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What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It!

Gill Smith & Pete Moor

Hosts, Gill Smith and Pete Moor look into the history books finding the lesser known stories behind the characters we all learned about at school.In each episode Gill and Pete tackle a different subject from famous monarchs, world changing leaders to characters and stories that have gone under the radar.What The Factual? tells the interesting or funny stories from history with fun facts and strange tales sprinkled along the way.From December 2024, each Friday, spin off series "Facts The Way I Like

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What The Factual? Series 3 - Episode 3

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/12/24

Episode 3 of Series 3 of What The Factual? Hosts, Gill Smith and Pete Moor look through the timeline of the Victorian era and chart the huge changes in science, economics, industry and social reform, with the odd interlude where Gill gets forced into seeing a priceless early stamp and Pete relives a boring night at the theatre.They are also looking to the skies again with the newly named "moons of moons" and they also meet Gill's new favourite fictional literary character "Roger Sideways" who, it

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What The Factual? - Facts The Way I Like It! Episode 2

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/12/20

What The Factual? hosts Gill and Pete are back for Episode 2 of "Facts The Way I Like it!"This week there is a slight leaning towards the USA in Pete's facts ranging from what is written above the fireplace of the White House to how to politely break into the offices of the FBI!They also tell a wholesome tail about an auction for an Olympic Silver medal.Gill is star gazing as usual and trying her best to avoid eating cornflakes for reasons best known to herself.What The Factual? podcast series 3 is

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1:03:43

What The Factual? Series 3 - Episode 2

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/12/17

Gill takes Pete through the life and reign of Queen Victoria. They chat through her love and loss and her problematic offspring and they also discover that Gill has never watched Eastenders.They also discover that frogs can be dangerous and Gill and Pete both went to the cinema.Follow us on Social Media:Threads: @WhatTheFactualpodInstagram: @whatthefactualpodEmail us..:whatthefactualpod@gmail.comYoutube...:www.youtube.com/@whatthefactualpodWhat The Factual? is written and presented by Gill Smith

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What The Factual? - Facts The Way I Like It! Episode 1

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/12/13

What The Factual? hosts Gill Smith and Pete Moor kick off their "spin off" podcast, "Facts The Way I Like It!"In the first ever episode they discuss, heavy clouds, medieval dog names, why we say "ducks in a row", the Bannister Effect and how we can learn manners under emergency conditions from fish. They also find it very disturbing to talk about the invention of the chainsaw.Follow us on Social Media:Threads:@WhatTheFactualpodInstagram:@whatthefactualpodEmail

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1:02:04

What The Factual? Series 3 - Episode 1

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/12/10

Gill and Pete are back!!!Series 3 kicks off with a bang. Well, some fire, some welcoming passed souls and general Halloween history starting with Samhain (Pronounced Sow-in). They delve into Stingy Jack's fraternising with the Devil, Día de los Muertos and all it's traditions and how Queen Victoria set a trend that would eventually lead to Halloween being far too sexy for it to make sense anymore.Follow us on Social Media:Threads:@WhatTheFactualpodInstagram:@whatthefactualpodEmail

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1:05:57

What The Factual? Series 2 - Episode 10 - The Olympic...

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/07/23

Gill is very secretive about where she is off to this week but we coax it out of her and it turns out it's Paris! To celebrate, Pete and Gill look into the very long and varied history of the Olympic Games and a few of the forgotten events that once were part of the sporting festival... some of which they want back, but some are probably best consigned to history.Gill also reports from Paris and sends us her take on how the Games are shaping up.Pete gets tangled up a bit with telling Holland and The

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1:09:21

What The Factual? Series 2 - Episode 9 - The Moon...

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/07/16

Gill & Pete Blast off into space - figuratively speaking - and look into the Apollo Missions and the Moon Landings. They also find out the huge cultural role The Muppets played in the Space Race. Gill has star-gazing dating tips but then also gets Bruce Willis mixed up with Jim Lovell. Pete attempts impersonations of not one but two US Presidents to varying degrees of success.Also you heard it here first. The New Game Show: Shooting down Space Junk with Lazers... It's going to happen.Follow us

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What The Factual? Series 2 - Episode 8 - The Restoration

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/07/09

Gill and Pete look into the roaring post-republic years of Charles II's reign. Samuel Pepys starts getting stuck into his diary while Charles just simply gets stuck in. They also find that romance still exists down on the London Underground and they find out what a missed opportunity a Liberty Moo was.. or could have been.It also seems that Donald Duck is suffering from a bit of hey fever.Follow us on Social Media:X / Twitter:@WhatTheFactualInstagram:@whatthefactualpodEmail

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1:00:24

What The Factual? Series 2 - Episode 7 - The Bumper...

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/07/02

Gill & Pete dive into the history and "quirks" of British Politics and without pledging any (obvious) allegiance they delve into how Parliament was born and how it developed all its crazy idiosyncrasies. They discuss, black rod, the division bell, where to hang your sword and then cross the pond for some drunken late-night pizza hunts. Also we learn how not to fake your own death and that its quite a good thing to remember if your country is at war or not.Follow us on Social Media:X /

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49:39

What The Factual? Series 2 - Episode 6 - From The...

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/06/25

Gill and Pete are back for a look at how we got from Henry VIII to The Restoration via Civil War and some fairly dubious execution practices. They navigate the republic years of boredom and anti-fun under Cromwell and they find that the National Anthem was actually a football chant... (Some things haven't changed.)We thoroughly recommend a visit to Moonwalkers at Lightroom, London.https://lightroom.uk/whats-on/the-moonwalkers/Follow us on Social Media:X /

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What The Factual? Series 2 - Episode 5 - Marie Curie

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/06/18

In Episode 5, Gill and Pete look at the life of all-round legend Marie Curie and the incredible work she did in the field of science and medicine. They also touch on Robin Hood, Vincent Van Gogh, Brass Rubbing, new WTF? merchandise and a gameshow where Baseball results take on far more importance than we might like. They also look into whether glow in the dark watches are actually radioactive.Follow us on Social Media:X / Twitter: @WhatTheFactualInstagram: @whatthefactualpodEmail

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What The Factual? Series 2 - Episode 4 - The Man Who...

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/06/11

Gill & Pete are back with episode 4 in which, this time Pete takes the reins and tells Gill the miraculous story of Flight Sergeant Nicholas Alkemade who was left with an unimaginable choice during the Second World War when his Lancaster Bomber was set alight in combat.The regular features of Love Factually and Chew The Fact throw up the usual fascinating facts which bewilder and confuse in equal measure!Follow us on Social Media:X / Twitter:@WhatTheFactualInstagram:@whatthefactualpodEmail

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What The Factual? Series 2 - Episode 3 - George, Duke...

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/06/04

In Episode 3 Gill and Pete finally answer the huge hanging question from Series 1, Gill educates Pete on the most complicated route a man can take to being drowned in a barrel of wine. They also address JFK, Dr Henry Heimlich, Coney Island Steeplechase Amusement Park and finally setting up the interview of the century with Lee Harvey Oswald... If he'll agree to come on the

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What The Factual? Series 2 - Episode 2 - Romantic Poets

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2024/05/28

In Episode 2 of this series, Gill waxes lyrical about the romantic poets... Well about all but one of the romantic poets. Pete learns that romantic poetry doesn't just mean writing rhymes for Valentine's Cards. Plus Pete drops a big clanging name to back up the idea behind Love Factually and warns us to be careful when promising to be somewhere in a

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What The Factual? Series 2 - Episode 1 - Highwaymen...

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/05/21

Gill and Pete are back with Series 2 of What The Factual? - The History and Fun Fact podcast. In this episode, Gill delves into the phenomenon that is Highwaymen and women. They also launch their brand new segment "Love Factually" which simply looks at lovely facts!Plus!! The return of Chew The Fact - back by popular demand... Or at least, no one has told them to

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What The Factual? Episode 10 - The Romans and Saint...

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/02/07

In a feature-length finale to series 1 of What The Factual? Gill and Pete look into the British leg of the Romans' European Tour and also look at Valentine's Day and it's pros and cons. They also learn how rabbits made it to Britain and how Boudica nearly changed the course of history. This week Chew The Fact has a twist but also a somewhat predictable outcome.Series 2 will be out in a few weeks time. Please watch our channels for more information and follow us on your podcast provider of choice

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What The Factual? Episode 9 - The Battle Of Hastings

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/01/31

Gill and Pete delve into the popular children's history story of The Battle Of Hastings and find out there is an adult version where there is actual fighting and even the death of a King. They search for the Doomsday book and Pete learns that pigeons are not the same as ravens. Gill is still phoning in from abroad so we apologise for the sound quality. But it will be back to What The Factual? HQ for Episode

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What The Factual? Episode 8 - Elizabeth I

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/01/24

Gill calls in from abroad (hence lockdown style internet sound and delay!) to teach Pete all about Elizabeth I and they delve into her powers of diplomacy, foreign policy and Fire Boats. They also find out what it's called when you play golf down a busy, London thoroughfare. Pete tests Gill in his Elizabeth I quiz and they find out that best part of the Tower of London is the bit on the

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What The Factual? Episode 7 - The Spirit of Ecstasy

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/01/17

In this week's episode of What The Factual? Pete addresses the myth that everyone believes there is an angel on the hood of every Rolls Royce car. Gill & Pete delve into motoring history, and find out how fast you had to go in 1896 to set off a speed camera. Pete also has a ridiculous Shakespeare related gift for Gill and there is also a story not for the faint-hearted about where the phrase "laugh your head off" comes

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What The Factual? Episode 6 - Shakespeare!

What The Factual? / Facts The Way I Like It! ·

2024/01/10

Gill & Pete basically argue about some bloke called Shakespeare but eventually arrange a night out at the theatre.They also establish once and for all that they definitely can't do simple maths. They look through Shakespeare's life and work, Gill plays eccentric golf and Pete shows how extremely unwell-read he is...Shownotes /

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