Corpse Talk
- Online sitcom
- 2022
- 14 episodes (1 series)
Animated comedy-led chat show which focuses on the achievements of a selection of historical figures. Stars Joe Sugg, Marc Silk and Jess Robinson.
Series 1
1. Musical Maestro Mozart Visits
Friday 13th May 2022
Adam is joined by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart himself - a decomposing composer who performed for royalty as a young child and who began writing his 600 symphonies at age eight.
2. Cleopatra's Back From The Dead!
Friday 13th May 2022
Ancient Egyptian Queen Cleopatra stops by to discuss her origins and how she had to marry her ten-year old brother in order to ascend to the throne!
3. Leonardo Da Vinci Is Back From The Dead!!
Tuesday 17th May 2022
Leonardo Da Vinci pops by to discuss his famous paintings, his creative inventions, and how his love of nature and science was so intense, he would dissect human corpses to learn more!
4. George Washington Carver the Peanut Genius
Friday 20th May 2022
The iconic scientist and inventor George Washington Carver stops by to talk about being born enslaved, and how he helped farmers and cultivated America's love of peanuts. There's even a game of Name That Peanut Product, with our host Adam guessing all the unique uses that Carver came up with - including peanut ice cream, peanut cheese, and even peanut sausages!
5. The Sword-Fighting Opera Singer Julie D'Aubigny
Tuesday 24th May 2022
Our host Adam welcomes the swashbuckling 17th-century French trailblazer Julie D'Aubigny. With her wild and often unbelievable stories of duels and dizzying romances, Julie delights Adam as she recounts her history as an elite sword fighter, celebrated opera singer and all-around troublemaker.
6. Marie Curie's Radioactive Corpse Speaks
Friday 27th May 2022
Pioneering scientist Marie Curie stops by to talk about her TWO Nobel Peace Prizes - won for her work in physics and chemistry - and why her corpse is still so radioactive that our host Adam has to wear a protective suit to interview her!
7. Emperor Nero Sings For You!
Tuesday 31st May 2022
Adam meets Nero - the fifth emperor of Rome and, some would say, the worst of all time. But was he? He's back from the dead to talk about his reign AND his contentious relationship with his mother - who he had murdered when he was still just a teenager. Mums, huh?
8. China's Biggest Female Pirate: Ching Shih!
Friday 3rd June 2022
Our host Adam meets Ching Shih, a real-life pirate who was born in China in the 1700s. Her ruthless sense of strategy and business savvy led her to be placed as the commander of 2,000 shipss and 80,000 pirates. And that's just for starters!
9. Queen Elizabeth I's Soap Opera Life
Tuesday 7th June 2022
Tonight we're talking to Elizabeth The First - Queen of England - who has a story straight out of a soap opera. Her mother was beheaded for not giving birth to a boy, she had to see off different attacks by her sister and cousin, and she even declared she was married to the whole of England. It's an unbelievable story!
10. Meet The Medieval Muslim Scientist Who Changed The World
Friday 10th June 2022
Ibn Al Haytham's stopping by to talk about his life and times as a scientist and philosopher, back at the turn of the last millennium. Born in 965AD during the Islamic Golden Age, Al Haytham spent ten years under house arrest but made the most of his time, writing over 100 books and... Well, let's let him tell you.
11. The Hotelier and Nurse Who Worked The Battlefield
Tuesday 14th June 2022
Born in 1805 in Jamaica, Mary Seacole learned to become a "Doctress" from her mother who owned a hotel. She later used those skills on the battlefields of the Crimean War by both building a hotel and tending to the wounded. It was an extraordinary life!
12. The French Warlord Who Conquered England
Friday 17th June 2022
William The Conqueror was a warlord who grew up in Normandy, France, and built his empire from scratch. Now, he's telling the story of how and why he conquered England in 1066 - and the breathtaking twists and turns that happened along the way to make it a perfect storm.
13. Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Actor... SPY!
Tuesday 21st June 2022
Josephine Baker: an iconic dancer, singer, and actor who shot to fame after moving to Paris and starring in France's first-ever all-Black musical. She owned a castle, adopted 12 kids, and even had a cheetah! And did we mention she was also a spy?
Halloween Special
Friday 7th October 2022
The Corpse Talk Halloween special takes place in the graveyard studio where host Adam is joined by Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein; Bram Stoker, author of Dracula; and finally, the discoverer of King Tutankhamun's tomb, Howard Carter. Through Adam's chat-show banter, we discover how Frankenstein was created on a rainy holiday, Bram is introduced to gaming and how many underpants Tutankhamun needed in his afterlife. We'll also find out which is the scariest story and which of the guests...or host...is the most scared!