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Veronica ExplainsI'm in a nerd-rock band with other YouTubers. Now you can download our music!Oh what do you know, it's Bandcamp Friday and my retrotube faculty band, The Stop Bits, just put out a record!
Here's the Bandcamp link: https://thestopbits.bandcamp.com/album/return-from-interrupt
If you've ever wanted to listen to four YouTubers sing songs about the 6502 instruction set, dealing with the aftermath of a capacitor explosion, or putting Linux on increasingly random machines, this is probably the best way to do that today.
The band on the web: https://www.thestopbits.net
The band on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@TheStopBits
And my band...
2025-09-0502 minVeronica ExplainsI'm in a nerd-rock band with other YouTubers. Now you can download our music!Oh what do you know, it's Bandcamp Friday and my retrotube faculty band, The Stop Bits, just put out a record!
Here's the Bandcamp link: https://thestopbits.bandcamp.com/album/return-from-interrupt
If you've ever wanted to listen to four YouTubers sing songs about the 6502 instruction set, dealing with the aftermath of a capacitor explosion, or putting Linux on increasingly random machines, this is probably the best way to do that today.
The band on the web: https://www.thestopbits.net
The band on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@TheStopBits
And my band...
2025-09-0500 min
RetroTubeCCCP: Shaun of the Dead (2004) with Shannon FayBONUS: Another Halloweeny repost from Cardboard Cinema Club! Huazzah!We broach the 21st Century for the first time, as Adam is joined by actual real-life Canadian* Shannon Fay - author of Innate Magic and External Forces - to discuss the infinitely rewatchable horror-comedy (or comedy-horror), Shaun of the Dead.You can find Shannon on Twitter @ShannonLFay and buy her books in all the usual book-buying places.https://twitter.com/retro_tube [at least till Adam sorts a Cardboard Cinema Club...
2023-10-301h 22
RetroTubeCCCP: An American Werewolf In London (1981) with Alex PearsonBONUS: Cardboard Cinema Club has been sitting around not doing much for a wee bit (due to Adam being too busy for two podcasts), so for a bit of a Halloween bonus, here's the very first episode for anyone who missed it.In this exciting* first episode of Cardboard Cinema Club, Adam is joined by Alex Pearson to chat about the classic 1981 John Landis horror-comedy, An American Werewolf In London. A naked American man stole their balloons - and they never did get the £2 they were promised - but they've vowed to plough o...
2023-10-301h 24
RetroTubeRETROTUBE OBSCURIOS: Apaches & The Finishing Line (1977) with Evelyn MarsContent Warning: This is a chat about the strange and dark world of 1970s British Public Information Films, which deal with child safety, specifically the consequences of playing in farmyards and on railway lines, so there's discussion of fictional child deaths throughout.It's Halloween month, and this episode Adam is joined by the wonderful Evelyn Mars. Evelyn's an American born in the late 1980s, so what will she make of horrifying British Public Information Films of the 1970s?Instagram @thedevilsworkpodTikTok @thedevilsworkpodcasthttps://letterboxd.com/evelyn...
2023-10-251h 25
RetroTubeGive Us A Clue (1979-1980)Third syllableRoundLong?Pipe - is it pipe?CylinderTelescope?TUBE! TUBE!Okay, second syllable.Boat.Rowing boat.ROW!Row-tubeRETROTUBE![audience applause]Please like, rate, review and share the podcast, otherwise Beryl will have a word. And whatever you do, no being silly.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast...
2023-08-161h 21RetroTubeBONUS: Moondial (1988) with Audrey VioletDue to unpopular demand, here's a bonus episode covering episodes 5 & 6 of Moondial (after we received complaints that we only covered 1-4) featuring the wonderful Audrey Violet (previously heard on the Escape Into Night and Cardboard Cinema Club: Celine & Julie Go Boating episodes*).Whereas Heather was a newbie to the world of Moondial, Audrey is an old hand - in fact, it's one of her favourite things ever. So who better to cover the rest of Moondial with? No one, that's who.You can find Auds Violet on Twitter @crowviolets, and in the podcasting...
2023-02-231h 18
Doctor Who: All Of Time And SpaceGodspeed You! Dalek EmperorMark and Iain are joined for the season four finale "The Evil Of The Daleks" by Adam from the RetroTube Archive TV Podcast
Mark recommends From The Oasthouse
Iain recommends Autofiction by Suede
Adam recommends Sammy Copley
2023-01-271h 34RetroTubeMoondial (1988)It's time to take a trip to deepest rural Lincolnshire, and meet wise old Aunt Mary, jolly Mr World and lovely cuddly Miss Raven - not to mention Maggs the kindly gardener and Mrs Crump, the happiest cook in all the county. Yes, it's Moondial!It's a perfect excuse for Adam to bang on something tedious about his childhood, but will Heather find anything to enjoy about this tale of spooky tale of time-travelling children, or will it all be a big ol' yawn?Please like, rate, review and share...
2023-01-231h 27RetroTubeThe Muppet Show (1976-1980)It's The Muppet Show, yaaaaaaaay! And also two of Heather's favourite things: short men and puppets. In the last episode, we featured two of show business's finest small men, Davy Jones and Steve Marriott. Well, hold onto your potatoes Dr Jones, for this episode we have THREE of show business's finest small men, from the worlds of music, comedy and measuring up to the height requirement for stormtroopers.But more importantly, we also meet The Muppets - a community of weird mutations who are so shunned by society that they're forced to perform humiliating sideshow acts...
2023-01-101h 12RetroTubePop Quiz (1984)Well, RetroTube was almost on a roll, then Adam went and got bloomin' Covid and spent the two and a half weeks he COULD'VE been editing this episode instead lying around on the sofa watching films. Went The Day Well? and Train To Busan is quite the double bill.Anyway, after all the gloss and action of the last four episodes, courtesy of Heather, it's time for a dog-eared mid-80s quiz show whose set is made from old carboard boxes, glitter and disappointment - it's the reliably awkward Pop Quiz, featuring three of Heather's Short...
2022-08-231h 16RetroTubeStar Trek - Series 1: This Side of Paradise (1967) (Part 2)Spore blimey - it's part 2 of Adam and Heather's chat about Star Trek series 1, and this time they're looking at This Side of Paradise. Spock gets the girl, Bones gets the tonsils and Kirk gets the hump. Please like, rate, review and share the podcast, otherwise you'll be condemned to a life of perfect health and blissful happiness. What a nightmare!https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music...
2022-07-2953 minRetroTubeStar Trek - season 1: Balance of Terror (1967) (Part 1)Q. What does this episode of RetroTube have in common with the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix?A. Start Wreck.Now I've got that off my chest, it's time for long-term non-Trekker Adam to be introduced to two episodes of Star Trek by Heather, the world's biggest Leonard McCoy fangirl, ho boy, and how, yes indeed. And you'll be pleased to know that a) at no point do they mention the words, "Beam me up, Scotty", and b), you won't hear a single note of *that song*. You know the one I mean. We're a...
2022-07-261h 09
RetroTubeBONUS: A Hard Day's Night - (1964) Part Two (Cardboard Cinema Club)Part two of Adam and Heather blethering on about A Hard Day's Night. What are they like, honestly!Please subscribe to Cardboard Cinema Club on your podcast platform of choice.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/cardboard-cinema-clubemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme tune by Berlin Horse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-06-1551 min
RetroTubeBONUS: A Hard Day's Night - (1964) Part One (Cardboard Cinema Club)Heather and Adam have been holding out on you - only two Retrotube episodes so far this year, and the last one in April. What is the world coming to?To go some way towards atoning for this, and while we prepare our next proper RetroTube episode, here's Heather appearing as a guest on Adam's sibling podcast, Cardboard Cinema Club, talking about their favourite subject, the Beatles' 1964 film, A Hard Day's Night.It would be absolutely lovely if you would be so kind as to have a listen to some of the other...
2022-06-1300 min
Bellingham PodcastEp. 212 | Retro ComputingHousekeeping Gregarious grandiose gob of diggity* Analog Explorer Podcast updates : * The Personal Technologist Blog* New podcast workflow that we are dialing in : be sure to subscribe to bellinghampodcast.substack.com. Disclaimers * Old software/emulation/ ROMs* “Abandonware” VirtualBox lovers…might not like Apple M1Retro Gaming* OpenEMU* RetroPie* Internet Archive * Battle Chess (enhanced) * “Internet Arcade”* Sonic the Hedgehog 2 * “Console Livingroom”Retro Apps* Macintosh Repository Retro OS
2022-06-1233 minRetroTubeThe Avengers - series 4 (1965)Adam has always wanted to wear a bowler hat and Heather has always wanted to punch people... so what better opportunity than Series 4 of swanky spy series, The Avengers? It's British TV's most arch and knowing adventure show, and British TV's most medium theme tune - it's fine, it's sort of in the middle. Actually, I edited out the bit where we talk about it because we rambled on for two hours, and something has to get the chop, but that's the gist. But as TV theme tunes go, it certainly is one. No, it's good. Yeah, it's good...
2022-04-181h 11RetroTubeBatman - season 1 (1966)Holy New Season of RetroTube! And it looks like The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder will be up against their most fearsome foes yet. In her vivid blue cape and spangly blue mask, Everton Girl will confound the Dynamic Duo by being all Scouse and that, and having a working knowledge of the off-side rule, flanked as always by eleven henchmen with inexplicable hairstyles and even more inexplicable blue shorts. Meanwhile, The Fop is wearing his most fey floral shirt, and is holding Gotham City to ransom by threatening to play In Search of the Lost Chord by...
2022-03-311h 14
I am the EggPodThe Beatles Get Back: Day 12 - Adam Leslie and Heather WainwrightRetroTube hosts Adam Leslie and Heather Wainwright discuss day 12 of Peter Jackson's Get Back - Tuesday 21st January 1969 - with Chris Shaw.
2022-01-2152 min
Goon PodThe Bed Sitting Room (1969)If this week’s guest and I were to find ourselves in a post-apocalyptic dystopian wasteland in which only twenty or so people survived, and podcasts didn’t exist anymore, we’d no doubt agree that our lives no longer had any purpose and head off to ask Nurse Marty Feldman for a couple of death certificates. On our way we’d be careful to avoid uxoricidal Shelter Man Harry Secombe, bewhiskered GPO Man Spike Milligan and barber-for-hire (& rubber fetishist) Roy Kinnear.
Above all we’d make sure to KEEP MOVING!
Yes, this episode Adam from RetroT...
2022-01-121h 03RetroTubeThe Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast: Love Is All (1974)It's a bonus episode, because we can't leave well enough alone.Ever wondered what that really odd animation was involving all sorts of insects and woodland creatures, set to a jaunty psychedelic rock song, which would occasionally crop up on TV in the 80s? In this rogue extra outing - it really is the last one for 2021 - Adam inflicts the 3-minute short upon Heather, and they manage to talk about it for over half an hour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-12-2734 min
RetroTubeThe Box of Delights (1984)We're all jolly well going to have a splendiferous time, and try not to get scrobbled by rotters, as Adam and Heather head into a fortuitous snowfall to seek out a copy of Box of Delights... only to find that Box of Delights was contained within their own boxes of delight (no sniggering at the back) the whole time - their online TV streaming services! Hooray! Isn't that just the purple pim?So join them for the last RetroTube of 2021 (and week four of their Patrick Troughton marathon), crack open the eggnog and whiskey mac, steal...
2021-12-141h 26
RetroTubeDoctor Who: The Web of Fear (1968) (part 3)It's time for wispy fungus, railway tunnels, men in combat boots and really big cuddly Ewoks - The Web of Fear.Three hours in, and Adam and Heather are nearing delirium... and they're not even doing it for charity. But never mind, there's light at the end of the tunnel, ho ho, as their Season 5 overview reaches its... well, the point at which they decide to stop, anyway. 'Climax' would probably be putting it too strongly.Good news - there's no dastardly foreigners in this one; but there is a comedy Welshman. Sorry...
2021-12-0844 minRetroTubeDoctor Who: The Ice Warriors (1967) (part 2)You'll have had yer tea.We're back for part 2 of our giddy ramble about the legendary Season 5 of Doctor Who: to be precise, episodes 1 & 4 of The Ice Warriors. Two non-consecutive episodes... what could possibly go wrong?Heather is wearing her finest pop-art PVC outfit, while Adam has drawn on a beard with black marker pen. But will Heather appreciate this stagey malarkey, or will she run off down an ice corridor and scream so loudly it all comes crashing down on top of her?Storr says: ye'll...
2021-12-0252 minRetroTubeDoctor Who: Tomb of the Cybermen (1967) (part 1)Part 1 of Adam & Heather's chat about Season 5 of Doctor Who takes in the first two episodes of Tomb of the Cybermen.In order to give Heather a flavour of the base-under-siege world of Season 5, we've jumped about across several stories and watched a couple of episodes from each - whether this turns out to have been a good idea or not will become clear at the podcast goes along.Tomb of the Cybermen took us to the one-hour mark, so we've split the podcast up into two episodes. Or maybe three, depending on...
2021-11-3000 minGoon PodThe Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton)What can be done about a BBC announcer who has gone over to the dark side? Find out this week as we welcome Heather Wainwright, co-host and beating heart of the ever-popular RetroTube podcast, who popped along to talk about the absolute stone cold classic The Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton).
As Nugent Dirt enters the annals of criminology as the Phantom’s first victim and Wallace Greenslade’s tobacco business begins to thrive, so this taut 30-minute thriller builds to a nail-biting climax with barely a dry seat left in the house. We examine the episode, alon...
2021-11-1756 minRetroTubeMission: Impossible - season 1 (1966)Adam has been kidnapped by sinister agents from TV Cream archive television podcast, and only Heather can rescue him. Disguised as Graham Kibble-White, Heather has infiltrated their base; knocked their butler unconscious; bugged their library; set up a complex pulley system involving a winch, three metres of cable, half a pound of dried figs and a copy of Horse & Hounds; and fashioned a decoy Adam out of plasticine. But is the Adam she now has in the boot of her car the real Adam, or is he too an impostor in disguise?Before his kidnap, Adam...
2021-11-151h 09RetroTubeGrange Hill (1989)Adam is cooking up a brand new money-making scheme selling first years to science and then running a sweepstake on how much profit he makes, while girly old Heather is fretting about what make-up to wear to her make-up-and-boys party to which she is hoping to invite some very cool older boys who look like they should be in Brother Beyond but can't act.Before they do that, they have to watch a couple of episodes from the final season of Imperial-phase Grange Hill - the last to feature Ziggy Greaves, Gonch Gardner, Helen Kelly, Danny...
2021-11-021h 11
RetroTubeRETROTUBE OBSCURIOS: Escape Into Night (1972) with Crow VioletWhile Heather gears up for our next regular episode - and it is turning out to be a slightly involved diversion from the usual formula - Adam is joined by artist, writer, comedian, compere and film studies tutor Crow Violet to talk about ATV's almost mythical 1972 adaptation of Catherine Storr's children's novel Marianne Dreams.Adam and Crow are both huge fans of Bernard Rose's 1988 movie adaptation of the same novel, Paperhouse - but can a low-budget TV version filmed on two sets with a total of five actors possibly live up to it?
2021-10-221h 08
RetroTubeTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)(Re-upload, now with new improved audio quality! Huzzah!)What's Raphael's favourite film?Turtle Recall.It's time to take a trip into the sewers of New York City to visit the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Harpo, Groucho, Stig, Ron, Barry, Mike, Vyvyan, Neil, Curly and Moe. Or something like that, I wasn't really paying attention. Adam has been kidnapped by the evil Shredder and is being forced to watch episodes of a 1987 animated TV show for some reason. Who could be the mastermind behind this dastardly plot? Why yes, it's...
2021-10-031h 11
RetroTubePrisoner: Cell Block H (1985)Fair go! Heather's going to the tut this arvo, while Adam is busy lagging to the screws. But Heather's just been made top dog, so Adam's heading for a bashing. But be careful, Adam and Heather, or you'll both end up on a charge!The big question is, though: will Heather enjoy the wild and wacky world of Prisoner: Cell Block H, or will she repeatedly slam Adam's head in a door for making her watch it? And will Adam, by way of revenge, put something toxic in her face powder?He used...
2021-09-231h 20
RetroTubeThe Sweeney (1978)Donning their best Cockney accents, Adam and Heather are huddled in a chilly transport caff waiting to knock off a consignment of dodgy videos coming over from Rotterdam - old episodes of To The Manor Born and Larry Grayson's Generation Game, plus a cannister containing Marco Polo and episode 4 of The Tenth Planet.But who's this doing 90 'cos they've got the word to go? It's Goodnight Mr Tom and Minder come to nick them, with bonus fisticuffs. Adam and Heather are going to get a right old hiding, the pair of rotters. And who can blame...
2021-09-141h 06
RetroTubeDoctor Who: The Gunfighters (1966)Well, a lookie-here, if it ain't that most disreputable gang in the whole of the west - the Retrotube Gang, come to shoot the marshal and his deputy full o' holes - with their verbal sparring, of course: there ain't no guns allowed on Retrotube Ranch. Why look, it's Ezekial Retrotube, Norton Retrotube, Clete Retrotube, ol' Gabriel Retrotube, Clayton Retrotube, Isaac Retrotube, Phileas Retrotube, Charlton Retrotube, little brother Seth Retrotube, Mad Merton Retrotube, and worst of all, Ma and Pa Retrotube, Heather and Adam.But will they enjoy the most polarising episode of Doctor Who until...
2021-07-281h 08
RetroTubeBonus: C90Here's a little extra bonus thingy - not so much an actual episode, more supplementary material to go along with the chat with Peter Tunstall.We touched upon the audio tapes that we used to record and post to each other throughout the 90s. If you were at all intrigued by the clips I included in the episode, or just enjoy the whole nostalgic 80s/90s tape cassette culture, I've put together a C90's worth of some of the highlights. It won't be everyone's cup of tea - or even their glass of warm cherryade...
2021-07-161h 29
RetroTubeConversation with Peter Tunstall: childhood, nostalgia & TVWhile Heather is on the mend, here's a slightly different episode from normal - I'm chatting to my old pal from primary school, Peter Tunstall. Peter is a writer, brainbox and all-round excellent fellow. We'd intended to talk about some of the TV programmes we watched growing up, but it quickly turned into a more general chat about nostalgia as an idea / sensation. But we do cover Doctor Who, Jackanory and unusual shows which frightened us, amongst other subjects.RetroTube will be back to normal service very soon, but hopefully in the meantime...
2021-07-151h 31
RetroTubeGrim Tales (1989)Once, a long time ago, there were two nasty ogres, one called Adam and the other called Heather. Now, it was well known that Adam and Heather were the nastiest, meanest, most bad-tempered ogres in all the land - they'd snatch away lollipops from children, they'd knock off old ladies' hats, and worst of all, they'd watch old TV shows and then take it upon themselves to sit in judgment.One day, the two ogres came across a television programme from long, long ago called Grim Tales, which featured stories told by the most handsome and...
2021-07-0852 min
The ExtonMoss ExperimentEpisode 74: The ChampionsIn this episode we are joined by Heather from RetroTube to pay tribute to the actor Stuart Damon by watching three episodes of 'The Champions' over a glass of Tanqueray gin, plus we pay a visit to the ExtonMoss Gift Shop!
2021-07-0555 min
RetroTubeDungeons & Dragons (1984)There is great danger ahead, young warriors - Adam and Heather have wandered into the realm and now seek a knowledge more dark and more powerful than any you have yet encountered: is this cheap mid-80s American cartoon tie-in series any good or not? Use the force, Luke... I mean, use your wits, warriors. Only by not watching Dungeons & Dragons can you truly watch Dungeons & Dragons. But beware: it is not Adam you have to please, but the almighty Heather, keeper of the final verdict. She is the one you must defeat. Let grumpiness be your shield.
2021-07-011h 12
Goon PodDr. StrangeloveIn the fifth episode of Goon Pod it's the welcome return of Adam from RetroTube podcast - despite concerns that he’ll see the big board!
We have a right old chinwag about what is arguably Peter Sellers’ second greatest cinematic performance(s) – in the 1964 Stanley Kubrick Cold War satire Dr Strangelove.
Among many other things we talk about the fact that Spike Milligan was possibly partially responsible for Quentin Tarantino’s career and how one of the most memorable lines of dialogue in the film could have been inspired by Eccles. We also discuss Kubrick’s...
2021-06-231h 02
RetroTubeThe Man From U.N.C.L.E. - series 1 (1964)It's Man From U.N.C.L.E. time - and Adam gets to be the smooth one with a way with the ladies and who reckons he's the star of the show; while Heather is the grumpy one who thinks she's the sidekick but is actually the one everyone tunes in for. Just you wait, there'll soon be Heather Wainwright related novelty records!It's a glossy 60s spy show, so OF COURSE this is one of Heather's... but will Adam enjoy its fast-paced hijinks (and the presence of two baby-faced American TV legends as guest...
2021-06-101h 06
RetroTubeThe Adventure Game - series 2 (1981)Part 2 of Adam and Heather's Adventure Game chinwag, in which they leave Paul and Robert far behind... but not Lesley. Oh no, not Lesley - it seems like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, but we get to see a whole other side of her in this episode. You thought Tina Heath getting pregnant was shocking? Think again.Meanwhile, we meet Graeme Garden, Carol Chell and Stretched Adric for a journey through Series 2 Arg, and a very difference place it is too, with different Argonds. These furry tubes are much more threatening and snarly than the...
2021-04-2955 min
RetroTubeThe Adventure Game - series 1 (1980)Adam and Heather rambled on something rotten this week, so we've split their conversation about 1980s children's game show The Adventure Game into two parts - series 1 now, and series 2 next time if you're very good and eat up all your vegetables.Moira Stuart is really a lizard person, and she has Heather, Adam and a random civilian trapped in a gloomy cave system, forcing them to complete impossibly convoluted puzzles for her own amusement... or is it all just a particularly baffling dream? And who keeps making that annoying honking sound?But...
2021-04-2250 min
RetroTubeThe Monkees - season 1 (1966)Hey hey we're Adam and Heather And people say we Adam and Heather around.Leonard Nimoy has really become a Vulcan and Michael Nesmith has put his fist through a wall (and it coulda been your face), so it's time to pull on our green woollen hats and double-breasted red shirts and join the world's first manufactured boy band on their tartrazine-fuelled romp around the dispiriting mid-60s music industry. It's The Monkees!But will Adam be nice about Heather's favourite band and TV show, or will he become a shirtless...
2021-04-141h 17
RetroTubeRETROTUBE OBSCURIOS: Willo The Wisp (1981) with Shannon FayCanadian author Shannon Fay joins RetroTube this week for a trip to Doyley Wood to watch the not-that-obscure British animated series, Willo The Wisp.Will Shannon be swept up by the off-kilter surreal charm of this early 80s hand-drawn cartoon, or will she end up cackling like a deranged television and magic the whole thing away with 'er evil spells wot she 'as.You can follow Shannon on Twitter @ShannonLFay and also buy her bloomin' book, Innate Magic, when it comes out please and thank you.Mavis...
2021-04-0750 min
RetroTubeMagical Mystery Tour (1967)A special feature-length episode of Retrotube, as Adam and Heather don their Fair Isle tank-tops, oversize blue zoot-suit jackets and funny feathery top hats, and drag their Aunt Jessicas onto the Magical Mystery Tour - destination: some grotty off-season seaside resort.But will Who-and-Hollies-and-Monkees-loving Heather be riveted by the Beatles' aimless meanderings, or will she nod off half way through and have a slightly disturbing dream about spaghetti? (Victor Spaghetti, ho ho).Well, will she? Have a guess. Have a guess! HAVE A GUESS!
2021-03-261h 28
RetroTubeThe Incredible Hulk (1978)Adam and Heather's clothes are split and in tatters... but then, it was a very large lunch.They've also been watching 1978's The Incredible Hulk, Retrotube's first all-American outing, and the show colour TV was invented for. Marvel fan Heather could watch the big green bloke smashing things up all day - but will childhood nostalgia be enough to carry Adam through the antics and tomfoolery, or will his "rarrr" be more of a "zzzz"? Or will the whole thing be derailed when Heather's uncontrollable fit of the giggles turns her into the Hulk?
2021-03-1958 min
RetroTubeSapphire and Steel (1981)All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension. Transuranic, heavy elements may not be used where there is life. Medium atomic weights are available: Sausages, Ice Cream, Bread, A Nice Merlot, Margarine, Celery, Lemonade, Carrot Cake and Peanuts. Lemonade and Peanuts have been assigned.Join Heather in her natty grey suit and Adam in his lovely floofy blue dress as they watch Sapphire and Steel: Assignment 4. But will David McCallum's pretty face and floppy hair be enough for Heather to enjoy these eerie early-80s shenanigans, or will the faceless man and creepy...
2021-03-1254 min
RetroTubeMan In A Suitcase (1967)It's time to hop on over to the TFI Friday studios for... gritty 1967 spy thriller, Man In A Suitcase. Adam and Heather take a trek through the darker and grimier corners of the swinging decade, and get involved in all sorts of espionage shenanigans and undercover jiggerypokery - meeting a very familiar drunken rogue and a very familiar double agent in the process.But will Adam enjoy the show, or will he become distracted by a drunken Shaun Ryder, an ugly bloke and Ocean Colour Scene?Philip Madoc asks if...
2021-03-0551 min
RetroTubeBattle of the Planets (1978)Big 10! It's time for Heather and Adam to don their fancy capes, spandex jumpsuits and helmets shaped like birds' heads and take a trip to Centre Neptune for an after-school viewing of Sandy Frank Presents Battle of the Planets.But will Heather enjoy this most disco of all teatime cartoons, or will it take all of her syuper powers to make it through the three episodes: The Thing With 1000 Eyes, Keyop Does It All and Space Rock Concert? Babybabybabybabybabyyyyy I luuuuu woooo babybabybaby.Sexy computer Susan asks if you could like, rate, review...
2021-02-2658 min
RetroTubeHancock (1961)Retrotube is back for Season 2, and it's time for Heather and Adam to slip on their unflattering jumpers and take the bus to East Cheam as they enjoy classic 1961 pioneer sitcom Hancock, and the episodes The Bedsitter, The Bowmans and The Blood Donor.But will Adam enjoy Tony's misanthropic right-wing world view, or will he unexpectedly have a funny turn and have to lie on the floor (or both)? Find out inside!NOTE: Adam says Percy Thrower in this episode, when really he means Percy Edwards. He has handed back his archive TV...
2021-02-2052 min
RetroTubeRETROTUBE OBSCURIOS: The Nightmare Man (1981) with Hannah CooperRaaarrrrr! It's time for another RetroTube Obscurios, and this week Adam is joined by Hannah Cooper (@MrsSimonTemplar) to discuss murky 1981 horror shenanigans, The Nightmare Man.It's Robert Holmes! It's Douglas Camfield! It's Reg Hollis off The Bill! It's well-known Scottish actress, Celie Imrie! It's a lurking, shiny monster with red-tinted eyesight brutally picking off local residents one by one! Exactly the sort of thing to watch when you're six years old.But will Hannah say "Yay!" or will she say "Crivvens, no! Help ma boab!"? Or will she let her cover slip and...
2021-02-0853 min
RetroTubeRETROTUBE OBSCURIOS: The Owl Service (1969) with Jezella PigottIt's time for another poke around the dusty attic of archive television, and this week the sinister presence we can hear scritching about on the floorboards overhead is the 1969 adaptation of Alan Garner's novel, The Owl Service.Adam's guest for this episode is Jezella Pigott - artist, musician and all-round good egg - whose links you can find here:https://www.instagram.com/follow_theredthread/https://jezellapigott.co.uk/https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/breathedraw-tickets-137837476603Please do rate and subscribe at all...
2021-02-0159 min
RetroTubeRETROTUBE OBSCURIOS: Middle English - Interference (1985) with Alex PearsonWhile Heather is recuperating from a touch of the Covid (but don't worry, she's firmly on the mend), join Adam and special guest Alex Pearson for a new and occasional dip into the weirder, more obscure and often creepier corners of archive television, Obscurios.For this inaugural episode, we're looking at mid-80s child-terrifier, INTERFERENCE, which went out as part of ITV's Middle English educational programming. Crumbs!If our podcast piques your interest, you can watch the full programme here:https://youtu.be/J27Vlwauao0
2021-01-0351 min
Antique Dust - The PodcastChildren of Green Knowe - A Christmas Popup PodcastWe join forces with Adam from RetroTube to talk about a bit of spooky classic Christmas telly - 'The Children of Green Knowe'.
A gentle, charming and subtle tale? Or four episodes where nothing much of any consequence actually happens?
Do we have opinions? Of course we do!
2020-12-2247 min
RetroTubeDoctor Who: The Time Meddler (1965)Adam and Heather are not mountain goats and they prefer walking to anyday - but what will Heather make of classic 1965 comic romp, The Time Meddler: two Carry On stars, a secret Scouser and the presenter of Junior Kickstart get up to all sorts of hijinks and monkery in 11th Century Northumbria. Will Heather turn her nose up at such nonsense, and will Adam bore on at great length about his favourite show? (A hard yes to one of those questions).Hi-Fi the toy panda asks if you could please like, rate, review...
2020-12-1854 min
RetroTubeRandall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969)It's time for Adam and Heather to don their white suits and be each other's imaginary friend - it's Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). But will Adam enjoy this most treasured of all Heather's 60s shows, or will she have him drugged and committed to a grimy psychiatric ward run by a standard-issue dastardly Austrian psychiatrist?Please like, rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, especially if you're wearing pink trousers.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail...
2020-12-1148 min
RetroTubeTales of the Unexpected (1980-83)This week, Adam and Heather look at three episodes of Tales of the Unexpected - What Have You Been Up To Lately, The Wrong 'Un and Royal Jelly. Or is Adam really duping Heather into watching weird old TV shows so that he can steal her diamonds, or is Heather really allowing Adam to steal her diamonds so that he's targeted by the vengeful criminals from which she stole them, or is Adam allowing himself to be targeted by vengeful criminals in order to poison their leader who used to bully him at school? Or will it be something...
2020-12-0451 min
RetroTubeThe Prisoner (1967)We're back, and this week, Adam (#29) and Heather (#71) don their fetching blazers, slacks and deck shoes to wander disconsolately around a pastel-coloured idyll, occasionally stopping to buy a cuckoo clock or bounce around on trampolines like a pair of pillocks. Why, it can only be that most 60s of all 60s show, The Prisoner.But will Adam be placed on a throne and declared king, or will the whole thing prove too baffling and cause him to make a break for it across the beach with Heather's pet weather balloon in hot pursuit?
2020-11-2756 min
RetroTubeBlake's 7 - series A (1978) - Seek-Locate-Destroy/Mission To DestinyIt's time to visit the planet Centero, and meet a comedy robot with a flame-thrower and some smouldering unrequited passion. Meanwhile, it's a bad hair day on board the Ortega - a spaceship fitted with communicators, of all things. Wow. Such luxury,But will Heather enjoy the first season of Blake's 7, or will she sneak off to Freedom City for a refreshing glass of adrenaline and soma instead?NOTE: We're only discussing Series A in this episode. There won't be any spoilers for anything in subsequent seasons, so if you're making your way...
2020-10-3154 min
RetroTubePaul Daniels Live At Halloween (1987)Since you've all been good boys and girls, it's a Retrotube Halloween bonus episode - the notorious Paul Daniels Live At Halloween broadcast from 1987.So let's join Paul Daniels, Debbie McGee, Eugene Burger, Elsie the Owl, Conservative MP Ian Taylor (!) and a rather spiky iron maiden for the most hair-raising television event of the year. But will Heather find the grand finale as shocking as the 1987 viewing public? Will she feel compelled to phone the BBC to complain?The Floor Manager requests, ladies and gentlemen, that you to like, rate...
2020-10-2740 min
RetroTubeThe Persuaders (1971)Join Adam and Heather this week as they journey back to 1971 to ogle ladies and punch bad guys on the chin - it's the Tony Curtis / Roger Moore ITC romp The Persuaders. Will Adam enjoy its dubious retro charms, or will he sneak back to 2020 while Heather isn't looking and rewatch Ghosts instead?While you're here, maybe we can *persuade* you to like, rate, review and subscribe to the podcast. https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.com
2020-10-2449 min
RetroTubeChildren of the Stones (1977)Happy day! We've found ourselves trapped in a spooky little village, unable to leave and with only Happy Ones for company (they're posting inspirational memes on Facebook again), and so to while away the day, it's time to inflict 1977's unsettling children's drama Children of the Stones onto Heather. But what will she make of the show's murky narrative, flared trousers and reluctance to mail anything to America?To find out whether you're the kind of man she thinks you are, Margaret Smythe requests that you touch the stone, and then like, rate and subscribe to...
2020-10-1748 min
RetroTubeThunderbirds (1965)Adam is drinking cocktails on Tracy Island while Heather is stranded up in Thunderbird 5 - with John Tracy, not her first choice - resulting in an awkward three-second lag this week. Luckily, it has been skilfully edited out by Tin-Tin Kyrano (who gets all the rotten jobs), so you should barely notice the difference.Joe the Cameraman asks that you like, rate and subscribe, or at the very least STOP THE TRUCK!To join International Rescue and help the Tracy boys save the day every week, you can follow this link to check...
2020-10-1047 min
RetroTubeThe Tripods - series 1 (1984)Heather and Adam discuss the BBC's 1984 adaptation of John Christopher's The Tripods: a TV serial about three boys wandering slowly across Europe, but disappointingly few of the giant alien machines of the title. The Tripods was Adam's choice - what will Heather (a fan of glossy 60s spy shows) make of this incomplete mid-80s curio?Ozymandias requests that you like, rate and subscribe. 'Tis the only way to reach the White Mountains.To investigate The Tripods yourself - follow this link: https//www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x375mshttps...
2020-10-0346 min