News presenter Adam Boulton about the premiership of David Cameron, who served as prime minister from 2010-16.

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Earl of Aberdeen from 2021-07-05T05:00

Iain Dale talks to Jon Parry, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, about the life and political career of George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen who served as Prime Min...

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Viscount Goderich from 2021-06-28T06:00

Iain Dale talks to Professor Gordon Pentland about the life and career of Viscount Goderich who served as Prime Minister for nearly five months from August 1827 to January 1828.

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Duke Of Grafton from 2021-06-24T09:41

Iain Dale talks to historian Andrew Thompson about the life and political career of Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton who served as Prime Minister for 16 months from 1768 to 1770.

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H H Asquith from 2021-06-14T06:00

Iain Dale talks to David Laws about the life and political career of Herbert Henry Asquith, who served as Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916.

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Duke of Newcastle from 2021-06-07T06:00

This week Iain Dale speaks to Professor Jeremy Black, Emeritus Professor of history at the University of Exeter about the life and Premiership of Thomas Pelham-Holles, better known as the first Du...

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Sir Anthony Eden from 2021-05-31T06:00

Iain talks to Lord Norton of Louth and the left and career of Sir Anthony Eden, who served as Prime Minister for 22 months between April 1955 and January 1957.

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Lord Grenville from 2021-05-24T06:00

Iain Dale talks to historian Arthur Burns about the life of William Wyndham Grenville, Lord Grenville, who served as Prime Minister for thirteen months from 1806 to 1807.

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Arthur Balfour from 2021-05-17T06:00

Iain Dale talks to historian Jack Brown about the life and career of Arthur Balfour who served as Prime Minister for three years from 1902-05, but whose whole career spanned 56 years.

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Marquess of Salisbury from 2021-05-10T06:00

Iain Dale talks to historian Tony Little about the Marquess of Salisbury, who served as Prime Minister on three occasions in the latter years of the 19th century. At thirteen years in total he is o...

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Harold Macmillan from 2021-05-04T13:06

Iain Dale talks to historian and former Conservative MP Keith Simpson about the life and Premiership of Harold Macmillan, who served as Conservative prime minister from 1957-63.

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300 years of the office of Prime Minister from 2021-04-26T06:00

Iain Dale in conversation with journalist Sue Cameron, author Steve Richards, and academic Sir Anthony Seldon on his LBC show about the 300th anniversary of the office of Prime Minister.

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Sir Robert Peel from 2021-04-19T06:00

Iain Dale talks to Robert Saunders, reader in British history at Queen Mary University of London about the life and career of Sir Robert Peel, who served as Prime Minister twice, from 1834-5 and 18...

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Duke of Portland from 2021-04-12T06:00

Iain Dale talks to Richard Gaunt, Associate Professor in History at the University of Nottingham, about the life of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, who served twice as Prime Minis...

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Lord North from 2021-04-05T06:00

Iain Dale talks to former Education Secretary Baroness Nicky Morgan about the life and career of Lord North, the Prime Minister who “lost the colonies”. He served as PM from 1770-1782, but was he t...

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BONUS Sir Anthony Seldon&Mark Garnett from 2021-04-02T06:00

Iain Dale talks to Sir Anthony Seldon and Mark Garnett on the 300th anniversary of the office of Prime Minister. Sir Anthony’s new book is called THE IMPOSSIBLE OFFICE and Mark Garnett’s book is TH...

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George Grenville from 2021-03-29T00:00

Iain Dale talks to Stephen Conway, professor of history at UCL, about the life and career of George Grenville, who served as prime minister from 1763-1765.

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William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham from 2021-03-22T01:00

Iain Dale talks to Charles Pitt (no relation) about William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham, who served as Prime Minister from July 1766 to October 1768.

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David Lloyd George from 2021-03-15T07:00

Iain Dale talks to historian and Conservative MP Damian Collins about the life of David Lloyd George who served as Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922.

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Benjamin Disraeli from 2021-03-08T07:00

Iain Dale talks to Edward Young about Benjamin Disraeli who served as Prime Minister for nine months in 1868 and then from 1874 to 1880.

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Gordon Brown from 2021-03-01T07:00

Iain Dale talks to Labour peer Lord Wood of Anfield, Stewart Wood, about Gordon Brown, who served as Prime Minister from June 2007 until May 2010.

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The Earl of Bute from 2021-02-22T07:00

Iain Dale talks to historian David Torrance about John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute who served as Prime Minister from May 1762 to April 1763

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Spencer Perceval from 2021-02-15T07:00

Iain Dale talks to Lord Bellingham, Henry Bellingham, about the life and premiership of Spencer Perceval who served as Prime Minister from 1809 until his assassination by Henry Bellingham’s kinsman...

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Viscount Melbourne from 2021-02-08T07:00

Iain Dale talks to Secretary of State Robert Buckland about the life and times of Viscount Melbourne who served as Prime Minister in 1834 for a few months, and then from 1834-1841.

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Clement Attlee from 2021-02-01T07:00

Iain Dale talks to historian Sir Anthony Seldon about the life and premiership of Clement Attlee, who held the office of Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951.

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Leonard James Callaghan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC, often known as Jim Callaghan, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1...

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William Ewart Gladstone from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In the first of this series of 55 podcasts on British prime ministers, LBC’s Iain Dale talks to historian and Telegraph columnist Simon Heffer about the life of one of Britain’s greatest prime mini...

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The Prime Ministers -The Trailer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Starting on Monday 19th October, a podcast series on every Prime Minister

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Neville Chamberlain from 2021-01-25T07:00

Iain Dale talks to Professor John Charmley about Neville Chamberlain, who served as Prime Minister from 1937-1940.

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William Pitt the Younger from 2021-01-18T07:00

Iain Dale talks to political academic Mark Garnett about the life and premiership(s) of William Pitt the Younger who became Prime Minister at the age of 24 in 1783. He resigned in 1801 and served b...

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Andrew Bonar Law from 2021-01-11T07:00

Iain Dale talks to Theresa May’s former speechwriter Keelan Carr about the so-called “Unknown Prime Minister” Andrew Bonar Law, who served as Prime Minister for only seven months 1922-23.

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The Earl of Liverpool from 2021-01-04T07:00

Iain Dale talks to veteran political journalist Peter Riddell about the Tory Prime Minister Lord Liverpool from 1812-1827, and was the longest serving Prime Minister of the 19th century.

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Lord John Russell from 2020-12-21T07:00

Iain Dale talks to Liberal historian Duncan Brack about Whig/Liberal Prime Minister Lord John Russell, who serves as Prime Minister from 1846 to 1852 and 1865-66.

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Winston Churchill from 2020-12-14T07:00

Iain Dale talks to military historian Peter Caddick-Adams about the life and premiership of Winston Churchill, who served as Prime Minister from 1940-45 and 1951-55.

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Henry Addington from 2020-12-07T07:00

Iain Dale talks to Stephen Parkinson, Lord Parkinson, about Henry Addington who was Prime Minister from 1801-04.

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Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman from 2020-11-30T07:00

Iain Dale talks to David Campbell Bannerman about the Liberal Prime Minister who was Prime Minister from 1905-1908.

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Theresa May from 2020-11-23T07:00

Iain Dale discusses the premiership of Theresa May (2016-2019) with Times columnist Rachel Sylvester.

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Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby from 2020-11-16T07:00

Iain Dale talks to political academic Nigel Fletcher about the Earl of Derby who served three times as Prime Minister from 23 February to 17 December 1852, 20 February 1858 to 1 June 1859, and 28 J...

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The Prime Ministers -The Trailer from 2020-10-07T10:37

Starting on Monday 19th October, a podcast series on every Prime Minister

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Presidents, Prime Ministers, Kings and Queens
The Prime Ministers -The Trailer from 2020-10-07T10:37

Starting on Monday 19th October, a podcast series on every Prime Minister

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Presidents, Prime Ministers, Kings and Queens
The Prime Ministers -The Trailer from 2020-10-07T10:37

Starting on Monday 19th October, a podcast series on every Prime Minister

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