WHO REMEMBERS? The UK Nostalgia Podcast

Andrew and Liam

A nostalgia trip for anyone in the UK who grew up on dial-up Internet, Findus Crispy Pancakes, and playground rumours that couldn't be fact-checked online. We're not historians — we don't do dates, and we barely do facts — this is about the moment something gets mentioned and you go "oh my god, I've not thought about that in years." Science says reminiscing gives your brain a dopamine hit, so think of us as your weekly dose of that exact feeling.Expect hazy memories, childhood flashbacks, confidently misremembered events, and frequent arguments about who remembers things properly as we rummage through the UK's collective memory box.

  1. 11h ago

    Terry Nutkins’ Fingers, Ceefax, Jimmy Hill’s Chin & Esther Rantzen | UK Nostalgia Podcast Ep. 100

    For our 100th episode we’ve raided the nostalgia box. Five random childhood memories each, none big enough for a full episode, all of them things you’d forgotten you remembered. In this episode: Terry Nutkins’ fingers. How exactly did the Really Wild Show presenter lose them? The answer involves an otter, and it’s worse than you think.Come and Praise. Assembly hymns, cross-legged on the school floor. Plus the “he’s got the whole world in his pants” years.The itchy polo neck jumper. Sandpaper for your throat, and a school photo tradition nobody asked for.Crime Stoppers reconstructions. Terrifying music, terrible acting and a murder at 3pm, right before CITV.Esther Rantzen. She was always on the telly, and we still can’t work out why. Plus the Dave Jones and Steve Penk conspiracy.Jimmy Hill’s chin. He was a football trailblazer, but he’s remembered for one body part. Why did “Chinny Hill” mean you were lying?Naps at school. Milk, a quiet half hour and the Thatcher the milk snatcher fallout.Fantasy football before the internet. Posting your team to the Daily Telegraph, ringing a premium line to find you were 4,957th, and the Fantasy Football with Baddiel and Skinner trivia you probably didn’t know.No hot water. The immersion heater, shared bath water, kettles tipped into the bath and the post-PE shower of doom.Ceefax and Teletext. Page 302 for the football results, Bamboozle, holiday bookings and the music that played overnight.

  2. Oct 28

    Halloween Special: Real Life Things That Creep Us Out (Lost Media, Liminal Spaces & More)

    It’s Halloween this week, so we are going a bit off script. We’ve already done “things that scared us as kids” TWICE, so this time we’re talking about the real-life things that creep us out. There are no ghosts, ghouls or monsters, just everyday things that we hope you will find unsettling once you think about them with your own brain. In this Halloween special we talk about: Victorian post-mortem photography: why families posed for photos with their dead loved ones, and why the pictures are so unnerving now.Kicking something underwater: open-water swimming, wild swimming, and the fear of not knowing what’s beneath you.Church windows: are they beautiful or threatening? One of us finds churches calming, the other finds the imagery intense.Liminal spaces: empty offices, supermarkets after closing, deserted schools and shopping centres, and why familiar places feel so wrong with nobody in them.Lost media and morbid curiosity: why people hunt for disturbing footage, and what that says about us. Content note: this segment discusses a real on-air suicide from 1974 so listener discretion is advised.Mirrors and seeing what you shouldn’t: glimpses into other rooms, staring at your own reflection, and two true stories we still can’t explain (the rattling beads and the figure in the doorway).We also get into Nick Ross’s “Don’t have nightmares” sign-off on Crimewatch, and a few late-night field-walking incidents. We hope you're sitting UNCOMFORTABLY!!!

  3. Oct 20

    The Crisps We Loved as Kids: Skips, Monster Munch & Lost Flavours

    This week we’re digging into the crisps of our childhoods. We cover the classic packets, the flavours that vanished and the lunchbox swaps we’ve never forgotten. This episode was inspired by the book U.K. Crisp Packets 1970–2000: The Incomplete Collection of Chris Packets. It’s a wonderfull archive of three decades of crisp packet design, and a huge thank you to Karl for buying us a copy. We debate what actually counts as a crisp (Quavers? Mini Cheddars? Pork scratchings?), tell the story of the man who ate twelve packets of Skips on the way to a party, and each pick our top childhood crisps. Then we pick our favourites today and ask whether crisps were better then or now. In this episode: What counts as a crisp? The great Wotsits, Quavers and Mini Cheddars debateA quick history of crisps, from Smiths’ blue salt bags to Golden Wonder’s cheese and onion to WalkersThe weirdest flavours everLunchbox dark times: a grandma who worked at Golden Wonder and a box of turkey and stuffingCrisp habits: finger licking, tipping the crumbs, and sharing the packetBest crisp packet designsOur top childhood crispsOur favourites todayCrisps then vs now: have the flavours changed, or have we?

  4. Oct 13

    Everyday Things That Are Better Now Than in the 90s

    Was life really better in the 90s? For once, we try to argue the opposite. In this anti-nostalgia episode, we each pick five everyday things that are better today than they were in the 90s.  Things we debate: Holiday photos: online posting vs. an evening trapped looking at someone’s slidesShazam, and the lost art of humming a song at a mateGetting a taxi, from ringing a firm that never answered to tracking your driver on a mapArranging to meet people, and why plans meant more when you couldn’t cancel by textMaps, sat nav and Google Maps vs. the A to Z and the family argument in the carInstant facts, and whether the internet killed the great pub argument and the urban mythCatch-up TV, and the days of taping Sopranos and begging someone to record itModern cars vs. the Mini MetroLight bulbs, which may be the most undefeated argument in this episodeNever being bored, and whether having everything on tap is actually a good thing Get in touch: WhoRemembersPod@outlook.com, or find us on X and Bluesky at @WhoRemembersPod.

  5. Oct 6

    Top 10 Childhood Board Games Ranked: 80s & 90s Nostalgia (Featuring Mo Money Meakin)

    We rank the top 10 board games we played as kids, from Snakes and Ladders to Chess, with Mo Money Meakin joining us. Which childhood classic takes number one: Cluedo? Trivial Pursuit? Or something else? We also cover the Atmosfear VHS game, the Mousetrap setup nightmare, Go For Broke, honourable mentions like Hero Quest and Key to the Kingdom, and some Monopoly house rule arguments. If you grew up in the 80s and 90s, you'll remember most of these.

  6. Oct 4

    Who Remembers? Live from Chapel St. Leonards: Listener Comments, Karaoke Disasters & Double-Dip Dog Sh#t (Roadshow Special)

    Live from a caravan in Chapel St. Leonards, its the annual Who Remembers Roadshow and we go through your comments on the last few episodes. And yes, there is plenty of karaoke.... In this episode: Your Apple reviews, the Guinness Book of Records feedback, and the ongoing complaint that Andrew is too loud First celebrity deaths you remember, the 1974 Guinness Book of Records, and whether cheetahs are getting slowerDream jobs that made sense when you were a kid: farmer (thanks, school career test), chef, fireman, skier, red coatWhich TV show would you kill off? Controversial TV follow-ups: Benny Hill, Heil Honey I'm Home and some Chris Morris Blue Jam 80s v 90s girl bands Ricky Gervais vs Grant Bovey, the Comic Relief boxing match, and the real question: who is Britain's hardest comedian? Your horse and dog shit stories.A 9/11 retrospective request, and whether Liam actually been to France for a dayCaravan holidays, the state of seaside arcades, and the best fish and chips on the coastPub observations: a gang of lads, and a man dressed as Hulk Hogan who was meant to be the Lorax ALL THAT AND MORE!

  7. Sep 29

    Things We Remember But Can't Prove: UK Mandela Effects & Childhood False Memories

    Have you ever been completely certain something happened, only to find there's no evidence it ever did? This week we go through the UK Mandela effects and false memories we can't shake, and ask whether anyone else remembers them too. Topics include: A Radio 1 DJ who was sacked for a nuclear bomb prank. The Rainbow innuendo episode.Drew from Neighbours and the drugs storyline.Was Doc Brown Marty McFly's uncle in Back to the Future?Walkers crisp packet colours. Blue Riband or Blue Ribbon? Newsround déjà vu.Goal music putting the away team off at Bramall Lane.Did Bob Geldof ever say "give us your f*ing money" at Live Aid?If you remember any of these, or you can explain where we've gone wrong, get in touch. We'd love someone to say "I know what you've done there." Contains strong language.

  8. Sep 22

    The World Cup of 00s One-Hit Wonders (With Adam Follett)

    The World Cup of One Hit Wonders is back — and this time it's the Noughties under the microscope. We are joined once again by returning guest Adam Follett as we seed one-hit chart bangers into a 32-team tournament  Songs featured (by group) Group A: Zombie Nation-Kernkraft 400, Alexander Rybak – Fairy Tale, Lumidee – Never Leave You (Uh Oh), Vanessa Carlton – A Thousand Miles Group B: Gary Jules – Mad World, Three of a Kind – Baby Cakes, Sam Sparro – Black and Gold, Cazals – Jerk It Out Group C: O-Zone – Dragostea Din Tei, Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition, Hoobastank – The Reason, Phantom Planet – California Group D: Rui Da Silva – Touch Me, Daniel Powter – Bad Day, Hellogoodbye – Here (In Your Arms), Liam Lynch – United States of Whatever Group E: Bodyrockers – I Like the Way, Newton Faulkner – Dream Catch Me, Las Ketchup – The Ketchup Song, Steve Brookstein – Against All Odds Group F: Sweet Female Attitude – Flowers, Plain White T's – Hey There Delilah, Frankee – F.U.R.B., Tomcraft – Loneliness Group G: Vanessa Jenkins & Bryn – Islands in the Stream, The Bravery – Honest Mistake, Metro Station – Shake It, Scantie Sandwich – Because of You Group H: Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks, DJ Pied Piper – Do You Really Like It?, Nizlopi – JCB Song, I Monster – Daydream in Blue Link to playlist  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3DuY0ZeWxMbvFSK173QFuQ?si=cb1afb14d54c40e1

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A nostalgia trip for anyone in the UK who grew up on dial-up Internet, Findus Crispy Pancakes, and playground rumours that couldn't be fact-checked online. We're not historians — we don't do dates, and we barely do facts — this is about the moment something gets mentioned and you go "oh my god, I've not thought about that in years." Science says reminiscing gives your brain a dopamine hit, so think of us as your weekly dose of that exact feeling.Expect hazy memories, childhood flashbacks, confidently misremembered events, and frequent arguments about who remembers things properly as we rummage through the UK's collective memory box.

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