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Best Of 2025: The 'Ten Cent Beer Night' Riot
Episode 1262
Rebecca’s favourite episode of 2025 is “The 'Ten Cent Beer Night' Riot”. Twice the usual crowd turned up to see the Cleveland Indians take on the Tex…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Best Of 2025: Land Rover's Rugged Beginnings
Episode 1261
Arion's favourite episode of 2025 was “Land Rover's Rugged Beginnings” A British motoring icon made its debut at the Amsterdam Motor Show on 30th Apr…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Best Of 2025: The 'New Coke' Debacle
Episode 1260
Happy New Year, Retrospectors! We’ll return with new episodes from Monday 5th January, but in the meantime the team have been choosing their favourit…
7 months ago
Retrospectors Quiz of the Year 2025
Episode 1259
How much have YOU learned from this year’s show? It’s time for our annual trivia test, as Arion and Rebecca face Olly’s fiendishly difficult question…
7 months, 1 week ago
When Cliff Ruled Christmas 🕊️🍷
Episode 1258
Mistletoe and Wine became the UK’s Christmas Number One on 18th December, 1988; the first of three singles Cliff Richard would take to the top of the…
7 months, 1 week ago
Meet The Simpsons
The debut episode of the world’s longest-running animated sitcom - 'Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire' - aired in the U.S. on 17th December, 1989; at…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Krays in Soho
The Hideaway Club, now part of London’s Chinatown, opened on 16th December, 1964. Ronnie and Reggie Kray didn’t turn up for the big night, even thou…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Where's Glenn Miller?
Episode 1255
The world’s most famous bandleader, Glenn Miller, was last seen on December 15th, 1944 - after hitching a ride on a small plane to Paris. Desperate …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Is That Mary Magdalene?
Episode 1253
Inspired by a dream, Prince Charles of Provence ordered an excavation that uncovered a sarcophagus believed to contain the remains of Mary Magdalene …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Muppets Do Dickens
Episode 1252
‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’ underwhelmed at the box office when it was first released on 11th December, 1992 - but found its audience on video and D…
7 months, 3 weeks ago