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Discussed as 'the first funny book I ever read about history' and described as 'the ur text of sort of funny history.' The hosts and Al Murray discuss how it shaped their understanding of history, particularly the Civil War and concepts like 'good king, bad king.'

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Al Murray mentions this as a picture book he had as a child, describing it as having 'Mott and Bailey castles in it and Roman underfloor heating' that formed his 'imaginative framework' of the Middle Ages.

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Al Murray mentions he wrote this book during lockdown as a sequel to '1066 and All That,' covering the 20th century. He describes it as 'The Last Intergy is Give and Take and All That.'

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Mentioned in discussion of WWI history and how Blackadder shapes public perception. Al notes Gary Sheffield 'who's written Forgotten Victory' as someone working to revise First World War historical narratives.

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Al mentions that Gary Sheffield 'written Hague's biography' (referring to Field Marshal Douglas Haig), in the context of discussing WWI revisionist history.

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Al discusses Spike Milligan's war memoirs as a series of books where Milligan processed his WWII experiences, noting 'the last three books of his memoirs are him piecing himself together to go home' after his nervous breakdown.