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Diane Morgan
Philomena Cunk
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Ashley Jackson
Self - Imperial & Military History, Kings College London
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Ruth Adams
Self - Cultural & Creative Industries, Kings College, London
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Jim Al-Khalili
Self - Professor of Public Engagement in Science
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Shirley J. Thompson
Self - Composer / Professor of Music, University of Westminster
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Mark Lawson
Self - Cultural Commentator
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Robert Peston
Self - Political Editor
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Howard Goodall
Self - Composer and Music Historian
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Douglas Hedley
Self - Professor of the Philosophy of Religion
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Shini Somara
Self - Mechanical Engineer
- Vanessa Harding Self - London History, University of London
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Ronald Hutton
Self - British History, University of Bristol
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Neil Oliver
Self - Archaeologist and Historian
- Laura Ashe Self - Professor of Medieval Literature, History and Culture / Self - Assoc. Prof., Medieval Literature, Oxford University
- Nigel Spivey Self - Senior Lecturer in Classics
- John Man Self - Historian / Author, The Great Wall / Self - Historian / Author, The Mongol Empire
- Brian Klaas Self - Associate Professor in Global Politics
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Tom Holland
Self - Historical Writer
- Jessica Nelson Self - Head of Medieval Collections, National Archives
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Francis Pryor
Self - Pre-Historic Archaeology
- Stephen Gunn Self - Early Modern History, Oxford University
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Kate Williams
Self - Royal Historian
- Gregory Dart Self - English, University, College, London
- Emma Griffin Self - Modern British History, UEA
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Chris Packham
Self - Naturalist and Zoologist
- Doron Swade Self - Computer Historian
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Jason Farries
Wilfred Owen (uncredited)
- Paul Bahn Self - Archaeologist
- Irving Finkel Self - Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian Script
- Eleanor Robson Self - Professor of Ancient Middle Eastern History
- Joyce Tyldesley Self - Professor of Egyptology, University of Manchester
- Lyndsay Coo Self - Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek Language and Literature
- Myrto Hatzimichali Self - Senior Lecturer in Classics (Ancient Philosophy)
- Kate Cooper Self - Professor of History Royal Holloway, University of London
- Shahjadha Asghar Jesus Christ
- Ads Odedra Crusader / Saracen
- Deip Patel Crusader / Saracen
- Darryl Smith Crusader / Saracen
- Adrian Woolmer Crusader / Saracen
- Martin Andrews Self - Printing Historian
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Martin Kemp
Self - Professor Emeritus of the History of Art
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Gus Casely-Hayford
Self - Director, V&A East
- Sara Taglialagamba Self - Leonardo Da Vinci Expert and Scholar, Da Vinci Museum
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Kathleen Burk
Self - Professor Emerita of Modern and Contemporary History
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Catriona Seth
Self - Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature
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Kieran Hodgson
B8-Hoven (voice)
- John Goldup Galileo
- Jonathan Ferguson Self - Keeper of Firearms and Artillery, Royal Armouries
- Patricia Fara Self - Historian of Science, University of Cambridge
- Aleksander Kolkowski Self - Research Associate, Science Museum, London
- Anu Ojha Self - Director, UK National Space Academy