Episodes
Thrust SSC project director Richard Nobel and pilot Andy Green tell Adrian Chiles about setting the new land speed record of 763mph in 1997.
Published 04/21/17
We revisit the famous chart battle of 1995, when Blur’s Country House went up against Oasis’s Roll With It.
Published 04/21/17
We go back to 1995 and tell the behind-the-scenes story of Princess Diana’s famous 1995 Panorama interview – with those who were there at the time.
Published 04/13/17
We talk to people who witnessed Reagan’s victory speech in an LA hotel in November 1980 after he was elected US President – and look at comparisons (or otherwise) with Trump’s victory.
Published 04/12/17
Choose life. Choose to listen to what it was like making Trainspotting in 1996, with guests from the crew and Rick Smith from Underworld.
Published 04/11/17
It’s not often celebrated, but Adrian Chiles talks to some of the first Open University students to get their degrees in 1973.
Published 04/10/17
In January 2000, two women became the first female Brits to reach the South Pole on foot. Adrian Chiles talks to them and their companions.
Published 04/10/17
Back to the heady days of 1975, and the legendary boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, told through the eyes of some of those who were there at the time.
Published 04/10/17
We go back to 1996 and talk to those caught up in the bombing of Manchester City centre by the IRA.
Published 04/07/17
We revisit the tragic events of 1980, when John Lennon was shot dead, by talking to those who were there that night.
Published 04/06/17
The day Princess Diana walked across a minefield.
Published 04/05/17
We go back to 1982 and talk to those involved in helping the only other country to leave the EU - and discuss comparisons with Brexit.
Published 04/05/17
As the balls rolled for the first time, Adrian Chiles talks to some of those involved in the National Lottery launch in 1992 – including one of the first Lottery millionaires.
Published 04/04/17
We go back to 1995 and talk to those involved in the sensational OJ Simpson trial - including the helicopter pilot who filmed the dramatic car chase.
Published 04/03/17
We go back to 1995 and talk to those caught up in the collapse of Barings Bank, including Nick Leeson himself, the man whose £800m gamble went wrong.
Published 04/02/17
We go back to 1985 and speak to the underwater investigators - including Robert Ballard himself - who stunned the world by finding the wreck of the Titanic.
Published 04/01/17
We're looking back at March 1993 and the beginnings of one of the great modern music stories. That Spring, Liverpool band 'The Real People' were asked by an up-and-coming band from Manchester to put together a professional demo tape that they could send round to record labels. The tape - called 'Live Demonstration' - was recorded mostly at Liverpool's Porter Street studios and copies have been said to have been auctioned for more than £6,000. Why? Because it was Oasis. And the track...
Published 03/07/17
We take a look back to May 1977 - when the cricketing world was turned on its head by the flamboyant Australian billionaire Kerry Packer. After failing to get the TV rights he desperately wanted, he launched a secret plan to sign up the world's best players for his own breakaway tournament: World Series Cricket
Published 05/19/16