Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
Join mates Johnny Vaughan and Gavin Woods as they uncover the jaw-dropping stories of history’s boldest icons and unsung heroes. From outrageous escapades to ingenious breakthroughs, every episode is packed with legendary tales you didn’t learn in school (but wish you had).With sharp wit and a shared sense of curiosity, Johnny and Gav turn history into a rollercoaster of laughs and surprises. Whether it’s daring escapes, bizarre inventions, or the quirky habits of history’s game-changers, you’ll...
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Ragnar Lothbrok: Did the Greatest Viking Ever Really Exist?
Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
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
Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
The Extra Legendary Bit: Bulldogs vs Wedding Cakes & the Magaluf buzz cut
Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
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
Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
Lord Byron: Scandal, Poetry and a Pet Bear
Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
The Extra Legendary Bit: Aussie Dom, The flying zip wire & Motorcycle baby names
Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
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 lette...
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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 & Cly...
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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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Introducing: Up To Speed
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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 boat...
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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 S...
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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
Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
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
Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
Paddy Mayne - The SAS Rogue Hero Who Terrified the Desert
Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
Harry Houdini: Escapes, Aviation & The Vanishing Elephant
Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
Bonus Episode: Vote for the Bloomin Legend of the Year!
Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
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...
Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
Max Woosnam: England Football Captain, Wimbledon Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist...
Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
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 Dinne...
Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
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...
Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh Who Seduced Empires and Defied Rome
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Timothy Dexter: The Eccentric Millionaire Who Outsmarted Everyone by Accident
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Bartholomew Roberts: The World's Most Successful Pirate
Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods