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Episode 1233
After Mount Vesuvius erupted - and original hosts Rome pulled out - the British Olympic council sent a letter, dated 19th November, 1906, agreeing to…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
William Tell's Apple Adventures
Episode 1232
Switzerland’s most famous archer shot fruit off his own son’s head on 18th November, 1307. Or did he?
‘Chronicon Helveticum’ by Aegidius Tschudi, f…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Star Wars Holiday Horror
Episode 1231
The bizarre, incoherent ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’ was broadcast only once, on 17th November, 1978. Despite CBS signing up the stars of the origina…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Let's Go On Strike
Episode 1299
Workers involved in tomb construction in the Valley of the Kings staged the earliest recorded strike in history on 14th November, 1157 B.C. Having no…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Big Ben's First BONGGGG
Episode 1298
Westminer’s most famous landmark, Big Ben, bongggged for the first time on 13th November, 1856, outside the not-yet-finished House of Commons. London…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
The 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…
2 months 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…
2 months 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.…
2 months 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 …
2 months 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…
2 months ago