About this podcast
Award-winning podcast diving DEEP into British children's telly! From puppet cacti to deadly gameshows, we're taking a nostalgic trip to an era in which Barney Harwood was King. Everything you forgot that you loved throughout the 90s and 2000s? We remember it all. And we're going to talk about it. (A podcast for adults seeking Highbrow Cultural Commentary - not for kids!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 101 episodes
- Tracy Beaker Series 4 · 1 h 57 min · Season 7 Episode 11Welcome to the grand finale of series 7!!! We love doing our Tracy Beaker episodes, and we hope that you still love listening to them. This one comes with warnings of death and…
- Toy Story 5 [TEASER] · 12 minThey made a fifth one, why not? This is a clip from our latest Patreon bonus episode. If you want to support the show, you already are by being here and listening, but if you…
- The Koala Brothers · 1 h 23 min · Season 7 Episode 10Chocks away Buster! What can we say about The Koala Brothers? It's a nice show made by British people about Australian animals who live on a homestead in the Outback. What more…
- Mr Benn · 1 h 31 min · Season 7 Episode 9"And as if by magic, the shopkeeper appeared." Mr Benn is a gay communist. In this essay we will... Other topics include bizarre and inappropriate birthday cards we have gifted…
- Watch My Chops · 1 h 37 min · Season 7 Episode 8Watch mah chops, Burneh! Watch My Chops is a show we know nothing about. Made in France, dubbed in England, Broadcast in Australia... there are so many questions about this…
- The Owl Service · 2 h 28 min · Season 7 Episode 7"She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting." The 60s are calling on the Alan Garner phone and it's finally the decade of…
- The Shiny Show · 1 h 19 min · Season 7 Episode 6Give yourself a shiny!!! Here is some classic 2000s Cbeebies content for you. We've got puppets, we've got repetitive musical stings, and we've got learning about Places and…
- The Slammer · 1 h 35 min · Season 7 Episode 5Who's the Governor? YOU'RE THE GOVERNOR!!! This is a VERY important episode. The Slammer means a tremendous deal to us, it is one of the greatest shows ever made, and if you…
- Rosie and Jim · 1 h 31 min · Season 7 Episode 4QUAAAACK! It's the older (and not quite as good but still really good) cousin of Tots TV. Rosie and Jim is about two demonic imps who haunt a houseboat and ruin the lives of…
- The Powerpuff Girls · 1 h 38 min · Season 7 Episode 3SUGAR! SPICE! AND EVERYTHING NICE! It's a Laurisode once again. Meg and Elsie have NEVER SEEN THE POWERPUFF GIRLS and Laura is going to put an end to that. Other topics…
- Jungle Run · 1 h 35 min · Season 7 Episode 2What show has three children struggling to complete a 7-piece jigsaw, an adult man beefing with kids for not swimming fast enough, and the prospect of being trapped inside a…
- The Herbs and The Adventures of Parsley · 1 h 33 min · Season 7 Episode 1Season 7 is HERE AT LAST! We're kicking off with Thots favourites Ivor Wood and Michael Bond. The Herbs is an intensely boring show (perfect for a season premiere) but if…
- The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Maria Years - Part 2 · 1 h 34 min · Season 6 Episode 11You wait six seasons for a Sarah Jane Adventures episode and then two come along at once! This is part two of a very special season finale indeed, and it is about one of our…
- Harry Batt Pilot · 1 h 7 minNAEBODY MOVE! This was originally a bonus Patreon episode that came out in August, and was always going to eventually make its way onto our main feed. This is the sort of fun we…
- The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Maria Years - Part 1 · 1 h 9 min · Season 6 Episode 10Well, it's about time. The original plan was one episode about the entire Sarah Jane series. How naive we were. So here is part 1 of hopefully a Tracy Beaker style ongoing saga…
- In the Night Garden · 1 h 24 min · Season 6 Episode 9But somebody's not in bed... You know how much we love to revisit Ragdoll productions and the work of Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport. It's that time again to "review" something…
- Numberjacks · 1 h 25 min · Season 6 Episode 8The Numberjacks are on their way!!! Okay. It's time we discussed the most visually unsettling show ever put before pre-schoolers. Numberjacks won awards for its educational…
- Noddy's Toyland Adventures · 1 h 46 min · Season 6 Episode 7Content warning: discussion of racism, antisemitism, and homophobia. Make way for everyone's least favourite cabbie... It's time, once again, for an Enid Blyton Megisode. This…
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends · 1 h 23 min · Season 6 Episode 6COCO! COCO! It's a Laura episode (Lepisode)!!! This week we're hopping across the pond to one of the favourite networks of the Sky Children - Cartoon Network. Freeview kids…
- The Magic Roundabout · 1 h 21 min · Season 6 Episode 5"Time for bed, said Zebedee..." You all know by now that we LOVE a dirty, fuzzy, scratchy, stop-motion vehicle for felt creatures and posh narrators. That's right - it's time…
