Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze
Episode 1297
Jules Leotard first somersaulted off a trapeze at Cirque Napoléon in Paris on 12th November, 1859. His act inspired gymnasts and circus performers th…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Alice Chaucer, Three Times A Wife
Episode 1296
Geoffrey Chaucer’s granddaughter Alice was first married at the age of 11. She was granted a license to marry her third husband on 11th November, 143…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
How To Get To Sesame Street
Episode 1295
Big Bird, Oscar and Bert & Ernie were first introduced to America’s children on 10th November, 1969, when Sesame Street made its small-screen debut.…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Meteorite!
Episode 1293
The first meteorite to crash land into Earth - and have its date recorded - impacted the hamlet of Ensisheim (in modern-day France, then Austria) on …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
How '24' Changed TV
Episode 1292
Real-time thriller ‘24’, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer, debuted on Fox on 6th November, 2001. The show’s use of split screens, constant te…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Kublai Khan's Kamikaze Climbdown
Episode 1291
The Mongols attempted to invade Japan on 5th November, 1274. Despite having a fleet of 900 ships, they failed - in part due to a ‘kamikaze’ typhoon t…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Digging Up King Tut
Episode 1290
Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered by a water boy who serendipitously stumbled on a buried staircase in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings on 4th November, 1…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Phil Spector's 'Phantom Voice'
Episode 1289
The Crystals hit number one with their version of Gene Pitney’s ‘He’s a Rebel’ on 3rd November, 1962, but it was actually another of Phil Spector’s g…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
The BBC's Halloween Hoax
Episode 1287
‘Ghostwatch’, a Halloween drama in the style of a documentary, reached 11 million viewers on its first and only UK broadcast on BBC 1, on 31st Octobe…
9 months ago
The Slave Rebellion
Episode 1286
Nat Turner, leader of the deadliest slave rebellion in U.S. history, was captured on 30th October, 1831. For over two months, he’d hidden out in the …
9 months ago