Jack Gladstone - The British can even make a tropical paradise depressing
This week we head off to South America to meet a man who had the audacity to think his British owners might be terrible people (hint: they were!) It's a story of how businessmen have always put profit...
26 Mars 202145min
Edward C Walker - Making friends with naked ambition
Finally, a person who truly embodies the term 'eccentric' meet Edward Walker. Pilot. Inventor. Avid fan of nudity. A man never afraid to take a risk (or your hand in marriage) we follow Edward as he s...
19 Mars 202145min
Paddy O'Sullivan - Are you sure a woman can be ungentlemanly?
Maureen O'Sullivan had survived two wars by the time she was in her teens. So naturally when WWII kicked off she had all the skills needed to take on one of the most difficult jobs available.We'll fol...
12 Mars 202148min
Hengist and Horsa - Who says History needs facts?
The Dark Ages are the time that Britain forgot. With that in mind let's try to pierce the veil with a story that almost definitely didn't happen!When the Romans abruptly pack up, leaving the locals wi...
5 Mars 202143min
John Rann - It's my way or the highway!
What could you do when you wanted to be a rock star centuries before the advent of rock and roll? If you were John Rann you dressed yourself up to the nines and became a notorious highwaymen in good o...
26 Feb 202143min
Yarmouth Bridge Disaster - What do you expect when it was designed by clowns?
This week we will be jumping on the late Georgian fad for suspension bridges (because we are all about current affairs). From their birth in the mind of a genius Scotsman to the ever more disaster pro...
19 Feb 202145min
Joseph Mortimer Granville - "We're just waiting for the hammer to fall (on our fun zones)"
How did a doctor specialising in corpulent Victorian gentlemen become synonymous with the female orgasm?By horrible accident of course! This week meet Joseph, a medical polymath who would be turning i...
12 Feb 202152min
George Plantagenet - A primer on how to how to avoid becoming a king
Your father was nearly king. Your older brother is currently king. Your younger brother will one day become king. You however are an idiot. Welcome to the world of George Plantagenet, a spoilt little ...
5 Feb 202154min
