Season 1

1. King Henry VIII/Queen Victoria & Prince Albert/The Black Death

Rob Beckett on Henry VIII, Kerry Howard talks Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, and James Acaster on The Black Death.

2015-01-12 • 21 min

2. The Great Fire of London/Burke & Hare/Queen Victoria's Unwanted Cheese

Tom Rosenthal talks The Great Fire of London, Andrew Maxwell on graverobbers Burke & Hare, and Rob Beckett on Queen Victoria's unwanted cheese.

2015-01-19 • 22 min

3. Tutankhamen/Dick Turpin/Byron's Pet Bear

Romesh Ranganathan talks Tutankhamen, Joe Lycett on highway man Dick Turpin, and Tom Rosenthal explains how Byron had a pet bear!

2015-01-26 • 22 min

4. The Krays/Guy Fawkes

Russell Kane regales us with the story of Guy Fawkes & the gunpowder plot and Joe Lycett tells us all about the Krays.

2015-02-02 • 21 min

5. King Charles II/1966 World Cup Trophy Theft/Lady Godiva

Russell Kane talks King Charles II, Alex Horne on the 1966 World Cup trophy theft, and Diane Morgan chats Lady Godiva.

2015-02-09 • 22 min

6. Blackbeard/Colonel Blood/Henry VIII

Kerry Howard on the pirate Blackbeard, Joel Dommett yaks Colonel Blood stealing the crown jewels, and Tiff Stevenson talks Henry VIII starting a war.

2015-02-16 • 22 min

7. Henry II and Thomas Beckett/Discovery of DNA/William the Conqueror

Tiff Stevenson on the discovery of DNA, James Acaster talks Henry II and Thomas Beckett, and Romesh Ranganathan chats William the Conqueror.

2015-02-23 • 22 min

8. Baden Powell/Florence Nightingale/Worst Zoo Ever

Joel Dommett yaks Baden Powell and the boy scouts, Diane Morgan talks Florence Nightingale, and Andrew Maxwell on the worst zoo ever.

2015-03-02 • 22 min