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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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To celebrate the podcast reaching the Big 4-0, Russ and Mark audit a very special episode of Tomorrow's World broadcast on the day that the Channel Tunnel opened - exactly 30 years ago today. Howard Stableford and Carmen Pryce give us a comprehensive overview of various aspects of this engineering marvel - including segments on the Eurostar, Le Shuttle, sea levels, ferries, seasickness, and the threat of French rabies. There's also a very special bonus extra bit at the end, which may ver...
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 buil...
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.Elsew...
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 o...
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 leg...
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 Ro...
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...
This time Russ & Mark pay tribute to the second-best film ever made and take a look at the episode of Tomorrow's World broadcast the week that Predator stormed into UK cinemas. For some reason almost everything they look at involves water and/or magnets, so if that floats your boat please stick around to enjoy:Maggie Philbin testing batteries and purifying oil rig water, Judith Hann visiting Shanghai to sniff their sewage, Peter Macann windsurfing like a pro, and Stephen Hawking showing o...
With everyone banging on about A.I. these days, Russ and Mark thought they'd better jump aboard the bandwagon before it leaves town and take a look at an episode of Tomorrow's World that features a virtual personality called Maddie, who demonstrates plenty of the A but not a lot of the I when she answers calls from the public.Also in the programme, which let's not forget heralds from the very worst era of TW, Kate Humble plays with penguins and pumps up balls, Roger Black bandages a hurdler, ...
After a month off to recuperate, Russ and Mark ease themselves back into the world of tomorrow with an extremely run-of-the-mill episode from 1973. It's just a week after the end of the Vietnam War and it doesn't seem like there's much going on at the moment (except the Cod War). Still, at least this makes for one of the shortest episodes of the podcast ever, so you can't complain about that. Listen on as Derek Cooper narrates films about fish pheromones and tin can recycling, William Wo...
Russ and Mark are in a celebratory mood - not only have they made it to 30 episodes, but it is also by pure coincidence the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web. Luckily for those of you confused by this new fangled internet thing, Tomorrow's World have put together a "Webwise Special" explaining everything you need to know about the information superhighway. So strap on your surfboard and get stuck in as Philippa Forrester and Peter Snow welcome us to the digital future, with the help of C...
Heartfelt apologies. Our Easter special is a week late. That's the last time we rely on Michael Rodd's maths to work out what date it's supposed to be... But just like that Creme Egg you find down the back of the sofa, there's so much good stuff inside this episode that you can tuck in any time of the year and still enjoy yourself.Listen on as Kieran Prendiville shows us his fancy chopper, Judith Hann necks some pills and catches some rays, Su Ingle grows a third hand after visiting Wind...
As a lovely St. Patrick's Day treat, we cross the Irish Sea to join Raymond Baxter for a very special episode "down on the farm" in County Meath, Ireland. It's what you've all been crying out for - a European agricultural extravaganza! Listen on as Russ & Mark spend far longer than they thought they would finding out about truffle cultivation, cow breeding, overachieving German farmers, cutting-edge tractor tech, stretched pigs, the Green Pound, and aphid monitoring. Alongside R...
MWAH! MWAH!That's a couple of big sloppy kisses from your favourite auditors as thank you for listening to us on this very special day of the year. Snuggle up as we gawp at Philippa Forrester being very tidy in every sense of the word. Then Jez Nelson gets some vampire bats drooling, Howard Stableford watches a spot of hardcore pucking, Vivienne Parry has a whale of a time and Shahnaz Pakravan enjoys the ride of her life.Support the Show.If you press on that link above here that sa...
Batten down the hatches, take shelter and ignore Michael Fish, because there's a hurricane brewing! Coming live from BBC TV Centre on the very night of the Great Storm of 1987, Maggie Philbin and Howard Stableford brave the rotten weather outside, while sensible Judith Hann and Peter Macann stay dry in the studio. There's a whole load of nonsense segments this episode, with a couple of good ideas somewhere in between. Listen on to hear about: Robo-jockeys in Memphis, nuisance phonecalls in Br...
Holograms are coming, holograms are coming, holograms are coming! Yes folks, it's time once again for the now traditional annual Tomorrow's World Audit Time Christmas Special. This one looks at an episode of TW from December 1981, in the midst of a particularly cold and snowy winter (we're sure you can empathise). Listen on as Michael Rodd mucks about with lasers and electricity, Judith Hann recycles her tinsel, Su Ingle plays with a train set and Kieran Prendiville retires to the p...
Have you ever wondered what this podcast would be like if Russ didn't edit out all the times Mark talked about football? Well you're about to find out, as for one episode only we change into our referee kits and take a look at a Tomorrow's World from the week before the 1998 World Cup. And if you want to know what we thought of it, look away now.... [it's an absolute snoozefest]Philippa Forrester keeps watch from the dugout while Craig Doyle tickles the ivories, Anya Sitaram cools her jets, R...
Warning: This episode is not for the faint-hearted, as we travel back 30 years to the week following BBC1's broadcast of the SCARIEST TV PROGRAMME EVER MADE - Ghostwatch. However, on Tomorrow's World Halloween is a distant memory as they turn their attention to the imminent Bonfire Night, with promises of an absolutely spectacular firework display at the end of the show. Can you already smell the dampness of those squibs?Also on the show, Judith chats about biodiesel and dodgy glassware,...
Ever wondered what would happen if the people who make Tomorrow's World went on strike? Well, wonder no more. Turns out that all they do is cobble together a Frankenstein's monster of a programme from old segments of previous episodes. The interesting thing, as your esteemed auditors quickly discover, is that whoever is normally in charge of quality control is very much on strike too. Listen on as Michael Rodd fondles a gnome, laughs at some trains and breaks America, Kieran Prendiville gets ...
In this episode we find ourselves slap-bang in the middle of the 1980s, where one of the more unexpected outcomes of widespread famine in Ethiopia is not one, but two chart-busting charity singles featuring a veritable who's who of top pop stars. But while Band Aid and USA For Africa are slugging it out in the charts (and possibly a pub car park), the gang at Tomorrow's World are focusing on more domestic issues. Listen on as Kieran Prendiville sniffs some maggots and jiggles a cath...
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