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Episode 1032
On January 7th, 1904 the Marconi Company sought to establish a universal distress call; proposing, ‘CQD’ for emergencies.
Despite its adoption in Bri…
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Tonya and Nancy: Fire and Ice
Episode 1032
In our first new episode of 2025, The Retrospectors dive into the scandal that shocked the world of figure skating, when, on 6th January, 1994, Olymp…
1 year ago
Best Of 2024: Richard II’s Blowout Banquet
Episode 1031
Olly’s favourite episode of 2024 unfolds on September 23rd, 1387: the day of the most extravagant feast of the Middle Ages, featuring dishes like bro…
1 year ago
Best Of 2024: TV’s First Soap Opera
Episode 1030
Rebecca’s favourite episode of 2024 recalls the day ‘These Are My Children’ premiered on NBC; the world’s first televised soap opera, transmitted on …
1 year ago
Best Of 2024: The Man Who Sold The Wind
Episode 1029
Happy New Year, Retrospectors! We’ll return with new episodes from Monday 6th January, but in the meantime the team have been choosing their favourit…
1 year ago
Retrospectors Quiz of the Year 2024
Episode 1028
How many nickels did the first Automat take in 1902? What does ‘Opus Dei’ mean in Latin?
And what WAS the title of the novelty song released by the Ja…
1 year ago
Meet Ebenezer Scrooge
Episode 1027
Rerun: Charles Dickens’ novella ‘A Christmas Carol’ was written in just six weeks, and published on 19th December, 1843. The timeless story, which in…
1 year ago
Renée and Renato's Christmas Hit
Episode 1026
Save Your Love became the UK’s unlikely Christmas Number One on 18th December, 1982. A blend of heartfelt crooning, offbeat British humour, and bucke…
1 year ago
The First Christmas Card
Episode 1025
Victorian Henry Cole took delivery of the first ever mass-produced card today in history in 1843.
Notably absent from the design was Jesus Christ; Col…
1 year ago
When Thatcher Met Gorbachev
Episode 1024
Over a Chequers banquet of sole in shrimp sauce, fillet of beef, and caramelized oranges, Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev met for the first t…
1 year ago