Mar 06 2025 60 mins
This episode (no. 66) was recorded at The Hill Street Theatre in the Edinburgh Fringe on 9th August 2024.
The panellists were Eppie Brilliant, Luis Alcada and Andy Bullick, and the host was Richard Pulsford.
We presented On This Day topics from across a wide historical timespan:
- the Battle of Adrianople, on 9th August 378
- the Leaning Tower of Pisa was founded, on 9th August 1173
- the patent for the world's first washing machine was issued, on 9th August 1910
- singer Cliff Richard signed with EMI records, on 9th August 1958
- novelist Herman Hesse died, on 9th August 1962
- Britain's first nudist beach opened, on 9th August 1979