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RetroTube
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Two friends from completely different spheres of geekery unleash their favourite television shows from the 1960s-1980s on each other. Get in touch with us! You can follow us on Twitter @retro_tube, or you can email us: [email protected] - we'd love to hear from you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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CCCP: Shaun of the Dead (2004) with Shannon Fay
BONUS: Another Halloweeny repost from Cardboard Cinema Club! Huazzah! We broach the 21st Century for the first time, as Adam is joined by actual real-life Canadian* Shannon Fay - author of Innate Magic and External Forces - to discuss the infinitely rewatchable horror-comedy (or comedy-horror),...
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CCCP: An American Werewolf In London (1981) with Alex Pearson
BONUS: Cardboard Cinema Club has been sitting around not doing much for a wee bit (due to Adam being too busy for two podcasts), so for a bit of a Halloween bonus, here's the very first episode for anyone who missed it. In this exciting* first episode of Cardboard Cinema Club, Adam is joined by...
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RETROTUBE OBSCURIOS: Apaches & The Finishing Line (1977) with Evelyn Mars
Content Warning: This is a chat about the strange and dark world of 1970s British Public Information Films, which deal with child safety, specifically the consequences of playing in farmyards and on railway lines, so there's discussion of fictional child deaths throughout. It's Halloween month…
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Give Us A Clue (1979-1980)
Third syllable Round Long? Pipe - is it pipe? Cylinder Telescope? TUBE! TUBE! Okay, second syllable. Boat. Rowing boat. ROW! Row-tube RETROTUBE! [audience applause] Please like, rate, review and share the podcast, otherwise Beryl will have a word. And whatever you do, no being silly....
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BONUS: Moondial (1988) with Audrey Violet
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...
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Moondial (1988)
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...
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The Muppet Show (1976-1980)
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...
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Pop Quiz (1984)
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...
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Star Trek - Series 1: This Side of Paradise (1967) (Part 2)
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...
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Star Trek - season 1: Balance of Terror (1967) (Part 1)
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…
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BONUS: A Hard Day's Night - (1964) Part Two (Cardboard Cinema Club)
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_tube https://shows.acast.com/cardboard-cinema-club email: [email protected] Theme…
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BONUS: A Hard Day's Night - (1964) Part One (Cardboard Cinema Club)
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...
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The Avengers - series 4 (1965)
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…
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Batman - season 1 (1966)
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...
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The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast: Love Is All (1974)
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…
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The Box of Delights (1984)
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...
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Doctor Who: The Web of Fear (1968) (part 3)
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...
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Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors (1967) (part 2)
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…
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Doctor Who: Tomb of the Cybermen (1967) (part 1)
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...
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Mission: Impossible - season 1 (1966)
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…
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Grange Hill (1989)
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...
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RETROTUBE OBSCURIOS: Escape Into Night (1972) with Crow Violet
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...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
(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…
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Prisoner: Cell Block H (1985)
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...
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The Sweeney (1978)
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…
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Doctor Who: The Gunfighters (1966)
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...
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Bonus: C90
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...
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Conversation with Peter Tunstall: childhood, nostalgia & TV
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...
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Grim Tales (1989)
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...
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Dungeons & Dragons (1984)
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,...
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The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - series 1 (1964)
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...
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The Adventure Game - series 2 (1981)
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...
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The Adventure Game - series 1 (1980)
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…
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The Monkees - season 1 (1966)
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...
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RETROTUBE OBSCURIOS: Willo The Wisp (1981) with Shannon Fay
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...
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Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
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...
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The Incredible Hulk (1978)
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...
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Sapphire and Steel (1981)
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...
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Man In A Suitcase (1967)
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...
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Battle of the Planets (1978)
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...
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Hancock (1961)
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...
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RETROTUBE OBSCURIOS: The Nightmare Man (1981) with Hannah Cooper
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…
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RETROTUBE OBSCURIOS: The Owl Service (1969) with Jezella Pigott
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...
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RETROTUBE OBSCURIOS: Middle English - Interference (1985) with Alex Pearson
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...
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Doctor Who: The Time Meddler (1965)
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....
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Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969)
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...
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Tales of the Unexpected (1980-83)
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...
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The Prisoner (1967)
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...
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Blake's 7 - series A (1978) - Seek-Locate-Destroy/Mission To Destiny
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...
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Paul Daniels Live At Halloween (1987)
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…
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Two friends from completely different spheres of geekery unleash their favourite television shows from the 1960s-1980s on each other.
Get in touch with us! You can follow us on Twitter @retro_tube, or you can email us: [email protected] - we'd love to hear from you!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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