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We all remember the famous Ronald Reagan speech where he implored "Mr. Hasselhoff, tear down this wall!" But what wall was he talking about? The Berlin Wall of course! And it turns out that Big Ronnie's wishes were granted 35 years ago this very day (if you're listening on day of release). 
In order to celebrate this classic toppling event, your auditors travel even further back in time to an era when that big pile of rubble was still very much wall-shaped for a very special episode focusing entirely on West Germany.
William Woollard is our sole host (with Derek Cooper on narration duties) as we take some very long and thorough looks at:

- Testing the suppleness of classical musicians with torture devices
- Rejected Thunderbird vehicles clearing up a nuclear spill
- Willy Woolly crank calling the Siemens internal operator
- Some pro-level bowling from a deafblind person
- Mountaineering in top-to-toe denim to catch some fresh air

As the old German saying goes: "Ich lichten nichten" (Translation: "I don't like it, but I'll have to go along with it")

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As far as TV sitcoms go, no single episode of anything has made Russ laugh more than series 1, episode 2 of Bottom - the one where the gas man turns up. So to commemorate this perfect half hour of television, your auditors take a look at the episode of Tomorrow's World broadcast just two days prior. It's the first in a new series and marks the very start of the 90s "drum theme" era - which means we see Carmen Pryce's debut segment (in a small European town, natch) and short-lived (in more ways than one) presenter John Diamond, who is surfing some dodgy internet sites. Elsewhere, Judith Hann has a lightbulb moment, Howard Stableford deals with severe wind in India and Kate Bellingham does her best Ronnie Corbett impression.

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For only the second time ever, your auditors take a special look at an episode handpicked by one of their very favourite people - an actual paying subscriber. Steve wrote to us claiming that he remembered Howard's first ever appearance on Tomorrow's World with a level of clarity and detail that seems humanly impossible for a live programme last seen 39 years ago. So despite this, did he somehow defy the mists of time and remember it right? 
Listen on and find out...

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No doubt you're all glued to your televisions, cheering on highly trained athletes performing incredible physical feats in events of which you only have the vaguest understanding. Yes, the Olympics are on at the moment - and rather than listening to the pointless TV commentary, why not stick on our very special Olympic-themed episode of the podcast for a veritable biathlon of entertainment? 

Howard Stableford and Shahnaz Pakravan travel over to Atlanta, the host city for the 1996 Games, to take a look at what preparations are being made ahead of the event and how the competitors can improve their performance. We see how the Olympic Torch is being constructed, traffic solutions in Atlanta, the latest in prosthetics, what performance enhancing drugs to avoid and how winning boosts sex drive. 

Faster, higher, stronger indeed...

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As the nation prepares to go to the polls, Russ & Mark journey back a mere 23 years to the last episode of Tomorrow's World to coincide with a UK General Election to see if things have only got better.

Hosting in the studio, Peter Snow has forgotten his swingometer - but luckily Philippa Forrester is also there to set off our schwingometers, as she visits Wales to see a new way of rescuing people with a firehose (you won't believe who she bumps into...)

Meanwhile, Katie Knapman goes hot air ballooning in New Zealand to meet a memory expert, new boy Nick Baker has an underwater chinwag with a dishy dive instructor, DJ Jono Coleman throws his weight around a supermarket, and we have some inspiring news from Stoke Mandeville hospital with barely a mention of you-know-who (now then, now then).

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To celebrate the podcast reaching the Big 4-0, Russ and Mark audit a very special episode of Tomorrow's World 
broadcast on the day that the Channel Tunnel opened - exactly 30 years ago today. Howard Stableford and Carmen Pryce give us a comprehensive overview of various aspects of this engineering marvel - including segments on the Eurostar, Le Shuttle, sea levels, ferries, seasickness, and the threat of French rabies. There's also a very special bonus extra bit at the end, which may very well be the coolest 30 seconds ever shown on TW.

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Let us travel back almost exactly 45 years to a time when "Boomer" was a cool name and "Starbuck" had nothing to do with coffee. Battlestar Galactica has just been released in UK cinemas, so surely the team at Tomorrow's World will pull out all the stops to make sure their small screen science fact is as exciting as the big screen science fiction? 
Hmmm. Well, maybe not.
There's a certain sense that things aren't firing on all cylinders this episode, with segments on a robot lawnmower built by sixth formers, a new type of fire alarm, monorails, red spider mites, babies learning maths, and the longest, beigest report on oil rig corrosion we have ever seen. Kieran Prendiville and Michael Rodd do most of the heavy lifting, while Judith Hann stays slumped in an armchair with chronic jetlag.

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According to the sorts of people on the internet who make up quotes and then attribute them to famous people in order to sell posters and T-shirts, Gandhi once said "If you don't ask, you don't get". And what a wise man he was (if he said that, which he almost certainly didn't).

You see, one of our esteemed subscribers had the revolutionary idea of asking us to audit a particular episode, which features Howard Stableford arguing with a talking Hoover, and that is exactly what we've done.

Elsewhere in this absolutely jam-packed episode we will encounter Judith Hann saying aloha to abalone in Hawaii, new girl Anna Walker soaping up on the runway, Peter Macann almost wheely hurting himself, and Maggie Philbin back doing what she loves best: shooting arrows into apples.

Trigger warning: This episode features what may be the greatest number of podia ever assembled in one Tomorrow's World segment. So if you suffer from podium phobia, maybe skip the piece about cheese.

(Also, apologies for the sound quality and excessive background noise. Mark recorded himself on the wrong microphone. Amateur.)

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In the wake of an extremely indulgent Christmas and birthday double-whammy, Russ turns to Tomorrow's World for inspiration in an episode from January 1998 that features Peter Snow examining diets and calorie counting. What a fat load of good that turns out to be.
Meanwhile, Mark explains why he thinks four eyes are better than two as we watch Anya Sitaram looking at developments in the world of laser eye surgery.
Elsewhere, Philippa Forrester presents from a gantry (hooray!), Craig Doyle gets outsmarted by a dog, Jez Nelson surfs the Singapore web, and Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics chats about his terrible jam.

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To paraphrase the legendary 1985 pub car park musician rumble champion Boy George: "And in our world of plenty, we can spread a smile of joy. Throw your arms around Tomorrow's World at Christmas time."

So that's what we're doing. And it will be extra comfy as everyone is wearing extremely cosy-looking knitwear.

This is a real Christmas treat with everything for all the family: booze, toys, chocs and John Rambo.

Listen on as Russ & Mark - broadcasting live from the Dutch Alps - welcome TW legend Bob Symes for the first time, Peter Macann gets his phone hacked, Maggie Philbin gets a golden ticket to a Swiss chocolate factory, Howard Stableford tries some very dry white wine, and Judith Hann tackles some (G)remlins in her VHS player.

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