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Lachhiman Gurung: The Gurkha Who Took On 200 Men Alone
Season 1 Episode 89
He was 4 foot 11, weighed eight stone, came from a mountain village with no electricity, no roads, and no running water… and then held off 200 Japane…
1 month ago
The Extra Legendary Bit: A Train Thief and a Secret Millionaire
Season 1 Episode 88
His grandfather was told to move a train up the line. The driver had wandered off, so he thought, how hard can it be? Twenty miles later, he found ou…
1 month, 1 week ago
Casanova: The World’s Greatest Lover Was a Prison-Breaking Spy
Season 1 Episode 87
He was a lawyer by 17, a priest who once fainted in the pulpit from a hangover, a professional violinist, a government spy, a prison escape artist, a…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Extra Legendary Bit: Drunken Sailors, Top Trumps & Plum Schnapps
Season 1 Episode 86
He jumped into freezing Portsmouth water after a few sherbets, swam to HMS Warrior, climbed to the very top of the mast, and tied his trousers up the…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Neil Armstrong: What He Actually Said on the Moon
Season 1 Episode 85
He learned to fly before he could drive. At 20, a cable strung across a Korean hillside ripped three feet off his wing at 350 miles an hour, and he n…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Extra Legendary Bit: Himalayan Cowboys & South African in Disguise
Season 1 Episode 84
He rode a horse through the Himalayas in a dinner jacket, got dragged 30 yards along a mountain path, stood up, brushed himself off, and told everyon…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Butch Cassidy: He Blew Up a Bridge & Vanished Forever
Season 1 Episode 83
His first crime was stealing a pair of jeans and some pie. He left an IOU, got taken to court, and the jury let him off. Within a decade, he'd blown …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Extra Legendary Bit: The Capsize King & Extraordinary Bastards
Season 1 Episode 82
A man so obsessed with the perfect racing finish on his dinghy that he moved it into the family hallway, sealed it inside a polytunnel, and was found…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
She Stole a Dead Nun & Set a Convent on Fire: Julie D'Aubigny
Season 1 Episode 81
She was a swordswoman who could beat three men at once, an opera singer with the greatest voice Louis XIV had ever heard, and a woman so fearless she…
2 months ago
The Extra Legendary Bit: A blunderbuss, a bomb & Diamond White Cider
Season 1 Episode 80
He tried to flog an antique firearm to a dealer, kicked off over the price, stormed out — and was genuinely surprised when the police turned up. He w…
2 months ago