When Wagon Wheels Were Bigger

Hallmark mascot Rainbow Brite is another character given a cartoon that was primarily aimed at girls in the 80s. The plot inevitably revolves around bringing colour and light to a dark world, or fighting a monochrome villain who hates happiness or whatever. We couldn't tell you, we were barely paying attention.

If the reboot gains a lot of adult male fans, I think they should be called "Rain-Bros."

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Roll up and role up; Mark and Martyn continue their search for the Warlock's treasure, as they prove it's possible to literally get lost in a book.

May their stamina never fail!

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Theme Music: 8-Bit Scrap! by HeatleyBros

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Postman Pat was good wasn't it? Bertha was excellent, I think we can all agree.

This week we watched Charlie Chalk. Oh well.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Your W4B hosts Mark and Martyn choose their own adventure in the first episode of this new series, fighting goblins, orcs and their urge to set fire to straw mattresses, as they begin a playthrough of the first Fighting Fantasy adventure book, the Warlock of Firetop Mountain.

May their stamina never fail!

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Theme Music: 8-Bit Scrap! by HeatleyBros

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Allsorts is an awful cut-price Rainbow wannabe, except instead of puppets there are simple men, and instead of a bear there's a human-dog hybrid straight out of your nightmares.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Snooker-based gameshow fun as we delve into the highlight of Jim Davidson's career, watching snooker players "pot as many balls as they can" at the behest of hairy trick shot wizard John Virgo.

It's like Bullseye, but balls.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Word!

Educational Halloween fun with a spooky word-obsessed ghost or alien or something, and possibly the most nineties teens to appear on the podcast so far. Plus, Samuel L Jackson is in this. Don't say we don't treat you nice, because we do.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

We've put it off long enough, but we're finally doing the classic TV show about four meddling teenagers and their dog solving crimes... It's the Famous Five! Not Scooby Doo like you thought I meant. Even though you read the title of the episode first. Silly Wheelers. EMAIL: [email protected] TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger

W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

More gameshow fun as Lionel Blair guides the elderly down memory lane listening to the first few notes of ancient music hall numbers and wartime classics. This show was doing nostalgia before it was cool.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

"Take a word... Change a letter... Do it again... And you've got a chain! That's how you play-ay-ay Chain Letters! Chain Letters!"

We're still on a gameshow kick, and we used to love Chain letters with Andrew O'Connor. Except this episode has the original host Jeremy Beadle. Ugh. Change the "G" to an "L" to make "LAMESHOW," L-A-M-E-S-H-O-W.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.