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Chimps In Space!
Episode 1053
Before Yuri Gagarin, before Alan Shepard… a chimp called Ham was blasted into space for six-and-a-half minutes of weightlessness on 31st January, 196…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Hannah Hauxwell: Britain's First Reality Star
Episode 1052
Running a remote Yorkshire farm, with no flushing toilet and no electricity is an unlikely route to TV stardom, but 46 year-old spinster Hannah Hauxw…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The First Burns Supper
Episode 1051
When fans of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns, suggested holding an annual dinner to mark his birthday, they probably didn’t realise a) it woul…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Search For Pancho Villa
Episode 1050
General John J. Pershing’s mission to capture the guerrilla leader Pancho Villa in Mexico was quietly withdrawn on 28th January, 1917
Initiated in res…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Ancients v The Moderns
Episode 1049
Modern art was controversially celebrated on 27th January, 1687, when Charles Perrault read his poem ‘The Century of Louis The Great’ at the Académie…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Henry VIII's Head Injury
Episode 1047
Henry VIII is typically remembered as he was at the end of his life - weighing in at a colossal 28 stone, with ulcerated legs, failing eyesight and a…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Rock N Roll's Big Night
Episode 1046
The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame welcomed its first inductees in a star-studded event at the Waldorf Astoria, New York on 23rd January, 1986. But the c…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Here Come The Swiss Guards
Episode 1045
With their colourful uniforms and pomp, the Vatican’s iconic Swiss Guards might seem more decorative than dangerous today - but their origin is far f…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The DeLorean Dream
Episode 1044
The iconic DeLorean DMC-12 rolled off the production line in Belfast on 21st January, 1981.
Priced at $25,000, the stainless steel gullwing sportscar …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Ozzy vs. Bat
Episode 1043
Ozzy Osbourne orally decapitated a bat live on stage in Des Moines, Iowa on 20th January, 1982; an act that quickly went down as one of the most outr…
11 months, 3 weeks ago