The Year Is 1990 With Rosie Jones

Rosie Jones storms her way onto the podcast and Bobby and Red get in the time machine to take her back to the year she was born, 1990. Aside from being the year of birth of our biggest fan, 1990 also saw the trial of Joseph Hazelwood, the former skipper of the Exxon Valdez, supertanker, in Alaska, who was accused of negligence that resulted in America's second worst oil spill and whose name became a national joke, the first McDonald's opens in Moscow, Russia after 8 months of construction, and an agreement is reached for a two stage plan to re-unite Germany after the Second World War, with the Berlin Wall coming down the year before (See Episode #20 of 1989 for more on that), and Gary Lineker has an accident on the football pitch during a England World Cup game at Italia '90. Also Rosie shares impression of Red with us along with some very funny stories, behind the scenes, making television shows for you to enjoy, and everybody talks about their views on the past and future of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

This episode is brought to you by Andrex and The Big Blue Hotel in Blackpool. (Goodnight Rosie xx)

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What obscure or significant events did we miss from the history of 1990? Let us know your favourite historical facts from that year, or if have any suggestions for other years for us to do an episode on send us an email to [email protected]

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