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.

🎙️ 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!

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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 those plastic cash registers and beeping baby phones actually early tech prototypes? Was Fisher-Price the secret Silicon Valley of toddler Britain?This highly unreliable investigation also includes:🔍 Turtles in UK restaurants (we wish we were joking)👶 The strange phenomenon of caged children (perfectly normal at the time… apparently)💻 The first ever iPad? Possibly. Probably not.😢 James’ deeply unlucky friend (we’re sorry, mate)🧠 And the question on everyone’s mind: Was that Trump’s first computer?Prepare for nostalgia, confusion, and wild speculation that makes absolutely no sense—yet somehow feels… right.Disclaimer: Nothing in this episode should be considered accurate, except the bits that accidentally are.(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.#FisherPrice #80sUK #RetroTech #FunnyPodcast #JamesAndAndyUncovered

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 week, we're talking:

• Why PE in the 80s felt like training for an impending war 🪖

• The absolute terror of forgetting your kit — and the shame of wearing the lost property horrors

• That one muddy football pitch that doubled as a swamp ⚽

• PE teachers who seemed permanently angry and possibly ex-marines

• The lycra epidemic that should’ve been outlawed

• Running cross-country through cold country lanes dodging cyclists and sheep

• And of course, the mythical 30-second warm-up that somehow counted as "preparation"

Get ready for memories, laughs, and mild PTSD flashbacks. Lace up your plimsolls, tighten that headband, and press play — you won't need a note from mum for this one.

🕺 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and comment with your most traumatic PE memory from the 80s. Bonus points if it involves a parachute and ABBA.

#80sUK #PEClass #RetroPodcast #FunnyPodcast #80sSchoolLife #BritishHumour #NostalgiaTrip #PhysicalEducation #80sKids #PEKitNightmare #LycraFails #OldSchoolPE #CrossCountryTerrors #80sMemories #UKComedy

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 teach maths? (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.

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 was a lovely guy! 28:42-29:17 good game good game! 29:18-30:17 do these famous people know the price of a bottle of milk?

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 memory button do on a calculator?

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 - the laziest postman ever!

20:21-21:03 collect the vouchers on 80s food to win prizes!

22:55-23:25 did you guess the 80s sound?

23:35-24:31 holiday photos were different in the 80s!

24:43 m-25:36 any ideas what these photos are???