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Meet The Teletubbies
Episode 228
Tinky Winky, Dipsy, La La and Po were introduced to British viewers on 31st March, 1997 - launching an international phenomenon and changing kid’s te…
3 years, 9 months ago
Dr Long's Ethereal Adventures
Episode 227
Pain-free surgery eluded physicians for centuries, but 26-year-old Crawford Williamson Long successfully removed a tumour from the neck of patient Ja…
3 years, 9 months ago
When Niagara Ran Dry
Episode 226
Niagara falls, which usually flows with more than 168,000 cubic meters of water every minute, effectively stopped dead on 29th March, 1848.
What was t…
3 years, 9 months ago
The World’s Strongest Man
Episode 225
Edward Lawrence Levy, a bald and bespectacled 40 year old choir-master from Birmingham, became the first ever winner of an international weightliftin…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Tunnel Under The Thames
Episode 224
Marc Brunel’s visionary under-water tunnel from Rotherhithe to Wapping finally opened to the public on 25th March, 1843. It had taken 18 years to bui…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Kamikaze Pornstar
Episode 223
When ultra-nationalist Yoshio Kodama was attacked by disaffected erotic actor Mitsuyasu Maeno in a kamikaze-style plane crash on his home in Tokyo on…
3 years, 9 months ago
Handel's Biggest Hit
Episode 222
Hallelujah! Handel’s ‘Messiah’ is one of the cornerstones of Western classical music. But when it had its London premiere at Covent Garden on 23rd Ma…
3 years, 9 months ago
Let’s Ban Gambling!
Episode 221
For most of America's history, gambling has either been outright banned or incredibly tightly controlled - a tradition that began on 22nd March, 1630…
3 years, 9 months ago
Last Days of Alcatraz
Episode 220
The world’s most famous high-security jail, Alcatraz, evicted its last prisoner on 21st March, 1963. Met by a huge crowd of reporters who asked him w…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Birth of Fast Fashion
Episode 219
The craze for paper dresses was the huge and unexpected impact of a viral marketing campaign for the Scott Paper Company that debuted in TIME magazin…
3 years, 9 months ago