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Hanging Lord Haw Haw
Episode 428
Nazi propagandist William Joyce, best known to British radio listeners as ‘Lord Haw Haw’, was hanged by Albert Pierrepoint at Wandsworth Prison on 3r…
3 years ago
Captain Blood, Colonel Sanders and the Cyclonic Comedienne
Compilation. Happy New Year, Retrospectors!
Before the show returns on January 3rd, Arion, Rebecca and Olly are taking one last look back at their fa…
3 years ago
The Retrospectors Quiz Of The Year 2022
Episode 427
Happy Holidays! Arion, Rebecca and Olly will be back with more cracking ‘Today in History’ content from January 3rd 2023… but in the meantime, it’s t…
3 years ago
Edison’s Christmas Lights
Episode 426
Rerun. The first string of lights festooned upon a tree dazzled visitors to the New York home of Edward Johnson, Vice President of the Edison Electri…
3 years ago
Mud’s Christmas Hit
Episode 425
Melancholic Elvis pastiche ‘Lonely This Christmas’, by glam rockers Mud, became the UK’s Christmas No. 1 hit on 21st December, 1974, beating off fest…
3 years ago
The Carnival on the Water
Episode 424
The ‘Frost Fair’, held on the frozen River Thames, caused a sensation on 20th December, 1683, when all London society, from Charles II down, came out…
3 years ago
Meet Ebenezer Scrooge
Episode 423
Charles Dickens’ novella ‘A Christmas Carol’ was written in just six weeks, and published on 19th December, 1843. The timeless story, which introduce…
3 years ago
Dior's New Look
Episode 421
30 Avenue Montaigne, Christian Dior’s atelier in Paris, opened its doors on 16th December 1946. His staff had just six weeks to get it ready for thei…
3 years ago
Napoleon’s Second Funeral
Episode 420
Rerun. Napoleon was buried in an unmarked grave in St. Helena. But, 19 years later, on 15th December, 1840, he got buried again: this time at Les Inv…
3 years, 1 month ago
Broadway's Biggest Flop
Episode 419
Lionel Bart’s musical ‘La Strada’, based on the hit Fellini film, suffered the ignominy of closing after its opening night in New York on 14th Decemb…
3 years, 1 month ago