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Hanging Lord Haw Haw
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…

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Captain Blood, Colonel Sanders and the Cyclonic Comedienne
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…

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The Retrospectors Quiz Of The Year 2022
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…

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Edison’s Christmas Lights
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…

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Mud’s Christmas Hit
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…

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The Carnival on the Water
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…

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Meet Ebenezer Scrooge
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…

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Dior's New Look
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…

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Napoleon’s Second Funeral
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…

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Broadway's Biggest Flop
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…

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