Join mates Johnny Vaughan and Gavin Woods as they uncover the jaw-dropping stories of history’s boldest icons and unsung heroes. From outrageous escapades to ingenious breakthroughs, every episode is packed with legendary tales you didn’t learn in school (but wish you had). With sharp wit and a shared sense of curiosity, Johnny and Gav turn history into a rollercoaster of laughs and surprises. Whether it’s daring escapes, bizarre inventions, or the quirky habits of history’s game-changers, you’ll be hooked on their unique take on the past. Perfect for history buffs, comedy lovers, and anyone who enjoys a c...
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Sep 30, 2026 · 56:09
In 1815, there were over 200 crimes in Britain that could get you hanged. Wrecking a fish pond. Stealing from a rabbit warren. Damaging a road. The man who started dismantling…
Sep 27, 2026 · 13:06
40,000 eggs. 75,000lb of fresh meat. One Atlantic crossing. After our Titanic episode, listener Bazil sent in the stat Johnny and Gav have been craving, and it sends The Extra…
Sep 23, 2026 · 48:02
He is the most famous pirate who has ever lived. The template for every terrifying pirate since. And he managed all of it in roughly two years. He braided his enormous beard,…
Sep 20, 2026 · 17:30
The mafia didn't just kill people. They made the punishment fit the crime, and Johnny and Gav have worked out exactly how the poetic justice system operated. Say the boss has his…
Sep 16, 2026 · 51:20
It is genuinely rare that you can point at one man and say he won the war. This is one of those times. He was nicknamed "Stuffy." He had no swagger, no flamboyance, and no…
Sep 13, 2026 · 16:12
He convinced a room of actual airline pilots that he flew Boeing 757s for their own airline. He spent months letting a pub believe he was flying Hercules missions in the Gulf…
Sep 9, 2026 · 40:24
She was a village butcher's daughter from Devon who reinvented herself twice, married into one of Britain's greatest brewing fortunes, and then drove around Victorian London in a…
Sep 5, 2026 · 13:30
Pee, Poo, Puke. The Grand Slam. This week, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods celebrate your own Bloomin’ Legends, with two listener stories involving heroic…
Sep 3, 2026 · 45:22
Friends, Romans, countrymen… get a load of this. He was a disgraced party boy in his twenties, a war hero in his thirties, and ruling a huge chunk of the Roman world by his…
Aug 30, 2026 · 14:07
A man who attempted to sniff a piece of string up his nose and pull it out of his mouth, with no practice, in a packed pub, on a Sunday lunchtime, and got thrown out covered in…
Aug 26, 2026 · 49:37
He lost an eye at Normandy and refused to go home. He broke his back and carried on. He captured 93 German soldiers on his own. And then, in April 1945, he liberated an entire…
Aug 23, 2026 · 15:53
Johnny picks a war criminal over David Walliams as a dinner companion. That's where this one starts. What You'll Hear in This Episode: 🍽️ Dinner Party Guests From Hell –…
Aug 19, 2026 · 58:51
She was 17, had never held a sword, and travelled 300 miles across France to find a king who was hiding among his own courtiers. She walked straight past the decoy, found him…
Aug 16, 2026 · 15:00
Johnny has gone full barking mad this week, realising that all three of the world's top guard dogs are German, you can imagine every one of them in a helmet, and that Alsatians…
Aug 12, 2026 · 44:48
She spoke four languages, owned more land than the King of Hungary, and may have tortured and murdered up to 650 young women over 25 years. When they finally caught her, she was…
Aug 9, 2026 · 17:03
A night out turns into a beachside evacuation. Thirty Royal Marines charge into the dark wearing boots, body armour and ballistic helmets, armed with whatever they could find in…
Aug 5, 2026 · 46:41
He was 4 foot 11, weighed eight stone, came from a mountain village with no electricity, no roads, and no running water… and then held off 200 Japanese soldiers in a Burmese…
Aug 2, 2026 · 13:00
His grandfather was told to move a train up the line. The driver had wandered off, so he thought, how hard can it be? Twenty miles later, he found out. The Extra Legendary Bit is…
Jul 29, 2026 · 44:34
He was a lawyer by 17, a priest who once fainted in the pulpit from a hangover, a professional violinist, a government spy, a prison escape artist, a con man, a duellist, and the…
Jul 26, 2026 · 16:15
He jumped into freezing Portsmouth water after a few sherbets, swam to HMS Warrior , climbed to the very top of the mast, and tied his trousers up there like a denim flag. He got…
Jul 22, 2026 · 54:20
He learned to fly before he could drive. At 20, a cable strung across a Korean hillside ripped three feet off his wing at 350 miles an hour, and he nursed the plane to the sea…
Jul 19, 2026 · 16:03
He rode a horse through the Himalayas in a dinner jacket, got dragged 30 yards along a mountain path, stood up, brushed himself off, and told everyone he was fine. He wasn't…
Jul 15, 2026 · 48:27
His first crime was stealing a pair of jeans and some pie. He left an IOU, got taken to court, and the jury let him off. Within a decade, he'd blown up a railroad bridge, robbed…
Jul 12, 2026 · 14:05
A man so obsessed with the perfect racing finish on his dinghy that he moved it into the family hallway, sealed it inside a polytunnel, and was found at 4am, naked, still…
Jul 8, 2026 · 47:02
She was a swordswoman who could beat three men at once, an opera singer with the greatest voice Louis XIV had ever heard, and a woman so fearless she broke into a convent, stole…
Jul 5, 2026 · 13:01
He tried to flog an antique firearm to a dealer, kicked off over the price, stormed out — and was genuinely surprised when the police turned up. He wasn't bothered about nearly…
Jul 1, 2026 · 43:41
He grew up so poor his mum pretended she wasn't hungry so her kids could eat. By 15, he was playing professional football. By his mid-20s, he was the best player on earth, the…
Jun 28, 2026 · 18:34
A bloated, rotting ram floating in a Cornish quarry, a 12-year-old boy bullied into dragging it out, a finger inserted into a decomposing eye socket, and a long, smelly walk home…
Jun 24, 2026 · 51:14
He's the most famous writer in the English language, the inventor of over 1,700 words we still use today, and a man so legendary he's known simply as The Bard. There's just one…
Jun 21, 2026 · 19:17
A Dutch resistance fighter with a taste for fast cars, a grandad who held a 40-year grudge, and a family tradition of driving so wildly it terrified everyone in the passenger…
Jun 17, 2026 · 49:19
A doctor who kept treating the wounded after being shot three times, the first man in history to win the Victoria Cross twice, and a war record so extraordinary only two other…
Jun 14, 2026 · 14:17
A man chased down Weston-super-Mare beach by a low-flying enemy plane, a briefcase stuffed with the modern equivalent of £1 million, and a life so chaotic it sounds completely…
Jun 10, 2026 · 45:17
He conquered Europe… lost everything… and then came back for one last go. In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods dive into Napoleon Part 2 — from exile and…
Jun 7, 2026 · 11:17
A man called Edith, a colonel archbishop, and yet more proof that the Bloomin’ Legends audience may be every bit as unhinged as the people on the main leaderboard. The Extra…
Jun 3, 2026 · 41:26
British parents told their children the bogeyman would get them. That bogeyman was a real person, and he conquered most of Europe before crowning himself Emperor. Welcome back to…
May 31, 2026 · 13:50
A graffiti-covered car the police couldn’t stop pulling over, a BMX jump that absolutely should not have counted, and more listener stories that prove boredom is the mother of…
May 27, 2026 · 48:51
He led the most famous last stand in ancient history, faced the full force of Persia, and became the ultimate symbol of Spartan courage. In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin…
May 24, 2026 · 22:37
A mysterious ritual inside the Great Pyramid, a possible curse from the pharaohs, and a wartime grandad who kept riding straight through sniper fire — this week’s Extra Legendary…
May 20, 2026 · 37:32
She had a wooden leg, the Gestapo were hunting her, and she still became one of the most effective spies of the Second World War. In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The…
May 17, 2026 · 16:53
From Agent Buttered Crumpet to a skier taking a Vodafone call down a black run, this week’s Extra Legendary Bit is full of your finest British nonsense. The Extra Legendary Bit…
May 13, 2026 · 41:26
He wore a bowler hat, carried an umbrella into battle, and somehow used it to stop a tank. In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods take on Major Digby…
May 10, 2026 · 12:34
A three-day stag do in Amsterdam, a man in a chicken suit at a wedding, and a date ruined by heroic shoes full of cow muck. This week’s Extra Legendary Bit is chaos from start to…
May 6, 2026 · 41:33
He may not have existed, but Ragnar Lothbrok still managed to become one of the most feared names in Viking legend. In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods…
May 3, 2026 · 15:04
A grandad, live grenade and a rabbit problem… and that’s only the start of this week’s listener chaos. The Extra Legendary Bit is the bonus episode of Bloomin’ Legends, where…
Apr 29, 2026 · 48:33
He called himself a king, Rome called him a nightmare, and history remembers him as Attila the Hun. In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods take on Attila…
Apr 26, 2026 · 14:54
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The Extra Legendary Bit is the bonus episode where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods leave the history books behind and dive into the…
Apr 22, 2026 · 44:13
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest stories in history, and meet the extraordinary people who…
Apr 19, 2026 · 15:23
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The Extra Legendary Bit is the bonus episode where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods leave the history books behind and dive into the…
Apr 15, 2026 · 47:08
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest stories in history, and meet the extraordinary people who…
Apr 9, 2026 · 13:45
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The Extra Legendary Bit is the bonus episode where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods leave the history books behind and dive into the…
Apr 6, 2026 · 41:58
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest stories in history, and meet the extraordinary people who…
Apr 2, 2026 · 14:32
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The Extra Legendary Bit is the bonus episode where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods leave the history books behind and rummage…
Mar 30, 2026 · 54:11
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! This week, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods take on one of the wildest lives in literary history: Lord Byron. Poet. Aristocrat.…
Mar 26, 2026 · 11:46
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The Extra Legendary Bit is the bonus episode where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods step away from the history books and dive…
Mar 23, 2026 · 46:09
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! This week, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods return to the ancient world for Part 2 of the astonishing story of Alexander the Great.…
Mar 19, 2026 · 13:10
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest stories in history… and occasionally discover that the…
Mar 16, 2026 · 43:23
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! This week, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods head back to the ancient world to take on one of history’s biggest names: Alexander the…
Mar 12, 2026 · 13:40
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest stories in history… and occasionally discover that the…
Mar 9, 2026 · 45:22
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! This week, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods mark the show’s one-year anniversary by diving into one of WWII’s most extraordinary…
Mar 5, 2026 · 10:50
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest stories in history… and occasionally realise the listener…
Mar 2, 2026 · 48:58
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! This week, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods head into the dust, gun smoke and tall tales of the American frontier to take on one of…
Feb 26, 2026 · 11:18
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest stories in history… and occasionally discover that the…
Feb 23, 2026 · 38:02
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! This week, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods dive into the outrageous, slippery and utterly fearless life of Titanic Thompson , the…
Feb 19, 2026 · 13:08
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest stories in history… and occasionally prove that modern life…
Feb 16, 2026 · 45:59
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! And not just any episode… this is our 50th episode special 🎉 To mark the milestone, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods tackle a man…
Feb 12, 2026 · 14:19
Welcome to Bloomin’ Legends: The Extra Legendary Bit! Johnny and Gav dive into the latest batch of listener messages, and as always, things take a sharp turn into chaos. This…
Feb 9, 2026 · 46:18
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest, boldest, and most unbelievable true stories from history. In…
Feb 5, 2026 · 14:15
Welcome to Bloomin’ Legends: The Extra Legendary Bit! Johnny and Gav dive into the latest batch of listener messages, and as always, things take a sharp turn into chaos. This…
Feb 1, 2026 · 37:57
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest, boldest, and most unbelievable true stories from history.…
Jan 25, 2026 · 43:23
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest, boldest, and most unbelievable true stories from history. In…
Jan 18, 2026 · 47:33
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest, boldest, and most unbelievable true stories from history. In…
Jan 11, 2026 · 49:50
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest, boldest, and most unbelievable true stories from history. In…
Jan 4, 2026 · 46:03
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends for 2026! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest, boldest, and most unbelievable true stories from…
Dec 28, 2025 · 47:22
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest, boldest, and most unbelievable true stories from history. In…
Dec 21, 2025 · 41:59
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest, boldest, and most unbelievable true stories from history. In…
Dec 14, 2025 · 46:43
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods dig into the wildest, boldest, and most unbelievable true stories from history!…
Dec 7, 2025 · 46:59
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods bring you the most unbelievable, outrageous and downright heroic true stories…
Nov 30, 2025 · 48:16
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods unpick the wildest, boldest, and most unbelievable true stories from history! In…
Nov 26, 2025 · 4:07
It’s a big moment here on Bloomin Legends, and you’re officially part of it. As 2025 comes to a close, Johnny & Gav gearing up to crown our very first Bloomin' Legend of the Year…
Nov 23, 2025 · 48:44
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods dig up the wildest, boldest, and most unbelievable true stories from history! In…
Nov 16, 2025 · 47:28
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest, boldest, and most unbelievable true stories from history. In…
Nov 9, 2025 · 45:02
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest, boldest, and most unbelievable true stories from history. In…
Nov 2, 2025 · 46:16
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods uncover the wildest, most unbelievable, and downright legendary true stories from…
Oct 26, 2025 · 48:08
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin “The Woodman” Woods dig up the unbelievable, outrageous, and downright legendary stories from…
Oct 19, 2025 · 48:26
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history! In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin…
Oct 12, 2025 · 46:55
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history! In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin…
Oct 5, 2025 · 50:58
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history! In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin…
Sep 28, 2025 · 47:09
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history! In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin…
Sep 21, 2025 · 49:48
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history! In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin…
Sep 14, 2025 · 43:48
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history! In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin…
Sep 7, 2025 · 43:12
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history! In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin…
Aug 31, 2025 · 44:31
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history! In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin…
Aug 24, 2025 · 34:47
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history! In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin…
Aug 17, 2025 · 44:43
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history! In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin…
Aug 10, 2025 · 41:40
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history! In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin…
Aug 3, 2025 · 44:37
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history! In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin…
Jul 27, 2025 · 46:25
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history! In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin…
Jul 20, 2025 · 44:03
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history! In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin…
Jul 13, 2025 · 49:41
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history! In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin…
Jul 6, 2025 · 51:42
Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history! Which you can now WATCH in full, on the…
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