That Wilbur Smith Show
In Series 2 of our podcast series, historian and Wilbur co-writer Tom Harper and author and Wilbur fan Christopher Winn celebrate Wilbur’s extraordinary life and work, and the exhilarating world of adventure that he created and inhabited.
Together with a star-studded array of special guests, adventurers, historians, authors, academics and fans they explore the historical events that form the background to Wilbur's books, visit the places he brings so vividly to life and learn about the incredible exploits and experiences that inspired Wilbur over a life time of writing and real life adventure.
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- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 50
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
9. Ancient Egypt 1 with Professor Joann Fletcher
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8. River God
Tom and Diana discuss their love for and fascination with River God, Wilbur’s sprawling, epi,c best-selling novel of romance and adventure set in Ancient Egypt, in which we are introduced to Taita, a…
7. Nemesis
6. When The Lion Feeds - Gold and the Birth of Johannesburg
In Episode 6 of That Wilbur Smith Show Tom and Diana take their final look for now at When The Lion Feeds discussing how the discovery of gold enriches and then corrupts Sean and Duff and turns the t…
5. When The Lion Feeds - Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift
4. When The Lion Feeds - Build up to the Anglo Zulu War
In Episode 4 of That Wilbur Smith Show Tom and Diana are joined by historian Professor Saul David to discuss the reasons behind the Anglo Zulu War of 1879, and the build up to the conflict which form…
3. On Leopard Rock, Wilbur’s memoir
2. When The Lion Feeds, Witwatersrand and The Wilderness
1. When The Lion Feeds, Sean and Garrick Courtney
