By itjustsohappened
The podcast currently has 66 episodes available.
This latest episode (Episode 61) was recorded at The Hill Street Theatre in the Edinburgh Fringe on 4th August 2024.
The panellists were Charles Dundas, Louise Leigh and David Cruickshanks, and the host was Richard Pulsford.
We covered a variety of On This Day topics, including when:
This latest episode (Episode 60) was recorded at The Hill Street Theatre in the Edinburgh Fringe on 3rd August 2024.
The panellists were Jane Walker, Aaron Twitchen and Nikita Kha, and the host was Richard Pulsford.
We covered a varied list of On This Day topics, including:
Episode 59 was recorded at The Hill Street Theatre in the Edinburgh Fringe on 2nd August 2024.
The panellists were Kate Smurthwaite, Paul Connolly and Daniel Crewe. The host was Richard Pulsford.
As usual we had a varied list of On This Day topics:
Iceland's national anthem was played publicly for the first time in 1874.
The UK Parliament officially adopted Greenwich Mean Time in 1880.
Edwin Harris Dunning became the first pilot to land a plane on a ship in 1917.
American writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin was born in 1924, and Nigerian musician and political activist Fela Kuti died in 1997.
With the second half of the show dedicated to some of Edinburgh's history, topics included The Royal Mile, Sanctuary and The Nastiness Act of 1749.
Episode 58 was recorded at The Green Man Art Gallery in the Buxton Fringe on 20th July 2024.
The panellists were Kevin Hudson and Scott Allsop. The host was Richard Pulsford.
As usual we had a varied list of On This Day topics.
It was 55 years since Apollo 11 landed on the moon (20/07/1969).
It was the birth date of Cornelia Zangheri Bandi, born (20/07/1664), who died of apparent spontaneous human combustion, and Dickens used this as a case study for one of his famous novels.
It was also the anniversary of the day when milk was gathered to make The Cheshire Mammoth Cheese (20/07/1801) in the US. This resulted in a novel use for the word 'mammoth'.
20th July was also International Chess Day. The International Chess Federation was founded 100 years previously (20/07/1924), the last day of the first unofficial Chess Olympiad.
The first Ford Motor Company car was shipped on this date (20/07/1903) so we had to have some quotes from Mr Ford.
Some of the Buxton topics included Poole's Cavern, Dove Holes and a Buxton Brewery beer quiz.
Episode 57 was recorded at The Rotunda Theatre in the Tunbridge Wells Fringe Festival on 30th June 2024.
The panellists were Richie Rands, Chris Neville-Smith and Ross Ericson. The host was Richard Pulsford.
The On This Day topics covered were:
Episode 56 was recorded at The Guildhall in the Chichester Fringe on 6th June 2024.
The panellists were Richie Rands, Gerard Harris and Julia Knight. The host was Richard Pulsford.
The On This Day topics covered were:
Please be aware that, unfortunately, the sound quality on this recording isn't as good as it could have been.
Episode 55 was recorded at The Toy and Model Museum in the Brighton Fringe on 2nd June 2024.
The panellists were Chrissy Derbyshire, Julia Knight, and Micky Gibbons. The host was Richard Pulsford.
The On This Day topics covered were:
Episode 54 was recorded at The Borough in the Lancaster Comedy Festival on 28th April 2024.
The panellists were Sallyann Fellowes and Angela Bra. The host was Richard Pulsford.
The On This Day topics covered were:
Episode 53 was recorded at Whistler on the Green in the Glasgow Comedy Festival on 24th March 2024.
The panellists were Julia Knight, Bryan Ghosh and Richie Rands. The host was Richard Pulsford.
The On This Day topics covered were:
Apologies for the sound quality on this episode, battling as we were with the noise bleed from inside the venue.
Episode 52 was recorded at the historical Wygston's House in the Leicester Comedy Festival on 11th February 2024.
The panellists were Kevin Hudson, Jo Mungovin and Ben Ennis. The host was Richard Pulsford.
The On This Day topics covered were:
The podcast currently has 66 episodes available.
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