Leonardo lived from 1452 to 1519 during an era of plague and warfare across Western Europe. In this special, live episode of You’re Dead To Me, Greg Jenner is joined by Prof Catherine Fletcher and comedian Dara Ó Briain to learn about Leonardo da Vinci. You’re Dead To Me is a production by The Athletic for BBC Radio 4. Written by Emma Nagouse, Caitlín Rankin-McCabe and Greg JennerĪssistant Producer: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow From concerns over the fighting fitness of the British army to the racist pseudoscience of eugenics, this novel leisure activity tells us a surprising amount about the societal and intellectual currents that existed in this period.įor the full-length version of this episode, please look further back in the feed. But physical fitness also tapped into other parts of the psyche of British society at the time. The latter part of the 19th century saw the beginning of a fitness craze where the seeds of the modern-day gym and fitness culture were sown. Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Vanessa Heggie and comedian Darren Harriott to learn about the bodybuilding boom of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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