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"She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting." The 60s are calling on the Alan Garner phone and it's finally the decade of the teenager! It's what we like to call an Els-indulgent episode, and these as you know, tend to be long (sorry). What you are about to hear is a spirited 2.5 hour long discussion of a landmark piece of children's media. The...

Give yourself a shiny!!! Here is some classic 2000s Cbeebies content for you. We've got puppets, we've got repetitive musical stings, and we've got learning about Places and Concepts. We also discuss daytime TV property shows, Sir Alan Sugar's recent Twitter activity, and the menace of magpies. We are so terribly sorry about the lateness of this episode, and we thank your for your patience. We all...

Who's the Governor? YOU'RE THE GOVERNOR!!! This is a VERY important episode. The Slammer means a tremendous deal to us, it is one of the greatest shows ever made, and if you agree with us it means you have good taste and are really cool and pretty. It also happens to be a who's who of Thots TV favourites (well, mainly our Queen of Hearts Ian Kirkby). We also discuss in this episode the history of...

QUAAAACK! It's the older (and not quite as good but still really good) cousin of Tots TV. Rosie and Jim is about two demonic imps who haunt a houseboat and ruin the lives of three adorable retired citizens. We also discuss Meg's online shopping habits, our A-level drama teacher, Laura's childhood McDonald's, and pneumatic tubes. Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ThotsTV Email us at Thotstv2002@gma...

SUGAR! SPICE! AND EVERYTHING NICE! It's a Laurisode once again. Meg and Elsie have NEVER SEEN THE POWERPUFF GIRLS and Laura is going to put an end to that. Other topics: Elsie's love of '66 Batman, Elsie's love of the Beatles, and a falling-out Meg and Laura had seven years ago. Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ThotsTV Email us at Thotstv2002@gmail.com Instagram - http://bit.ly/th0tsTV TikTok - h...

What show has three children struggling to complete a 7-piece jigsaw, an adult man beefing with kids for not swimming fast enough, and the prospect of being trapped inside a giant monkey's belly for all time? This week we're finally delivering on a highly requested episode indeed - Jungle Run! Also discussed: nudity, our sixth-form college principal, and more nudity. If you're reading this (we lik...

Season 7 is HERE AT LAST! We're kicking off with Thots favourites Ivor Wood and Michael Bond. The Herbs is an intensely boring show (perfect for a season premiere) but if there's one thing your three hosts love to do, it's find the positives in anything involving hand-crafted puppets and talking animals. We also discuss the history of Watch With Mother, the subjective ranking of herbs, and a shopp...

You wait six seasons for a Sarah Jane Adventures episode and then two come along at once! This is part two of a very special season finale indeed, and it is about one of our favourite shows that we've covered (although we tend to say this about all the dramas...) We are carrying on straight from part one so get it listened! We also discuss the trend of subject-specific secondary school school name...

NAEBODY MOVE! This was originally a bonus Patreon episode that came out in August, and was always going to eventually make its way onto our main feed. This is the sort of fun we get up to on there, and we wanted to give you a little peak behind the curtain. This is something we have decided to call an Els-indulgent episode (get it?!) Due to our immense fondness of the character Harry Batt (and the...

Well, it's about time. The original plan was one episode about the entire Sarah Jane series. How naive we were. So here is part 1 of hopefully a Tracy Beaker style ongoing saga of everything Sarah Jane (and Sarah Jane adjacent...) Technically, this is the finale of season 6!!! And how lovely that we get to end the season with possibly the best children's drama of the 2000s - argue in the comments....

But somebody's not in bed... You know how much we love to revisit Ragdoll productions and the work of Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport. It's that time again to "review" something that is just plain and uncomplicatedly GOOD. The loveliness of the mostly ambient clips I've selected might well send some of you to sleep, so we've included some tangents just to keep things interesting. These include: our...

The Numberjacks are on their way!!! Okay. It's time we discussed the most visually unsettling show ever put before pre-schoolers. Numberjacks won awards for its educational content and traumatised thousands of four-year-olds with floating heads, talking spoons, and A SLENDERMAN UNDERTAKER in the process. We also discuss the topics of synethesia, timeloops as a storytelling device, slugs, and Plato...

Content warning: discussion of racism, antisemitism, and homophobia. Make way for everyone's least favourite cabbie... It's time, once again, for an Enid Blyton Megisode. This little underaged driver had SOMEHOW been adapted into six(ish) television shows. Today, we focus on the least egregious one. If you know of any reason this property continues to draw in audiences, please do let us know. If y...

COCO! COCO! It's a Laura episode (Lepisode)!!! This week we're hopping across the pond to one of the favourite networks of the Sky Children - Cartoon Network. Freeview kids Elsie and Meg have been promised "psychedelic ragtime", so our hopes are very high indeed... We also discuss our new sofa (trust us, it's very exciting), paranormal experiences, and North Lincolnshire's antique shops. Patreon -...

"Time for bed, said Zebedee..." You all know by now that we LOVE a dirty, fuzzy, scratchy, stop-motion vehicle for felt creatures and posh narrators. That's right - it's time again for a trip back to the 1960s (and then back to the halcyon days of 2005 CGI). This week's conversational cul-de-sacs include Meg's hearing issues, the importance of GCSE-level maths, and our very basic understanding of...

Hold on to your bobs, Bits! Hold on to your bits, Bobs!!! Every so often, we cover a show with very little to say about it except for how much we like it. This is one of those episodes. So, in an effort to get this above the one hour mark, we're combining two shows by the same creator. They couldn't really be more different (aside from them both being fantastic, Scottish, and for the under-6s mark...

Jam! Socks! SNUGGLY DUCKY DUCK DUCKS! We've covered a LOT of fictional bears on this show... But surely none cuter than our Nev. We had a tremendous amount of fun in this episode discussing a show that everyone thought was fine and nothing more. But honestly, how can anyone feel hate towards the generational pairing of a little blue bear and the Nation's Sweetheart Barney Harwood? Apologies in adv...

64 64 64 ZOO LANE! This episode is supposed to be about the most comforting, nostalgic, warm hug of a show to ever grace our screens. And we spend the whole 100 minutes talking about monster energy drinks, eel sex, swear words, and the moisturiser they use on cow udders. Not really. We have many kind words to say about this BEAUTIFUL show, but please prepare yourselves for the aforementioned subje...

Just a quick update, We are proudly supporting the charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) during the month of September. Podomedy as a network is hoping to collectively raise £1000 for the suicide prevention hotline. If you would like to and are able to donate, we would be extremely grateful as it is a wonderful cause. Click here to donate and to read more about the work of CALM: https:/...

SEASON 6 IS HERE BAYBEEEEEEE! Aaaand we're kicking things off with something of a hate-watch... It's new for us to start a season with something we don't love, and the way this was scheduled was a complete accident. Hider in the House involved groups of three children hiding a celebrity in their home for two days without one of their parents finding out. Sounds fun right? ...Right? In this episode...

You know how we love a hate-filled recording session about a topic everybody already agrees with. Join us in a collective sigh from the deepest depths of our souls, as we enter a conversation already comprehensively covered by people more qualified than ourselves. This is a short clip from our Patreon episode, posted here to keep you company over our Summer break. We hope you're all having a fabul...

We're wrapping up season 5, and WHAT a season we've all had! We've decided to end on everyone's favourite stop-motion sheep, everyone's favourite stop-motion production company, and everyone's favourite Vic Reeves-performed theme song. Shaun the Sheep was a surprisingly emotional fare. Unsurprising was the amount we laughed during the research (binge-watching) period for this ridiculous and wonder...

Three down! Two to go!!! We are finally over half way through our diligent (sporadic) coverage of TSOTB. We said it about season 2 and we're saying it again now - this show gets better and more emotional with every season. There is much to discuss here including SEVEN new regular characters so strap in for as comprehensive a discussion as two hours would allow for. We've got the arrival of the Gol...

Here is a little excerpt from our Patreon episode on Paddington - a deeper discussion of some of the topics we touched on in the main feed. Link down below to subscribe for full bonus episodes! ... We separated this conversation from the main feed episode as we love Paddington very much and wanted our regular episode to be a celebration of him (plus it was getting a bit long). However, there has b...

"Please look after this bear. Thank you." This week we're doing the other small posh bear with a sweet sticky substance addiction. The original 70s show is our main focus with some Hanna Barbera and movie shaped detours along the way. Be prepared to hear at least one of us cry. (On another note, during the time of recording, we didn't yet know we were an award-winning podcast. Thank you so much fo...