Podcast Episodes
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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…
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Kublai Khan's Kamikaze Climbdown
Episode 1291
The Mongols attempted to invade Japan on 5th November, 1274. Despite having a fleet of 900 ships, they failed - in part due to a ‘kamikaze’ typhoon t…
2 months, 1 week ago
Digging Up King Tut
Episode 1290
Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered by a water boy who serendipitously stumbled on a buried staircase in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings on 4th November, 1…
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Phil Spector's 'Phantom Voice'
Episode 1289
The Crystals hit number one with their version of Gene Pitney’s ‘He’s a Rebel’ on 3rd November, 1962, but it was actually another of Phil Spector’s g…
2 months, 1 week ago
The BBC's Halloween Hoax
Episode 1287
‘Ghostwatch’, a Halloween drama in the style of a documentary, reached 11 million viewers on its first and only UK broadcast on BBC 1, on 31st Octobe…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Slave Rebellion
Episode 1286
Nat Turner, leader of the deadliest slave rebellion in U.S. history, was captured on 30th October, 1831. For over two months, he’d hidden out in the …
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The M25 - Britain's Biggest Carpark
Episode 1285
Margaret Thatcher finally opened London’s first ring road - construction on which had begun in the 1970s - on 29th October, 1986, declaring: "I can't…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Jane Austen and the Profligate Prince
Episode 1284
George IV’s impressive Library included all the novels of Jane Austen, for whom he had a particular fondness. But what was not known (until a receip…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Episode 1283
The brutal murder of Alan R. Schindler Jr. on 27th October 1992 revealed the harsh realities faced by LGBTQ+ individuals in the military. Schindler, …
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Mourning Jane Seymour
Episode 1281
ing Henry VIII’s third wife, Queen Consort Jane Seymour, died aged just 29 on 24th October, 1537 - 12 days after giving birth to their son, future Ki…
2 months, 2 weeks ago