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The Enron Illusion
Episode 1012
Enron—the seventh-largest company in the U.S.—filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on 2nd December, 2001, marking the dramatic end of a business empire on…
1 year, 4 months ago
Concorde - The Future of Flight
Episode 1010
Rerun: Supersonic aircraft took a giant leap forward when the French and British governments signed a treaty to join forces on designing Concorde on …
1 year, 4 months ago
The Cabbage Patch Riots
Episode 1009
Rerun: Towards the end of 1983, frenzied parents battled with one another in stores across the US in a desperate bid to buy their children the toy of…
1 year, 4 months ago
Mitzvahpalooza!
Episode 1008
Aerosmith, 50 Cent and Tom Petty starred at 13 year old Elizabeth Brooks’ $10 million bat mitzvah party on 27th November, 2005. The lavish do, at New…
1 year, 4 months ago
The First Frat House
Episode 1007
Arion, Rebecca and Olly recall the founding of The Kappa Alpha Society, the oldest continuously existing college fraternity, established as a literar…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Medieval Titanic
Episode 1006
When The White Ship hit a rock near Barfleur on 25th November, 1120, she sank, killing all 300 noblemen on-board. Among the dead was Henry I’s one le…
1 year, 4 months ago
Star Trek's Interracial Kiss
Episode 1004
Rerun: Capt. James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Lt. Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) embraced and kissed on "Plato’s Stepchildren"; an episode of ‘Sta…
1 year, 4 months ago
Let's Revolve A Restaurant
Episode 1003
Rerun: La Ronde, the USA’s first revolving restaurant, opened on 21st November, 1961, at the Ala Moana Center in Honolulu. On the menu in the 298ft-t…
1 year, 4 months ago
Beethoven's Biggest Flop
Episode 1002
Beethoven's first attempt at opera, Leonore, premiered in Vienna on 20th November, 1805. Attendance was sparse, due in part to Napoleon's recent inva…
1 year, 4 months ago
Pelé's 1000th Goal
Episode 1001
Arion, Rebecca and Olly pore over the astonishing career of football legend Pelé, who (by his own count, if not FIFA’s) scored his 1,000th goal on 19…
1 year, 4 months ago