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Captain Kidd: Pirate or Privateer?
Episode 544
Hanged for piracy and murder, sea captain William Kidd was executed in Wapping on 23rd May, 1701. From the gallows he proclaimed to the large assembl…
2 years, 7 months ago
Introducing Pac-Man
Episode 543
Namco’s ground-breaking arcade game Pac-Man had its first focus test in a Tokyo cinema foyer on May 22nd, 1980. Created by 24 year-old Toru Iwatani, …
2 years, 7 months ago
We Want YOU 🫵 to Support Our Podcast!
It’s our birthday 🥳! Our show is now TWO years old, with over 600 episodes in the bank - but we want to keep making even more. And we need your help …
2 years, 7 months ago
Fox's 'Glee' Gambit
Episode 541
Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s musical comedy-drama ‘Glee’ was first screened on Fox on May 19th, 2009. In a strategy to whip up excitement before th…
2 years, 7 months ago
Dracula! Live on Stage!
Episode 540
Bram Stoker’s Dracula was first introduced to the world NOT via his canonical novel, but rather in the pages of a seldom-performed - and by all accou…
2 years, 7 months ago
Louie, Louie and the FBI
Episode 539
The supposedly pornographic lyrics of garageband classic “Louie Louie” by the Kingsmen were, improbably, thoroughly investigated by the FBI, who reac…
2 years, 7 months ago
Beau Brummell: Dandy on the Run
Episode 538
Socialite, wit and fashion influencer Beau Brummell fled to France on 16th May, 1816, in order to escape his creditors, from whom he had racked up ar…
2 years, 8 months ago
Launch of the Sky Girls
Episode 537
Ellen Church became the first ever airline stewardess on May 15th, 1930 - when she took to the skies with a Boeing Air Transport flight from Oakland,…
2 years, 8 months ago
Richard I's Awkward Wedding Night
Episode 535
Richard the Lionheart was a bachelor into his thirties, but finally got hitched on May 12th, 1191, at the Chapel of St. George at Limassol, Cyprus. H…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Opening Night of 'Cats'
Episode 534
Rerun.
At a cost of £2m, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical ‘Cats’ premiered at the New London Theatre on 11th May, 1981 – and the world had never seen any…
2 years, 8 months ago