Rerun. Disneyland Paris, now Europe’s most popular theme park, initially haemorrhaged money - at a rate of around $1 million per day. But, after three hard years, it returned its first annual profit on 16th November, 1995.
This change in the park’s fortunes can be attributed to the popularity of two trains: the opening of the Eurostar direct line from Londo ... Show More
Today
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
Yesterday
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
Jan 27
Let's Embalm Lenin
The corpse of Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union, was placed on display in Moscow's Red Square on 27th January, 1924 - where, astonishingly, he remains viewable to this day. He’d wanted to be buried next to his mother in Saint Petersburg, but after he suffered a series o ... Show More
11m 54s
Jul 2019
20 - Disney Breakdown: Tomorrowland Edition
We discuss all of the latest Disney news and begin a new series of episodes in which we break down different lands in the parks with fun facts, information, thoughts, and officially give our ratings on what we think of them. This week, we discuss everything in Tomorrowland inside ... Show More
1h 44m
May 2024
Disney's $60 Billion Parks Plan
Riley and Aaron discuss Disney's announcement of investing $60 billion over 10 years into their parks, with $1.9 billion specifically going to Disneyland expansions.They analyze what the investments could go towards, like potential new lands, rides, and expansions based on concep ... Show More
40m 45s
May 2022
Disneyland Paris, une ville sortie des champs
<p>Episode 2. Il y a trente ans était inauguré sous les feux d’artifice le parc d’attractions alors appelé EuroDisney. Pour « La Story », le podcast d’actualité des « Echos », Pierrick Fay et ses invités reviennent sur cette aventure qui a fait pousser une vil ... Show More
24m 5s