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When Jarvis Met Jacko
Episode 771
The frontman of Pulp, Jarvis Cocker, infamously crashed the stage of the Brit Awards while Michael Jackson was performing Earth Song at the 1996 Brit…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Monk Who Met The Mongols
Episode 769
Multi-talented monk Andrew of Longjumeau embarked on a daring journey to the heart of the Mongol Empire on 16th February, 1249. As Ambassador of Loui…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Delia Backlash
Episode 768
RERUN: TV chef Delia Smith built a stellar career on the success spawned from her first book, ‘How To Cheat At Cooking’ in 1971. So, when she publish…
1 year, 11 months ago
Hollywood's Gossip Queens
Episode 767
Luella Parsons’s reign as Tinseltown’s top tittle-tattler was severely challenged on 14th February, 1938, following the print debut of rival column, …
1 year, 11 months ago
The Jamaican Bobsled Team
Episode 766
The Winter Olympics kicked off in Calgary on 13th February, 1988 - but the stand-out stars of the event did not qualify for a medal. Rather, the four…
1 year, 11 months ago
Death of the 9 Day Queen
Episode 765
Lady Jane Grey - Queen of England for just nine days - was executed at the Tower of London on 12th February, 1554.
Edward VI, who had died aged 15, na…
1 year, 11 months ago
Will vs Gareth
Episode 763
Before ‘The X Factor’ and ‘The Voice’, there was ‘Pop Idol’, the ITV behemoth that spawned Simon Fuller’s global mega-hit ‘American Idol’.
Season One…
1 year, 11 months ago
Inventing The Credit Card
Episode 762
Rerun: Diners Club, the world’s first credit card, was used for the first time at Major’s Cabin Grill in New York City on February 8th, 1950. Perhaps…
1 year, 11 months ago
Chaplin: Birth of The Tramp
Episode 761
The first film to feature Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Tramp’ character was filmed on 7th February, 1914: the Keystone comedy short, ‘Kid Auto Races at Venice’…
1 year, 11 months ago
I Am Anastasia
Episode 760
Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1917 - yet, on 6th February, 1928, a mentally troubled Polish factory worker clai…
1 year, 11 months ago