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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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 months ago
Year of the Fistula
Episode 1000
King Louis XIV underwent risky surgery to remove a painful anal fistula on 18th November, 1686: an event that created a sensation at court, leading t…
1 year, 8 months ago
The (Lady) Pirates of the Carribbean
Episode 998
Rerun: Anne Bonny and Mary Read - the most notorious women to swashbuckle and plunder in the ‘golden age of piracy’ - were captured near Jamaica by p…
1 year, 8 months ago
When Anne Married Mark
Episode 997
Rerun: The Royal Wedding between Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips on 14th November, 1973 was a lavish affair at Westminster Abbey, with an ant…
1 year, 8 months ago
What Happened At Amityville
Episode 996
Amityville is synonymous with horror movies, but that’s because of a real-life tragedy that happened on 13th November, 1974, when Ronald DeFeo Jr. mu…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Exploding Whale
Episode 995
Arion, Rebecca and Olly recall the events of 12th November, 1970, when the coastal town of Florence, Oregon faced a dilemma: the 8-ton dead sperm wha…
1 year, 8 months ago
Gangsters on the Gallows
Episode 994
Joseph "Blueskin" Blake was hanged on 11th November, 1724. His notoriety as a highwayman was due in large part to his network of criminal associates,…
1 year, 8 months ago
Scott & Charlene Get Hitched
Episode 992
Rerun: Kylie Minogue and Jason Donavan’s characters in hit soap opera ‘Neighbours’ were wed in 1988, causing a shopping mall riot in Australia, and a…
1 year, 8 months ago