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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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Dec 8, 2025

We delve into another showcase of toys from the past, like rummaging through your attic or garage but without the awful smells of dust and damp cardboard.    

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Dec 1, 2025

We embrace nostalgic capitalism in the spirit of the season, as we start a month of watching adverts for old toys and games we definitely wanted and probably got. Because we were spoiled and awful.   

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Nov 24, 2025

A sensible dog teaches a naughty dog life lessons and morals, in a boring cartoon which is boring.    

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Nov 17, 2025

Grotbags got her own show because everybody prefers the villain. But in a way, Emu was also the villain, attacking celebrities and throwing Rod Hull into freezers. I wish Grotbags *had* eaten him.   

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Nov 10, 2025

The Mouse Factory is not about a factory that produces mice, nor is it about a factory operated and owned by mice. Titles are misleading sometimes, don't trust anything.   

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Nov 3, 2025

Pardon My Genie is probably a pun, but if it is one, it isn't a good one. Which is thematically appropriate.  

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Oct 27, 2025

KID: "Mum, can we have Sesame Street?"
MOTHER: "We have Sesame Street at home!"
The Sesame Street at home is the Letter People. 

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Oct 20, 2025

A sexy catalogue model teddy bear goes travelling, mainly to show off his bare bear chest and medallion. This show is real. 

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Oct 13, 2025

Despite being a bit formulaic, The Mighty Orbots appears to have been a good cartoon, which is hard to make fun of and that makes the creators pretty selfish I reckon.

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Oct 6, 2025

Whether you love or hate the cartoon adventures of Jem and the Holograms, by the end of this episode, the word "hologram" will have become meaningless.

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Sep 29, 2025

The Double Deckers are some kids who live in a bus and are also a band. One of them might turn into a stuffed tiger, that is not actually made clear. 

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Sep 22, 2025

Think of a number. No, not that one. It's rude. 

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Sep 15, 2025

Pac-Man is the first tv show to be based on the Pac-Man arcade game. The second one is Most Haunted.

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Sep 8, 2025

Three famous American sport players fight crime using their sporting abilities, but one of them is too famous to actually turn up in person. 

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Sep 1, 2025

A load of sleepy-eyed stop-motion aliens exist, and do things, I expect. Molly's Gang is very forgettable is what I'm saying.

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Aug 25, 2025

A panda is rescued from a crate and does magic with maths, endangering his young human friends with hilarious consequences.

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Aug 18, 2025

We settle in to watch some sheep dog trials, which is a lot less exciting than it sounds. Or more exciting, depending on your stance on farm work vs legal dramas.

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Aug 11, 2025

How should we pronounce "Dino Boy?" Is it "Dino Boy," or "Dino Boy?" 

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Aug 4, 2025

This week we see what happened when the BBC had access to computer graphics. And a joystick.  

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Jul 28, 2025

This week we use our audio-only format to watch a gameshow about guessing a tune with the volume mostly down.  

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Jul 21, 2025

A boring gameshow for kids about geography is not made better by including the pursuit of a big robot. Geography is dull. 

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Jul 14, 2025

Trying to make an educational cartoon fun is like putting a cherry on top of a dog poo. There, I said it.

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Jul 7, 2025

Wally is a man who is constantly playing hide and seek, and like a toddler who has just discovered the game, continues to hide in the same place forever. 

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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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