The Paris Metro, engineered by Fulgence Bienvenüe and inaugurated on 19th July, 1900, was far from a world first: London, Budapest and Vienna had all beaten France in the race to create the next generation of subterranean trains.
However, this didn’t stop Parisian anxiety about their new subway. Would the electric lines kill innocent travellers? Would being ... Show More
Yesterday
Desert Island Discs' First Castaway
The BBC broadcast the first ever edition of Roy Plomley’s ‘Desert Island Discs’ - the world’s longest-running interview programme - on 29th January, 1942. Opening, as the show still does, with Eric Coates’s theme music ‘By the Sleepy Lagoon’, the episode welcomed comedian Vic Oli ... Show More
13m 54s
Jan 28
Lego Shifts To Plastic
Stud-and-tube bricks, which paved the way for Lego to become one of the most successful companies in Denmark, were patented on 28th January, 1958. But this family business had already been in existence for 26 years, mostly making wooden toys. It later emerged, however, that the p ... Show More
11m 23s
Apr 2024
Paris 2024 : pourquoi tant d'inquiétudes autour des transports ?
<p>A 100 jours de l’ouverture des Jeux olympiques et paralympiques, les transports en commun d’Île-de-France font l’objet de nombreuses interrogations et notamment celle-ci : les bus, tram, métros et RER franciliens vont-ils pouvoir acheminer sans difficulté les millions de spect ... Show More
20m 42s
Jul 2020
Philip M. Plotch, "Last Subway: The Long Wait for the Next Train in New York City" (Cornell UP, 2020)
Ever since New York City built one of the world’s great subway systems, no promise has been more tantalizing than the proposal to build a new subway line under Second Avenue in Manhattan. Yet the Second Avenue subway--although first envisioned in the 1920s, did not open until 201 ... Show More
39m 15s
Jul 2024
À Paris, le renouveau des soirées électro
<p>Les lieux dédiés à la musique électronique se multiplient à Paris. Espaces en plein-air, péniches, clubs… Pour le plus grand bonheur des fans de techno ou de house, et des métiers du monde de la nuit, les <a href="https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/dj-aazar-salue-la-nouvelle-s ... Show More
20m 17s
Feb 2021
Paris dans les séries, la ville des clichés
Cette semaine dans Peak TV, on vous parle de Paris. Ah, Paris! Sa superbe grisaille, sa merveilleuse ligne 13, ses kilomètres de bouchons et ses chambres de bonnes où l'on fait ses besoins dans le froid, sur le palier, et où l'on peut prendre sa douche tout en cuisinant une omele ... Show More
27m 21s
<p>U is for Underground. In this episode, we take you below Paris: On the Metro, through the sewers, and into the (illegal) catacombs.</p> <p>Mentioned in this episode:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://teacherluke.co.uk/">Luke's English podcast</a></li> <li>Amber's <a href="https:// ... Show More
