Greg Jenner

That's right. It's not very nice. No. Come on. So this document, Historia Britannum, or The History of the Britons. Yes. We're not sure who writes it. Maybe Nennius, Pseudo-Nennius. He doesn't call Arthur King Arthur.

Yeah, dux bellorum. Lovely. It's nice, isn't it? That's a really lovely phrase. So I have to ask the big question, is he real?

Yeah, dux bellorum. Lovely. It's nice, isn't it? That's a really lovely phrase. So I have to ask the big question, is he real?

So we don't know if there was a real King Arthur. Not to say that there wasn't, but I'm not convinced. Maybe King Arthur is just a friend we made along the way. He's just an idea. It brings us together. So the next text we have to talk about would be a Welsh classic. My pronunciation is going to be dreadful, but Mabinogion...

So we don't know if there was a real King Arthur. Not to say that there wasn't, but I'm not convinced. Maybe King Arthur is just a friend we made along the way. He's just an idea. It brings us together. So the next text we have to talk about would be a Welsh classic. My pronunciation is going to be dreadful, but Mabinogion...

So written maybe sort of post-Norman conquest, but possibly even older stories.

So written maybe sort of post-Norman conquest, but possibly even older stories.

All I'm hearing here, Mary, is he invented Taskmaster. That's what I'm hearing. Mike, 40 tasks, off you go.

All I'm hearing here, Mary, is he invented Taskmaster. That's what I'm hearing. Mike, 40 tasks, off you go.

It's wonderfully weird, but it's brilliant. It's amazing, but it's quite Studio Ghibli. It's quite like talking animals and weird forests. There's lots of people turning into boars.

It's wonderfully weird, but it's brilliant. It's amazing, but it's quite Studio Ghibli. It's quite like talking animals and weird forests. There's lots of people turning into boars.

It feels quite, I don't know.

It feels quite, I don't know.

How did you know that?

How did you know that?

Yeah. What's Excalibur called? Because it's not called Excalibur yet, the sword.

Yeah. What's Excalibur called? Because it's not called Excalibur yet, the sword.

Sure, yeah, multi-powered, yeah.

Sure, yeah, multi-powered, yeah.

Right.