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Retrospectors Quiz Of The Year 2023
Retrospectors Quiz Of The Year 2023

Episode 725

It’s been a hell of a year at Retrospectors HQ - from Clyde Barrow's first scrape with the law to the installation of Camp Snoopy at the Mall of Amer…

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Mariah's Christmas Hit
Mariah's Christmas Hit

Episode 724

Rerun: All I Want For Christmas Is You has made Mariah Carey a fortune - but it took an astonishing 25 years for the song to finally reach Number One…

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Panto's Greatest Dame
Panto's Greatest Dame

Episode 723

Victorian music hall star Dan Leno, creator of Widow Twankey and Mother Goose, was born on 20th December, 1860. A child prodigy of the stage, Leno ki…

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The War on Christmas
The War on Christmas

Episode 722

England’s Puritan Parliament attempted to purge Christmas of Catholic influences on 19th December, 1644, by passing The Ordinance for the Better Obse…

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Introducing The Nutcracker
Introducing The Nutcracker

Episode 721

The premiere of Tchaikovsky’s seminal ballet ‘The Nutcracker’, on 18th December, 1892, at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg. It was NO…

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Spice World!
Spice World!

Episode 719

At the height of the ‘Cool Britannia’ craze, the Spice Girls released their first movie, ‘Spice World’, with a glittering premiere at the Empire Leic…

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Dubya Dodges A Shoeing
Dubya Dodges A Shoeing

Episode 718

Rerun: When George W Bush flew to Baghdad for a press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on 14th December, 2008, he had hoped the h…

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The ‘Pop Goes The Weasel’ Craze
The ‘Pop Goes The Weasel’ Craze

Episode 717

The undisputed viral hit of Christmas 1852 was the country dance ‘Pop Goes The Weasel’, still taught to children today. On 13th December, 1852, the c…

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Is That Mary Magdalene?
Is That Mary Magdalene?

Episode 716

Inspired by a dream, Prince Charles of Provence ordered an excavation that uncovered a sarcophagus believed to contain the remains of Mary Magdalene …

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The Man Who Sold The Eiffel Tower
The Man Who Sold The Eiffel Tower

Episode 715

On this day we recall the Police operation to ensnare prolific conman Victor Lustig. 


The ‘Catch Me If You Can’-style manhunt intensified on 11th Dece…

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