Adam and Heather are not mountain goats and they prefer walking to anyday - but what will Heather make of classic 1965 comic romp, The Time Meddler: two Carry On stars, a secret Scouser and the presenter of Junior Kickstart get up to all sorts

Blake's 7 - series A (1978) - Seek-Locate-Destroy/Mission To Destiny

1 Oct 31st, 2020 54m 26s

It's time to visit the planet Centero, and meet a comedy robot with a flame-thrower and some smouldering unrequited passion. Meanwhile, it's a bad hair day on board the Ortega - a spaceship fitted with communicators, of all things. Wow. Such lu

CCCP: Shaun of the Dead (2004) with Shannon Fay

Oct 30th, 2023 1h 22m

BONUS: Another Halloweeny repost from Cardboard Cinema Club! Huazzah!We broach the 21st Century for the first time, as Adam is joined by actual real-life Canadian* Shannon Fay - author of Innate Magic and External Forces - to discuss the infini

CCCP: An American Werewolf In London (1981) with Alex Pearson

Oct 30th, 2023 1h 24m

BONUS: Cardboard Cinema Club has been sitting around not doing much for a wee bit (due to Adam being too busy for two podcasts), so for a bit of a Halloween bonus, here's the very first episode for anyone who missed it.In this exciting* first e

RETROTUBE OBSCURIOS: Apaches & The Finishing Line (1977) with Evelyn Mars

Oct 25th, 2023 1h 25m

Content Warning: This is a chat about the strange and dark world of 1970s British Public Information Films, which deal with child safety, specifically the consequences of playing in farmyards and on railway lines, so there's discussion of ficti

Give Us A Clue (1979-1980)

Aug 16th, 2023 1h 21m

Third syllableRoundLong?Pipe - is it pipe?CylinderTelescope?TUBE! TUBE!Okay, second syllable.Boat.Rowing boat.ROW!Row-tubeRETROTUBE![audience applause]Please like, rate, review and share the podcast, otherwise Beryl will have a word. And whatev

BONUS: Moondial (1988) with Audrey Violet

Feb 23rd, 2023 1h 18m

Due to unpopular demand, here's a bonus episode covering episodes 5 & 6 of Moondial (after we received complaints that we only covered 1-4) featuring the wonderful Audrey Violet (previously heard on the Escape Into Night and Cardboard Cinema Cl

Moondial (1988)

Jan 22nd, 2023 1h 27m

It's time to take a trip to deepest rural Lincolnshire, and meet wise old Aunt Mary, jolly Mr World and lovely cuddly Miss Raven - not to mention Maggs the kindly gardener and Mrs Crump, the happiest cook in all the county. Yes, it's Moondial!I

The Muppet Show (1976-1980)

Jan 10th, 2023 1h 12m

It's The Muppet Show, yaaaaaaaay! And also two of Heather's favourite things: short men and puppets. In the last episode, we featured two of show business's finest small men, Davy Jones and Steve Marriott. Well, hold onto your potatoes Dr Jone

Pop Quiz (1984)

Aug 23rd, 2022 1h 16m

Well, RetroTube was almost on a roll, then Adam went and got bloomin' Covid and spent the two and a half weeks he COULD'VE been editing this episode instead lying around on the sofa watching films. Went The Day Well? and Train To Busan is quite

Star Trek - Series 1: This Side of Paradise (1967) (Part 2)

Jul 29th, 2022 53m 18s

Spore blimey - it's part 2 of Adam and Heather's chat about Star Trek series 1, and this time they're looking at This Side of Paradise. Spock gets the girl, Bones gets the tonsils and Kirk gets the hump. Please like, rate, review and share the

Star Trek - season 1: Balance of Terror (1967) (Part 1)

Jul 26th, 2022 1h 9m

Q. What does this episode of RetroTube have in common with the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix?A. Start Wreck.Now I've got that off my chest, it's time for long-term non-Trekker Adam to be introduced to two episodes of Star Trek by Heather, the world's

BONUS: A Hard Day's Night - (1964) Part Two (Cardboard Cinema Club)

Jun 15th, 2022 51m 26s

Part two of Adam and Heather blethering on about A Hard Day's Night. What are they like, honestly!Please subscribe to Cardboard Cinema Club on your podcast platform of choice.https://twitter.com/retro_tubehttps://shows.acast.com/cardboard-cinem

BONUS: A Hard Day's Night - (1964) Part One (Cardboard Cinema Club)

Jun 12th, 2022 1h

Heather and Adam have been holding out on you - only two Retrotube episodes so far this year, and the last one in April. What is the world coming to?To go some way towards atoning for this, and while we prepare our next proper RetroTube episode

The Avengers - series 4 (1965)

Apr 18th, 2022 1h 11m

Adam has always wanted to wear a bowler hat and Heather has always wanted to punch people... so what better opportunity than Series 4 of swanky spy series, The Avengers? It's British TV's most arch and knowing adventure show, and British TV's m

Batman - season 1 (1966)

Mar 31st, 2022 1h 14m

Holy New Season of RetroTube! And it looks like The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder will be up against their most fearsome foes yet. In her vivid blue cape and spangly blue mask, Everton Girl will confound the Dynamic Duo by being all Scouse

The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast: Love Is All (1974)

Dec 27th, 2021 34m 33s

It's a bonus episode, because we can't leave well enough alone.Ever wondered what that really odd animation was involving all sorts of insects and woodland creatures, set to a jaunty psychedelic rock song, which would occasionally crop up on TV

The Box of Delights (1984)

Dec 14th, 2021 1h 26m

We're all jolly well going to have a splendiferous time, and try not to get scrobbled by rotters, as Adam and Heather head into a fortuitous snowfall to seek out a copy of Box of Delights... only to find that Box of Delights was contained withi

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear (1968) (part 3)

Dec 8th, 2021 44m 35s

It's time for wispy fungus, railway tunnels, men in combat boots and really big cuddly Ewoks - The Web of Fear.Three hours in, and Adam and Heather are nearing delirium... and they're not even doing it for charity. But never mind, there's light

Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors (1967) (part 2)

Dec 2nd, 2021 52m 58s

You'll have had yer tea.We're back for part 2 of our giddy ramble about the legendary Season 5 of Doctor Who: to be precise, episodes 1 & 4 of The Ice Warriors. Two non-consecutive episodes... what could possibly go wrong?Heather is wearing her

Doctor Who: Tomb of the Cybermen (1967) (part 1)

Nov 30th, 2021 1h

Part 1 of Adam & Heather's chat about Season 5 of Doctor Who takes in the first two episodes of Tomb of the Cybermen.In order to give Heather a flavour of the base-under-siege world of Season 5, we've jumped about across several stories and wat

Mission: Impossible - season 1 (1966)

Nov 14th, 2021 1h 9m

Adam has been kidnapped by sinister agents from TV Cream archive television podcast, and only Heather can rescue him. Disguised as Graham Kibble-White, Heather has infiltrated their base; knocked their butler unconscious; bugged their library;

Grange Hill (1989)

Nov 2nd, 2021 1h 11m

Adam is cooking up a brand new money-making scheme selling first years to science and then running a sweepstake on how much profit he makes, while girly old Heather is fretting about what make-up to wear to her make-up-and-boys party to which s

RETROTUBE OBSCURIOS: Escape Into Night (1972) with Crow Violet

Oct 22nd, 2021 1h 8m

While Heather gears up for our next regular episode - and it is turning out to be a slightly involved diversion from the usual formula - Adam is joined by artist, writer, comedian, compere and film studies tutor Crow Violet to talk about ATV's

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)

Oct 3rd, 2021 1h 11m

(Re-upload, now with new improved audio quality! Huzzah!)What's Raphael's favourite film?Turtle Recall.It's time to take a trip into the sewers of New York City to visit the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Harpo, Groucho, Stig, Ron, Barry,