Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

By Keep It Light Media

Join Josh Widdicombe (Parenting Hell) as he tells the greatest stories in the history of popular culture.

Partnered each time by one of his best friends in the world (comedians Tom Craine, Matthew C... more

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Number 1: Video Nasties, Mary Whitehouse and Censorship (Part 4)
Welcome back to part 4 of the story of Mary Whitehouse, Video Nasties and the Censorship debate… the controversy surrounding the film 'Natural Born Killers' (1994) And an amusing case of the BBFC getting some payback... Thanks for listening. Back soon with the next series. Archive of Pop Culture is a Keep It Light Media Production Hosted by Josh Widdicombe Research by - David Price Additional editing by Will Fitzpatrick + James Sheldon Design by John Gregory Music by Pickle & Button All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Archive of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: [email protected] Instagram: archiveofpopculture_pod Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026)
August 07, 202633min
Number 2: Video Nasties, Mary Whitehouse and Censorship (Part 2)
Coming up in part 2 we discuss the formation of the BBFC (that’s the British Board of film classification to you and I) the birth of VHS… And the Video Nasties craze hits boiling point as infamous titles such as ‘Driller Killer’, The Evil Dead and Cannibal Holocaust cause public outrage! All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Archive of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: [email protected] Instagram: archiveofpopculture_pod Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026)
July 25, 202638min
Number 3: Video Nasties, Mary Whitehouse and Censorship (Part 1)
Britain in the early 1980s. A nation gripped by fear.Not of war. Not of crime.But of what was lurking... on the video shelf.Cheap horror films. Violent exploitation movies. Unregulated VHS tapes passed from hand to hand…They became known by one unforgettable name......the Video Nasties.At the centre of the storm stood one woman - Mary WhitehouseTo some she was a campaigner. A Champion. A moral crusader.To others a puritanical, self-appointed moral guardian…She argued Britain was losing its moral compass...Her critics argued Britain was losing something else...It’s freedom.The debate raged over who decides what we're allowed to watch?And when does protecting society become controlling it?Police raids… banned films… media-fuelled moral panic…This is the story of a cultural battle that changed British censorship forever.This is Video Nasties: Mary Whitehouse and the Battle Over Censorship. All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Archive of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: [email protected] Instagram: archiveofpopculture_pod Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026)
July 18, 202642min
Number 4: Video Nasties, Mary Whitehouse and Censorship (Part 3)
Welcome back to part 3 of the story of Mary Whitehouse, Video Nasties and the Censorship debate… in this episode we discuss infamous video nasties titles such as Cannibal Holocaust and I Spit on your grave. And the contoversial work of literature (at the time at least) Laddy Chatterley's Lover. All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Archive of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: [email protected] Instagram: archiveofpopculture_pod Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026)
August 01, 202637min
Number 5: Siegfried & Roy (Part 1)
Las Vegas - 1967…Two young men from Germany, united by a love of magic, spectacle and one extraordinary obsession, arrive in Nevada with almost nothing to their name…Siegfried and Roy - two showmen that were set to define magic and spectacle for the next five decades…Every evening they transformed the impossible into entertainment...Tigers appeared from nowhere.White lions prowled across the stage.And night after night, millions watched as two illusionists became global superstars.But behind the sequins, the headlines and the roaring crowds was a story of ambition, friendship and betrayal. How did two outsiders build one of the most spectacular and highest earning acts in entertainment history?Then, in 2003, everything changed.During a performance at the Mirage, Roy was viciously attacked by one of the show's beloved white tigers. The world watched in shock...What followed became another chapter in a story that had already defied belief. More unbelievable than their show itself. Two men.A lifetime of dreams.The biggest stage in the world.And the fine line between illusion and reality.This is the extraordinary story of Siegfried and Roy. If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: [email protected] Instagram: archiveofpopculture_pod Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026)
September 17, 202645min