Rewind to 20–26 August 2006, when one of Europe's biggest missing person mysteries finally came to an end, the internet started rewriting Hollywood scripts and Justin Timberlake confidently declared he was bringing sexy back.

🏃 The escape that stunned the world
After eight years in captivity, Natascha Kampusch escaped her abductor and brought one of Europe's most extraordinary missing person cases to an end. We unpack how she survived, why the story captivated the world and the remarkable way she later reclaimed part of her own story.

🐍 The internet's first blockbuster?
Snakes on a Plane slithered into cinemas after online hype reached fever pitch. Fans memed it, the studio leaned into the chaos and Samuel L. Jackson delivered one of the most quotable movie lines of the 2000s. Was this the first film the internet actually changed?

🎤 Sexy's apparently back
Justin Timberlake ditched the boy-band image for SexyBack, a futuristic banger that divided critics, topped charts and helped redefine pop music.

🌉 Fergie starts a bridge war
London Bridge launched Fergie's solo career, topped the charts and somehow convinced an entire generation that Tower Bridge was actually London Bridge. We revisit one of pop music's greatest geographical mix-ups and decode what the song was really about.

🤘 Iron Maiden's boldest tour gamble
Most bands save the new songs for later. Iron Maiden did the opposite, playing their entire new album before touching the classics. Fans weren't exactly thrilled, but nearly 20 years on, was Bruce Dickinson and the band right all along?

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