Mon, 5 December 2022
We're continuing Target: 2006, and things are hotting up! Galvatron consolidates his power base, and the Autobots have to employ extreme measures! Also, we get to hear the refrain "Wreck and rule!" for the very first time... (This episode covers issues #81-#84) If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Tue, 1 November 2022
We're a bit late due to illness, but we're back! And we're starting one of THE most important stories in all of Transformers fiction, as Target: 2006 starts this episode! Join Andy and Glenn as they find out why the US comic's unwillingness to feature movie characters was the best decision ever made! (This episode covers issues #77-#80) If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Thu, 8 September 2022
It's time for some more retrogaming goodness with Amy and Glenn, and this episode is all about the great (and not so great) Star Wars games of yesteryear! From TIE Fighter to Rogue Squadron, from Power Jedi Battles to Masters of Teräs Käsi, it's all here! I have a bad feeling about this. Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Fri, 2 September 2022
Andy's back with us from the Smorgaspod for more Transformers UK goodness, with the end of Skids' story from the US, and the Dinobot Eighties action movie awesomeness that is "In the National Interest"! (This episode covers issues #72-#76.) If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Mon, 15 August 2022
It's time for Brad and Glenn to get together again and talk some Star Wars, but this time they're discussing the latest SW offering from Disney - the long awaited Obi-Wan Kenobi series! But is it any good, or just a load of Bantha poodoo? Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Fri, 29 July 2022
Andy and Glenn are back with more from Marvel UK's Transformers, where Blaster and the Autobots on Cybertron discover the dark secret at the heart of the Space Bridge, and on Earth, Omega Supreme comes online... (This episode covers issues #68-#71.) If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Mon, 11 July 2022
We have a brand new guest on today's show - the Vindaloo Vixen herself, Emma Daria, joins us to talk about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! There's also some discussion of things 80's antipodean, and we manage to sneak in some Doctor Who in there as well! Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Thu, 30 June 2022
Andy and Glenn are back with more from Marvel UK's Transformers, where Buster and Prime share a dream, Megatron and Shockwave fight it out, and we find that Cybertron's Autobots are having a bit of a rubbish one... (This episode covers issues #64-#67.) If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ |
Mon, 27 June 2022
Amy and Glenn are back with more retrogaming goodness as we talk about more old games, consoles and our happy memories of playing games back in the day and beyond! Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Tue, 7 June 2022
Duncan's back with us for this one, and it's going to get scary and icky, because we're talking about the ups and downs of the Alien franchise! From a gothic horror in space, to all out action, to whatever Alien 3 was supposed to be, it's all here! So suit up, look into my eye, and hope to Yahweh you don't get Ovimorphed! Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Mon, 30 May 2022
We're back with some essential Marvel UK Transformers content, as Andy and Glenn explore the coming of the Special Teams, and the Decepticons realising that menacing humans is far more productive than fighting the Autobots... (This episode covers issues #59-#63.) If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ |
Thu, 19 May 2022
In the first of what we hope to be many episodes, join Amy and Glenn as they take a look at Retrogaming in all it's many and varied forms, as well as focusing on particular games, systems, and the culture of retro itself! In this opening episode, we talk about our histories, favourites, and loves of the retrogaming world! Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Mon, 16 May 2022
Dave from Sonic the Comic the Podcast joins us again this week, to talk about records that we owned as kids in the 80s! They might not necessarily have been made in our favourite decade, but we would have definitely listened to them, so let's show them some love, shall we? Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Thu, 12 May 2022
Leigh and Glenn are back to take a look at 2022's Easter Special, Legend of the Sea Devils - but was it more akin to Delgado in the original Sea Devil series, or did it have the distinct whiff of the Myrka about it? NB: This was recorded before the announcement of the 14th Doctor. Nerva Beacon on Facebook: facebook.com/NervaBeaconPodcast Nerva Beacon on Twitter: @NervaBeaconPod |
Tue, 3 May 2022
We're back with more Transformers UK goodness, this time covering April of the most important year of the franchise at that point! Join Andy and Glenn as they discover who is REALLY behind the giant robot menace, and why Shockwave has a sudden interest in Bumblebee! (This episode covers issues #55-#58.) If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ |
Fri, 22 April 2022
Apologies for being late with this one, but Andy from the Smorgaspod is back with us, and you know what that means - it's Transformers time again! And we see the end of the Dinobot Hunt, the return of Megatron AND some brand new Autobots attending a Brick Springhorn concert! (This episode covers issues #50-#54.) If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ |
Sat, 16 April 2022
It's been a while, but they're back! Leigh and Glenn return to talk some more Doctor Who, and just in time. With the brand new episode dropping on Easter Sunday, the two go back 16 years to talk about Rose Tyler's departing two-parter, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday! Nerva Beacon on Facebook: facebook.com/NervaBeaconPodcast Nerva Beacon on Twitter: @NervaBeaconPod |
Sun, 3 April 2022
Amy's back with us this episode, to have a bit of a natter about retrogaming, and why it means so much to us nostalgia geeks! And as it's us, we also take a few other nostalgic tangents, because why not? Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Sat, 26 March 2022
Hello there! Brad's back with us, to talk about how we think the Book of Boba Fett went, and how excited we are for the Obi-Wan Kenobi series! As well as that, there's all the usual gush and excitement that we have for one of our most favourite franchises! We have spoken. Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Sat, 19 March 2022
It's time to welcome Wil back to BTTE Towers again, as we delve into the murky, scary world of Public Information Films. We also take a trip to North London to visit Grange Hill, and go off on many a nostalgic tangent as per usual! Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Sat, 12 March 2022
Sacha's back with us again, this time to talk about the Lawman of the Future from Mega-City 1, who keeps the streets clean but isn't necessarily our hero...Judge Dredd! From his humble beginnings in a comic that rose from the ashes of Action! through the Megazine, to today! Come join us, or Ol' Stoney Face will put you in for a 10 stretch in the Cubes. Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Fri, 4 March 2022
Andy from the Smorgaspod is back with us, and you know what that means - it's Transformers time again! What delights do Marvel UK have in store for us from 36 years hence? Why, Dinobots, of course, as the Hunt is most definitely ON! (This episode covers issues #46-#49.) If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Mon, 14 February 2022
This week we're delving into the many, many fantasy movies that appeared in the 80s, a whistle-stop tour if you will! Joining us on that journey is our old mate Duncan from Stacebob and the Dweebs. So gird your loins, grab your broadsword, and hope that we roll a D20, we're going in! Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Mon, 7 February 2022
This week we're joined by the Fluid Goth that is Amy, to talk all about computing and gaming in the late 1980s, but especially that most popular 8-bit system in Europe, the Sega Master System! It may have been all about the NES in the States, but over here in the UK we did love a bit of Sega! Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Mon, 31 January 2022
It's a brand new year, and for Transformers UK a very important one! We start as we mean to go on too, with the story "Crisis of Command!", and then start one featuring a robot-controlling professor who's about to get close with one of the Dinobots... If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Mon, 17 January 2022
The Bordersdude AKA John is with us this week, and we're talking about the wrestling! From the 1980s until present day, we discuss it all, who are favourites are, which matches we love, and all the superstars from the Eighties until now! Bah gawd, it's a slobberknocker! Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |
Mon, 10 January 2022
Happy New Year! Let's start as we mean to go on, with some more amazing retro content! This week we're taking a look at the Transformers Annual from 1985/86, joined as always for Transformers stuff by Andy from the Smorgaspod! Expect Insecticons, Xaaron, text stories galore and even a board game as we discover what Transformers fandom in the UK looked like just before the Movie hit! If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod |