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Bring Back The 80s

Bring Back The 80s

By: James Alderson and Andy Jackson
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You can watch all our episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BringBackThe80sPodcast Join comedy legend James Alderson and radio's Andy Jackson on the podcast that asks questions like: Do kids know they’ve been born these days, why do they call them vinyl and not records, and whatever happened to white dog poo?James Alderson and Andy Jackson
Episodes
  • Before Wi-Fi: How Teletext Was the Internet of the 80s!
    May 13 2025

    Season 4 - Episode 14. Before memes, before scrolling, before Wi-Fi... we had Teletext! 📺 Join us on a hilarious trip back to when news, gossip, and holiday deals loaded one pixel at a time. This episode of our 80s podcast dives into the ancient magic of Teletext — our prehistoric internet — and why we kinda miss it (but also don't). Grab your neon socks and tune in!(Season 4 - 2025) Bring Back The 80s PODCAST .com - A new episode every Tuesday! Please subscribe to our channel - it really helps us to grow and keep making content like this.

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    30 mins
  • Ceefax & The Local Paper: How We Got News Before the Internet!
    May 6 2025

    Episode 13 - Season 4. No smartphones. No apps. No endless scrolling. 📺📰If you needed news, weather, or football scores in the 80s, you had two trusty options: Ceefax or the local paper! Join us for a hilarious throwback to when 'up-to-date' meant waiting for page 102 to load pixel by pixel. It's retro news... the way nature intended.(Season 4 - 2025) Bring Back The 80s PODCAST .com - A new episode every Tuesday! Please subscribe to our channel - it really helps us to grow and keep making content like this.

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    29 mins
  • Fisher-Price Was Our Internet – 80s Toys & Totally Hands-Off Parenting
    Apr 29 2025

    🎙️ Bring Back The 80s – The Podcast That Smells Like Atari Cartridges and School Dinners!

    Join hosts Andy Jackson and James Alderson as they fire up the nostalgia machine and take you on a hilarious trip back to the days of Rubik’s Cubes, mullets, and dodgy synth music.

    In this episode, they dive headfirst into the wonderful world of Fisher Price toys – from clunky plastic telephones to that garage set every kid owned (and broke). But things really go off the rails around 0:40–1:28, when they tackle the truly important questions like:

    • Could Donald Trump have owned Fisher Price??

    • Was Fisher Price actually better than the internet?

    • What even happened to doctors?

    • Why did we have to change clocks manually in the 80s (and did we even know why)?

    • And why was it perfectly normal that boys had boys stuff and girls had girls stuff?

    Plus:

    • A look at parenting in the 80s vs now (spoiler: seatbelts were optional)

    • Whatever happened to the 2.4 children family ideal?

    • And of course, that age-old solution to all TV problems: “Give the telly a whack!”

    It’s a joyful, slightly chaotic stroll down memory lane, full of laughs, questionable fashion choices, and enough 80s references to make a DeLorean jealous.

    👾 Expect:

    • Glorious tales of growing up in 80s UK

    • Toy-box deep dives (and the trauma of stepping on plastic people barefoot)

    • A lot of "Remember that!?" moments

    • And the occasional dodgy impression of a children's TV presenter

    So grab your Spangles, sit back, and press play — because it’s time to Bring Back The 80s!

    📼 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share with your fellow retro lovers!

    #BringBackThe80s #80sPodcast #FisherPriceMadness #UKNostalgia #AndyAndJames #RetroToys

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    23 mins
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