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When One Thing Leads To Another

When One Thing Leads To Another

Bill and Helen Rich

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.


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When One Thing Leads To Another - S2 E13. Seven Tears

S2 E13. Seven Tears

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04/14/23 • 19 min

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.

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When One Thing Leads To Another - S2 E8. March

S2 E8. March

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03/10/23 • 20 min

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.

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When One Thing Leads To Another - 20. Series One Finale

20. Series One Finale

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09/23/22 • 20 min

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!

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When One Thing Leads To Another - 17. The Gray Man

17. The Gray Man

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08/26/22 • 18 min

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.

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When One Thing Leads To Another - 14. Picasso

14. Picasso

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08/05/22 • 22 min

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.

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When One Thing Leads To Another - Trailer

Trailer

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05/13/22 • 1 min

Welcome to a brand new podcast brought to you by Helen and Bill Rich.

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When One Thing Leads To Another - 05. Sheds

05. Sheds

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06/03/22 • 22 min

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-garden


George 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=0X94oZgJis4


Opening scene to The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrew featuring the shot from the helicopter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fH2FOn1V5g


A Spoonful of Sugar from Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews featuring her whistling robin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L4qauTiCY4


2003 World Whistling Champion David Morris whistles Flight of the Bumblebee:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzFhgMvxH40


Yuki Takeda whistles his rendition of Flight of the Bumblebee:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHHr1SKjycQ


Bumblebee Conservation Trust:

https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/


Sylvia Plath’s bee-based poems:

https://thebeeproject.weebly.com/sylvia-plath-and-the-bee-poems.html


The Beatles, She Said She Said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLzfo59AdEc


Peter Fonda inspires John Lennon and kills his buzz in the process:

https://reelrundown.com/celebrities/Peter-Fonda-and-the-Beatles


Ravi Shankar teaches George Harrison how to play the sitar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxI6IkH9Mvo


Surprising appearances on Coronation Street:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD2zlufPGqg


Cinzano advert featuring Joan Collins and Leonard Rossiter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkjidE0WnAI


Clark Gable in It Happened One Night, the inspiration behind Bugs Bunny’s carrot crunching:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcrth90C3D4


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When One Thing Leads To Another - 03. Vincent

03. Vincent

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05/20/22 • 19 min

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.


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The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, MOMA New York City:

https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-starry-night/bgEuwDxel93-Pg?hl=en-GB


Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night: Great Art Explained on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk9L1N9bRRE


You 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=4wrNFDxCRzU


Vincent’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.jsp


List of most expensive paintings ever sold:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_paintings


Dad’s Army episode The Deadly Attachment, featuring a hand grenade down Lance Corporal Jones’ trousers:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5sdx1f


Ethel Skinner is having trouble with her Willy in Eastenders:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCmNgaSqX9Y


Clive 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=XC5fqzKxau8


One of the funniest answers ever given on Pointless, featuring Alexander Armstrong:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjTTvn2muRM


Opening 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


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When One Thing Leads To Another - 10. Oven Drama

10. Oven Drama

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07/08/22 • 20 min

This week, our intrepid trivia explorers discover a wealth of fascinating facts about food and wine via Gordon Ramsey, the band Squeeze, Paul Young and Hollywood legend, Orson Welles.

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When One Thing Leads To Another - S2 E14. Crossing The Rubicon

S2 E14. Crossing The Rubicon

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04/21/23 • 19 min

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.

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How many episodes does When One Thing Leads To Another have?

When One Thing Leads To Another currently has 41 episodes available.

What topics does When One Thing Leads To Another cover?

The podcast is about Music, Comedy and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on When One Thing Leads To Another?

The episode title 'S2 E19. Glastonbury' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on When One Thing Leads To Another?

The average episode length on When One Thing Leads To Another is 20 minutes.

How often are episodes of When One Thing Leads To Another released?

Episodes of When One Thing Leads To Another are typically released every 6 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of When One Thing Leads To Another?

The first episode of When One Thing Leads To Another was released on May 13, 2022.

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