I'm So Not Over It

Londoners stopped going round in circles and the spell of The X Factor was finally broken in December 2009, as we finally saw a Christmas number one that had nothing to do with a TV talent show. Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears cover this and a whole lot more in 20 minutes of festive fun. If you're listening on the tube and have enough signal to drop us a message, you can do so on [email protected] or via one of the methods below...

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What was the most popular Christmas toy? What were we watching on television? How many dirty jokes were there in ALF? And who got an invitation to Pete Waterman's wedding? These are the big questions we try to answer in this week's edition on The Xennial Dome as Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears look back at the last analogue Christmas - 1989.

If you played on Band Aid II or were invited to Pete Waterman's wedding (one and the same thing) let us know on [email protected] or by whichever one of these platforms still exists by the this is released...

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The video for Band Aid II is here.

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What was the Millennium Dome's "Euan Test"?

What was the difference between WHSmiths and John Menzies?

How old do you think we sound?

These are some of the questions which weren't exactly asked, but ended up being answered as we went through the emails, tweets and DMs which have come into the show over the last couple of months.

Thanks to Kevin and Thierry for pointing us towards the internet archive's snapshot of the Rockin' With Elvis website.

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The Xennial Dome tackles The Millennium Dome - Specifically, one of the most exciting and unexpected moments in the dome's inaugural year.

Sit back as Esyllt talks Gareth through the failed raid which saw criminals try to make off with the contents of the dome's De Bears diamond exhibition. Why was there a diamond exhibition in a tent? We struggle to answer that and an awful lot of other questions related to an escapade which the Guardian once described as being "20 years ago and not very interesting". We beg to differ.

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November 1996 was all about America - be it their TV programmes, politicians or their influence on our own home-grown soaps. Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears discover why Baywatch was dropped from the TV schedules, how Bob Dole tried to capture the youth vote and try to understand the line dancing craze of the mid-1990s.

Bob Dole's campaign website can be found here.

Bill Clinton's campaign website has been archived here.

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Finally, it's here! November 1987! The Sexy Episode! The first advert for condoms appears on British television and a familiar face is involved in the campaign. Plus Gareth and Esyllt look back at Miss World 1987 and provide details of our forthcoming spin-off podcast (pending funding).

A couple of YouTube clips which may be of interest include this advert and this one (which also mentions the channel).

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It's a Xennial-themed look-back at another October (contrary to what we said at the end of the last podcast where we were clearly jonesing for a November - sorry!)

But not to worry - October 1999 is an absolute belter. Y2K is so close you can taste it - so Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears are finding out what every patriotic British citizen is supposed to do to mark the event (worry about the Millennium Bug so much you head-off to sea, it turns out).

I guarantee that once you have listened to this episode you will want to download your own copy of 1999's seminal publication What Everyone Should Know About The Millennium Bug. Esyllt is going to write to the address at the back and ask for a welsh language copy.

If you have a hard copy of this publication - or spent January 1st 2000 at sea - do let us know at [email protected]:

And of course, there's always these:

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The Great Storm of 1987 and the failed Loch Ness hunt of 1987 are tackled by Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears in this edition - Plus a clutch of globetrotting kids TV shows thanks to Around The World With Willy Fog and Worzel Gummidge Down Under.

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Gareth brings a very visual quiz to the first live edition of The Xennial Dome's Little Dome as he tackles 1997 - The year of the Candle In The Wind and the BBC balloon, plus the latest on the UK's attempt to break the land speed record. Meanwhile, Esyllt brings everyone down to earth with a bump by supplying us with a round-up of 2011's divorces and deaths. And it was all live at the Aberystwyth Comedy Festival.

Additional music by lokhmatovmusic.com from Pixabay.

Additional effects by Universefield from Pixabay.

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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears reminisce about Halloween but, because we're talking 2014, it's the hottest Halloween on record. Plus - the rise and rise of the SNP and some stuff about washing lines in Treorchy. Not sure that last bit is particularly 2014-specific, now I type it out.

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We briefly mention a documentary Gareth made for BBC Radio 4 back in 2014. Do you want to hear a nearly decade-old programme about a political issue which has changed an awful lot in the intervening years? I mean, it's here if you want to. A more up-to-date (and potentially even sillier) take on the same subject, also by Gareth but for BBC Radio Wales this time, is available here.

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