Charles Spencer
Biography
Charles Spencer is an author, historian, broadcaster and public speaker, and the 9th Earl Spencer. He has written seven non-fiction books, including several Sunday Times bestsellers such as Blenheim, Killers of the King, and The White Ship.
A former on-air correspondent for NBC News, he has also worked with the BBC, the History Channel, and UK television and radio. Alongside his broadcasting career, he has written for major publications in the UK and US and is a widely sought-after keynote speaker at events around the world.
Podcast achievements and trophies
34 episode wins
Review Charles' winning topics.
3 series wins
- Series one * (joint win)
- Series three * (joint win)
- Series six
All Charles' topics
Charles' winning topics
- Time zones
- War diaries
- Grand Tour
- Botched coronations
- Hangover cures
- Elite regiments
- Card games
- Secret services
- Prohibition in the US
- Staged disappearances
- Statue of Liberty
- Italian Mafia
- Debutantes
- Postage stamps
- Morris dancing
- Wernher von Braun
- Boarding schools
- UFOs
- Robin Hood
- Fireworks
- Posh priestesses
- Superstitions
- DJs
- US Vice Presidents
- Verbal mimicry
- Dick Van Dyke
- Collective nouns for animals & birds
- Social media
- Aristocrats & agriculture
- Ayurvedic medicine
- Phobias
- Dining etiquette
- Gold
- Loch Ness Monster
Charles' other topics
- Pub names
- Tie
- Literary festivals
- Evelyn Waugh
- Umbrella
- Hangman
- Pre-electric refrigeration
- Falconry
- Poorhouse
- Charles II's mistresses
- Nannies
- Peacocks
- One-eyed warriors
- Secret codes and cyphers
- Jet lag
- Dueling
- Defamation
- Fairies
- Highwaymen
- Ordeals
- The real Macbeth
- Prisoners of the Tower of London
- Cutlery
- The Bloomsbury Group
- Shipwrecks
- Monarch nicknames
- Gladiators
- Laurel and Hardy
- Freemasons
- Hermits
- Christmas films
- Black Death
- Charles' father's war experience
- Wright brothers
- Thomas Becket
- Cirque du Soleil
- Tai chi
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Japanese cuisine
- Convict transportation
- Cook books
- Bank robberies
- Pyramid selling
- Bonnie Prince Charlie
- Tyburn
- The Levellers
- Pica
- Mary Celeste
- Tuna fishing
- Satanism
- Breakfast
- Paraguay
- Huguenots
- Beekeeping
- Foundlings
- Artificial Intelligence
- Unusual addictions
- Child stars of the last century
- Cabinets of curiosity
- Holidays & vacations
- Life during the Blitz
- Fanny Burney
- Crosswords
- Christmas in London
- Red heads
- Gossip
- Fortune telling
- Wedding customs
- Greek tragedies
- Electricity
- Telepathy