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When One Thing Leads To Another is a weekly podcast that takes you down the great internet rabbit hole of interesting trivia to discover a treasure trove of fascinating facts. If you like No Such Thing As A Fish, then you will enjoy this too. Our GDPR pr

Bill and Helen Rich


    • Jun 9, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 19m AVG DURATION
    • 41 EPISODES


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    S2 E20. Series 2 Finale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023 23:34


    The series 2 finale finds Helen and Bill revealing more fascinating facts and tantalising trivia from their lovely listeners. They learn more about Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Weird Al Yankovic, product placement in the Carry On films, Spandau Ballet, and John Logie Baird's socks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E19. Glastonbury

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2023 23:16


    Helen and Bill go freewheelin' down the great internet rabbit hole of trivia to discover fascinating facts about the Glastonbury Festival, Elton John, Gremlins, John Williams and Dirty Dancing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E18. Toy Story

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 22:59


    Helen and Bill unearth another treasure trove of weird and wonderful facts about all sorts of things, from Toy Story and Tim Allen to Vancouver Island and ice hockey via the rather unpleasant business of sweating. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E17. Alfred Hitchcock

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 19:15


    Helen and Bill have been binge watching Alfred Hitchcock films and have discovered some curious facts about him. They also unearth some fascinating trivia about the rapper/actor Ice Cube; people who have declined knighthoods; the kid's show Jackanory; the origins of the Chinny-Reckon gesture and bum chins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E16. Bulbs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 21:58


    Confusion over bulbs starts this week's episode before Helen and Bill find a feast of facts about tulips, Amsterdam, Van Halen, the film Taken, and people who have kidnapped themselves.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E15. The Bee Gees

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 24:36


    The Bee Gees kick off this week's episode, and the great internet rabbit hole soon leads Helen and Bill to fascinating facts about Gene Kelly, Harold Wilson, Custer's Last Stand and the artist Pierre Brassau who happened to be a chimpanzee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E14. Crossing The Rubicon

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023 19:53


    The origin of the idiom, "Crossing The Rubicon" kick starts this week's episode before the great internet rabbit hole leads Helen and Bill to all manner of fantastic facts about Spandau Ballet, beer, Motörhead, phobias and wasps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E13. Seven Tears

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2023 19:35


    Seven Tears by The Goombay Dance Band starts this week's episode off, which leads Helen and Bill to discover a treasure trove of frivolous facts about key changes in pop songs, Patron Saints of the weird and wonderful, and all sorts of other terrific trivia about Screaming Lord Sutch, coffee, and the world's oldest cat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    S2 E12. Bhutan and Beyond

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 18:28


    When One Thing Leads To Another is listened to all over the world including Bhutan, and so Bhutan becomes this week's starting point. It's not long before Helen and Bill disappear down the great internet rabbit hole to discover curious facts about anything and everything including the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, the invention of the television, the film Absolute Beginners and 1985's Live Aid. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E11. Good Darts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 19:59


    Bill finds out his old school pal has recently been crowned the British Open Darts Champion, and so he and Helen embark on a fact-finding mission to discover a whole host of trivia about darts which leads them to Spandau Ballet, Quadrophenia, Masterchef, Daft Punk and the Thriller video. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E10. US States

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 18:04


    Starting with some curious facts about a number of US States, Helen and Bill soon find themselves digging up fascinating facts about Bette Midler, the St. Winifred's School Choir, Erasure and the quest to find the tastiest chocolate milk drink in the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E9. Cezanne

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2023 18:54


    Bill's recent visit to the Cezanne exhibition at the Tate Modern sends him and Helen down the rabbit hole to discover fascinating facts about apples, Steve Jobs, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Coulrophobia (the fear pf clowns). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E8. March

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023 20:27


    Helen discovers that March was formally the first month of the year and finds out how we arrived with the current calendar while Bill unearths some fact-based gems about the planet Mars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E7. Guinness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 18:26


    Bill is partial to a pint of Ireland's national drink, Guinness, so this week's episode begins with The Black Stuff, and from there we discover a bountiful booty of fascinating facts about A Day in the Life, Desert Island Discs, Edith Piaf, Grace Jones, Blade Runner and Michael Caine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E6. Suspicious Minds

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 18:14


    The classic song Suspicious Minds is the starting point for this week's episode, and before long, Helen and Bill are discovering all manner of fascinating facts about Pet Shop Boys, Joss Ackland, Gold Blend Coffee, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Burger King. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E5. Everything Everywhere All At Once

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2023 20:20


    This week's episode begins with some fascinating facts about Michelle Yeoh, the lead actor in the brilliant film Everything Everywhere All At Once, and from there, Helen and Bill unearth more terrific trivia about Jamie Lee Curtis, the song Mickey, a star-studded nightclub in Mayfair, The Knack and ends with Weird Al Yankovic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E4. Public Enemy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2023 17:16


    Public Enemy kicks this week's episode of rabbit hole discoveries off, and from there, Helen and Bill unearth a bunch of curious facts about the Dakota Building, Lauren Bacall, Rick Rubin, CBGB's and the dark art that is backmasking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E3. Wall of Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2023 19:55


    This week's episode starts with the thrilling and downright dangerous circus sideshow The Wall of Death and from there, Helen and Bill disappear down the rabbit hole to discover fascinating facts about Christopher Lee, Basil Brush, The Winstons and Harry Nilsson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E2. Lobotomies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2023 18:22


    This week, Trivia Detectives Helen and Bill unearth a treasure trove of fascinating facts that will amaze you (and may prove useful in your next pub quiz). Starting with the alarming practice of lobotomies, they end up with pirate radio station Caroline via George Lazenby, Arnold Schwarzenegger and The Animals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    S2 E1. Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 19:00


    Series 2 starts with the greatest Christmas film of all time (according to Rotten Tomatoes), but soon veers off to other fascinating facts about When Harry Met Sally and Billie Holiday before somehow ending up on Oxo cubes via Martin Scorsese. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    20. Series One Finale

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2022 20:34


    In this series one finale (don't worry – they'll soon be back), Helen and Bill share some the weird, wonderful and downright random facts their listeners have written in to tell them about. They also have some wrongs they put right! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    19. The Young Ones

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 20:40


    The anarchic British sitcom The Young Ones was first broadcast 40 years ago, so Helen and Bill begin their journey down the great internet rabbit hole with the students of Scumbag College. From there, they discover a bunch of fact-based gems about the band Traffic, the musical Evita, Che Guevara and even the Argentinian Church of Diego Maradona. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    18. Kraftwerk

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022 21:54


    Helen and Bill went to see Kraftwerk perform their 3D show in London, so this week's episode begins there, but before you know it, our hosts are led down the internet rabbit hole to Gilbert & George, Shakin' Stevens, The Simpsons, Jimmy Finlayson and the Dutch word for "soft dung". Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    17. The Gray Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022 17:47


    Helen and Bill were invited to review the film, The Gray Man on Flixwatcher.tv and so this week's episode of WOTLTA starts there, and ends with The Hee Bee Gee Bees (a Bee Gees parody group), via The Chateau de Chantilly, the wedding of Charles and DI, Private Eye magazine and John Lennon. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    16. Norfolk Broads

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 20:19


    The Norfolk Broads is the starting point to this week's episode and before you know it, Helen and Bill discover a booty of fact-based gems about everything and anything from David Bowie and Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson to Barbarella and Paco Rabanne, via the world's most expensive restaurant and Nostradamus. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    15. Magnum

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2022 18:15


    Helen's penchant for Magnum ice cream takes her and Bill on a fascinating trip down the internet rabbit hole where they discover a booty of fact-based gems on Shaun of the Dead and Walls' sausages, which then leads them on to Barbra Streisand and Kermit the Frog, via the 80's teen TV show Metal Mickey and Tom Selleck. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    14. Picasso

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 22:01


    This week, Helen and Bill go from high culture with Picasso and Leonardo Da Vinci to less than high culture with The Spice Girls and Walt Disney, as they dig out some fascinating facts and tantalising trivia from the great internet rabbit hole. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    13. Bungalow Town

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2022 18:11


    Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex became Britain's Hollywood for a short time and from that fact, Helen and Bill discover a glut of tantalising trivia on subjects ranging from Nicolas Lyndhurst and The Full Monty to Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and the Compare The Market ads via The Krypton Factor and Mock Turtle Soup. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    12. Bob

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2022 21:14


    This week, comedy king Bob Mortimer's autobiography starts Trivia Detectives Helen and Bill's adventures down the internet rabbit hole where they stumble across fantastic facts about all sorts of things from The Brit Awards and Michael Jackson to Marks & Spencers and Carry On Cleo via Morse Code and Dick Turpin. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    11. Ring My Bell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 20:50


    A recent trip to Loughborough inspires Helen and Bill to take a deep dive down the great internet rabbit hole where they find a bunch of fascinating yet frivolous facts about everything and anything, from heavy metal rockers AC/DC and St. Paul's Cathedral to Leonard Cohen and Miami Vice, via General Noriega and The Clash. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    10. Oven Drama

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 20:48


    This week, our intrepid trivia explorers discover a wealth of fascinating facts about food and wine via the band Squeeze and Hollywood legend, Orson Welles. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    09. Fifty Years

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 25:00


    Fifty years ago, Neil Young's album Harvest was released, and from that we disappear down the rabbit hole to discover a treasure trove of fascinating facts about everything and anything, from Tina Turner and Mad Max to Michael Douglas and Jack Nicholson via cuckoos and ruptured ball bags. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    08. Shirley

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 19:50


    Helen and Bill disappear down the great internet rabbit hole of famous Shirleys to discover a treasure trove of fascinating facts about Shirley MacLaine, Temple, and Bassey, via Big Daddy, George Formby and Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.Related Links:Shirley MacLaine meets Fidel Castro.https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/photos/shirley-maclaine-years-46804747/image-46808414Shirley Temple's mother always gave her 56 curls, not 55, not 57.https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2014-feb-12-la-et-mn-shirley-temple-life-fun-facts-20140211-story.html#:~:text=Temple's%20mother%20styled%20her%20daughter's,kept%20my%20head%20on%20straight.%E2%80%9DThe Partridge Family opening theme, starring Shirley Jones and her real life step son, David Cassidyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOiKa51ll-kBig Daddy vs Giant Haystacks, Clash of the Titanshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sDBd6-SGo4Shirley Bassey performs Burn My Candle, considered too saucy for the BBC who banned ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epIdxoo4QcIBowie's Space Oddity set to pictures of Apollo 11's moon landinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GVYwyWYpkUGeorge Formby performs My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock, too euphemistic for the BBC who banned ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KQ6Wmbi5igThe Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band iconic cover https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/whos-who-on-the-beatles-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band-album-cover/Trailer for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman. Writer, Tennesse Williams purportedly hated the movie versionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzogcorjLOI Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    07. Oysters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 22:45


    Bill and Helen unearth a treasure trove of fact-based gems from the great internet rabbit hole that takes them from oysters and Casanova to Benny Hill and Elvis via Batman and Kate Bush. They also discover some alarming speculation about Elvi's' famous manager, Colonel Tom Parker.Related Links:Casanova trailer. Heath Ledger didn't much care for his performance in this film.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSt1NFGgVUsAn amazing performance from Heath Ledger as The Joker in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, starring Christain Bale.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXeTwQWrcwYJohnny Rotten pens a song for Kate Bushhttps://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-song-johnny-rotten-wrote-for-kate-bush/Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush perform Don't Give Up. Peter had Dolly Parton in mind for the duet when he wrote it, apparently.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjEq-r2agqcVideo for Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill featuring the extraordinary dancing of Michael Hervieu who became Misha after gender reassignment surgery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp43OdtAAkMJonathan Swift's essay on the benefits of fartinghttps://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Benefit-of-Farting-Explaind-Or-the-Fundament-all-Cause-of-the-Distempers-Incident-to-the-Fair-sex-Wrote-in-Spanish-by-Don-Fartinando-Puff-indorst-and-Translated-Into-English-By-Obadiah-Fizzle-by-Puff-indorst-Fart-in-hando/9781385825464Benny Hill performs Tinga A Ling A Loo which he claims was plagiarised by Spitting Image for their no.1 novelty hit, The Chicken Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysFrt3V7nvIElvis's saxophonist performs Yakety Sax, used in the Benny Hill Showhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcq_xLi2NGoBlue Hawaii trailer, starring Elvis Presley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P10-aqZKLKYDid Colonel Tom Parker really go on the run after a murder, to become Elvis's manager?https://www.grunge.com/224820/was-elvis-manager-a-killer-on-the-run/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    06. Penny Come Quick

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 18:02


    Join Helen and Bill on another adventure down the never ending internet rabbit hole as they somehow get from places with funny names to Cilla Black, via Levi's jeans and Albert Einstein.Related Links:Pennycomequick's Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PennycomequickWetwang Village:https://www.wetwang.org.uk/wetwang-history/Croatia's strangely named places:https://www.croatiaweek.com/the-many-strange-place-names-of-croatia/Fugging in Austriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugging,_Upper_AustriaShitterton, Dorset in Bournemouth Echohttps://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/14515534.shitterton-doesnt-make-this-years-rudest-place-names-list-but-somewhere-in-dorset-does/Albert Einstein's leather jacket:https://www.christies.com/features/5-minutes-with-Einsteins-leather-jacket-7510-1.aspxLevi's 1985 advert, starring Nick Kamen, featuring Marvin Gaye's I Heard it Through the Grapevine:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwG_wym3p68Eddie Kidd vs Robbie Kneivel (Evel's son) in 1993https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSUn922fZLcJohn Lennon, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder et al, A Toot and a Snore, 1974:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhTY-k5epD0Cilla Black's version of the Righteous Brothers' You've Lost That Loving Feeling:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0HaJcirCVIBad Finger perform Come And Get It, written by Lennon/McCartney:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tOnbeNAxdUAndrew Oldham's advert in Melody Maker praising Phil Spector's You've Lost That Loving Feeling:https://spectropop.com/PPS/PPSpart3.htm Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    05. Sheds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 22:48


    Bill has successfully (and surprisingly) built a garden shed and from that, he and Helen unearth a rich treasure trove of fascinating facts about George Bernard Shaw and Julie Andrews, which leads them to the 2003 World Whistling Champion and Henry Fonda's home made honey.Related Links:George Bernard Shaw's shed:https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/george-bernard-shaws-gardenGeorge Bernard Shaw with Vivien Leigh at Shaw's Corner: https://anniebeebuzz.com/2015/08/22/surprising-finds-5-a-revolving-writers-hut/Gone With The Wind Trailer starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh featuring a halitosis-ridden kiss:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X94oZgJis4Opening scene to The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrew featuring the shot from the helicopter:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fH2FOn1V5gA Spoonful of Sugar from Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews featuring her whistling robin:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L4qauTiCY42003 World Whistling Champion David Morris whistles Flight of the Bumblebee:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzFhgMvxH40Yuki Takeda whistles his rendition of Flight of the Bumblebee:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHHr1SKjycQBumblebee Conservation Trust:https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/Sylvia Plath's bee-based poems:https://thebeeproject.weebly.com/sylvia-plath-and-the-bee-poems.htmlThe Beatles, She Said She Said:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLzfo59AdEcPeter Fonda inspires John Lennon and kills his buzz in the process:https://reelrundown.com/celebrities/Peter-Fonda-and-the-BeatlesRavi Shankar teaches George Harrison how to play the sitar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxI6IkH9MvoSurprising appearances on Coronation Street:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD2zlufPGqgCinzano advert featuring Joan Collins and Leonard Rossiter:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkjidE0WnAIClark Gable in It Happened One Night, the inspiration behind Bugs Bunny's carrot crunching:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcrth90C3D4 Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    04. University Challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 17:34


    Fun fact finders Helen and Bill discover something curiously interesting about the former University Challenge Question Master Bamber Gascoigne, and before you know it, they are stumbling across Paddington Bear, David Bowie, Diana Dors and the last woman to be hanged in the UK.Related Links:A classic incorrect answer on University Challenge answer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47SnI5GGqY8The house that Bamber Gascoigne inherited:https://www.westhorsleyplace.org/Outtakes from BBC's comedy series Ghosts (shot on location in Bamber Gascoigne's inherited house):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m6DOPitdVUBamber Gascoigne penned Share My Lettuce listinghttp://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_s/sharelettuce.htmPaddington 2 trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52x5HJ9H8DMPaddington 2 was co-written and directed by Paul King, but not this one:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlXtrnh-EjoClip from Lady Godiva Rides Again, the 1951 film featuring Diana Dors and uncredited appearances from Joan Collins and the last woman to be hanged in the UK, Ruth Ellishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waH0HyzKC7IChannel Four Television's Who Got Diana Dors' Millions? https://vimeo.com/130444535Adam and the Ants, Prince Charming video featuring Diana Dorshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p__WmyAE3gRolf Harris performs War Canoe which Prince Charming is a clear rip off of:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2SOEVbKsTERolf Harris performs Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport with The Beatleshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd14NxZuvGgConnie Francis performs Lipstick on Your Collar:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8x5cUFoDnUJohnny Cash, Fuego D'Amor (Ring of Fire in Spanish)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0u5d2vQ8fwDavid Bowie performs Helden (Heroes in German)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb6Gbi1MpoE Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    03. Vincent

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022 19:33


    This week, Trivia Detectives Helen and Bill begin their journey of discovery with Vincent van Gogh, which leads them to Clive Dunn and a hand grenade down his trousers to Christina Aguilera and Ben Elton, via Eastenders and Abba's performance at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest.Related Links:The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, MOMA New York City:https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-starry-night/bgEuwDxel93-Pg?hl=en-GBVincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night: Great Art Explained on youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk9L1N9bRREYou can visit the house Vincent lodged at, in Brixton 1873–74 https://vangoghhouse.co.uk/Don MacLean performs Vincent live:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wrNFDxCRzUVincent's The Red Vineyard, the only painting he sold while alive:https://joyofmuseums.com/museums/russian-federation/moscow-museums/pushkin-museum/the-red-vineyard-by-vincent-van-gogh/Vincent's most expensive painting, The Portrait of Dr. Gachet:https://www.vincentvangogh.org/portrait-of-dr-gachet.jspList of most expensive paintings ever sold:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_paintingsDad's Army episode The Deadly Attachment, featuring a hand grenade down Lance Corporal Jones' trousers: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5sdx1fEthel Skinner is having trouble with her Willy in Eastenders:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCmNgaSqX9YClive Dunn performs Grandad on Top of the Pops. The song was written by Herbie Flowers (who played the iconic bass line in Lou Reed's Walk on the Wildside), and features Rick Wakeman on keyboard:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC5fqzKxau8One of the funniest answers ever given on Pointless, featuring Alexander Armstrong:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjTTvn2muRMOpening theme tune to the original Danger Mouse, written by folkie/comedian, Mike Harding sung by Sheila Gott (not Myfanwy Talog), featuring Penfold (hamster, not mole):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMXYJwjL51w Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    02. Die Hard

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 16:00


    In this second instalment of When One Thing Leads To Another, the film Die Hard sends Helen and Bill down the garden path to Bruce Willis, Frank Sinatra, and Orson Welles via Taxi Driver, sweary words and Jonah Hill. They also discover what detrimental effect can happen if you take too much Vitamin B.Related Links:Die Hard trailer featuring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman in his first feature film appearance:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaJuwKCmJbYThe Detective trailer featuring Frank Sinatra:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9odRuy4D-VABruce Willis with The Temptations with their version of The Drifter's Under the Boardwalk. There is a good reason you don't hear this very often on the radio:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2zk56DDjGcMoonlighting opening and closing titles, featuring the vocals of Al Jarreauhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPZI9aQLhgkGlenn Gordon, creator of Moonlighting talks about Orson Welles' appearance on the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJs3VSVFYCkand that Orson Welles' appearance itself:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZ_x_XEQU8Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) goes on a disastrous date with Betsy (Cybill Shepherd) in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw0ZybzuGcEThe famous “You talking to me” scene from Martin Scorses's Taxi Driver, starring Rober De Niro as Travis Bickle:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QWL-FwX4t4Top drawer swears from Robert De Niro playing the role of Jake La Motta in Marting Scorsese's Raging Bull: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ownaVsRHTk0Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse performing their hilarious Goodfellas parody, Badfellas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHKBlLyrRMITrailer to the world's sweariest film ever made, Swearnet, The Movie (not for those with sensitive ears):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul19Dx8CKJk Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    01. You Can't Always Get What You Want

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 15:26


    In this first episode of When One Thing Leads To Another, Helen and Bill get lost down an internet rabbit hole which somehow takes them from the Rolling Stones and Delia Smith to The Great Gig in the Sky and Lou Reed via the town of Northampton and Brooke Bond D. They even find out what to do if you accidentally drink washing up liquid, which may or may not come in handy.Related Links:The Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed LP on vinyl: https://therollingstonesshop.co.uk/*/Vinyl/Let-It-Bleed/1J2U12J7000The Rolling Stones, You Can't Always Get What You Want, taken from The Rock n Roll Circus:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef9QnZVpVd8Article about Nanette Workman “borrowing” Nanette Newman's surname:https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-daily-mail/20200723/282278142649916Backing singer on You Can't Always Get What You Want, Nanette Workman with Lady Marmalade, featuring a certain Celine Dion:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-3NLfCTLTcBacking singer on You Can't Always Get What You Want, Doris Troy with Just One Look:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YtqW5G-tZQBacking singer on You Can't Always Get What You Want, Madeline Bell with I'm Gonna Make You Love Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpY3bdvSNFIBrooke Bond D Tea advert sung by Madeline Bell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_tvIdDCNYkThe Troggs with Wild Thing featuring drummer, Ronnie Bond, writer of the Brooke Bond D Tea Ad music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSWInYFVksgDelia Smith website article about that cake on the Cover of Let It Bleed:https://www.deliaonline.com/features/2019/10/delia-and-the-rolling-stonesClare Torry talks about her famous role in Pink Flloyd's The Great Gig in the Sky:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIW7xZSlZoMClare Torry's cover version of Dolly Parton's Love is Like a Butterfly, used as the theme to the BBC sitcom, Butterflies:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGUDDtsFDoABrotherhood of Man with their Eurovision Song Contest Winner, Save All Your kisses For Me:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhq_Q1Ut8SQHerbie Flowers talks about that famous bass line on Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBXUP5GqYJs Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 1:21


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