The Year Is

1950 is a momentous year which sees the birth of Richard Branson and William H Macy, as well as the Canadian invention of bin bags, and Eastern Germany's creation of the Stasi. Find out what rabbits have to do with the Dick of the Year. Also Bobby risks fatherhood for a doughnut, and Red makes a lot of libellous allegations, allegedly. What obscure or significant events did we miss from 1950? Let...

Bobby and Red visit medieval 1455 which sees The War of the Roses and the bloodiest battle in British history, we figure out if we can acquire a Lorenzo Ghiberti door, the Mary Rose sinks, and which Spanish Inquisitor will be declared Dick of the Year? By the time this episode comes out we will find out if Bobby is a viral star for his video about Kirstie Allsopp and Red may have taken up fencing...

Bobby and Red travel back to 1977. Star Wars premieres, future President Kanye West is born, and park ranger Roy Sullivan gets struck by lightning for the seventh time. Also Red abandons a woman during a fake terrorist attack. Warning: This episode contains graphic depictions of Bobby demonstrating how to defend a family with a can of tuna. What obscure or significant events did we...

Bobby and Red jump to 1995 where the mysteries of Cotton Eyed Joe and Earth Song are explored, the Dali Lama betrays a young boy, the oldest woman in the world outwits the man buying her house, and Eric Cantona shows off his kung fu skills. Will O.J. Simpson be crowned "Dick of the Year" or will somebody beat him to the top spot? What obscure or significant events did we miss from 1995? Let us kno...

Bobby and Red travel back to 1760 - the unveiling of roller skates is a disaster, the industrial revolution gathers steam, lightening strikes Portsmouth docks and we unveil our brand new dick of the year competition. Also Red and Bobby do an IQ test and the results are stunning. What obscure or significant events did we miss from 1760? Let us know your favourite historical facts from that year, or...

The year is 1963. Bobby uncovers the truth behind the Kennedy assassination, the Porsche 911 comes out, there’s a disaster at an ice show, Frank Sinatra's son is kidnapped and Christine Keeler is sleeping with a Russian spy and British politicians. Also Red and Bobby plot to kidnap Bobbys cousin, pop star Justin Bieber. What obscure or significant events did we miss from 1963? Let us know your fav...

The year is 1986, the birth year of our own Bobby Mair, Mike Tyson is the heavyweight champion, Prince Andrew and Fergie get married and there’s chaos in Chernobyl. What obscure or significant events did we miss from 1986? Let us know your favourite historical facts from that year, or if have any suggestions for other years for us to do an episode on send us an email to theyearispodcast@gmail.com...

This episode we go back to 1929. Wall Street crashes and Bobby tries to explain the stock market to Red, Bobby loses out on millions in cryptocurrency, 7-UP is invented, Israel and Palestine are still at war and the roaring 20s are over. Also Al Capone ruins Valentine's day. What obscure or significant events did we miss from 1929? Let us know your favourite historical facts from that year, o...

Our furthest journey so far to 1547, a year filled with Henry VIII's extraordinary appetite and suspicious good looks, a young King Edward VI outlaws boiling people alive, the questionable parenting skills of both Ivan The Terrible and Francis I of France, also Magnus Pegel is born, the first person to write about blood transfusions and we learn how Bobby and Red first met. What obscure or signifi...

In this very special festive episode, Red and Bobby take a look at major events that have happened on Christmas Day throughout history. Bobby is in a bad mood because he hates Christmas and Red is dressed as en elf. What obscure or significant events did we miss about Christmas? Let us know your favourite historical facts from that year, or if have any suggestions for other years for us to do an e...

Red and Bobby go back to 1892. Bobby has been dreaming of Elon Musk and £10,000 notes, The escalator has been invented, Coca Cola has just been incorporated, Sherlock Holmes is making his debut, anarchists are being annoying and Timmy the Tortoise retires from the Navy. Also Red dominates a load of four year olds at sports. What obscure or significant events did we miss from 1892? Let us know...

This week Red and Bobby travel back to the year 2000 - the turn of the century. Big Brother has just launched, the Pope is apologising, there’s a Millennium bug, Blockbuster are laughing at Netflix, animals are going extinct plus much more. Relive it all with comedians Red Richardson and Bobby Mair. What obscure or significant events did we miss from 2000? Let us know your favourite historical fac...

A short, polite introduction to our groundbreaking new comedy podcast where, in each episode, we take a look at a different year in history and discuss the significant and weird, sometimes more forgotten things that happened that year. Whilst attempting to not go too off topic or be disrupted by Bobby's dog. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.