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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…
2 years, 5 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…
2 years, 5 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’…
2 years, 5 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…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Plastic That Changed The World
Episode 759
On this day in 1909 Leo Baekeland announced his invention of Bakelite to the American Chemical Society.
Having already earned a fortune selling his ph…
2 years, 6 months ago
The First Groundhog Day
Episode 757
Long before Bill Murray turned up, Gobbler's Knob, Punxsutawney hosted its first ever Groundhog Day on 2nd February, 1887 - as a day for huntsmen to …
2 years, 6 months ago
The First Groundhog Day
Episode 757
Long before Bill Murray turned up, Gobbler's Knob, Punxsutawney hosted its first ever Groundhog Day on 2nd February, 1887 - as a day for huntsmen to …
2 years, 6 months ago
The Hashish Club
Episode 756
Rerun: Theophile Gautier’s account of ‘green jam’ cannabis consumption at the drug-addled dinner parties of the ‘Club des Hachichins’ - alongside lit…
2 years, 6 months ago
TV's First Soap Opera
Episode 755
These Are My Children premiered on NBC on 31st January, 1949; the world's first televised soap opera. It lasted only four weeks on air, was broadcast…
2 years, 6 months ago
Bring Me The Head of Oliver Cromwell
Episode 754
Revolutionary leader Oliver Cromwell was executed on 30th January, 1661 - despite having been dead for more than two years. His body was exhumed from…
2 years, 6 months ago