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Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods, 130 episodes. Page 1 of 2.

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WWII's Animal Soldiers - Bears fought in the war?!

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Operation Frankton: WWII's Most Dangerous Mission

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Operation Postmaster: Churchill’s boldest WWII mission

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Introducing "WWII: The Impossible Missions”

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Halloween Special: Ghost Armies, Ghost Planes & a Ghost Ship

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Public Executions, Coppers & Roland the Farter

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Diogenes: Our First Philosopher, and He Lived Like a Dog

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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Riot Dog of Athens & a Dog Poo Landmine

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Captain John Smith: The Man Behind Jamestown and Pocahontas

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Weaponised slurry, police hoodwinking & generational Scouse blaggers

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Calamity Jane: Tall tales from the Wild Wests 'Horseback Trump'

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Benevolent Dictators, Cold Plunges & A Pub Queue Revolt

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He invented the police and London hated him - Sir Robert Peel

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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Titanic's Food System

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Blackbeard: The Most Feared Pirate in History

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Mafia Punishments, Wrestling Moves & a Chindit in Burma

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"This Man Won the War" – Hugh Dowding

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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Car Salesman Who Passed Himself Off as a War Hero

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She rode zebras around Victorian London and bought her own artillery - Lady Meux

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The Extra Legendary Bit: "The BEST Story So Far"

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Mark Anthony: The John Terry of Ancient Rome

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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Worst Party Tricks We've Ever Heard

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Leo Major: The Canadian Sniper Who Captured 93 Germans on His Own

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Worst dinner guests in history

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Joan of Arc: The Saint Who Led an Army at 17

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Why All Guard Dogs Are German Soldiers

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"The Worst Woman Who Ever Lived?" Elizabeth Báthory

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The Extra Legendary Bit: A Beach Bar Brawl and a Christmas Plumber

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Lachhiman Gurung: The Gurkha Who Took On 200 Men Alone

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The Extra Legendary Bit: A Train Thief and a Secret Millionaire

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Casanova: The World’s Greatest Lover Was a Prison-Breaking Spy

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Drunken Sailors, Top Trumps & Plum Schnapps

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Neil Armstrong: What He Actually Said on the Moon

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Himalayan Cowboys & South African in Disguise

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Butch Cassidy: He Blew Up a Bridge & Vanished Forever

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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Capsize King & Extraordinary Bastards

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She Stole a Dead Nun & Set a Convent on Fire: Julie D'Aubigny

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The Extra Legendary Bit: A blunderbuss, a bomb & Diamond White Cider

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Diego Maradona: Football God, Cheat & the Greatest Party Ever Thrown in a Prison

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Dead Sheep, Blitz Heroines & Operation Village Green

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William Shakespeare: 1,700 Words, 6 Signatures & 7 Missing Years

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Mad Grandads, Fast Cars and Family Legends

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The First Man Ever to be Awarded the Victoria Cross Twice: Arthur Martin-Leake

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Chased Down the Beach by a German Plane

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Napoleon's Comeback That Should Never Have Happened: Bonaparte - Part 2

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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Great Made-Up Military Men Special

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Napoleon Wasn’t Short, Wasn’t French… So What ELSE Was A Lie?! - Napoleon Bonaparte: Part 1

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Why Did Police Keep Stopping This Car?

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The Real Story Behind the Spartan 300: Leonidas I

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Don’t Mess With the Pharaohs

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Virginia Hall: The Heroic WW2 Spy With a Wooden Leg

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The Extra Legendary Bit: British Spy Names Gone Too Far

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The British Officer Who ATTACKED A TANK With An Umbrella?! - Digby Tatham-Warter

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Surviving an Amsterdam Stag Do

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Ragnar Lothbrok: Did the Greatest Viking Ever Really Exist?

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The Extra Legendary Bit: His Grandad gave him a live grenade??

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Attila The Hun - What do we actually know?

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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Pub Puma & more great escapes!

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George Best: The Superstar Beyond the Pitch

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Bulldogs vs Wedding Cakes & the Magaluf buzz cut

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The WW2 Spy Decorated by Both Sides - Juan Pujol Garcia (GARBO)

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Hearses, Half Marathons and Benidorm Terror

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Albert Einstein: The biggest brain in the world?

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Runaways, Red Faces and the Family Computer

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Lord Byron: Scandal, Poetry and a Pet Bear

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Aussie Dom, The flying zip wire & Motorcycle baby names

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Alexander the Great: Part 2 - Power, Paranoia & The Price of Greatness

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Fiery Trousers, bunking school & the hand written letter!

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Alexander the Great: Part 1 - The Start of Something Massive

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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Great Maldives Lock-In & East London's Bonnie & Clyde

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The Gestapos most wanted Woman? Nancy Wake’s Story

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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Snotty Saviour & Bader's G Force Legs

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Billy the Kid - Murder, burning building and prison escapes

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Barehand Boar Killer & Rasputin's Look-A-Like

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The man who conned Al Capone: Titanic Thompson

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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Drunk Egg Disaster & The Best Job in the War?

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Henry VIII: The Trump of Tudor England?

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The Extra Legendary Bit: Flooded Nightclubs, a hungover car crash & sinking boats!

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Douglas Bader - The RAF double amputee who was denied the Victoria Cross

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The Extra Legendary Bit: A drunk wedding soldier, British Motor Bikes & Jackie Stewart!

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Genghis Khan Part 2: The Biggest Empire the World Has Ever Seen

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Genghis Khan Part 1: Rodents, Revenge & the Birth of an Empire

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What Happened to Rasputin’s Children? Maria & Varvara Rasputin

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Sir Francis Drake: Pirate, Hero, or the Queen’s Favourite Thief?

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Julius Caesar: The Man Who Broke the Roman Republic

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Bloomin’ Legend of the Year 2025: Your Champion!

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The Football Match that stopped the War on Christmas, 1914

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The Cowboy Who Survived 14 Bullets & A Kidnapping: Nat Love

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Paddy Mayne - The SAS Rogue Hero Who Terrified the Desert

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Harry Houdini: Escapes, Aviation & The Vanishing Elephant

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Bonus Episode: Vote for the Bloomin Legend of the Year!

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The French Robin Hood Who Made His Victims Dance: Gaspard De Besse

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China's answer to Tutankhamun: Fu Hao

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"He kidnapped a nazi general, wore his clothes & walked across Europe", Patrick Leigh Fermor

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Max Woosnam: England Football Captain, Wimbledon Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist and War Hero

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From Titanic to Britannic: The Man Who Wouldn’t Sink - Arthur John Priest

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Sir Ernest Shackleton: The Expedition That Should’ve Killed Them All

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Mad Jack Mytton: The Wild Aristocrat Who Drank, Gambled, and Rode Bears at Dinner

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Vlad the Impaler: The Bloodthirsty Prince Who Inspired Dracula

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Mad Jack Churchill: The British Soldier Who Charged Into WWII with a Longbow and a Sword

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