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Bring Back The 80sSee James' 80s rubber collection, Trainspotting & other 80s Collecting Chaos!Episode 16 - Season 4. What didn't we collect in the 80s?! 🛤️🎟️ From sticker albums and Panini swaps to full-on trainspotting (anoraks very much included), we dive into the weird and wonderful world of 80s UK hobbies. Were you chasing rare football stickers or jotting down train numbers at the local station? Either way, it was serious business... or so we thought. Expect big laughs, bigger nostalgia, and maybe a few tragic confessions!Season 4 - 2025) Bring Back The 80s PODCAST .com - A new episode every Tuesday! Please subscribe to our channel - it really helps us to grow and keep making con...2025-05-2732 minBring Back The 80sCB Radios, Chopper Bikes & Other Very British 80s Mischief!Season 4 - Episode 15. Back when a Saturday meant riding your Chopper bike like Evel Knievel and chatting absolute nonsense on the CB radio, life was simpler (and far more ridiculous). 🇬🇧🚲📻 Join us for a proper knees-up of 80s nostalgia — from dodgy handlebar moustaches to "10-4 rubber duck!" calls that made absolutely no sense. Tea optional, laughs guaranteed.(Season 4 - 2025) Bring Back The 80s PODCAST .com - A new episode every Tuesday! Please subscribe to our channel - it really helps us to grow and keep making content like this.2025-05-2031 minBring Back The 80sBefore Wi-Fi: How Teletext Was the Internet of the 80s!Season 4 - Episode 14. Before memes, before scrolling, before Wi-Fi... we had Teletext! 📺 Join us on a hilarious trip back to when news, gossip, and holiday deals loaded one pixel at a time. This episode of our 80s podcast dives into the ancient magic of Teletext — our prehistoric internet — and why we kinda miss it (but also don't). Grab your neon socks and tune in!(Season 4 - 2025) Bring Back The 80s PODCAST .com - A new episode every Tuesday! Please subscribe to our channel - it really helps us to grow and keep making content like this.2025-05-1329 minBring Back The 80sCeefax & The Local Paper: How We Got News Before the Internet!Episode 13 - Season 4. No smartphones. No apps. No endless scrolling. 📺📰If you needed news, weather, or football scores in the 80s, you had two trusty options: Ceefax or the local paper! Join us for a hilarious throwback to when 'up-to-date' meant waiting for page 102 to load pixel by pixel. It's retro news... the way nature intended.(Season 4 - 2025) Bring Back The 80s PODCAST .com - A new episode every Tuesday! Please subscribe to our channel - it really helps us to grow and keep making content like this.2025-05-0628 minBring Back The 80sFisher-Price Was Our Internet – 80s Toys & Totally Hands-Off Parenting🎙️ Bring Back The 80s – The Podcast That Smells Like Atari Cartridges and School Dinners!Join hosts Andy Jackson and James Alderson as they fire up the nostalgia machine and take you on a hilarious trip back to the days of Rubik’s Cubes, mullets, and dodgy synth music.In this episode, they dive headfirst into the wonderful world of Fisher Price toys – from clunky plastic telephones to that garage set every kid owned (and broke). But things really go off the rails around 0:40–1:28, when they tackle the truly important questions like:Could Donald Trump have ow...2025-04-2923 minBring Back The 80sFisher-Price: The Forgotten Tech Empire of the 80s? | James & Andy Investigate (Badly)Episode 11 Season 4 - Before Apple. Before Microsoft. Before sanity… there was Fisher-Price.In this barely researched exposé, James and Andy uncover the suspiciously advanced nature of 80s toys—were those plastic cash registers and beeping baby phones actually early tech prototypes? Was Fisher-Price the secret Silicon Valley of toddler Britain?This highly unreliable investigation also includes:🔍 Turtles in UK restaurants (we wish we were joking)👶 The strange phenomenon of caged children (perfectly normal at the time… apparently)💻 The first ever iPad? Possibly. Probably not.😢 James’ deeply unlucky friend (we’re sorry, mate)🧠 And the question on everyone’s mind: Was that Trump’s first compu...2025-04-2227 minBring Back The 80sDodge, Duck, Lycra, Repeat: Surviving 80s PE in the UK - Episode 10, Season 4Welcome to another side-splitting episode of our retro rewind podcast, where we dive headfirst (without warming up, naturally) into the chaotic world of Physical Education in 1980s UK schools!This week, we're talking:Why PE in the 80s felt like training for an impending war 🪖The absolute terror of forgetting your kit — and the shame of wearing the lost property horrorsThat one muddy football pitch that doubled as a swamp ⚽PE teachers who seemed permanently angry and possibly ex-marinesThe lycra epidemic that should’ve been outlawed2025-04-1527 minBring Back The 80sSchool PE lessons in England in the 80s were BRUTAL - Episode 9 Season 4Who remembers 'The Apparatus'? Massive gyms screwed to the wall in the school hall. Did anyone ever manage to climb to the top of those ropes?! And why did PE teachers suddenly turn upin class to teach maths? (Season 4 - 2025) Bring Back The 80s PODCAST .com - A new episode every Tuesday! Please subscribe to our channel - it really helps us to grow and keep making content like this.2025-04-0825 minBring Back The 80sKrypton Factor or The Generation Game? Which was your favourite TV Gameshow of the 80s? (Ep 8)3:44-4:06 krypton factor was trumps perfect game show8:53-9:16 Blockbusters was for brainy 80s kids11:55-12:28 Celebrity Price Is Right!! 13:38-14:03 who remembers manual hoovers?21:06-21:44 Bruce was a lovely guy! 28:42-29:17 good game good game! 29:18-30:17 do these famous people know the price of a bottle of milk?2025-04-0130 minBring Back The 80s80s TV gameshows of the UK (Ep 7)2:33-2:55 the subtle 80s gameshow host7:04-7:51 can you remember the 80s stars?14:10 - 14:49 who remembers its a royal knockout?17:28-18:21 James’ idea of an 80s gameshow23:38-24:23what did the memory button do on a calculator?2025-03-2525 minBring Back The 80sPostman Pat v Scooby Do - Which was the best cartoon of the 80s? (Ep 6 )5:35-6:25 we didn’t save the planet in the 80s!10:00-10:20 did scooby doo scare you?12:05-12:34 what is this 80s sound?12:39-13:18 who are the biggest killers in America? 15:55-16:45 Postman Pat - the laziest postman ever! 20:21-21:03 collect the vouchers on 80s food to win prizes!22:55-23:25 did you guess the 80s sound?23:35-24:31 holiday photos were different in the 80s!24:43 m-25:36 any ideas what these photos are???2025-03-1827 minBring Back The 80s80s Kids cartoons were great! (Ep 5 )5:50-6:19 just one lady Smurf in the 80s??10:58-11:33 did 80s cartoons cover abortion!?16:55-17:37 inspector gadget predicted the future!19:28-20:15 Beyoncé and Jay-Z are what??21:36-22:12 can a biscuit take you back to your childhood?23:25- 24:25 what was your first sticker album?2025-03-1128 minBring Back The 80sInside an 80s kid's bedroom with James. What was lurking under the bed? (Season 4 Episode 4)(Season 4, 2025 Episode 4)2025-03-0427 minBring Back The 80sEveryone's bedroom came from MFI, Transformers duvet on your Captain bed, and James' MASSIVE clock (Season 4 2025 Episode 3)2025-02-2525 minBring Back The 80sNO ONE wanted Speak and Spell! But we loved BOOBLESS and SHELLOIL! (Season 4 - 2025 Episode 2)2025-02-1826 minBring Back The 80sRemember playing Donkey Kong, Mario, Pong, Pac-Man? And Major Morgan's Electric Organ! (Season 4, 2025 Episode 1)2025-02-1125 minBring Back The 80sSeason 3 Episode - 12 - An 80s New Years Eve2024-12-3147 minBring Back The 80sSeason 3 Episode - 11 - An 80s Chrismas Eve2024-12-2448 minBring Back The 80sSeason 3 Episode 10 - Live Xmas Special part 2Recorded before a live studio audience at The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre in Havant!2024-12-211h 14Bring Back The 80sSeason 3 Episode 9 - Live Xmas Special part 1Recorded live at The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre, Havant.2024-12-171h 02Bring Back The 80sSeason 3 – Episode 8 – MORE EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE 80s#80s #eighties #reminice #memories #nostalgia #topics #80s #eighties
#999 #emergency #ambulance #police #policeman #sting #lunchbox #ladybird #firstaid #coastguard #fire #helicopter #floods #airambulance #charity #pub #bleeding #phonebox #buzby #operator #hairspray #clothes #flammable #flame #chippan #firebrigade #101 #shoplifting #security #cubscout #brownies #pcso #bonfirenight #sparklers #fireworks #burn #hedgehog #bubblegum #lucozade #birthdaycard #boots #pebblemill #neighbours
2024-12-0355 minBring Back The 80sSeason 3 – Episode 7 – EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE 80sTravel back to the 80s with a hearty dose of nostalgia as we reminisce about the music, memories, and classic snacks like Hobnobs and Jelly Tots. Then, take a detour into the world of emergency services with hilarious discussions about 999 calls, police antics, hospital drama, and the quirks of being a GP. From first aid fails to iconic board games like Guess Who, this episode blends comedy, memories, and unexpected twists. Tune in for laughs, surprises, and a trip down memory lane!
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#999 #aande #emergency #casualty #ambulance #111 #555 #queue #police #crime...2024-11-2644 minBring Back The 80sSeries 3 - Episode 6 - More on British 80s British pubsRemember the British pubs of the 80s? Thick with cigarette smoke and testosterone, thick glass ashtrays if thinks got a bit rough, the landlord with the dirty dishcloth over his shoulder, and the barmaids always had great big personalities!
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#pint #drive #beermat #beer #mat #smiths #walkers #baconfries #scampifries #skol #tuborg #lawnmower #airport #fullenglish #doubledecker #dryice #liquidlunch #wetherspoons #pinball #fruitmachine #jukebox2024-11-1846 min
Bring Back The 80sSeason 3 – Episode 5 – PUBS IN THE 80sBritish pubs in the 80s, no food, your own tankard and a busty barmaid was all we needed!
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#skol #beer #pub #horsebrass #bitter #worthington #bar #tray #barmaid #landlady #pinball #fruitmachine #jukebox #cards #pie #pieandmash #crisps #hotpot #smiths #saltnshake #peanuts #sweatband #brookside #walkman #breakdancing #scampifries #whitbread2024-11-1235 minBring Back The 80sSEASON 3 EPISODE 42024-11-0541 minBring Back The 80sSeason 3 – Episode 3 – EVEN MORE 80s CHOCOLATE#80s #eighties #chocolate #reminice #memories #nostalgia #topics #80s #eighties
#cadburys #AI #robots #elonmusk #snoring #farting #aero #mindyourlanguage #rowntreemackintosh #club #fruitclub #flake #sherbert #dibdabs #dutyfree #themetune #milkbottles #unigate #kitkat #marathon #snickers #texanbar #doubledecker #mint #pepsi #drumstick #dentist #maltesers #ballet2024-10-2841 minBring Back The 80sSERIES 3 - EPISODE 02 - 80s ChocolateIn the name of science, we taste test some of the chocolate from then and now. Even blue smarties!2024-10-2235 minBring Back The 80sSERIES 3 - EPISODE 01 - 80s ChocolateThe best chocolate bars of the 80s tried and tested by Andy and James.2024-10-1537 minBring Back The 80sNew series starting next week!!We're back with season 3 on Tuesday 15th October! Here's a little taster of what to expect.2024-10-1107 minBring Back The 80sAndy's Birthday BonusSeries 3 - Episode 0 - New series starting next week!!
We are back next week with a brand new series. SERIES 3!!!
Our first episode in this series will be about chocolate. In this promo episode we will tease you with a curly-wurly. How big was yours?2024-10-0106 minBring Back The 80s80s big day out to a WIMPY!We went for a WIMPY! 3 Guesses what Andy just HAD to order.2024-09-0330 minBring Back The 80sEp 23 EVEN MORE 80s Kids' MoviesHere's the last in our series of classic 80s movies. We're taking a break for the summer holidays, we'll be back in October with series 3!2024-08-1333 minBring Back The 80sMore 80s Kids' Movies - Episode 22How may of these classic 80s movies did you see at the movies when they were out for the first time?2024-08-0626 minBring Back The 80sWere these the best 80s Kids' Movies Ever?ET, Ghostbusters, Who Framed Roger Rabbit - and more!2024-07-3030 minBring Back The 80sMore 80s comedy moviesA Fish called Wanda, See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Ferris Bueller's Day Off 2024-07-1632 minBring Back The 80sDo you remember these 80s comedy movies?Beverly Hills Cop, Airplane, Police Academy. They were absolute classics of 80s comedy!2024-07-0927 minBring Back The 80sMore Action Movies of the 80s with a bit of sci fi too (Ep 18)Part 22024-07-0235 minBring Back The 80sAction Movies of the 80s with a bit of sci fi too (Ep 17 Part 1)Remember how good the movies were in the 80s?2024-06-2531 minBring Back The 80sOne of these romantic 80s movies should be banned! (S2 Ep 16)This one definitely does not sit well with current audiences.2024-06-1829 minBring Back The 80sRomantic 80s movies (S2 Ep 15)Episode 152024-06-1131 minBring Back The 80sEven More of the Best 80s UK TV adsHow many of these do you remember? 2024-06-0434 minBring Back The 80sThese TV ads from the 80s were the BEST!Season 2 Episode 132024-05-2833 minBring Back The 80sEven more 80s disasters and the jokes you would never get away with now (S2 - Ep12)Different times, different attitudes. No one was offended!2024-05-2133 minBring Back The 80sThe WORST Disasters of the 80s (S2 - Ep 11)The 80s were full of disasters, both man-made and natural. And there was never not a joke in very bad taste about each and every one of them.2024-05-1432 minBring Back The 80sMore playing out in the 80s - Danger everywhere!Series 2 Episode 10 - We were attracted to electricity substations, abandoned houses and mostly came out OK.2024-05-0732 minBring Back The 80sPlaying Out In The 80s (S2 Ep 9)Drinking from hosepipes, coming home when the streetlights came on, and getting into danger!2024-04-3036 minBring Back The 80sBest bits of 80s Toys and Music (Series 2 Episode 8)This week it's a look back at a couple of our most popular episodes. Toys and music of the 80s.2024-04-2329 minBring Back The 80sEven More 80s TV (Season 2 Episode 7)Part 2 of our double episode featuring the best of 80s TV and soaps. See how many you remember.2024-04-1629 minBring Back The 80s80s TV Soap Operas - UK v US: Crossroads or Dynasty, Emmerdale Farm or Dallas? (Season 2 Episode 6)What was the show you would never miss? Were American soaps really better than Corrie? 2024-04-0930 minBring Back The 80sMore Crazy 80s Fashion! (Season 2 Episode 5)Just when you thought you'd seen everything the 80s had...2024-04-0238 min
Bring Back The 80sCrazy 80s Clothes and Fashion! (Season 2 Episode 4)Shell suits, Harmony hairspray, shaggy perms and so much beige! 2024-03-2630 min
Bring Back The 80sSeason 2 Episode 3 - Season 2 Episode 3 - How well DID the 80s predict the future?🚀 Blast from the Past Alert! 🚀 Join the hilarious James Alderson and the ever-entertaining Andy Jackson as they take you on a riotous journey back to the 80s! In this episode of Bring Back The 80s Podcast (UK), we're comparing the outrageous tech and iconic movies of the 1980s with today’s reality. Did flying cars take off? Are we wearing silver jumpsuits? 🤖 Laugh and learn as we dissect what the past thought the future would look like.
🎞️ From the dreams of sci-fi to the gadgets we can't live without today, James and Andy explore the hits and misses of 80s pr...2024-03-1254 min
Bring Back The 80sSeason 2 Episode 2 - The top 5 best and worst cars of the 80sDive headfirst into another hilariously nostalgic journey in your dad's company car with the 'Bring Back The 80s' podcast, where the roar of vintage engines and the scent of fresh cassette tapes blend into a comedic tribute to 1980s car culture in England. Join James and Andy, who grew up amidst the vibrant chaos of the era, as they share uproarious stories and quirky insights into the iconic cars that defined a generation.
From the quirks of driving a classic Lancia that's more rust than car, to the adventures in a Ford Escort that...2024-02-2758 min
Bring Back The 80sSeason 2 Episode 1 - Love is in the air!We're back for 2024 with a Valentine's Day special including what NOT to do to woo the love of your life. Chip shop dates, fumbling in the cinema, and great memories of 80s school discos too.2024-02-1344 min
Bring Back The 80sEpisode 15 - Tidy up the Xmas decs with JamesJames is home alone. It's time to tidy those Xmas dec away for another year.2024-01-1615 min
Bring Back The 80sEpisode 14 - New Year Special!Welcoming in 2024 as if it was 1984 with a look at the big tv shows from the 80s and a truly bizarre new year closedown from ITV. And why we now prefer to see in the new year from the comfort of our reclining chairs at home! 2024-01-0138 min
Bring Back The 80sEpisode 13 - That bit between Christmas and the New YearLive from Biffins Bridge! It's time to listen to that LP you got for Christmas with Chas n Dave whilst dipping in to the dregs of the Quality Street, or those posh chocolate they served at the Ambassador's reception if you were a bit posh!
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Bring Back The 80sEpisode 12 - Christmas was better in the 80s? We do the test!Food, drink, TV, music. One of those things is 100% banned now. Can you guess what it is yet?2023-12-2249 minBring Back The 80sEpisode 12 - Sneak Peek!Full podcast is out on Friday 22nd Decenber 20232023-12-2100 min
Bring Back The 80sEpisode 11 - The Top 5 80s Christmas moviesAndy's list is VERY different to James'! Plus... who can make the best home-made decorations in the shortest amount of time? VIP subscribers get an extra Brucie Bonus too... find out more here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bringbackthe80spodcast/subscribe2023-12-1250 min
Bring Back The 80sEpisode 11 Sneak Peek!What are the top 5 80s Christmas movies? This episode will be released on Tuesday 12th December 20232023-12-1100 min
Bring Back The 80sEpisode 10 - The Best of the 80s TV adverts'All because the lady loves Milk Tray', Skol, the Ready Brek glow, 'Follow the bear!' and loads more 80s telly adverts. 2023-11-2858 min
Bring Back The 80sEpisode 9 - School DaysIn the 80s all PE teachers were monsters, the blackboard rubber was an offensive weapon, and James has found some of his old school reports. 2023-11-1452 min
Bring Back The 80sEpisode 9 - Sneak peekIn the 80s all PE teachers were monsters, the blackboard rubber was an offensive weapon, and James has found some of his old school reports. 2023-11-1300 min
Bring Back The 80sEpisode 9 sneak peek! - School daysIn the 80s all PE teachers were monsters, the blackboard rubber was an offensive weapon, and James has found some of his old school reports.
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Bring Back The 80sEpisode 8 - ToysAndy and James attempt to build and fly a plane! Pocket money toys, board games (bored games?) chemistry sets, and did anyone ever get that cage to fall in Mousetrap? 2023-10-3145 min
Bring Back The 80sEpisode 8 sneak peek! TOYS of the 80sPocket money toys, board games (bored games?) chemistry sets, and did anyone ever get that cage to fall in Mousetrap? Episode 8 out on Tuesday 31st October2023-10-2900 min
Bring Back The 80sEpisode 7 - ShoppingWe all used the high street shops, because there was no such thing as the internet! James tries to explain the concept of a ‘department store’, Andy likes to be guided to the correct item by a man in a brown overall, and what did you do when you got home and found the item you’d just bought DIDN’T COME WITH A PLUG!2023-10-1748 min
Bring Back The 80sEpisode 6 - Holidays80s Holidays in the UK and even somewhere foreign. Bonjour! How did dad manage to drive with the map blocking his entire view, why couldn't the French speak English, who got the better deal on a foreign exchange visit, and what were travel sweets all about?
Also, travel games for the car, Andy tests James' car knowledge with Top Trumps. And win a Tee Shirt! Fish paste sandwich anyone? 2023-10-0350 min
Bring Back The 80sEpisode 5 - ShoppingIn this episode: Trying to record the top 40 without the DJ! Do you remember how hard it was to hit the pause button at just the right time? Plus Top of the Pops, going to Woolworths to buy this week's number one, and guess who has the very first 'Now That's What I Call Music' in his collection.
There's a brand new mystery sound that James 'almost' gives away the answer to, so if you want to win tickets to his Bring Back The 80s tour or a super soft tee shirt, make sure to enter the...2023-09-1942 min
Bring Back The 80sWho was on your bedroom wall? Episode 4Who was your crush? Was it Kylie, Sam Fox, the boys from Wham! or the man carrying the tyres on that poster from the poster shop Athena? And what was page 3 all about anyway.
There's a brand new mystery sound for you to guess as well in this episode where we 'might' have overstayed our welcome just a tiny bit....2023-09-0531 min
Bring Back The 80sBring back 80s tech! Episode 3Licking 9 volt batteries. No xxx internet. TVs Maggie Philbin on drugs? And how 80's kids were the ones that REALLY killed the hight street. All this and more with James Anderson and Andy Jackson. And prizes to be won!
Please do us a massive favour by subscribing and turning on notifications. New episodes come out every other Tuesday. If you REALLY like this episode then please share it with someone. Thanks!2023-08-2249 min
Bring Back The 80s80s chocolate bars were bigger! Episode 2Texan bars, Marathon, Yorkies. We're they all bigger? Were kids' dentists scamming us? Why was James sick on the coach to Stonehenge? All these questions and more will be answered! 2023-08-0849 minBring Back The 80sJust Some 80s Nonsense! Episode 1Join comedy legend James Alderson and radio's Andy Jackson for a look back at the 80s, when everyone still smoked everywhere, you didn't have to take your shoes off to get on a plane, and four tv channels was plenty.
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