No One Saw It Coming

No One Saw It Coming

The bit players, the unexpected twists, the turning point you missed. Join Walkley award-winner Marc Fennell as he uncovers the incredible moments that changed the course of history.

New episodes out Tuesday.

Latest Episode

The Wrong Turn That Started a World War (25.08.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • PRESENTS – The Case Of 25.08.2025
  • From War to Wardrobe: The Epic Saga of the High Heel 18.08.2025
  • Radium Girls: The Glow in the Dark Women Who Changed Everything 11.08.2025
  • Workers. Wages. Revolution: The True Story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs 04.08.2025
  • Creepy Guy Meets Recording Device: The True Origins of Reality TV 28.07.2025
  • Richard Fidler: The Volcano That Toppled Two Empires 21.07.2025
  • Treadmills Were Made for Torture 14.07.2025
  • The Lingerie Makers who put Neil Armstrong on the Moon 07.07.2025
  • A Gossip Writer Invented the Renaissance!? 30.06.2025
  • The Nazi siege and the secret seeds 23.06.2025
  • Where Freestyle Swimming REALLY Comes From 16.06.2025
  • Cecil Rhodes and his Secret Plan for World Domination 09.06.2025
  • When X-Rays Were an Amusement Park Attraction 02.06.2025
  • Absinthe isn’t Dangerous. It was Framed for Murder 26.05.2025
  • The Hidden Origins of Chemotherapy 19.05.2025
  • America’s Secret Pact with the Mafia 12.05.2025
  • The Blunder that Broke the Berlin Wall 05.05.2025
  • This Tragic Accident Changed How We Think About the Brain 28.04.2025
  • Marie Antoinette, mother of French fries? 21.04.2025
  • The Secret Weapon that Changed War 14.04.2025

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