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Sinclair's Electric Dream
Episode 1035
Rerun: The Sinclair C5, Sir Clive Sinclair’s disastrous entry into the EV market, launched at Alexandra Palace on 10th January, 1985.
Looking like a …
1 year, 6 months ago
Introducing Income Tax
Episode 1034
Rerun: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”, the American statesman Benjamin Franklin once said, but until 9 Jan…
1 year, 6 months ago
Let's Capture Monaco
Episode 1033
According to legend, François Grimaldi and his brother Ranieri executed a bold plan to seize control of Monaco's iconic rock on 8th January, 1297. Di…
1 year, 6 months ago
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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…
1 year, 6 months ago
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, 6 months 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, 7 months 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, 7 months 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, 7 months 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, 7 months 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, 7 months ago