Episodes

  • Episode Forty-Seven - 17th December 1987 - Howard's Sleigh
    Dec 25 2024

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    Russ & Mark finally tackle the big beast that they have previously avoided - the classic Tomorrow's World Christmas Quiz. Hosted, as ever, by Howard Stableford, it's a lovely lump of festive fun.
    Obviously there's the usual crew of Judith Hann, Peter Macann and Maggie Philbin, but because it's Christmas we've also got Moira Stuart, Keith Chegwin, George Takei and the unassailable Rod Hull and Emu. Festive gold!

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    2 hrs and 26 mins
  • Episode Forty-Six - 24th January 1980 - Plutonium Fuel Rodd
    Dec 6 2024

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    We all need cheering up sometimes don't we? And what better way to do that than for your auditors to dig out a brand new tune from the burgeoning Michael Rodd songbook? Sadly, it seems no good deed goes unpunished as the rest of this episode is an absolute dog's breakfast.
    Feel free to switch off after the opening song - but if you don't, here's what else you can expect:

    - A man with a dicky ticker putting his hand in a bucket of water
    - Michael Rodd shuffling in front of, sitting behind and squatting on top of various desks
    - Kieran Prendiville complaining about car repair bills and riding a useless bicycle
    - Judith Hann desperately pumping the brakes

    Don't worry, it's nearly Christmas and we can forget all this ever happened.

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    2 hrs and 19 mins
  • Episode Forty-Five - 18th October 1973 - Like the Rhine's Own Cowboy
    Nov 9 2024

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    We all remember the famous Ronald Reagan speech where he implored "Mr. Hasselhoff, tear down this wall!" But what wall was he talking about? The Berlin Wall of course! And it turns out that Big Ronnie's wishes were granted 35 years ago this very day (if you're listening on day of release).
    In order to celebrate this classic toppling event, your auditors travel even further back in time to an era when that big pile of rubble was still very much wall-shaped for a very special episode focusing entirely on West Germany.
    William Woollard is our sole host (with Derek Cooper on narration duties) as we take some very long and thorough looks at:

    - Testing the suppleness of classical musicians with torture devices
    - Rejected Thunderbird vehicles clearing up a nuclear spill
    - Willy Woolly crank calling the Siemens internal operator
    - Some pro-level bowling from a deafblind person
    - Mountaineering in top-to-toe denim to catch some fresh air

    As the old German saying goes: "Ich lichten nichten" (Translation: "I don't like it, but I'll have to go along with it")

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    2 hrs and 16 mins
  • Episode Forty-Four - 25th September 1991 - Diamonds Aren't Forever
    Oct 25 2024

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    As far as TV sitcoms go, no single episode of anything has made Russ laugh more than series 1, episode 2 of Bottom - the one where the gas man turns up. So to commemorate this perfect half hour of television, your auditors take a look at the episode of Tomorrow's World broadcast just two days prior. It's the first in a new series and marks the very start of the 90s "drum theme" era - which means we see Carmen Pryce's debut segment (in a small European town, natch) and short-lived (in more ways than one) presenter John Diamond, who is surfing some dodgy internet sites. Elsewhere, Judith Hann has a lightbulb moment, Howard Stableford deals with severe wind in India and Kate Bellingham does her best Ronnie Corbett impression.

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    2 hrs and 37 mins
  • Episode Forty-Three - 11th April 1985 - Howard's WAHEY
    Aug 31 2024

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    For only the second time ever, your auditors take a special look at an episode handpicked by one of their very favourite people - an actual paying subscriber. Steve wrote to us claiming that he remembered Howard's first ever appearance on Tomorrow's World with a level of clarity and detail that seems humanly impossible for a live programme last seen 39 years ago. So despite this, did he somehow defy the mists of time and remember it right?
    Listen on and find out...

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    2 hrs and 34 mins
  • Episode Forty-Two - 1st March 1996 - Goering for Gold
    Aug 1 2024

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    No doubt you're all glued to your televisions, cheering on highly trained athletes performing incredible physical feats in events of which you only have the vaguest understanding. Yes, the Olympics are on at the moment - and rather than listening to the pointless TV commentary, why not stick on our very special Olympic-themed episode of the podcast for a veritable biathlon of entertainment?

    Howard Stableford and Shahnaz Pakravan travel over to Atlanta, the host city for the 1996 Games, to take a look at what preparations are being made ahead of the event and how the competitors can improve their performance. We see how the Olympic Torch is being constructed, traffic solutions in Atlanta, the latest in prosthetics, what performance enhancing drugs to avoid and how winning boosts sex drive.

    Faster, higher, stronger indeed...

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    2 hrs and 58 mins
  • Episode Forty-One - 13th June 2001 - Talvin and the Ship Hunks
    Jun 21 2024

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    As the nation prepares to go to the polls, Russ & Mark journey back a mere 23 years to the last episode of Tomorrow's World to coincide with a UK General Election to see if things have only got better.

    Hosting in the studio, Peter Snow has forgotten his swingometer - but luckily Philippa Forrester is also there to set off our schwingometers, as she visits Wales to see a new way of rescuing people with a firehose (you won't believe who she bumps into...)

    Meanwhile, Katie Knapman goes hot air ballooning in New Zealand to meet a memory expert, new boy Nick Baker has an underwater chinwag with a dishy dive instructor, DJ Jono Coleman throws his weight around a supermarket, and we have some inspiring news from Stoke Mandeville hospital with barely a mention of you-know-who (now then, now then).

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    2 hrs and 40 mins
  • Episode Forty - 6th May 1994 - You're A Star, Eurostar
    May 6 2024

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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 very well be the coolest 30 seconds ever shown on TW.

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    3 hrs and 4 mins