My 70's TV Childhood

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It's A Knockout? Giant Penguins, Soggy Costumes and the Fil Rouge

2026-10-2728:45

Slippery ramps, giant foam costumes, pools of water and a man from Halifax with a whistle. In this episode of My 70s TV Childhood, the classic British TV podcast about growing up in 1970s Britain, I'm looking back at It's A Knockout and its glamorous European big brother, Jeux Sans Frontières. Ordinary people represented their towns while dressed as penguins, teapots and garden sheds, and the rest of us watched from the comfort of a dry sofa. It was one of the shows that shaped a generation, ...

Quiz #80: Animal Magic, the Creatures That Shared Our 70s Childhood

2026-10-2017:20

Hello, you lovely lot, and welcome to the My 70s TV Childhood Quiz, the trivia quiz from the classic British TV podcast that looks back at growing up in 1970s Britain. This time we open with the animals of our childhood telly: cartoon heroes, farmyard favourites and studio pets we all felt were partly ours. Grab a pen, some paper and a brew, and let's see how you get on. What to Expect Round 1: Animal Magic The animals, real and animated, that shared our screens as children.Round 2: Maratho...

Beasts: Nigel Kneale's 1976 Nightmares

2026-10-1325:41

Welcome back to My 70s TV Childhood, the classic British TV podcast about growing up in 1970s Britain and the part television played in our lives. This week we're looking back at Beasts, Nigel Kneale's six-part ITV anthology from 1976. There were no castles or alien planets, just a supermarket, a suburban home, an empty dolphinarium, a country cottage, a pet shop and a film studio. It was scratching behind a wall, rather than anything you actually saw, that followed us up the stairs to ...

Quiz #79: Suitable for Children?

2026-10-0615:17

Hello, you lovely lot, and welcome to the My 70s TV Childhood Quiz, the fun trivia quiz from the classic British TV podcast that looks back at growing up in 1970s Britain. This time we start with the scarier side of the schedules. Looking back, I'm surprised we all turned out so normal, or relatively so, given some of the things we were shown at teatime. Grab a pen and paper and your favourite brew (I'm back on tea today) and let's see how you get on. What to Expect Round 1: Suitable for Chil...

Don't Make Me Angry!

2026-09-2921:19

Welcome back to My 70s TV Childhood, the classic British TV podcast about growing up in 1970s Britain and the part television played in our lives. So many of you asked about it after our Wonder Woman episode that this week we're looking back at The Incredible Hulk, the programme that gave British children in the late 1970s a rather alarming lesson in anger management. From Bill Bixby's gentle, haunted David Banner to Lou Ferrigno's unforgettable Hulk, it's a show that shaped a generation, one...

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