Sarah has extensive experience of writing and presenting radio programmes and podcasts. She also regularly appears as an interviewed guest on national and international radio. To listen to programmes that are still available click on the accompanying image. A selection of her work also appears on IMDb and BBC Sounds.
BBC Ian Hislop’s Oldest Jokes
Interview about medieval drama for ‘Useless Men’ episode (2025).
CBS News, USA
Winter Special, interview about historic Christmas traditions (2024)
BBC Radio Merseyside
Interview on The Tony Snell Show about Medieval Christmas (2024)
BBC Radio 4 Mythical Creatures
Interview about mermaids with Rhianna Pratchett (2023).
BBC Radio Merseyside
Interview on The Phil Munns Show about Christmas Traditions (2023)
BBC 4 World at One
Interview on Disney’s The Little Mermaid (2023).
BBC Free Thinking
Episode on Mermaids, Caribbean Tales and Copyright (2023).
Radio 4 Princess Podcast
Interview about The Little Mermaid (2023).
BBC Arts and Ideas Podcast
Presenter of episode on ‘Game of Thrones and History’ (2022)
The Object Podcast
Interview on ‘Monsters and Marvels Part III: The Mermaid’s Tale’ (2020).
The Mermaid Podcast
Interview on ‘How Mermaids Protect People from Illness’ (2020).
Cleopatra’s Bling Podcast
Interview on the history of Mermaids (2020).
Radio 5 Live
Interviewed by Tony Livesey about historic divisions and medieval civil wars on ‘Divided Britain’ (2019).
The Mermaid Podcast
Interview about ‘Mermaids Through the Ages’ (2018)
ABC Radio Australia
Interview on Late Night Live with Philip Adams about ‘The Mystery of Mermaids’ (2018).
Talk Radio
Interview on The Steph and Dom Show about the history and appeal of mermaids (2018).
BBC Radio 3
Interview on Freethinking episode ‘Trade, Davos, Ocean Travel and Mermaids’ (2018).
BBC Radio Merseyside
Interview on The Roger Phillips Show about the history of Christmas traditions (2017).
University of Liverpool Podcast
Interview about historic Christmas. E22 ‘History of Christmas Traditions’ (2017).
BBC Radio
Interview on Georgey Spanswick Tonight about King Arthur and the discovery of a sword Dozmary Pool (2017).
University of Liverpool Podcast
Interview on the cultural history of mermaids. E13 ‘Why do we Love Mermaids’ (2017).
Radio New Zealand
Interview on Nights with Bryan Crump about the modern obsession with mermaids (2017).
BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester
Interview on the Malcolm Boyden Show about storytelling and folklore (2017)..
BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester
Interview on the Andrew Easton Show about Vortigern, local mythology and Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017).
BBC Radio 3
Live debate on Freethinking from FACT, Liverpool, on the subject of Man and Animals (2017). Also available as an extended podcast.
BBC Radio 3
Interview on Freethinking episode ‘Sicily, The London Library, John Hardyng’s Chronicle’ (2016). Also available as a podcast.
BBC Radio 5 Live
Interview on Sunday Breakfast about Agincourt 600 (2015).
BBC Radio 3
Presenter of ‘Medieval Christmas’ feature on an episode of Freethinking (2014).
BBC Radio Merseyside
Interview on Tony Snell in the Morning on Historical Halloween (2014).
BBC Radio Kent
Interview about the Battle of Agincourt on The James Whale Show (2014).
BBC Radio 3
Presenter of a feature on Christmas in the Middle Ages on Nightwaves (2013).
BBC Radio 3
Presenter of Freethinking feature on ‘The Real Game of Thrones: Power in 15th-Century England’ (Broadcast 2013 and 2014).
BBC Radio 3
Consultant on the medieval content of the Words and Music programme ‘No Stronger than a Flower’ (Broadcast 2013 and 2014)
BBC Radio 3
Consultant on the medieval content of the Words and Music programme ‘Jewels’ (Broadcast 2013 and 2014).
BBC Radio 3
Curator and Introducer of the Words and Music episode ‘Mermaids’.
BBC Radio 3
Presenter of an episode of The Essay on the Appeal of King Arthur (2013). Also available on BBC Sounds.
BBC Radio Lancashire
Interview on the Ted Robbins Show about medieval Lancashire (2013).
BBC Radio Merseyside
Interview on the Noah play performed in medieval Chester (2013).
BBC Radio Merseyside
Interview on The Sean Styles Show about medieval drama (2012).
Preston FM
Interview on Preston Arts Scene about Passion Plays and the Preston Guild (2012).
TV & Film
To see a selection of Sarah’s TV and film work click here.
Press
To see a selection of Press features written by or drawing on Sarah’s work click here.
Professor Sarah Peverley 