It Just So Happened - an alternative history show itjustsohappened

This episode was recorded at The Hill St Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on 9th August 2023.
The panellists were Angus Coutts, Micky Gibbons and Bryan Ghosh. The host was Richard Pulsford.
On This Day topics covered included:- The Leaning Tower of Pisa founded (09/08/1173)- The first electric washing machine patent (09/08/1910)- The Coronation of Edward VII (09/08/1910)- Cliff Richard signs with EMI Records (09/08/1958)- The bombing of Nagasaki, and Nintendo (09/08/1945)- Writer David Nobbs, died (09/08/2015)

This episode was recorded at The Hill St Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on 8th August 2023.
The panellists were Paul Connolly, Luis Alcada and CJ Hooper. The host was Richard Pulsford.
On This Day topics covered included:The Kingsmen release Louie Louie (08/08/1963)The first European air balloon flight (08/08/1709)The Church inspects Galileo's telescope (08/08/1609)Beatles trivia (08/08/1966 and 08/08/1969)Earthquake in Crete (08/08/1303)Richard Nixon steps down as US President (08/08/1974)

This episode was recorded at The Hill St Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on 7th August 2023.
The panellists were Angus Coutts, Charles Dundas and Aleksandr Popov. The host was Richard Pulsford.
On This Day topics covered included:The first performance of Macbeth (07/08/1606)The Turkish Straits Crisis (07/08/1946)Lynne Cox swims The Bering Strait (07/08/1987)Petit's high-wire act between NY's Twin Towers (07/08/1974)Oliver Hardy (died, 07/08/1957)

(Charles didn't get the memo about not shaving for this one!)

This episode was recorded at The Hill St Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on 6th August 2023.
The panellists were Dr Anthony Drew, David Cruickshanks and Marijke Cortenbach. The host was Richard Pulsford.
On This Day topics covered included:- Chay Blyth completes a round the world voyage (06/08/1971)- Gherman Titov's flight as the second cosmonaut (06/08/1961)- The proposed phone booth ban (06/08/1925)- The remains of A.A. Andree's expedition were found (06/08/1930)- Lucille Ball (born 06/08/1911)- Ben Jonson (died 06/08/1637)
Some of the history of Edinburgh was also covered!

This episode was recorded at The Hill St Theatre in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on 5th August 2023.
The panellists were Paul Connolly, Eppie Brilliant and Tasha Mott, and the host was Richard Pulsford.
On This Day topics covered included:-- The American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? debuts on ABC (5th August 1998)- Mayflower and Speedwell depart (5th August 1620)- The Beatles release Revolver (5th August 1966)- The first cinema in the UK opens (5th August 1901)- The first lab-grown burger is produced (5th August 2015)- Edgar Guest died (5th August 1959)

This episode was recorded at the Green Man Gallery in the Buxton Fringe on 15th July 2023.
The panellists were Scott Allsop and Donna Scott, and the host was Richard Pulsford.
On This Day topics covered included:-- St Swithun's Feast Day (15th July)- General Tom Thumb died (15/07/1883)- Mary Queen of Scots imprisoned at Bolton Castle (15/07/1568)- The first Twitter prototype was made publicly available (15/07/2006)- Anton Chekhov died (15/07/1904)
Buxton topics included:-- the actor and comedian John Kane- Harpur Hill- tennis in the town