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The Extra Legendary Bit: Himalayan Cowboys & South African in Disguise
Season 1 Episode 84
He rode a horse through the Himalayas in a dinner jacket, got dragged 30 yards along a mountain path, stood up, brushed himself off, and told everyon…
1 day, 6 hours ago
Butch Cassidy: He Blew Up a Bridge & Vanished Forever
Season 1 Episode 83
His first crime was stealing a pair of jeans and some pie. He left an IOU, got taken to court, and the jury let him off. Within a decade, he'd blown …
5 days, 15 hours ago
The Extra Legendary Bit: The Capsize King & Extraordinary Bastards
Season 1 Episode 82
A man so obsessed with the perfect racing finish on his dinghy that he moved it into the family hallway, sealed it inside a polytunnel, and was found…
1 week, 1 day ago
She Stole a Dead Nun & Set a Convent on Fire: Julie D'Aubigny
Season 1 Episode 81
She was a swordswoman who could beat three men at once, an opera singer with the greatest voice Louis XIV had ever heard, and a woman so fearless she…
1 week, 5 days ago
The Extra Legendary Bit: A blunderbuss, a bomb & Diamond White Cider
Season 1 Episode 80
He tried to flog an antique firearm to a dealer, kicked off over the price, stormed out — and was genuinely surprised when the police turned up. He w…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Diego Maradona: Football God, Cheat & the Greatest Party Ever Thrown in a Prison
Season 1 Episode 79
He grew up so poor his mum pretended she wasn't hungry so her kids could eat. By 15, he was playing professional football. By his mid-20s, he was the…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
The Extra Legendary Bit: Dead Sheep, Blitz Heroines & Operation Village Green
Season 1 Episode 78
A bloated, rotting ram floating in a Cornish quarry, a 12-year-old boy bullied into dragging it out, a finger inserted into a decomposing eye socket,…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
William Shakespeare: 1,700 Words, 6 Signatures & 7 Missing Years
Season 1 Episode 77
He's the most famous writer in the English language, the inventor of over 1,700 words we still use today, and a man so legendary he's known simply as…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
The Extra Legendary Bit: Mad Grandads, Fast Cars and Family Legends
Season 1 Episode 76
A Dutch resistance fighter with a taste for fast cars, a grandad who held a 40-year grudge, and a family tradition of driving so wildly it terrified …
4 weeks, 1 day ago
The First Man Ever to be Awarded the Victoria Cross Twice: Arthur Martin-Leake
Season 1 Episode 75
A doctor who kept treating the wounded after being shot three times, the first man in history to win the Victoria Cross twice, and a war record so ex…
1 month ago