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Candle In The Wind II
Episode 629
On 1st September 1997, as Britain was still reeling from Diana Princess of Wales’ untimely death, Elton John’s Candle in the Wind 1997 turned up on a…
2 years, 4 months ago
I Say, Boy, It's Foghorn Leghorn
Episode 628
Rerun. A giant chicken with the mannerisms of a wise-crackin’ Southern gentleman, Foghorn Leghorn first appeared in the Looney Tunes short ‘Walky Tal…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Grouse Massacre
Episode 627
Lord Walsingham shot 1,070 grouse on 30th August, 1888 – a number that remains a world record, and, one feels, is unlikely to ever be bettered.
To ach…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Last Of His Tribe
Episode 626
Ishi, a native American man who was widely acclaimed as the “last wild Indian” emerged from the wilderness on 29th August, 1911.
His arrival came as a…
2 years, 4 months ago
Noodles: The World's Convenience Food
Episode 624
Nissin Chikin Ramen (日清チキンラーメン), the first marketed brand of instant noodles, launched in Japan on 25th August, 1958.
The product was created by Momof…
2 years, 4 months ago
The End of the Pirate Monk
Episode 623
Rerun. Bandit, Admiral, wizard, pirate... ‘Eustace The Monk’ did it all - and was decapitated for his troubles, at the Battle of Sandwich on 24th Aug…
2 years, 4 months ago
When The Baltics Held Hands
Episode 622
A colossal human chain, stretching 430 miles, spanned across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on 23rd August, 1989 - the anniversary of the Molotov Ribb…
2 years, 4 months ago
Leaving Devil's Island
Episode 621
Established in 1852, Devil’s Island, one of six penal colonies in French Guiana, was finally closed on 22nd August, 1953. Nicknamed the ‘Green Hell’ …
2 years, 4 months ago
Cat Bin Lady, Internet Villain
Episode 620
CCTV footage captured middle-aged bank worker Mary Bale dropping friendly tabby cat Lola into a Coventry wheelie bin on 21st August, 2010. The video …
2 years, 4 months ago
Discovering Helium
Episode 618
French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen became the first person to observe helium, an element never before seen on Earth, on August 18th, 1868. …
2 years, 4 months ago