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It Just So Happened - an alternative history show

itjustsohappened

Stand-up comedians at live festival events present short historical ‘on this day‘ pieces then discuss some historical topics or people connected to the location where the live show recording takes place. This is a touring show across UK festivals and has been running since 2019. Find us at @ItJustSo1 on Twitter.

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All Episodes

01:05:49

IJSH56 - CHICHESTER - 6th June 2024

It Just So Happened - an alternative history show ·

2024/09/12

Episode 56 was recorded at The Guildhall in the Chichester Fringe on 6th June 2024. The panellists were Richie Rands, Gerard Harris and Julia Knight. The host was Richard Pulsford. The On This Day topics covered were: - Alix of Hesse, born (06/06/1872) - The Normandy Landings (06/06/1944) - Dutch swimmer Ada Kok, born (06/06/1947) - The YMCA founded (06/06/1844) - 'Sex and The City' first aired (06/06/1998) - Anne Bancroft, died (06/06/2005) Please be aware that, unfortunately, the sound quality on

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01:01:52

IJSH55 - BRIGHTON - 2nd June 2024

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2024/08/29

Episode 55 was recorded at The Toy and Model Museum in the Brighton Fringe on 2nd June 2024.The panellists were Chrissy Derbyshire, Julia Knight, and Micky Gibbons. The host was Richard Pulsford. The On This Day topics covered were: - The Marquis de Sade, born (02/06/1740) - The Vandals sack Rome (02/06/455) - Queen Elizabeth II's coronation (02/06/1953) - Surveyor 1 lands successfully on the moon (02/06/1966) - The Battle of Santiago (02/06/1962) - Peter Sallis, died (02/06/2017)

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52:38

IJSH54 - LANCASTER - 28th April 2024

It Just So Happened - an alternative history show ·

2024/08/15

Episode 54 was recorded at The Borough in the Lancaster Comedy Festival on 28th April 2024.The panellists were Sallyann Fellowes and Angela Bra. The host was Richard Pulsford. The On This Day topics covered were: - Pirate Mary Read, died (28/04/1721) - US President James Monroe born (28/04/1758) - Marie Harel, born (28/04/1761) - The world's first motor car race (28/04/1867) - Terry Pratchett born (28/04/1948)

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58:03

IJSH53 - GLASGOW - 24th March 2024

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2024/08/01

Episode 53 was recorded at Whistler on the Green in the Glasgow Comedy Festival on 24th March 2024.The panellists were Julia Knight, Bryan Ghosh and Richie Rands. The host was Richard Pulsford. The On This Day topics covered were: - Joseph Barbera born (24/03/1911) - Richard I wounded by a crossbow bolt (24/03/1199) - Joseph Smith tarred and feathered (24/03/1832) - James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England and Ireland (24/03/1603) - Harry Houdini born (24/03/1874) - William Morris born

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56:44

IJSH52 - LEICESTER - 11th February 2024

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2024/07/18

Episode 52 was recorded at the historical Wygston's House in the Leicester Comedy Festival on 11th February 2024.The panellists were Kevin Hudson, Jo Mungovin and Ben Ennis. The host was Richard Pulsford. The On This Day topics covered were: - Margaret Thatcher elected as Conservative Party leader (11/02/1975) - John Buchan (died, 11/02/1940) - Tom and Jerry's first cartoon film (11/02/1940) - Matilda, the world's oldest chicken (died, 11/02/2006) - The term Robot was first used in a TV programme

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01:02:41

IJSH51 - NOTTINGHAM - 4th November 2023

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2024/07/04

This episode was recorded at The Playwright in the Nottingham Comedy Festival on 4th November 2023.The panellists were Sanjay Brown, Denzil Ede and Autumn Unwin. The host was Richard Pulsford. The On This Day topics covered were: - Actor Edmund Kean (born, 04/11/1787) - The Gatling gun is patented (04/11/1862) - Tutenkhamun's burial chamber found (04/11/1923) - Nellie Taylor Ross becomes first woman US state governor (04/11/1924) - Welsh musician James James (born, 04/11/1832) - Felix Mendelssohn

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01:05:35

IJSH50 - DUNDEE - 17th September 2023

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2024/06/20

This episode was recorded at The Keillor Centre in the Dundee Fringe on 17th September 2023.The panellists were Luis Alcada, Julia Knight and Andy Bullick. The host was Richard Pulsford. On This Day topics covered included: - Norton I declares himself US Emporer (17/09/1859) - David Dunbar Buick (born, 17/09/1854) - Hildegard of Bingen (died, 17/09/1179) - 1st airplane crash fatality (17/09/1908) - Antoine de Leeuwenhoek first describes bacteria (17/09/1683) - Tobias Smollett (died, 17/09/1771) NB

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01:03:06

IJSH49 - EDINBURGH - 12th August 2024

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2024/06/06

This episode was recorded at The Hill St Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on 12th August 2023.The panellists were Kate Smurthwaite, Vladimir McTavish and Bryan Ghosh. The host was Richard Pulsford. On This Day topics covered included: - New Amsterdam's 1st police force formed (born, 12/08/1658) - Robert Southey (born, 12/08/1774) - Erwin Schroedinger (born, 12/08/1887) - Ian Fleming (died, 12/08/1964) - Clarence Birdseye patents fish fingers (12/08/1930) - William Blake (died,

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01:00:38

IJSH48 - EDINBURGH - 11th August 2024

It Just So Happened - an alternative history show ·

2024/05/23

This episode was recorded at The Hill St Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on 11th August 2023.The panellists were Jane Walker, Dylan Dodds and Julia Knight. The host was Richard Pulsford. On This Day topics covered included: - Enid Blyton (born 11/08/1897) - 1st federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz (11/08/1934) - the founding of Al Qaeda (11/08/1988) - Ted Heath's Admiral Cup victory (11/08/1971) - the UK solar eclipse (11/08/1999) - Robin Williams (died 11/08/2014)

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58:11

IJSH47 - EDINBURGH - 10th August 2024

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2024/05/09

This episode was recorded at The Hill St Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on 10th August 2023. Unfortunately the last few minutes did not record. Contains some strong language. The panellists were Stella Graham, Dave Chawner and Paul Connolly. The host was Richard Pulsford. On This Day topics covered included: - The Jim Morrison 'lasciviousness' trial (10/08/1969) - The opening of The Louvre (10/08/1793) - Word reaches London on the Paris insurrection (10/08/1792) - Herbert Hoover born

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01:01:04

IJSH46 - EDINBURGH - 9th August 2024

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2024/04/25

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

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59:57

IJSH45 - EDINBURGH - 8th August 2024

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2024/04/11

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

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56:53

IJSH44 - EDINBURGH - 7th August 2024

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2024/03/28

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

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59:29

IJSH43 - EDINBURGH - 6th August 2023

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2024/03/14

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

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59:29

IJSH42 - EDINBURGH - 5th August 2023

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2024/02/29

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

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56:29

IJSH41 - BUXTON - 15th July 2023

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2024/02/15

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

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56:14

IJSH40 - LUDLOW - 24th June 2023

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2024/02/01

This episode was recorded at the Assembly Rooms in the Ludlow Fringe on 24th June 2023. The panellists were Richie Rands, Simon Bolton and Chrissy Derbyshire, and the host was Richard Pulsford. On This Day topics covered included:- - The coronation of Henry VIII (24/06/1509) - The first performance of the song which would become Canada’s ‘national anthem’ (24/06/1880) - A Ludlow Tanner’s Apprentice John Eaton receives his master’s will (24/06/1697) - Mary Pickford becomes the first actress to sign a

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58:43

IJSH39 - BALHAM - 22nd June 2023

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2024/01/18

This episode was recorded at the Bedford Inn, Balham in the Wandsworth Arts Fringe on 22nd June 2023. The panellists were Alex Kitson, Richie Rands and Arthur Smith, and the host was Richard Pulsford. On This Day topics covered included:- - The Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opened (22/06/1907) - The Holy Office in Rome forced Galileo Galilei to recant (22/06/1633) - Beatles make first record as backing for Tony Sheridan (22/06/1961) - The Hand of God goal (22/06/1986) - Pétain became

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58:32

IJSH38 - BRIGHTON - 27th May 2023

It Just So Happened - an alternative history show ·

2023/12/07

This episode was recorded at the Toy and Model Museum in the Brighton Fringe on 27th May 2023. The panellists were Richie Rands, Arna Spek and Mike Coxon, and the host was Richard Pulsford. Topics covered included:- - Dashiel Hammett's birthday (27/05/1894) - John crowned king of England (27/05/1199) - Habeas Corpus Act receives royal assent (27/05/1679) - Oliver Cromwell offered the crown (27/05/1657) - Paul Gascoigne's birthday (27/05/1967) - Brighton and Hove Albion, ABBA's entry in Eurovision,

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55:15

IJSH37 - GLASGOW - 19th March 2023

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2023/05/11

Recorded at The Griffin bar in Glasgow on Sunday 19th March 2023, as part of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. The Panel included Iain Pringle, Amanda Hursy and Bryan Ghosh, with Richard Pulsford as host. On This Day topics covered included: - over 200 members of the Peking imperial family and court commit suicide in loyalty to the Emperor (19th March 1644) - the US Standard Time Act (19th March 1918) - David Livingstone (born 19th March 1813) - Albert Speer's birthday / The Nero decree

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