Welcome back to the podcast which is a safe space for those wanting to reminisce about growing up as a child in 1970's Britain and the central part that television played in our lives then.

In this episode we return to the work of Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais as they chronicle the life and times of Norman Stanley Fletcher in prison based sitcom Porridge and its less well remembered sequel Going Straight. We remember the chemistry between Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale, the fearsome Mr McKay and the benevolent Mr Barraclough and the host of great supporting characters like Grouty and Blanco. We also remember the government's campaign to scare little children into avoiding railway lines, farms and building sites by linking them to violent, immediate death.

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Welcome back to the podcast which celebrates growing up as a child in 1970's Britain and the central part that TV played in our society then.

This episode is brought to you by the number 7 and the letter Zee which can only mean one thing; "Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?" Our host Oliver remembers his eyes being opened to US kids and hearing words like  "grouch" "trash" and "cookie" for the first time. We also remember the real stars of the show, The Muppets.

We follow them onto their own show and share fond memories of Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, The Swedish Chef and Dr Bunsen Hunneydew as famous celebrities were humiliated by the Muppets.

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Welcome back to the podcast which celebrates growing up as a child in 1970's Britain and the central part that television played in our lives then.

The 70's marked a time of change for Britain when huge numbers of people moved from traditional, industrial city centres to new housing estates with aspirations to join the middle classes. TV reflected this cultural shift and Whatever Happened to The Likely Lads? captured this perfectly. Brilliantly scripted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, the show followed two life long friends, Bob Ferris (Rodney Bewes) and Terry Collier (James Bolam) as they slowly realise that the days of their youth are behind them and that they may have been the best years of their lives.

We remember trying to avoid finding out the football scores before the highlights were on TV and how ubiquitous and dull people's holiday slides were.

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Welcome back to the podcast which celebrates growing up as a child in 1970's Britain and the central part which television played in our and our families' lives then.

In this episode, we look at the huge number of US cop and detective shows which formed a staple of 1970's TV programming. Our host Oliver runs down his Top 10 of shows including favourites like Kojak and The Rockford Files. We remember husband and wife double acts in Hart to Hart and McMillan and Wife and the underrated Serpico. We also hear about Barnaby Jones starring Jed Clampett (sorry Buddy Ebsen) and can you guess who makes the #1 spot?

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To mark our fiftieth episode, we travel back 50 years to 1972 to see what we were watching on TV. There are some old favourites like The Magic Roundabout, Blue Peter and Penelope Pitstop but some forgotten treasures like Hatty Town and Woobinda - Animal Doctor.

Why were Henry Fonda and Glenn Ford in formulaic TV cop shows? And our host Oliver has a bit of difficulty reconciling some of the programme content with 21st century attitudes. Also can you guess which two long running shows started this year?

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Welcome back to the podcast where it’s OK to bang on about what it was like to grow up as a child in 1970’s Britain and where television was at the heart of our childhoods.

In this episode we consider Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley, aka The Trumpton Trilogy. These three shows hold a special place in many people's hearts and we try and work out why. From the musical box in the opening credits of Camberwick Green, to the brilliant musical score, not forgetting the narration of the legendary Brian Cant, every part of these programmes takes us back to a simple age sitting on the carpet. literally watching with Mother.

Our host Oliver reveals an early Trumpton related obsession with the telephone and are there parallels between Lord Belborough and Mr Brackett and Bruce Wayne and Alfred?

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Welcome back to the podcast which celebrates growing up as a child in Britain during the 1970's and the central role that TV played in our lives back then.

In this episode we remember how we viewed Australia before Crocodile Dundee, Neighbours and Home and Away made it so glamorous and desirable and before it became the place to go on your gap year. In the 1970's it seemed like a far away place which was a bit like the UK but not quite the same. We remember Aussies on TV like Rolf Harris and Dame Edna Everage, share happy memories of Skippy, the Bush Kangaroo and more gritty shows like The Outsiders. And we look at the early Aussie soap The Young Doctors.

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Welcome back to the podcast celebrating growing up in Britain during the 1970's and the special part that television played in our lives back then.

In this episode we remember soaps in the 70's and in particular Coronation Street and Crossroads. How true to life were Ena Sharples and Hilda Ogden and why has Gail not had much luck with men? We look back at Scouse binman Eddie Yates and marvel at how Rita ran a newsagents by day and was a nightclub singer by night. We're also going back to the flimsy walls and fluffed lines of Crossroads. Meg Richardson was really quite scary and did Paul Henry ever find much work after spending years playing Benny Hawkins?

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Welcome back to the podcast celebrating growing up as a child in 1970's Britain and the central part that television played in our lives.

In this episode we look at the plethora of American cartoons which filled in the gaps between homegrown fare on 70's kids TV. From the Wacky Races spin offs The Perils of Penelope Pitstop and Dastardly and Muttley to the cartoon incarnations of Laurel and Hardy we remember Hanna Barbera's second string shows. We look back on the Harlem Globetrotters cartoon show and explore the link between Meadowlark and Hong Kong Phooey.

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Welcome to Season Three!

The podcast celebrating what it was like to grow up in the UK during the 1970's and the special part TV played in our childhood is back again for a new season.

Our first episode looks at how magic isn't just about Harry Potter and that 70's kids had plenty of magic themed shows themselves. From the time travelling wizard Catweazle to the unbelievably glamorous witch Samantha and her husband Darrin in Bewitched, we look at how British and American shows brought their own magic to viewers. We also feature an exclusive interview with one of the UK's most famous magicians (a clue: he is yellow, has a dog as his best friend and has been on screen for nearly 70 years). And do you remember the spin off from Bewitched?

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