39 episodes
Tomorrow's World Audit Time Russ & Mark
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A podcast where Russ and Mark audit an old episode of Tomorrow's World from the future and discover much about the past.
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Episode Thirty-Nine - 26th April 1979 - The Sound of Cylons
Let us travel back almost exactly 45 years to a time when "Boomer" was a cool name and "Starbuck" had nothing to do with coffee. Battlestar Galactica has just been released in UK cinemas, so surely the team at Tomorrow's World will pull out all the stops to make sure their small screen science fact is as exciting as the big screen science fiction?
Hmmm. Well, maybe not.
There's a certain sense that things aren't firing on all cylinders this episode, with segments on a robot lawnmower built by sixth formers, a new type of fire alarm, monorails, red spider mites, babies learning maths, and the longest, beigest report on oil rig corrosion we have ever seen. Kieran Prendiville and Michael Rodd do most of the heavy lifting, while Judith Hann stays slumped in an armchair with chronic jetlag.
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Episode Thirty-Eight - 7th March 1989 - He Moves in Listeria's Way
According to the sorts of people on the internet who make up quotes and then attribute them to famous people in order to sell posters and T-shirts, Gandhi once said "If you don't ask, you don't get". And what a wise man he was (if he said that, which he almost certainly didn't).
You see, one of our esteemed subscribers had the revolutionary idea of asking us to audit a particular episode, which features Howard Stableford arguing with a talking Hoover, and that is exactly what we've done.
Elsewhere in this absolutely jam-packed episode we will encounter Judith Hann saying aloha to abalone in Hawaii, new girl Anna Walker soaping up on the runway, Peter Macann almost wheely hurting himself, and Maggie Philbin back doing what she loves best: shooting arrows into apples.
Trigger warning: This episode features what may be the greatest number of podia ever assembled in one Tomorrow's World segment. So if you suffer from podium phobia, maybe skip the piece about cheese.
(Also, apologies for the sound quality and excessive background noise. Mark recorded himself on the wrong microphone. Amateur.)
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Episode Thirty-Seven - 28th January 1998 - In LASIKness and in Health
In the wake of an extremely indulgent Christmas and birthday double-whammy, Russ turns to Tomorrow's World for inspiration in an episode from January 1998 that features Peter Snow examining diets and calorie counting. What a fat load of good that turns out to be.
Meanwhile, Mark explains why he thinks four eyes are better than two as we watch Anya Sitaram looking at developments in the world of laser eye surgery.
Elsewhere, Philippa Forrester presents from a gantry (hooray!), Craig Doyle gets outsmarted by a dog, Jez Nelson surfs the Singapore web, and Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics chats about his terrible jam.
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Episode Thirty-Six - 19th December 1985 - Judith the Dead Rose Reindeer
To paraphrase the legendary 1985 pub car park musician rumble champion Boy George: "And in our world of plenty, we can spread a smile of joy. Throw your arms around Tomorrow's World at Christmas time."
So that's what we're doing. And it will be extra comfy as everyone is wearing extremely cosy-looking knitwear.
This is a real Christmas treat with everything for all the family: booze, toys, chocs and John Rambo.
Listen on as Russ & Mark - broadcasting live from the Dutch Alps - welcome TW legend Bob Symes for the first time, Peter Macann gets his phone hacked, Maggie Philbin gets a golden ticket to a Swiss chocolate factory, Howard Stableford tries some very dry white wine, and Judith Hann tackles some (G)remlins in her VHS player.
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Episode Thirty-Five - 21st October 1976 - Spare the Rodd, Spoil the Riot
Evenin' all! It's time once again for Russ & Mark to take down the particulars of a Tomorrow's World special episode and, because they are celebrating the 40th birthday of The Bill, they're going to watch one focusing on 'The Forces of Law and Order'.
William Woollard is loitering with intent outside the headquarters of Interpol, reporting on heroin smuggling in Marseilles and Amsterdam, a kidnapping in Sicily, and the tactics of the bonecrunching CRS riot squad.
Meanwhile, Michael Rodd is proceeding in an easterly direction to Germany, tailing a stolen Merc and admiring the frighteningly well-equipped Bundesgrenzschutz.
We're also treated to a guest presenter in the form of radiant Dutch reporter Ria Dalmeijer, who brightens up an otherwise rather bleak examination of policing in Northern Ireland.
Get your trousers on son. You're nicked!
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Episode Thirty-Four - 28th October 1994 - Tanks For The Anemones
It's been a long time coming, but finally Russ and Mark get round to auditing an episode from the short-lived Vorderman era of Tomorrow's World. Was it worth the wait? Absolutely not, but they still somehow find plenty to chat about.
A very hoarse Carol Vorderman hosts on her own from the studio, before heading up to Nottingham to meet a young lad with a cochlear implant; Vivienne Parry checks out the hot new trend in paralysing spinal injections; Howard Stableford discovers a completely different definition of 'fish tanks'; and Shahnaz Pakravan raises more questions than she answers when she tries to flambé a Frenchman's face.
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