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Due 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 world on her very own show, The Violet Ghost Train.Heather will be back next time, as we watch... well, something. It's a surprise.*1001 thanks to Iain of the All Of Time And Space for his recommendation of our little Parisian adventure towards the end of the Doctor Who Season 4 retrospective episode, it was a delightful surprise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 the podcast, otherwise you'll get locked in a storeroom with nothing to do but polish your bottle.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin 'orse.I wanna take a leak but there's a policeman eying meHe's there every week, I wonder what his query can be. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 just to survive. Luckily, the bleeding heart liberal elite (ie woke pampered celebrities like Rita Moreno) are on hand to try and lend this spectacle some kind of legitimacy. Something something snowflakes something something millennials.Ahem, sorry, I don't know what came over me.Please like, rate, review and share the podcast, otherwise Peter Sellers will get you.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Faves, hooray. Please like, rate, review and share the podcast, otherwise Mike Read will sing an offensive song about you.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Adam S. Leslie, Mr Berlin Horse.Correction: at one point, Adam describes Paul Jones as a 6 Music DJ. Paul Jones is, in fact, a BBC Radio 2 DJ - yes, he's *that* swanky. Sorry, Paul. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 by Adam S. Leslie, aka Berlin Horse.James Baxter! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 classy podcast.This is part one of two - they got a little bit overexcited and talked for two and a half hours. Balance of Terror is discussed in this episode, This Side of Paradise in the next.So, wearing the purple uniform of the Starfleet podcasting division, Adam and Heather buckle up and knuckle down to some serious Trekkery. Will Adam enjoy his taste of Kirk and the gang, or will he not give a TOS?Please like, rate, review and share the podcast, otherwise it's the pink smoke for you.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Adam S. Leslie, aka Berlin Horse.Note: in their discussion about female characters with feminine-sounding surnames (Ensign Martine, President Roslin), our RetroTube pals forgot about the most blindly obvious example of all - Star Trek's very own Captain Janeway. Boh. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 episodes of Cardboard Cinema Club, and maybe even consider subscribing - there are some real corkers coming up... films from the 1930s all the way up to the present day.In the meantime, I hope you enjoy our unabashed, unashamed Beatle geek-out - and stay tuned (though not in any literal sense) for part two!https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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, it's fine. I couldn't hum it, I always think of the Danger Man theme, which is the one from Mark and Lard. (Don't tell Heather I said this, she thinks it's the the bee's knees. Actually, she thinks it's the bees' knees, plural, that's how good she thinks it is.)Anyway, it's The Avengers, and we don't mention a certain superhero property once, not even once - aren't you proud of us?Please like, rate, review and share the podcast, otherwise otherwise you'll be sent to a special house that's REALLY ANNOYING, so annoying that you'll say, "This is annoying", and you'll get really cross and have to drink some brandy and also have a fight with a Welsh person who looks like Peter Baynham. https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Adam S. Leslie, that is also called Berlin Horse.Warning: this podcast contains Bluebottle. You rotten swine you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 The Moody Blues on a dastardly loop, the scoundrel. Be it sight, sound, smell or touch, there is somethink inside we need so much...It's Heather's turn to inflict her glossy 60s shows onto Adam, but will he have any tolerance at all for Batman's bright colours and frivolous plots, or will the whole thing leave him with a sugar rush and toothache? Find out in this week's exciting instalment of -RetroTube!Please like, rate, review and share the podcast, otherwise Frank Gorshin will come and be all wriggly near you. Unless that seems like a good thing, in which case he won't.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Adam S. Leslie, what is also called Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 all the strawberry Quality Street before anyone else can get their hands on them, play with your new Star Wars figures (I got Greedo and Biker Scout, what did you get?) and enjoy... The Box of Delights.Maria Jones says: podcasts are boring, we should all just have gun battles with the latest military hardware, and maybe drop bombs on each other, that's be whizzer! But if you must listen to silly old podcasts - yawn - then the least you could do is like, rate, review and share the podcast, before I blast you with my real Colt Peacemaker, just like cowboys had. Pow pow!Music by Berlin Horse See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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, Huw.Speaking of which, Driver Evans says: well, boyo, it's like this isn't it, I'm not going to like, rate, review or share the podcast. You can like, rate, review and share the podcast if you want, boyo, but not me, I'm not crazy, like. No way, boyo.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. Yet another remix. Some spanking new Arturia virtual instruments, and the full compliment of the wonderful Analogue Obsession compressors - what's a chap to do? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 no be liking, rating, reviewing or sharing any podcast, if I have anything to do with it. Podcasts are the work of science - it's all evil. Evil, I tell ye! Any enemy of podcasts is a friend of mine. These podcasters - ye cannae trust a word they say!https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horsssssse See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 how the next batch of editing goes...Meanwhile, in this episode, find out:What happened when Heather met Frazer and Adam met Debbie.Whether Heather's reaction to the Second Doctor was a deep, profound love or a deep, profound irritation.Which famous Hollywood writer neither Adam nor Heather have any time for.Which of the characters needs a jolly good smacked bottom. (I think I left that part in, anyway)John Viner says: please like, rate, review and share, for God's sake, before they come and kill us all. It's this podcast! Its alive! Alive, I tell you! https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 was busy watching an episode from the first season of Mission: Impossible, an American espionage/hijinks show featuring some people doing some things. Will Adam enjoy the adventures of Dan Briggs and his assorted pals, or will he tear off his mask and flounce away into the evening?An unprecedented fourth Carl Wilson says (or would've done had he been conscious), please like, rate, review and share the podcasthttps://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse, featuring the Dan Briggs Singers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 Kendall, the mighty Mr Bronson - and, of course, the late Alan Hawkshaw's magnificent Chicken Man theme tune. Mwanap mwah mwaaaah.But will Heather enjoy spending time with so many grubby teenagers and their Norf Landan accents, or will she end up pursuing Adam down a corridor, bellowing at him and issuing all sorts of dire threats?A norse! A norse! My kingdom for a norse!Mrs McClusky says: I'd have expected this from you, Adam, but not the rest of you. I don't want to have to call in your parents, but I shall. In the meantime, I require you all to like, rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and don't let me catch you using language like that again.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme music by Berlin Horse.But I didn't understand. I didn't understand. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

While 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?Check out Crow's wonderful website and her exploration of hauntology and strange spaces here:https://crowviolet.com/If you don't rate and subscribe at all the usual places, mummy will be forced to call Dr Burton again:https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comMusic by Berlin Horse, neigh See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

(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 Heather "Krang" Wainwright, flexing her brain-tendrils in a most devious fashion.When the evil Shredder attacks,Those turtle boys are wearing their slacks.Would it be accurate to refer to the Turtles as the ultimate Splinter group?Will Adam enjoy this exquisite torture, or will this be the end of Retrotube at the exact one-year mark?Happy Anniversary everyone!Michelangelo says: please like, rate, review and share the podcast, dude. I'd do it myself, but I'm, like, tooootally baked.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 to give me rosesI wish he would againBut I ran him over with my VolvoAnd now I'm sharing a cell with Lexi Patterson and Alice Jenkins.Please like, rate, review and share the podcast, or Willie will sing for you.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse.A wheelbarrow? That's no place for yeast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 them?But will Adam enjoy this grimiest of police procedurals, or will Heather be forced to fling him from a moving vehicle at the soonest opportunity?Please like, rate, review and share the podcast, or 100 days in hospital.Like, beoordeel, bekijk en deel de podcast, of 100 dagen in het ziekenhuis.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 Love + Monsters, or will they be stringing it up from a tree by sun-up (or mid-afternoon)? Maybe Nurse Gladys Emmanuel will have some thoughts on the matter...So fill up your ipodAnd sit in your roomPlease like, rate and reviewIn the Last Chance Saloon...https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Here'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 - but I think there'll be people out there who might dig our hauntologically-inclined shenanigans.Do give it a try, anyway. I think Peter is a really extraordinary writer, and we had a lot of fun making them and trying out new ideas back in the day.Let us know what you think!-Adamhttps://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

While 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 you'll enjoy our wander through the backroads, disused car parks and abandoned canals of the human brain. Or our human brains anyway.Roy Castle's giant seedpod says: please like, rate, review and share the podcast,.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 popular prince in the whole kingdom, Rik Mayall. All the people loved Prince Rik and threw flowers everywhere he went.Adam and Heather didn't like this - they were very jealous, and would hide inside their dark, mouldy lair muttering the foulest curses they could muster. One cold, wintery morning, Heather woke up and said, "I know what we can do. We can make a podcast all about Prince Rik and his television programme, and we can say lots of awful things about him. All the worst things we can think of!" But they knew they had to be careful, for Prince Rik had a special magic which made all the people fall madly in love with him. They were ogres, and it wouldn't do to fall in love with charming Prince Rik, would it?The Lion says, Schteeve... I would love it if you would like, rate, review and share the podcast, Schteeve.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse.Fun fact: Pete Moss, who was Vivian Stanshall's musical director, also did the 80s Grange Hill theme. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.Uni says mehhhhhhh. She also asks that you like, rate, review and share the podcast please.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Unicorn. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 stars), or will he take one whiff of the latest perfume from Paris and fall into a deep sleep?Mr Waverly asks if, once you've filled up his humidor and have quite finished bungling thank you very much, you could like, rate, review and share the podcast, that'd be most welcome.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse, neigh. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 cuddly lizards of Series 1.Find out whether Heather is able to recover from watching Paul Darrow AND Graeme Garden in the same sitting; and whether Adam will reach a point of nostalgia overload.Gandor requests, sir and madam, that you like (12 drognas), rate (9 drognas), review (16 drognas) and subscribe to the podcast (5 drognas), thank you most kindly, if you'd just like to pop the money into the slot, the amounts are clearly marked.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse, whoever that might be. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 don't worry - a certain bearded intergalactic rascal is here in his 1980 trousers to save the day. Will Heather make it all the way through the episode without having one or more conniptions?Robert Malos demands that you like, rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and you'd better do what he says. https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 outcast wandering through the desert in search of a Coke machine, only to capture the entire Italian army, become sucked up into a giant vacuum cleaner, get rescued by mermaids, have a tour of a dangerous chemical plant, fight Sonny Liston, and end up right back inside the big black box?Monkees is the craziest people.Please like, rate, review and subscribe to the podcast. But then, why should I speak, for I know nothing?https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse.Let me tell you one thing, son. Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Canadian 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 Cruet would like it very much if you could rate and subscribe at all the usual places, and you can say hello to the darlings at Retrotube here:https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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!Buster Bloodvessel asks that you like, rate, review and subscribe to the podcast - within the limits of British decency.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse.What was it that first attracted you to me?Well, you're very polite, aren't you? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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?If you know anything about the green monster with the bad wig who's been terrorising the US, Jack McGee would be very interested in any information you have, especially if you like, rate, review and subscribe to the podcast.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 Victorian children be too much for her poor jangling nerves?Liz says, "'Ere, why don't you like, rate, review and subscribe to the podcast. The last landlord did. Very clean he was. Made the shop look nice he did. Not like this new fellah. Never sees him, I don't. 'Ere, who are you, anyway?"https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 you could like, rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and in the meantime your name will also go on the list. What is it?https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comMusic by Berlin Horse See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 and subscribe to the podcast, big boy, while our antennae go boinggg.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comMusic by Berlin HorseIf anyone knows how to get the Gatchaman theme tune out of my head, send help. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 nerd card and has been soundly thrashed.Once you've done with your manglewurzles, Old Joshua Merryweather asks if you could like, rate, review and subscribe to the podcast.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Raaarrrrr! 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 accidentally say, "Nyet, comrade" instead?James Cosmo and his moustache ask if you could please rate and subscribe at all the usual places, and you can say hello to us here:https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It'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 the usual places, and our own social media and general busybodyness can be found here:https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

While 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/J27Vlwauao0https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 and subscribe to the podcast.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 unsatisfying about Heather really being an undercover police officer?The dancing naked lady asks if you could please like, rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and while you're over there if you could pass her her trousers, that'd be lovely.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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? #14 would really appreciate it if you'd like, rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, otherwise she'll peek into your dreams and find out who your secret crush/enemy contact is.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It'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 through the show for the first time and have passed Mission To Destiny, this is safe to listen to.(We'll be visiting the other three seasons in later episodes!)Zen, please like, rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and once you've done that put the force wall to maximum.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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, review and subscribe to the podcast, and once you've done that, please leave the room in an orderly fashion.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse.This episode is dedicated to the memory of Margaret Nolan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 the podcast.If you're brave enough to dance among the stones and become one of the Happy Ones, you can find the full list of Children of the Stones episodes right here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWr85zWHuCuLlhD5oVRzFX9j90DWyUH8khttps://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 them out:. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-N6CZ685U1k1sG3eoPxRIZeT09-L3I0Qhttps://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/retrotubeemail: retrotubepodcast@gmail.comTheme Music by Berlin Horse See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.