PantoSplaining: Episode 8.2 - Manchester 1984

Are you ready for the challenge of another Pantosplaining episode? Anneka Rice is and she leads this second performance of the 1984 "Aladdin" show we started last week - with a camera crew following closely and probably getting lots of shots of her bottom along the way, which it might surprise you does come up in this episode. There's also puppet - slash - candle fun with Bob Carolgees and his menagerie of felt friends, early TV favourite Tommy Trinder and glum double glazing-shiller Ted Moult. Your hosts Ben Baker and John Matthews ponder the ongoing legacies of these stars with affection, warmth and a bit of playground silliness as they ask such questions as...What connects Julia Roberts with Anneka Rice? How many people called Tommy can you play in the movies? Did anyone ever put a brick through Ted's windows? And did Bob Carolgees ever try to stick his hand up Cilla Black and make her spit Mayonnaise? Plus: Brucie vs Tommy, Churnton v Cheddar, funky spitting punk dogs v Steve Winwood, sound vs windows and a lot of very famous bottoms. Were you there? Did you sell him the gun? Or do you just want to talk panto posters of all kinds? Get in contact here: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/pantosplaining.bsky.social⁠Next time....we're getting ready for summer! And laughter! All of it...