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Hello! I'm Oliver Colling. And this is My 70s TV Childhood.

We are a podcast dedicated to taking you back to childhood memories of 1970s Britain and the part that television played in our and our family's lives back then.

19/11/2025

We’re heading back to the wonderfully weird world of Michael Bentine’s Potty Time, full of tiny puppets, daft voices, and gloriously British chaos. 🇬🇧

Did you ever make your own potties as a kid? Let us know below! 👇

🎧 Listen now 🔗in the comments.

18/11/2025

Remember when history was retold by tiny wooden puppets with wiggly legs and big noses?

Take a trip back with us to the wonderfully weird world of Michael Bentine’s Potty Time!

From the Battle of Trafalgar (complete with cardboard waves!) to Christopher Columbus discovering the world is round, it was history full of slapstick, explosions, and gloriously silly voices.

What was your favourite Potty moment? Let us know below! 👇
🎧 Links to the episode are in the comments.

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14/11/2025

🚪 Flashback Friday
The clanging prison doors, Ronnie Barker’s brilliance, and Richard Beckinsale’s charm
Porridge reminded us that even behind bars, there was heart, humour, and humanity.

🎧Listen to the episode
🔗 Link in the comments!

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12/11/2025

Who remembers those terrifying 1970s public information films about Bonfire Night, fireworks, and “staying safe”? 🎆
They scared us senseless but did the message stick? 😅

🎧 Play along with this week’s quiz, link in the comments!

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11/11/2025

This week's quiz is all about the terrifying public information films that haunted our childhoods. 💀 Grim Reapers, 🎆 exploding fireworks, and 🚗 road-safety nightmares.

70s telly was terrifying! 😱

Can you remember which series featured W***y Weasel getting knocked down by a car?

What about who narrated that chilling film about water hazards?
Which public information film do you remember most vividly?

🎧 The link to the show is in the comments

07/11/2025

The Waltons was the antidote to modern life — family, faith, and a gentle life lesson every episode.

🎧 Link in comments

05/11/2025

Rod Hull and Emu finally got their own BBC show, EBC One! 🎬
Packed with slapstick comedy, TV spoofs, and pure 70s chaos, it was silly, unpredictable, and absolutely unforgettable.

🔗Link in the comments!

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04/11/2025

Remember When..

🦅 Rod Hull and Emu attacked Michael Parkinson on live TV?
👑 The Queen Mother's flowers weren't safe?
📺 Emu's Broadcasting Company (EBC1) was your favourite channel?
🏰 The Pink Windmill was home to Grotbags?

Rod Hull and Emu brought anarchic slapstick to British television!

Which moment defined your memories of this chaotic double act?

Links in the comments 👇
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29/10/2025

That faceless nun still haunts our dreams. 👻📺
New quiz alert! Test your knowledge of the scariest 70s TV moments.
Can you handle the fright?

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28/10/2025

Which 70s TV show gave you nightmares as a kid? 👻

This week's quiz tackles the scariest moments from 70s television.

From the faceless nun in Armchair Thriller to the creepy Children of the Stones. We're testing whether these shows still haunt your memory decades later. Which frightening 70s programme do you remember most vividly?

Did you get a bulging bag of treats or just a few old toffees?
Links in the comments 👇

24/10/2025

👻 Friday Flashback!
One of my favourite and most evocative TV themes of the 1970s — Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). Just a few notes of that haunting tune and I’m right back in London in the late 60s and early 70s, watching this unconventional detective duo solve crimes and outsmart the villains.

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22/10/2025

🚀 back to October 1979!
ITV was on strike, but BBC delivered pure Sunday television gold — from The Muppet Show and Quatermass to Go With Noakes, To The Manor Born, and Shoestring.
Which one was your favourite? 👇

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