The Year Is 1996 With Guest Host Jayde Adams

It's the Red Richardson show this week and he has with him, his very funny friend movie star Jayde Adams to make sense of the world according to 1996 whilst Bobby has some explaining to do. Back in the time machine, and Michael Jackson has married Elvis's daughter Lisa-Marie Presley, rapper and hip-hop star Tupac Shakur is shot and killed, the Deep Blue computer beats Garry Kasparov in a game of chess, the most popular toy of the year is Buzz Lightyear from the Disney Pixar Toy Story film, there is an outbreak of British Mad Cow disease in the UK, and the rapped 6ix9ine is born.

Listen to Jayde Adams brilliant new podcast "Welcome to the Neighbourhood" on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0cgc78c

Get tickets to Jayde's upcoming UK tour from her website - http://www.jaydeadams.com/

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What obscure or significant events did we miss from the history of 1996? 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 [email protected]

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