Bring Back The 80s

More 80s mixtapes, TOTP, HiFi envy and the UK Top 40 - Episode 20 Season 4

The final studio episode!

80s mixtapes, HiFi envy and the charts - Epidode 19 Season 4

Did you have a boom box?

More 80s arcades fun in the UK - Episode 18 Season 4

What was your favourite arcade game?

Arcades in every high street! Episode 17 Season 4

Who wants millions of tickets at the arcade?

See James' 80s rubber collection, Trainspotting & other 80s Collecting Chaos!

Episode 16 - Season 4. What didn't we collect in the 80s?! 🛤️🎟️ From sticker albums and Panini swaps to full-on trainspotting (anoraks very much included), we dive into the weird and wonderful world…

CB Radios, Chopper Bikes & Other Very British 80s Mischief!

Season 4 - Episode 15. Back when a Saturday meant riding your Chopper bike like Evel Knievel and chatting absolute nonsense on the CB radio, life was simpler (and far more ridiculous). 🇬🇧🚲📻 Join us…

Before Wi-Fi: How Teletext Was the Internet of the 80s!

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…

Ceefax & The Local Paper: How We Got News Before the Internet!

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…

Fisher-Price Was Our Internet – 80s Toys & Totally Hands-Off Parenting

🎙️ 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…

Fisher-Price: The Forgotten Tech Empire of the 80s? | James & Andy Investigate (Badly)

Episode 11 Season 4 - Before Apple. Before Microsoft. Before sanity… there was Fisher-Price.In this barely researched exposé, James and Andy uncover the suspiciously advanced nature of 80s toys—were…

Dodge, Duck, Lycra, Repeat: Surviving 80s PE in the UK - Episode 10, Season 4

Welcome to another side-splitting episode of our retro rewind podcast, where we dive headfirst (without warming up, naturally) into the chaotic world of Physical Education in 1980s UK schools!This…

School PE lessons in England in the 80s were BRUTAL - Episode 9 Season 4

Who remembers 'The Apparatus'? Massive gyms screwed to the wall in the school hall. Did anyone ever manage to climb to the top of those ropes?! And why did PE teachers suddenly turn upin class to…

Krypton Factor or The Generation Game? Which was your favourite TV Gameshow of the 80s? (Ep 8)

3:44-4:06 krypton factor was trumps perfect game show8:53-9:16 Blockbusters was for brainy 80s kids11:55-12:28 Celebrity Price Is Right!! 13:38-14:03 who remembers manual hoovers?21:06-21:44 Bruce…

80s TV gameshows of the UK (Ep 7)

2:33-2:55 the subtle 80s gameshow host7:04-7:51 can you remember the 80s stars?14:10 - 14:49 who remembers its a royal knockout?17:28-18:21 James’ idea of an 80s gameshow23:38-24:23what did the…

Postman Pat v Scooby Do - Which was the best cartoon of the 80s? (Ep 6 )

5:35-6:25 we didn’t save the planet in the 80s!10:00-10:20 did scooby doo scare you?12:05-12:34 what is this 80s sound?12:39-13:18 who are the biggest killers in America? 15:55-16:45 Postman Pat -…

80s Kids cartoons were great! (Ep 5 )

5:50-6:19 just one lady Smurf in the 80s??10:58-11:33 did 80s cartoons cover abortion!?16:55-17:37 inspector gadget predicted the future!19:28-20:15 Beyoncé and Jay-Z are what??21:36-22:12 can a…

Inside an 80s kid's bedroom with James. What was lurking under the bed? (Season 4 Episode 4)

(Season 4, 2025 Episode 4)

Everyone's bedroom came from MFI, Transformers duvet on your Captain bed, and James' MASSIVE clock (Season 4 2025 Episode 3)

NO ONE wanted Speak and Spell! But we loved BOOBLESS and SHELLOIL! (Season 4 - 2025 Episode 2)

Remember playing Donkey Kong, Mario, Pong, Pac-Man? And Major Morgan's Electric Organ! (Season 4, 2025 Episode 1)