It Just So Happened - an alternative history show

This episode (no. 83) was recorded at The Cosy Club in Nottingham on 9th November 2025 as part of The Nottingham Comedy Festival. The panellists were Sanjay Brown, Denzil De Cristo and Caitriona Dowden. The host was Richard Pulsford. These are some of the On This Day topics we presented before going into some of the history of Dundee: - Margery Kempe, English mystic (1373-1438), commemoration day...

This episode (no. 82) was recorded at The Keiller Centre in Dundee on 12th September 2025 as part of The Dundee Fringe. The panellists were Scott Redmond, Julia Knight and Luis Alcada. The host was Richard Pulsford. These are some of the On This Day topics we presented before going into some of the history of Dundee: - Richard Gatling, inventor of the Gatling gun, born, 12th September 1818 - Arbro...

This episode (no. 81) was recorded at The Hill St Theatre in Edinburgh on 9th August 2025 as part of The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The panellists were David Cruickshanks, Edu Diaz and Julia Knight. The host was Richard Pulsford. These are some of the On This Day topics we presented before going into some of the history of Edinburgh: - Christopher Columbus arrives in Tenerife, 9th August 1492 - Ne...

NB Apologies for the background noise in this episode which was due to a theatre light making a loud noise during the show. This episode (no. 80) was recorded at The Hill St Theatre in Edinburgh on 8th August 2025 as part of The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The panellists were Jane Walker, Kiyanosh Sahebi and Emily Briggs. The host was Richard Pulsford. These are some of the On This Day topics we pr...

NB Apologies for the background noise in this episode which was due to a theatre light making a loud noise during the show. This episode (no. 79) was recorded at The Hill St Theatre in Edinburgh on 7th August 2025 as part of The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The panellists were Luis Alcada, Liz Bains and Gwen Coburn. The host was Richard Pulsford. These are some of the On This Day topics we presented...

NB Apologies for the background noise in this episode which was due to a theatre light making a loud noise during the show. This episode (no. 78) was recorded at The Hill St Theatre in Edinburgh on 6th August 2025 as part of The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The panellists were Charles Dundas, Sooz Kempner and Warren Martin. The host was Richard Pulsford. These are some of the On This Day topics we p...

NB Apologies for the background noise in this episode which was due to both a loud theatre light and a delivery of beer barrels in the street outside the venue during the performance. I guess that's the Fringe! This episode (no. 77) was recorded at The Hill St Theatre in Edinburgh on 5th August 2025, as part of The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The panellists were C.J. Hooper, Autumn Unwin and Michae...

NB Apologies for the poor audio in this episode but there was a loud hum coming from one of the theatre lights during the performance and in editing most of this out, there has been an associated loss in sound quality and volume. This episode (no. 76) was recorded at The Hill St Theatre in Edinburgh on 4th August 2025, as part of The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The panellists were Aleksandr Popov,...

NB Apologies for the poor audio in this episode but there was a loud hum coming from one of the theatre lights during the performance and in editing most of this out, there has been an associated loss in sound quality and volume. This episode (no. 75) was recorded at The Hill St Theatre in Edinburgh on 3rd August 2025, as part of The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The panellists were Denzil Ede, Lesli...

NB Apologies for the poor audio in this episode but there was a loud hum coming from one of the theatre lights during the performance and in editing most of this out, there has been an associated loss in sound quality. This episode (no. 74) was recorded at The Hill St Theatre in Edinburgh on 2nd August 2025, as part of The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The panellists were Jane Walker, Scott Redmond a...

NB Apologies for the very poor audio in this episode. Not only did we battle with having no audience, frequent interruptions as people walked in, and the theatre lights going off during the recording, there was a loud hum from a light which had to be edited out but which has resulted in a significant loss of sound quality. If you make it through the whole of this episode - congratulations! This ep...

This episode (no. 72) was recorded at The Gold Hill Museum in Shaftesbury on 18th July 2025, as part of The Shaftesbury Fringe Festival. The panellists were Richie Rands, Elaine Barratt and Tim Biglowe, and the host was Richard Pulsford. We presented the following On This Day topics before going into some of the history of Shaftesbury: - The Fire of Rome, 18th July 64 - John Hatch made his last wi...

This episode (no. 71) was recorded at The Shakespeare Gallery in Scarborough on 13th June 2025, as part of The Scarborough Fringe Festival. The panellists were Denzil Ede, John Oxley and Bryan Ghosh, and the host was Richard Pulsford. We presented the following On This Day topics before going into some of Scarborough's history: - Pope Gregory's decretal against cats, 13th June 1233 - The Peasant's...

This episode (no. 70) was recorded at Wygston's House in Leicester on 9th February 2025, as part of The Leicester Comedy Festival. The panellists were Ben Ennis, Jo Mungovin and Kevin Hudson, and the host was Richard Pulsford. We presented the following On This Day topics before going into some of Leicester's history (horse racing seemed to be a recurring theme): - the first recorded horse race, C...

This episode (no. 69) was recorded at The Guildhall in Faversham on 20th October 2024, as part of The Faversham Fringe. The panellists were Kate Smurthwaite, Jude Sach and Micky Gibbons, and the host was Richard Pulsford. We presented the following On This Day topics: - Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, discoverer of the human lymphatic system, born 20th October 1616 - The Treaty of 1818, which...

This episode (no. 68) was recorded at The Keiller Centre in the Dundee Fringe on 15th September 2024. The panellists were Luis Alcada, Julia Knight and Andy Bullick, and the host was Richard Pulsford. We presented the following On This Day topics, some of which seem rather prescient in the light of recent world events: - Urban VII became Pope, on 15th September 1590 - Writer Agatha Christie, born...

This episode (no. 67) was recorded at The Hill Street Theatre in the Edinburgh Fringe on 10th August 2024. The panellists were Chrissy Derbyshire, Bryan Ghosh and Julia Knight, and the host was Richard Pulsford. We presented the following On This Day topics: - Saint Lawrence died, on 10th August 258 - the opening of The Louvre, on 10th August 1793 - Abai Qunanbaiuly was born, on 10th August 1845 -...

This episode (no. 66) was recorded at The Hill Street Theatre in the Edinburgh Fringe on 9th August 2024. The panellists were Eppie Brilliant, Luis Alcada and Andy Bullick, and the host was Richard Pulsford. We presented On This Day topics from across a wide historical timespan: - the Battle of Adrianople, on 9th August 378 - the Leaning Tower of Pisa was founded, on 9th August 1173 - the patent f...

This episode (no. 65) was recorded at The Hill Street Theatre in the Edinburgh Fringe on 8th August 2024. The panellists were C.J. Hooper (from the U.K.), Kaytlin Bailey (from the U.S.) and Aleksandr Popov (from Estonia), and the host was Richard Pulsford. We presented On This Day topics from across a very wide timespan: - Destruction of the Antonia Tower on 8th August 70 - Sweden defeated by Esto...

This latest episode (Episode 64) was recorded at The Hill Street Theatre in the Edinburgh Fringe on 7th August 2024. The panellists were Vladimir McTavish, Paul Connolly and Alex Leam, and the host was Richard Pulsford. We mainly covered On This Day topics from the twentieth century but also went as far back as the early 17th Century for one topic: - The first performance of Macbeth, 7th August 16...