Isambard Kingdom Brunel
In a National poll, Brunel was voted second to Sir Winston Churchill as Britain's Greatest Briton. He built The Great Western Railway, bridges including Clifton Suspension Bridge, viaducts, tunnels and three ships, SS Great Western, SS Great Britain and SS Great Eastern. Yet very few know anything about the man who was a friend of composer Mendelssohn and an inspiration to painter JWR Turner. Oh and he was only five-feet tall and smoked 40 cigars a day.
Price - £2.99, unlimited plays - 60 minutes
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To Look For America
So who was Bartholomew Gosnold? He founded the English colonies in America in 1607, 13 years before The Pilgrims set sail on board The Mayflower in 1620, and yet he is almost unknown. He created Jamestown, the first English settlement. His colleague John Rolfe married Pocahontas. So why is Gosnold not a great man in history? Find out the very good reason.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - 27 minutes
The Elephant Man
Sure, they made the blockbuster movie about The Elephant Man, but they got his name wrong. Joseph Merrick, not John, was born in Leicester and it was by his own volition he travelled to London to find fame as a kind of circus freak, socially incorrect today but acceptable in Victorian times. His life became a tug of war between surgeon Frederick Treves and showbusiness impresario Tom Norman.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 30 minutes
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Stanley Matthews
Featuring England 1966 World Cup hero Alan Ball
The greatest footballer of all time. The only player to be knighted whilst still playing. 700 league games and never booked, the first European Footballer of The Year and a footballer who played at the highest league level until he was approaching 51 years of age. Yet there is an amazing twist in the tail to his story, away from football, with a contribution from 1966 hero Alan Ball.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 25 minutes
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The Great Train Robbery
The train from Glasgow Station to Euston is about to be robbed. How ironic a Monopoly board found at their hideaway, Leatherslade Farm, led to the arrest of the train robbers. Oh how crime has changed since 1963.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 24 minutes
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John Lennon
John Lennon left us at the young age of 40 but the legend lives on as a unique songwriter. As a member of The Beatles he wrote eternal songs along with collaborations with Paul McCartney. Here we delve into the stories behind Strawberry Fields Forever and In My Life and of course, Imagine.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 25 minutes
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Vivienne Fayre - The Dancing Poppy
Vivienne Fayre, a 19 year-old dancer from Devon, was the only entertainer killed during World War Two when the scenery truck in which she travelled hit a landmine. How many wartime entertainers were there? How were they chosen? The Dancing Poppy was just one of many. The field recording was, as a mark of respect, recorded in a cafeteria in Passchendaele so please excuse the odd click and bump, it's all part of the atmosphere.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 25 minutes
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The History of Magic
It has been written that the first entertainers of magic date back to 2,000BC, thus making it one of the most ancient forms of creative performance. It's time to go behind the scenes and find out more about this enduring art-form.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 28 minutes
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare has been written of in many ways for over 500 years but never before in this unique way using, for the first time, a poem using only words from 1,700 words he invented. A poem inspired by a poet, with two words duplicated for you to discover. Can you spot them?
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 12 minutes
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Bonnie & Clyde
Two hardened criminals who started their crimes as young teenagers even though Bonnie Parker had married when she was 15. All a far cry from the movie that glamourised their trail of robbery and murder.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 17 minutes
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Captain Cook
To us, nostalgia is an enjoyable journey of memories, but in the 18th Century it was categorised as an illness linked to sailors' homesickness. It's one of the surprising facts to be discovered way beyond his voyage to Australia.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 24 minutes
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Fatty Arbuckle
The higherst-paid silent movie star and involved in what was called the first ever Hollywood scandal. A major star who fell from the sky with a bump. The man who discovered Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 13 minutes
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Dick Turpin
Quite possibly Britain's most famous highwayman even though he wasn't actually a highwayman at all. Discover the proof of this folk legend.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 20 minutes
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The Loch Ness Monster
Will this Scottish legend ever be found? One thing's for sure, the legend attracts millions of sight-seers and yet it remains as elusive as when first sighted back in the 1930s. Hang on, that means it must be a minimum of 100 years old. Let's investigate.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 15 minutes
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How To Play Fingerstyle Guitar
Many people want to learn how to play fingerstyle guitar but think it's too difficult. Here is the most unique guitar tutorial ever that promises to teach you how to play in just 10 minutes. Impossible? Try it.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 10 minutes
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Sir Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren rebuilt London after The Great Fire of 1666, but he was far more interested in astronomy than architecture and yet he designed and built 57 churches. Some hobby,
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 18 minutes
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The Ragtime Cowboys
When words fail why not sit back and enjoy half an hour of the finest ragtime guitar music around, get those feet tapping and feel good.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 30 minutes
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Gus Elen
The star of British Music Hall who gave us the classic song If It Wasn't For The Houses In Between. A cockney hero who wasn't actually a cockney.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 19 minutes
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Florence Nightingale
The names of the 38 nurses who travelled to The Crimean War and the coincidence of her 200th Anniversary at the beginning of the pandemic and subsequent lockdown. It's time to recognise them and give them the credit they deserve.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 15 minutes
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Rupert The Bear
Did you know that Rupert The Bear was a white polar bear for six months shortly after it appeared over 100 years ago? There's an even bigger Rupert secret that you may not know too.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 12 minutes
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Sir David Attenborough
Did you know that Sir David was once a BBC programme commissioner and commissioned Monty Python's Flying Circus and Match Of The Day? There was far more to this incredible man than you think.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 17 minutes
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Tony Hancock
Once the highest paid performer Hancock was the classic example of comedy on stage and tragedy in his private life. A man who made half an hour last forever.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 12 minutes
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The Woodstock Brits
The festival that brought love and peace to the world. Time to praise the British performers who played an important role in the greatest musical gathering of all time.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 20 minutes
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Fred Astaire
Once voted in the top five of Hollywood stars with 71 film appearances, but only 10 with Ginger Rogers. He undertook his first at the age of just 6 years old.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 22 minutes
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Albert Einstein
Did the great man of science and physics have time to think of anything else? He most certainly did, women. Discover his romantic tangles via this musical audiobook.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 11 minutes
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Charlie Chaplin
The ultimate rags to riches story of a man brought up in abject South London poverty and yet became the king of the silent movies and a multi-millionaire. Even so, it was not all plain sailing for Chaplin, even after his passing.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 14 minutes
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Manet Or Monet
Two French painters, both born in Paris in the 19th Century, two artists often the subjects of great confusion. Which is which? Here is your easy guide.
Price to download £2.99, unlimited plays - Duration 9 minutes
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