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First Cannes Film Festival
Episode 346
There was no red carpet, no Palme d’Or, and no Palais des Festivals - but Hollywood nonetheless descended on the French Riviera for the opening of th…
3 years, 3 months ago
Let’s Illuminate Blackpool
Episode 345
Powered by steam engines, and positioned on 60ft poles along the seafront, the Blackpool illuminations were first shown to adoring public on 19th Sep…
3 years, 3 months ago
Dubbing Gerry Adams
Episode 344
The ‘broadcasting ban’ on 11 Northern Irish organizations including Sinn Fein was finally lifted by Prime Minister John Major on 16th September, 1994…
3 years, 3 months ago
Rebirth of the MINI
Episode 343
Rerun. BMW unveiled its redesigned MINI for the first time, on 15th September, 1997; the eve of the Frankfurt Motor Show. Its predecessor had been in…
3 years, 3 months ago
Moscow Shoots For The Moon
Episode 342
The USSR pulled ahead in the Space Race on 14th September, 1959 - when they became the first nation to successfully crash a man-made object into the …
3 years, 4 months ago
The Man With The Hole In His Head
Episode 341
Phineas Gage, a foreman on the New England railroads, was pierced through the head with a 13-pound tamping iron on 13th September, 1848. The rod went…
3 years, 4 months ago
Meet The Monkees
Episode 340
NBC premiered ‘Royal Flush’ - the pilot episode of iconic Sixties pop-comedy show The Monkees - on 12th September, 1966. And the Daydream Believers q…
3 years, 4 months ago
Let's Crash Some Trains
Episode 339
High-speed collisions between locomotives became mainstream entertainment on 9th September, 1896, when Joe Connolly - AKA “Head-On Joe” - staged the …
3 years, 4 months ago
The First Miss America
Episode 338
Margaret Gorman, a schoolgirl from Washington DC, was crowned ‘Miss Intercity Beauty’ at the “Fall Frolic” in Atlantic City on 8th September, 1921 - …
3 years, 4 months ago
The Umbrella Assassin
Episode 337
Rerun. Bulgarian writer Georgi Markov was shot by a poisoned pellet whilst walking on Waterloo Bridge on 7th September, 1978. Four days later, he was…
3 years, 4 months ago