Bring Back The 80s
by James Alderson and Andy Jackson
You can watch all our episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BringBackThe80sPodcastJoin comedy legend James Alderson and radio's Andy Jackson on the podcast that asks questions like: Do kids know they’ve been born these days, why do they call them vinyl and not records, and whatever happened to white dog poo?
Episodes
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More 80s mixtapes, TOTP, HiFi envy and the UK Top 40 - Episode 20 Season 4
The final studio episode!
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80s mixtapes, HiFi envy and the charts - Epidode 19 Season 4
Did you have a boom box?
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More 80s arcades fun in the UK - Episode 18 Season 4
What was your favourite arcade game?
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Arcades in every high street! Episode 17 Season 4
Who wants millions of tickets at the arcade?
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See 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...
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CB 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!"...
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Before 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...
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Ceefax & 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.…
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Fisher-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…
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Fisher-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...
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Dodge, Duck, Lycra, Repeat: Surviving 80s PE in the UK - Episode 10, Season 4
Welcome 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…
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School PE lessons in England in the 80s were BRUTAL - Episode 9 Season 4
Who 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...
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Krypton 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...
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80s 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?
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Postman 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...
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80s 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?
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Inside an 80s kid's bedroom with James. What was lurking under the bed? (Season 4 Episode 4)
(Season 4, 2025 Episode 4)
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Season 3 Episode 10 - Live Xmas Special part 2
Recorded before a live studio audience at The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre in Havant!
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Season 3 Episode 9 - Live Xmas Special part 1
Recorded live at The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre, Havant.
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Season 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...
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Season 3 – Episode 7 – EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE 80s
Travel 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...
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Series 3 - Episode 6 - More on British 80s British pubs
Remember 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! #80s #eighties #reminice #memories #nostalgia #topics…
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Season 3 – Episode 5 – PUBS IN THE 80s
British pubs in the 80s, no food, your own tankard and a busty barmaid was all we needed! #80s #eighties #reminice #memories #nostalgia #topics #80s #eighties #skol #beer #pub #horsebrass #bitter #worthington #bar #tray #barmaid #landlady #pinball #fruitmachine #jukebox #cards #pie #pieandmash...
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Season 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...
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SERIES 3 - EPISODE 02 - 80s Chocolate
In the name of science, we taste test some of the chocolate from then and now. Even blue smarties!
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SERIES 3 - EPISODE 01 - 80s Chocolate
The best chocolate bars of the 80s tried and tested by Andy and James.
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New series starting next week!!
We're back with season 3 on Tuesday 15th October! Here's a little taster of what to expect.
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Andy's Birthday Bonus
Series 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?
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80s big day out to a WIMPY!
We went for a WIMPY! 3 Guesses what Andy just HAD to order.
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Ep 23 EVEN MORE 80s Kids' Movies
Here'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!
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More 80s Kids' Movies - Episode 22
How may of these classic 80s movies did you see at the movies when they were out for the first time?
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Were these the best 80s Kids' Movies Ever?
ET, Ghostbusters, Who Framed Roger Rabbit - and more!
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More 80s comedy movies
A Fish called Wanda, See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Ferris Bueller's Day Off
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Do you remember these 80s comedy movies?
Beverly Hills Cop, Airplane, Police Academy. They were absolute classics of 80s comedy!
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Action Movies of the 80s with a bit of sci fi too (Ep 17 Part 1)
Remember how good the movies were in the 80s?
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One of these romantic 80s movies should be banned! (S2 Ep 16)
This one definitely does not sit well with current audiences.
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Romantic 80s movies (S2 Ep 15)
Episode 15
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Even More of the Best 80s UK TV ads
How many of these do you remember?
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These TV ads from the 80s were the BEST!
Season 2 Episode 13
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Even more 80s disasters and the jokes you would never get away with now (S2 - Ep12)
Different times, different attitudes. No one was offended!
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The 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.
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More playing out in the 80s - Danger everywhere!
Series 2 Episode 10 - We were attracted to electricity substations, abandoned houses and mostly came out OK.
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Playing Out In The 80s (S2 Ep 9)
Drinking from hosepipes, coming home when the streetlights came on, and getting into danger!
About this show
You can watch all our episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BringBackThe80sPodcastJoin comedy legend James Alderson and radio's Andy Jackson on the podcast that asks questions like: Do kids know they’ve been born these days, why do they call them vinyl and not records, and whatever happened to white dog poo?
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James Alderson and Andy Jackson
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