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 Crosby or Suzi Ruffell) Josh takes us through the wildest and most entertaining stories of unhinged genius, world dominating success and shaming failure. Mr Blobby, The KLF, East 17, Dallas, Ghostwatch, the Sinclair C5, U2, Mary Whitehouse, Apocalypse Now, David Hasselhoff… all will be covered at some point plus many more from the world of film, TV, music, celebrity and pop culture! A Keep It Light Media Production (Co...
Latest episodes
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30 min
The Millennium Dome (Part 5)
The final part of the infamous, and at times unexpected and bizarre story of one of modern Britain’s greatest folly’s turned success stories - The Millennium Dome.Will the gang get…
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35 min
The Millennium Dome (Part 4)
Part 4 of the infamous, and at times unexpected story of one of modern Britain’s greatest folly’s turned success stories - The Millennium Dome.The millenium is here and the dome is…
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34 min
The Millennium Dome (Part 3)
Part 3 of the infamous, and at times unexpected story of one of modern Britain’s greatest folly’s turned success stories - The Millennium Dome.If you want to get in touch with the…
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35 min
The Millennium Dome (Part 2)
Joining me today to discuss the infamous, and at times unexpected story of one of modern Britain’s greatest folly’s turned success stories - The Millennium Dome, is comedian Matthe…
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41 min
The Millennium Dome (Part 1)
Joining me today to discuss the infamous, and at times unexpected story of one of modern Britain’s greatest folly’s turned success stories - The Millennium Dome, is comedian Matthe…
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31 min
Siegfried & Roy (Part 3)
Still to come in part 3 is the aftermath of the tiger attack - including conspiracy theories, lawsuits, and countless controversies as the legendary duo's dominance of the Las Vega…
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31 min
Siegfried & Roy (Part 2)
Welcome back to part 2… Coming up in this part we've got tiger attacks, lawsuits and conspiracy theories as the Siegfried and Roy juggernaut starts to derail at the height of their…
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44 min
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…
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32 min
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 ca…
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37 min
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…
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37 min
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 po…
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42 min
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. Unregul…
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33 min
Neighbours (Part 4)
NEIGHBOURS - PART 4A sun-drenched rival soap is launched over in Summer Bay - sadly they both go the way of the Dodo. But ultimately, what matters is the friends and neighbours we…
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33 min
Neighbours (Part 3)
NEIGHBOURS - PART 3Scott and Charlene get married... what more is there to say.Is this the biggest wedding of the decade?All episodes for this series are available to listen to now…
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39 min
Neighbours (Part 2)
NEIGHBOURS - PART 2We meet the iconic cast who made the show famous, and some bizarre celebrity cameos who have appeared over the years. And disocver the story behind the iconic th…
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34 min
Neighbours (Part 1)
Britain in the mid 1980’s is a nation caught between tradition and change.Margaret Thatcher's government reshapes the economy…Duran Duran and Wham! dominate the pop charts, while L…
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34 min
The Making of 'Apocalypse Now' (Part 3)
Welcome back to the final part of the insane story of the making of Apocalypse Now…Can Francis Ford Coppola pull victory from the jaws of defeat as the film spirals over budget and…
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36 min
The Making of 'Apocalypse Now' (Part 2)
Welcome back to part 2 of the incredible story of the making of Apocalypse Now… in this episode we’ve got casting disasters, drink and drugs problems on set, and a civil war that r…
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46 min
The Making of 'Apocalypse Now' (Part 1)
In the mid 1970’s America stood at a crossroads. The Vietnam War had recently ended, leaving deep social divisions and a crisis of trust in government after the Watergate scandal..…
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29 min
Spiderman: Turn off the Dark - Broadway's Biggest Musical Failure? (Part 4)
Spiderman: Turn off the Dark - Broadway's Biggest Musical Failure? (Part 4)In the final part of this incredible story of the Spiderman Broadwy musical - Turn off the dark, we disco…