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Making The Mikado
Episode 1089
The Mikado opened on March 14, 1885 to immediate acclaim, and went on to become W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s most famous and best-loved operet…
10 months ago
Mata Hari: Showgirl, Seductress, Spy
Episode 1088
Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod, better known to the world as Mata Hari, set the Paris stage ablaze on March 13, 1905, with a scandalous dance routine …
10 months ago
When The Dixie Chicks Got Cancelled
Episode 1087
As the Dixie Chicks’ lead singer, Natalie Maines, made an off-the-cuff remark at a London concert on 12th March, 2003, she could not have known the c…
10 months ago
COPS Hits TV
Episode 1086
Producer John Langley had been pitching a no-frills, fly-on-the-wall documentary series following US Police Officers for six years when, in the midst…
10 months ago
Birth of the Book Club
Episode 1085
The ‘Book of the Month Club’ was first launched, on March 10th, 1926.
Its inaugural selection, ‘Lolly Willowes’ by feminist Bloomsbury author Sylvia …
10 months ago
Abducting Ellen Turner
Episode 1083
Kidnapped from her prestigious Liverpool boarding school on March 7, 1827, 15-year-old Ellen Turner was led to believe her family would be financiall…
10 months, 1 week ago
The Real Captain Birdseye
Episode 1082
Birdseye Frosted Foods launched its first range of flash-frozen foods at a ‘test kitchen’ in Springfield, Massachusetts on 6th March, 1930 - and at t…
10 months, 1 week ago
Vietnam's Singing Soldier
Episode 1081
Barry Sadler’s "Ballad of the Green Berets" reached number one in the Billboard Hot 100 on 5th March, 1966 - the only pro-Vietnam War hit to ever top…
10 months, 1 week ago
Trashing The White House
Episode 1080
When Andrew Jackson was inaugurated on 4th March, 1829, large crowds of recently emancipated, enthusiastic voters turned up to the Capitol to watch t…
10 months, 1 week ago
Serfdom's Up!
Episode 1079
The Emancipation Statute was unveiled by Emperor Alexander II: March 3rd, 1861, liberating the serfs of Russia.
The culmination of years of bureaucra…
10 months, 1 week ago