This is our Everest
Join Ian King and Edward Carter on a television odyssey, as we discover the weirdest, the worst, and the blandest television that we can find from the analogue era in an attempt to drive each other to the brink of a nervous breakdown.
Podcast 249: This is our Everest, Part Nineteen – Pebble Mill At Ten
On today's This Is Our Everest, Edward and Ian get into a festive mood to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Pebble Mill, by watching Pebble Mill At 10. This is not, as Edward thought, a racy after-hours version of the BBC's venerable lunchtime magazine show but rather...
Podcast 248: This is our Everest, Part Eighteen – Wartime Kitchen & Garden
On today's This Is Our Everest, Edward and Ian take a jaunty trip back to World War 2, with Wartime Kitchen and Garden. Ian finds it difficult to see the appeal in yet another British thing crowing on about the war and isn't even swayed by a plate of dried apple...
Podcast 247: This is our Everest, Part Seventeen – Houseparty
On today's This Is Our Everest, Edward and Ian have been invited to Southern Television's Houseparty, a cursed daytime TV discussion show that leaves one of our heroes absolutely foaming at the mouth. Meanwhile, Ian provides another potted history about an ITV...
Podcast 246: This is our Everest, Part Sixteen – Songs of Praise
On today's This Is Our Everest, Edward and Ian watch a 1977 vintage episode of the BBC's long-running religious programme, Songs Of Praise. Our heroes discover the secret to its success is the relentless and unchanging nature of its format, but they also find out a...
Podcast 245: This is our Everest, Part Fifteen – Open Door
On today's community-minded This Is Our Everest, Edward and Ian examine two episodes of the BBC's Open Door from 1974. Public access television's many faces are examined closely, particularly those dealing with issues of sexual health and anarcho-communist...
Podcast 244: This is our Everest, Part Fourteen – The Two of Us
Today's episode of This Is Our Everest is the fourteenth, which means we're now half way through Lockdown 2 and feelin' fine. We're not, of course, particularly Edward who has done himself a mischief involving extra strong lager. The topic of the episode is the ITV...
Podcast 243: This is our Everest, Part Thirteen – Friday Night Live
It's episode 13 of This Is Our Everest, which is unlucky for some. Particularly, it turns out, Harry Enfield, who gets an absolute reaming as Edward and Ian watch Channel 4's questionable alternative comedy variety show Friday Night Live from 1988. Our heroes...
Podcast 242: This is our Everest, Part Twelve – Top Gear
In today's alpha male edition of This Is Our Everest, the lads have been watching Top Gear. However, anyone expecting bants, pranks and racially insensitive remarks will be sad to hear that it was an episode from 1989. As such, our heroes are just as likely to be...
Podcast 241: This is our Everest, Part Eleven – The Six O’Clock Show
On today's This Is Our Everest, Edward and Ian continue their odyssey through non-current Current Affairs with The Six O'Clock Show from July 1982. It's a programme Ian remembers fondly from his childhood and as such this edition is filled with memories and insight....
Podcast 239: This is our Everest, Part Ten – Ulysses 31
On today's This Is Our Everest, Edward and Ian pay a visit to the 31st Century with Franco-Japanese cartoon series Ulysses 31. What they discover is that very little in the 31st Century makes any sense. In amongst their aghast fury at the incomprehensibility of it...
Podcast 238: This is Our Everest, Part Nine – Nationwide
On today's This Is Our Everest, Edward and a lurgy-riddled Ian tackle the 8th June 1981 edition of the BBC's venerable flagship current affairs magazine programme, Nationwide. There are some particularly strident views about the BBC's archival policies and how well...
Podcast 237: This is our Everest, Part Eight – Junior Kickstart
Today's This Is Our Everest brings you sporting entertainment courtesy of Junior Kickstart. Watching teenagers fall off motorcycles, however, had limited appeal for Ian, who spent most of his time worrying about safety and wondering how they got the bikes in the first...
Podcast 236: This is our Everest, Part Seven – Oh Happy Band
On today's This Is Our Everest, the laughter and joviality of the last few editions is brought to a grinding halt as Edward and Ian watch Oh Happy Band!, a comedy series from 1980 that is so relentlessly boring and unfunny it hasn't seen the light of day since. Until...
Podcast 235: This is our Everest, Part Six – Bangers & Mash
On today's This Is Our Everest, Edward and Ian watch Bangers and Mash, a 5-minute long children's cartoon. However, this does nothing to stop them having a frankly bizarre discussion about parenting techniques, Chas and Dave and ape taxonomy for nearly eight times...
Podcast 234: This is our Everest, Part Five – Emu’s Broadcasting Corporation
On today's This Is Our Everest, Edward and Ian watch Emu's Broadcasting Corporation from November 1978. With our heroes already showing distinct signs of battle fatigue, only Emu could possibly bolster their spirits. Or so you'd think. They discuss the utter...
Podcast 233: This is our Everest, Part Four – A Question of Sport
The fourth episode of This Is Our Everest sees Edward and Ian revisit an episode of television's longest-running sports quiz, A Question of Sport. Both of our heroes choose their ideal line-up of Question of Sport guests and will probably regret it at some point in...
Podcast 232: This is Our Everest, Part Three – Calendar Goes Pop
On today's This Is Our Everest, Edward and Ian revisit Yorkshire in December 1980 and the music magazine programme Calendar Goes Pop. No-one is particularly pleased about this, particularly Tom Robinson. Up for discussion are the relentlessness of Richard Madeley, the...
Podcast 230: This is our Everest, Part Two – Les & Dustin’s Laughter Show
Episode 2 of This Is Our Everest sees Edward and Ian bravely tackle the potentially poignant but probably not that funny Les & Dustin's Laughter Show from December 1985. Both of our heroes remain particularly mindful of the sad, premature demise of Dustin Gee...
Podcast 229: This is our Everest, Part One – Whittaker’s World of Music
A second pandemic lockdown has begun, with the prospect of plenty more days sat forlornly in front of the television ahead. Then again, it could have been worse: it could have happened in the pre-digital age. As it is, the fact it is happening now can't save Edward...