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When Wagon Wheels Were Bigger

When Wagon Wheels Were Bigger is a weekly podcast that watches kids' TV from the eighties and casts a more cynical eye on the shows we used to love. Sometimes funny, usually disappointing, join your hosts Mark and Martyn and ruin a small part of your childhood week by week.
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Now displaying: June, 2025
Jun 30, 2025

Sequels are always brilliant aren't they? I bet you can't think of a single example of a horribly disappointing sequel. On a completely unrelated note, we watched the Return of Dogtanian. 

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Jun 23, 2025

If you think we make loads of funny jokes about balls this week, you're wrong. Our jokes are never funny.   

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Jun 16, 2025

We did a show about tugs once before, and invited you to make your own jokes then. We'd advise doing the same again, as ours haven't got any better.    

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Jun 9, 2025

Gruey is another dull tv show about a mischievous northern schoolboy, but we spend more time talking about the mischievous projects the main character filmed as an adult.     

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Jun 2, 2025

You haven't heard of Street Frogs, but it was a real cartoon about frogs, living on a street.   

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