Episode 43 now available

Episode 43 now available!

Episode 43 brings you a feast of festive entertainment in the legendary Christmas double issue of 'Round The Archives' with all your favourite podcasting stars!

Martin talks of his memories of Christmas TV, then Warren joins us for some silly fun in 'The Good Life'.

Simon and Ken from 'The ExtonMoss Experiment' podcast look at 'Flash  Gordon Conquers The Universe' followed by Nick and Paul tackling the Tara King era of 'The Avengers'.

Martin reviews Episode Two of 'Quatermass And The Pit' and Ben Baker's new book out considers whether 'Christmas Was Better In The 80s'.

The three 'Rentaghost' spooks of Christmas 1979 promise to 'RentaSanta' with Warren and there's some bonus material after the end credits as Martin helps us review what 'Round The Archives' did in 2019.

That's all in Episode 43 of 'Round The Archives' - starring Lisa Parker with Andrew Trowbridge, Martin Holmes, Warren Cummings, Simon Exton, Ken Moss, Paul Chandler, Nick Goodman and Ben Baker!

Happy Christmas to all our listeners and we'll see you in the New Year!

Episode 43 of 'Round The Archives' can be heard here.

(Written by Andrew Trowbridge)
(Cover art by Martin Holmes)

Christmas trailer for Episode 43

Christmas Trailer for Episode 43

"There's a feast of festive entertainment in the legendary Christmas double issue of Round The Archives with all your favourite podcasting stars!

Martin talks of his memories of Christmas TV

Warren joins us in The Good Life

Simon and Ken have a jolly good Flash

Nick and Paul tackle The Avengers

Martin goes down Pit for a second

Ben Baker has a new book out!

And Warren Rents a Santa

That's all in Episode 43 of Round The Archives - starring Lisa Parker with Andrew Trowbridge, Martin Holmes, Warren Cummings, Simon Exton, Ken Moss, Paul Chandler, Nick Goodman and Ben Baker -  all coming far too soon!"

Hear the trailer for Episode 43 of 'Round The Archives' here!

(Written by Andrew Trowbridge)
('Round The Archives' listing page by Martin Holmes)

Episode 42 now available

Episode 42 now available

Episode 42 of the 'Round The Archives' podcast sees us welcome a new voice as Paul Abbott takes us on a trip to visit the detectives of the '87th Precinct', then Warren joins us for a viewing of the 'Star Trek' episode 'Assignment: Earth'.

Simon and Ken from 'The ExtonMoss Experiment' podcast return to look at 'Better Off Ted' (possibly with the aid of some gin), then Martin does some jury service with 'Hancock's Half Hour : Twelve Angry Men'.

Warren then rejoins us on the sofa to follow Norman Stanley Fletcher on his journey to Slade Prison in 'Seven Of One : Prisoner And Escort' and we round off with 'Shy Yeti' Paul & Nick who can be relied upon to 'Get Smart'.

Episode 42 of the 'Round The Archives' podcast was brought to you by Lisa Parker, Andrew Trowbridge, Paul Abbott, Warren Cummings, Simon Exton, Ken Moss, Martin Holmes, Paul Chandler and Nick Goodman.

Episode 42 can be heard here.

(Written by Andrew Trowbridge)
(Cover designed by Martin Holmes)

Episode 41 now available

Episode 41 now available

Episode 41 of the 'Round The Archives' podcast is our Spooky Special for Hallowe'en 2019 in which Warren joins us on the sofa for a real 'Witching Time' from the 'Hammer House Of Horror'.

Paul ('Shy Yeti') Chandler zooms across the sky on his broomstick for some Trick-or-Treaty episodes of 'Bewitched' then Andy Priestner gets his Jersey on for 'Bergerac : Fires In The Fall'.

Simon Exton and Ken Moss of 'The ExtonMoss Experiment' podcast dare to open 'The Trap Door' and Martin Holmes examines the first episode of 'Quatermass And The Pit'.

Finally, Warren returns for a bit of 'That Old Black Magic' from 'The Goodies'.

If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please remember to tell your fiends!

Episode 41 of the 'Round The Archives' podcast is brought to you by Lisa Parker, Andrew Trowbridge, Warren Cummings, Paul Chandler, Andy Priestner, Simon Exton, Ken Moss and Martin Holmes.

'The Spooky Special' can be heard on Soundcloud here.

(Written by Andrew Trowbridge)
(Cover designed by Martin Holmes)

'The Shy Life Podcast' - Episode 288 - The Men With The Golden Tunes

'The Shy Life Podcast' - Episode 288 - The Men With The Golden Tunes

In the last few months we've done a number of recording sessions for 'The Shy Life Podcast' that have included the multi-talented Martin Holmes, but the material here was completely new to us as Martin flew solo this time.

It's fair to say that we've been looking forward to this one!

We're no experts on the worlds of James Bond or music generally, but Paul and Martin are such an entertaining combination that it was a shame when the episode finished as we could have happily listened to much more.

With some interesting diversions into their thoughts on poetry and writing (plus a namecheck or two for us along the way!) it's lovely to hear something where we're not sticking our archival oar in every few minutes.

Here's hoping for another solo Martin appearance in the near future.

Even if he was introduced as "Martin from 'Round The Archives'..." as if we keep him in our cupboard-under-the-stairs and hire him out to interested parties!

(Though that could be arranged, of course!)

Episode 288 of 'The Shy Life Podcast' can be heard here.

(Written by Andrew Trowbridge)
(Cover art by Martin Holmes)

Episode 40 now available

Episode 40 now available

Episode 40 of the 'Round The Archives podcast' (production code RTA040) sees us taking 'A Trip To 1979' with the help of Martin, Warren, Nick, Jo and Paul.

We return to school to look at the start of Season Two of 'Grange Hill' then tell the story behind the ITV Strike.

'Dick Turpin' provides us with adventure in the 18th century when he meets 'Swiftnick', then Tom Baker's Doctor faces a rematch with Davros in 'Destiny Of The Daleks'.
Sunday evenings showcase 'The Legend Of King Arthur' and Eddie 'Shoestring' becomes a 'Private Ear' for Radio West.

'Doctor Who' achieves record viewing figures when it visits the 'City Of Death' and we round off with a trip to Scatterbrook Farm where 'Worzel Gummidge' is attempting to make 'A Home Fit For Scarecrows'...

Episode 40 of 'Round The Archives' is brought to you by Lisa Parker, Andrew Trowbridge, Martin Holmes, Warren Cummings, Nick Goodman, Jo Bunsell and Paul Chandler and can be heard on Soundcloud here.

(Written by Andrew Trowbridge)
(Cover art by Martin Holmes)

PS : As a bonus, here's a 'Five Doctors'-style cover done by Martin that features some of the voices you can hear in our 1979 special...

Goodness me! Great balls of fire! No, not the Mind Probe!

And so forth...

'The Shy Life Podcast' - Episode 281 : A-R-T With The R.T.A Gang!

'The Shy Life Podcast' - Episode 281 : A-R-T With The R.T.A Gang!

Episode 281 of 'The Shy Life Podcast' has just been released and sees a bit of an invasion from the 'Round The Archives' gang as Martin joins us to discuss cartoons, art and comics with Paul.

The 'RTA' comic strip is one of those things that we never planned, but has become an important part of our attempt to take over every aspect of the media.

Thinking about it, we've now ended up with a podcast in which we discuss the cartoon spin-off from our own podcast...

Which, in turn, makes this a blog post about a podcast about a cartoon about a podcast...

Which is not a claim that everyone can make, we suspect!

But join us as we have a natter about the Charlie Brown and Lucy of the 'RTA' Media Empire and hear about what happened at school when I was once told to draw a picture of a Famous Sportsman...

Episode 281 of 'The Shy Life Podcast' can be heard here.

(Written by Andrew Trowbridge)
(Cartoon by Martin Holmes)