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Last week, Clarkson’s Farm did something few streaming shows ever achieve. It got people talking about their health.Not the weather. Not politics. Not celebrity gossip. Not even farming. Health. The latest episodes of Amazon’s unlikely hit series revealed Jeremy Clarkson’s health scare, showing viewers a side of Britain’s most outspoken television personality that rarely makes
In May 1980, a hostage crisis in the heart of London ended with one of the most dramatic special forces operations ever broadcast on television. The Iranian Embassy siege lasted six days, cost two hostages their lives and brought Britain’s secretive SAS into the public eye. The Classic Post | History & The War Archive
In 1988, one of America’s most celebrated radio personalities asked his listeners to send him twenty dollars. No prize, no competition and no explanation of what the money was for. What happened next was one of the most extraordinary episodes in American radio history. By Samuel H. | Music & Broadcasting | The Classic Post
Luxury railway travel, the landscapes of southern Africa and one of the world’s greatest natural wonders. Natalie R explores the romance of an African railway safari, where getting there is very much part of the adventure. There are faster ways to travel from Johannesburg to Victoria Falls. You could take a flight and arrive in
Snow-covered mountains, frozen rivers, a little railway luxury and an unexpected visit from Santa Claus. Natalie R travels from Vancouver through the Canadian Rockies to Banff, discovering why winter might just be the most beautiful time to see western Canada. By Natalie H. | Travel & Experiences | The Classic Post There are few better
The Rolling Stones, Cream, Led Zeppelin and a sizeable chunk of British rock music owe something to Alexis Korner. So why isn’t his name quite as familiar as theirs? By Samuel H. | Music & Culture | The Classic Post There’s a peculiar tradition in the music business. The person who gets everyone started is
In April 1970, three astronauts set out for the Moon. Two days later, an explosion turned their mission into one of the most extraordinary rescue operations in the history of space exploration. On 11 April 1970, Apollo 13 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On board were Commander Jim Lovell, Command Module Pilot
One of the biggest hits of the 1980s brought together four extraordinary performers. But as Gladys Knight recalls in a newly released episode of Off The Record, getting everyone into the recording studio was quite another matter. In 1985, Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, Elton John and Stevie Wonder came together to record That’s What Friends
A charity recording brought a West End performer together with young singers to help more people understand Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. You Are My Song is now available to watch on RODtv. When Darren Day agreed to sing on You Are My Song, he was lending his voice to a cause he was only beginning
In September 1944, Major Tony Hibbert landed in Holland as Brigade Major of the 1st Parachute Brigade. He was 26 years old. What followed was one of the most famous airborne operations of the Second World War — an attempt to seize a series of bridges through Holland and open a route into Germany. For
There are some famous places where the photograph has done most of the work for you. You arrive, recognise the view, take your own version of the same picture and move on. Petra isn’t quite like that. Part of the reason is that it makes you work for the introduction. The ancient city in southern