Proms Extra: The Great Fire of London
Historians Adrian Tinniswood and Tom Charlton look at London in ruins in September 1666.
Arts & Ideas · BBC Radio 4
September 7, 201634m 3s
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Show Notes
On this day 350 years ago the capital was in ruins after the Great Fire of London. Historian Adrian Tinniswood describes the massive clearing-up operation, and talks to New Generation Thinker Thomas Charlton of Dr Williams’s Library.
Producer: Katy Hickman