Growing Up With Vince & Jeremy
by Rainbow Alley Productions
We grew up in the UK from 1970 to 1990. This show is all about the two of us looking back and putting bits of our shared past under the microscope, from the early ‘80s ‘Protect and Survive’ /Mutually Assured Destruction nuclear panic, to the theme music from The Incredible Hulk; from Wimpy Burgers to wimpy Orac from Blake’s 7; from the Falklands War to Falco’s Rock Me Amadeus. We look back with fondness and bafflement and sometimes with abject disbelief at what life was like when we were growing up.
Episodes
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09 Confessions of a Failed Podcaster
Send us Fan Mail Episode 9: Confessions of a Failed Podcaster (March 15th 2018) 'The Podcast with 99 Problems' This episode: Jeremy confesses to having an awkward relationship with irksome Jam frontman Paul Weller, and starts a campaign to demand more stringently regulated standards in Rap…
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08 From L.A. to Totterdown
Send us Fan Mail Episode 8: From L.A. to Totterdown (February 8th 2018) 'Hey Hey it’s the Podcast!' This episode: As Jeremy struggles to recollect anything recorded by 80’s/90’s UK pop princess Cathy Dennis, and Vince struggles with his vocabulary, both men go to war as they create rival...
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07 Uncomfortably Waiting for it to End - Christmas Special 2017
Send us Fan Mail Episode 7: Uncomfortably Waiting for it to End (December 20th, 2017) 'Our Chestnuts Are Roasting On An Open Fire' This episode: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! As Jeremy realises with rising horror that if he was in Wham! he’d be Andrew Ridgley, and Vince makes the case for George Michael…
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06 Languishing in Obscurity
Send us Fan Mail Episode 6: Languishing in Obscurity (November 22nd 2017) 'Non scientes quod ambitiosam (Never knowingly pretentious)' This episode: As we discover just how many times Critically Acclaimed UK Playwright™ Vince can easily be irked, Jeremy is turned into a dynamic pose-able action...
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05 Ghosts are Bullshit - Halloween Special 2017
Send us Fan Mail Episode 5: Ghosts are Bullshit! (October 20th 2017) 'Listen to them, the children of the night'. This episode: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! In this spooktactular edition of what’s been called “the scariest podcast ever recorded” by bull**** ‘medium’ Derek Acorah (not really; just like him,...
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04 The Clive Dunn of Glam Rock - 1970s
Send us Fan Mail Episode 4: The Clive Dunn of Glam Rock (August 24th 2017) 'You Wouldn't Like Us When We're Angry' This episode: 1970’s SPECIAL! As Operation Yewtree closes in on The Wombles of Wimbledon Common, Jeremy and Vince confidently (if unwisely) don flared trousers, platform heels,...
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03 Haunted by Phil Spector
Send us Fan Mail Episode 3: Haunted by Phil Spector (July 20th 2017) 'The Strong and Stable Coalition of Chaos' This episode: Vince becomes Jeremy’s ruthless manager/Svengali figure and forces him to make a series of increasingly poor low-budget movies; Jeremy wonders if Tosh from The Bill should...
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02 Maverick Jazz Cops
Send us Fan Mail Episode 2: Maverick Jazz Cops (June 15th 2017) '90 minutes of your life you’ll never get back! ' This episode: As Jeremy considers a life on the run, hiding in the shadows (not the band), Vince ponders the lack of men named Colin in Rock and Roll. Up for discussion by both is the...
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S02E05 Barely Intelligible (The Death of Elvis in 1977 / Wand'rin' Star by Lee Marvin from 1970 / Cheers and other US sitcoms)
Send us Fan Mail Vince puts on his blue suede shoes, curls his lip, shakes his hips and takes us back to the August of 1977, when, after years of sad decline, the incomparable Elvis Presley died, aged just 42. Was it drugs or a heart attack? Could it have been prevented if someone was actually...
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01 Yoko Plays Skittles - Pilot
Send us Fan Mail Episode 1: Yoko Plays Skittles (May 4th 2017) '60 minutes of your life you’ll never get back!' In an episode that U2 fans would undoubtedly find terribly upsetting, Vince and Jeremy discuss tribute bands with punning names, the confused narrative of The Jacksons’ Blame it on the...
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S02E04 I Guess I'll Never Know The Reason Why (Brighton Bombing 1984 / The Wonder of You by Elvis Presley (1970) / UK early-'70's power cuts and three-day week)
Send us Fan Mail Jeremy dons a flak jacket and helmet as he soberly recalls the then most audacious terrorist attack on British soil - an IRA bomb that blew apart a hotel in Brighton in 1984 in an assassination attempt on the then prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, creating shockwaves around the...
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S02E03 Trouble At Mill (The Compleat Beatles (1982) /The Final Countdown by Europe (1986) / Pebble Mill At One (1972-1986)
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 3 of our second series. This month, Vince discusses the seismic effect that watching 'The Compleat Beatles' had on him as a twelve year old, leading to a love affair with The Fab Four that has lasted over forty years. Jeremy casts his mind back with fond...
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S02E02 Violent Cornish Pasties (Not The 9 O' Clock News (1979 - 1982)/ Who's That Girl? by Madonna (1987) / Death Wish (1974), Charles Bronson and the Films My Dad Loved)
Send us Fan Mail Jeremy looks back with fondness at the alternative comedy sketch show "Not The 9 O' Clock News", which ran on BBC2 from 1979 to 1982, much to the horror of hedgehogs. With funny songs, biting political satire, and Rowan Atkinson walking into a lamppost, NTNON became the biggest...
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S02E01 Surrounded and Confounded by Statistic Facts (Yorkshire Ripper 1975 - 1981 / Son of My Father by Chicory Tip (1972) / Summer of 1981 Royal Wedding, Riots, 'Botham's Ashes'
Send us Fan Mail We're back for a second series! This time round, in a packed episode, Vince recalls the grim and disturbing culture of the mid '70s to early-'80s when a maniac stalked the north, dropping bodies and running rings round the police: The Yorkshire Ripper. How prevalent was blatant...
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Bonus Christmas Hamper 2024
Send us Fan Mail Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas, faithful listeners! We invite you to sip some sweet sherry, munch on a mince pie, and fill your heart with festive cheer as we wrap up 2024 and our first season with a little Christmas Hamper... but don't expect expensive bottles of port, exotic…
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12 We Bid You Velcome! (Jeremy remembers Dracula - 1984 / With A Little Help From My Friends, She's Leaving Home by Wet Wet Wet/Billy Bragg 1988 / Counting Draculas - Vince's Homage to the Prince of Darkness
Send us Fan Mail For the 12th and final show of the Season, Vince and Jeremy discuss all things vampiric. Jeremy looks back to 1984 and the attempt by him and his friends to bring Dracula to a new, mid 80's audience. Beset by production issues, creative tension, and interference from the studio,...
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11 American Rabbits (Unreasonably Angry Fictional Police Chiefs / Bright Eyes by Art Garfunklel from 1979 / TV Boffins)
Send us Fan Mail "I want your gun and your badge!" Inspired by TV cops Starsky and Hutch and big-screen fascist Detective Dirty Harry, Vince grabs coffee and donuts and gets hauled into the Unreasonably Angry Fictional Police Chief's office to be a torn a new asshole (for 22 minutes) about his...
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10 I'd Rather Brian Jacks Than Flammable Slacks (The Silver Jubilee / Seven Tears by The Goombay Dance Band 1982 / Vince's Formative Movie Experiences
Send us Fan Mail Summer's here, and so are we! This episode sees us roll back the clock to 1977, the year Elvis ate his last hamburger. Jeremy adorns Union Jack shorts and waves a patriotic flag as he remembers the street parties and other celebrations for Her Maj the Queen's Silver Jubilee, and...
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09 How Come You Tell So Many Lies? (Amityville Horror / Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) by Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel / Jeremy's First Gigs
Send us Fan Mail We're Back! We said we would make another show and we have done what we said we would do. Not out of contractual obligation, but - to be clear - it was absolutely the right thing to do. It's Episode 9, and this month finds Vince sailing very close to the wind as he trashes The...
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Bonus Episode June 2024
Send us Fan Mail In lieu of us releasing an episode in May or June (we hope to be back in July!) here's a short and sweet bonus episode about... frogs and Englishness and animation and things. . Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vinceandjergrowup Please also check out our friends over on...
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08 Countryside Special (Hedgerow Porn / "First Time" by Robin Beck, 1988 / White Dog Poo)
Send us Fan Mail Spring is in the air! We don wellies, raincoats and natty hats to take a gentle stroll through the verdant splendour of the English countryside. Jeremy wonders why the fields and hedgerows were littered with discarded top shelf porn mags in various states of destruction, and…
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07 Accidentally Putting on Glitter (The launch of Channel 4 in 1982 and its first year of broadcasting / Rock Your Baby by George McCrae from 1974 / Glam Rock from 1970 - 1974 and the Chinn and Chapman songwriting partnership)
Send us Fan Mail Vince enthuses about the launch of the UK's fourth channel back in November 1982, and how exciting Channel 4 was in its infancy, with its remit of providing alternative programming and showcasing contemporary art. Plus scary animations! Our randomly-selected UK Number 1 is 1974's...
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06 Hey! Gotta No Respect? ... (The Death Of John Lennon 1980, There's No One Quite Like Grandma 1980 and Stock, Aitken, and Waterman 1984 Onwards)
Send us Fan Mail We have reached the halfway point of Season 1, and Jeremy brings the dreadful events of December 1980 to the show. The death of John Lennon and how it affected him at the age of 10. Vince recalls the heady days of Stock, Aitken, and Waterman when they were omnipresent and every...
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05 Put The Needle On The Record ... (A Ghost Story For Christmas 1971-79, Pump Up The Volume by M/A/R/R/S 1987 and Betamax vs VHS 1975-84)
Send us Fan Mail This time around, Vince discusses his fondness for the 'A Ghost Story For Christmas' strand that made its welcome, annual tv appearance when he was young. Meanwhile, Jeremy remembers the warring formats at the heart of the home recording epoch at the beginning of the 80's. This...
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Bonus Christmas Stocking 2023
Send us Fan Mail Merry Christmas! As a little bonus, we've recorded a Christmas-themed mini episode, in which Jeremy waxes nostalgically about his childhood family Christmas routine, and Vince deep dives into his mum's favourite Christmas chockies as delivered by the intrepid and mysterious Milk...
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04 Quicker Than The Human Eye ... (Ninjas, Kung Fu and David Soul)
Send us Fan Mail 'Everybody was Kung Fu fighting' (according to Carl Douglas) in 1974. But were they really? Most of the populous were trying to create a diversion so they could get the hell out of there before testing out their rudimentary martial arts skills in a gang warfare scenario. This…
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03 Songs Our Daddies Taught Us ... (My Parents' Record Collection and Grandstand)
Send us Fan Mail On this show, we both bring something in to remember our parents by. In Jeremy's case, it's the scattergun musical taste of his parents and his Dad's shifty demeanour when discussing the provenance of his record collection . In Vince's, Saturday afternoons spent marking time,...
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02 Oh No It Isn't! ... (The Big Snow of 1982 & School Pantomime)
Send us Fan Mail This time we are discussing the Big Snow of '82. Vince's memory plays tricks on him, as he waxes lyrical about the early 80's and an imagined, continuous, Winter Wonderland. Jeremy remembers the smell of greasepaint, the roar of the crowd, the whiff of methane, and ripping his...
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01 Take a Little Good Advice... (The Goodies & Jon Pertwee's cloak)
Send us Fan Mail Funky Gibbon Jeremy gets on his trandem and hunts down a gigantic kitten with The Goodies. Vince dons Jon Pertwee's cloak to become a vampire Time Lord in an Amicus portmanteau horror film. The number one hit single we randomly selected is In The Summertime by Mungo Jerry…
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About this show
We grew up in the UK from 1970 to 1990. This show is all about the two of us looking back and putting bits of our shared past under the microscope, from the early ‘80s ‘Protect and Survive’ /Mutually Assured Destruction nuclear panic, to the theme music from The Incredible Hulk; from Wimpy Burgers to wimpy Orac from Blake’s 7; from the Falklands War to Falco’s Rock Me Amadeus. We look back with fondness and bafflement and sometimes with abject disbelief at what life was like when we were growing up.
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