I'm So Not Over It

The perculiar show image will be explained when Esyllt Sears goes through some of the Challenges that Anneka Rice faced in her hit BBC (not ITV!) show Challege Anneka. It wasn't all Scout Huts and community centres, y'know. We also cover the spiritual prequel to Challenge Anneka, Treasure Hunt, and there's a whole thing about sardines which isn't about September 1989 at all, but will make you reli...

The Royle Family and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? both started in September 1998 and completely redefined their respective TV genres - but you know about those already, which is why we won't bother talking about them much. Instead, Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears cover a long forgotten Cilla Black vehicle and a Channel 4 documentary about modelling they pulled at the last minute, which are probabl...

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It's the first time we've ever done a "Summer Leftovers" special (and what Summer Leftovers are exactly, we'll leave to the show itself) but it's the usual drill - Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears present bits and bobs which didn't fit into the weekly episodes. We cover iPods, Blackberries, Die Hard III and Past Times... But, isn't it ALL Past Times, really? Send us a message by email on imsonotoveri...

Gareth Gwynn is heading to Edinburgh! Having repeatedly told people he wasn't going, it turns out he'll be doing his show " Cyril " in the Hotel Indigo Edinburgh, York Place , EH1 3JD at 4pm on the 20th-24th August 2025 . It's about history, but not history you remember (unless you are over 100 and lived in Gower). That's just about all the information we have right now, but anything else, he'll p...

Gareth Gwynn is heading to Edinburgh! Having repeatedly told people he wasn't going, it turns out he'll be doing his show " Cyril " in the Hotel Indigo Edinburgh, York Place , EH1 3JD at 4pm on the 20th-24th August 2025 . It's about history, but not history you remember (unless you are over 100 and lived in Gower).   This has all been quite a last minute affair, so that's just about all the i...

We give the more newsy-news of August 2003 a wide berth this week, preferring to concentrate on the film releases of the month. Gareth Gwynn was working in a cinema, so should have the inside track on what was going on in movieland. However, what he actually discusses with Esyllt Sears is the millitary's preferences for sweets, prepping for a jazz-themed purge and Nicholas Parsons. What films do y...

Esyllt Sears and Gareth Gwynn deal with what (or, more accurately when ) people were drinking in August 1995 as changes to pub opening times were introduced - meaning that, for the first time, you could stay in a pub all afternoon on a Sunday. We also tackle with the literature of the era, covering what you read in a caravan (see image) and the summer of 1995 in Reading. Send us a message on imson...

It's July 1980 and the world looks to Moscow. Well, some of the world looks to Moscow because 66 countries chose to boycott that year's Olympic Games, but the ones who do turn up are treated to an obscene gesture by a Polish althlete, a cartoon with a somewhat confusing message and a genuinely moving closing ceremony. Gareth Gwynn talks Esyllt Sears through what is, technically, the cleanest Olymp...

We are joined by the star of the legendary third series of The Traitors - the absolutely fantastic CHARLOTTE BERMAN to talk Bop-it, being banished and an awful lot more besides. Yes, there are spoilers galore for that series (and, indeed, the very first series of Big Brother if you're really behind) but also plenty to enjoy if you've never seen an episode but wonder what life in the castle might b...

If you're in London, Gareth Gwynn is appearing with his show Cyril at the Camden Fringe from 28-30 July. Tickets are available now. Esyllt Sears is on BBC One Wales' Live From Merthyr Tydfil which is available on BBC iPlayer now. Esyllt Sears grew up in Aberyswyth, but what does she remember of one of the most audacious crimes committed in the town during the summer of 2000? That's when £70,000 wo...

Esyllt Sears is on BBC One Wales' Live From Merthyr Tydfil which is available on BBC iPlayer now. If you're in London, Gareth Gwynn is appearing with his show Cyril at the Camden Fringe from 28-30 July. Tickets are available now. Spicemania and Girl Power kicked-off in July 1996 so Esyllt Sears has turned the brightness on her laptop up as far as it will go in the hope of being able to see their f...

By the time you're reading this, you will have missed your opportunity for free ice cream courtesy of I'm So Not Over It but, to be honest, once you find out what you'd have to go through to get it, I'm confident you'd opt to give it a miss. With that out of the way, we then tackle June 1978, which is entirely transport based, but I won't spoil it now by telling you which ones in particular. If yo...

The Berlin Wall doesn't come down in June 1987, but Ronald Reagan's speech Gareh Gwynn a reason to search eBay for chunks of the wall while Esyllt Sears remains convinced she can spot a jockey on-sight. A more useful skill than you'd expect. There's also more holiday chat so, if you haven't already, do drop us a line to imsonotoverit@gmail.com about your own experiences - or get in touch via one o...

You join us in Newquay, Cornwall, where we find ourselves at the Celtic Media Festival/Awards. As such, there's a little bit of June 1995 chat, but this is manily about what made a classic '90s UK holiday. Thanks to those of you who got in touch with your own memories of rain, donkeys and nudity. If you haven't already, do drop us a line to imsonotoverit@gmail.com about your holiday experiences -...

What was your go-to family holiday? And what was your most memorable break? Let us know on imsonotoverit@gmail.com . With summer underway and our own I'm So Not Over It roadtrip approaching, we'd love to hear your memories for a potential holiday themed episode - so do drop us a line. You can let us know your holiday memories through Instagram too - the advantage to social media being you get to s...

A more sensible title for this episode would have been "Spam", but I'm not going to risk it getting algorithmically marked, blocked and binned - so I've gone for something else. May 1978 saw the first ever unwanted mass-email and the first ever early May Bank Holiday in the UK which was, surprisingly, similarly poorly received - and all this happened to a backdrop of Boney M. There's loads of addi...

Esyllt Sears tackles May 1981, and a good deal more, with the fantastic stand-up comedian and comedy writer MADELEINE BRETTINGHAM (Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Late Night Lycett and loads more), live at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival. The month in question brings us Vogue and Cats but we also learn about Madeleine's work on Harry Hill's TV Burp well as how she found out about the death of Dia...

May 1998 was all about Birmingham - with the G8 and Eurovision both happening in the city in the same month - leading to resources (and, presumably, glitter) being shared. Gareth Gwynn runs through the details of both events plus the botched minting of the first euro coins, while Esyllt Sears lays down some ground rules about when you can and can't approach her on a train to talk about losing your...

Welcome to the final of our three Easter Leftover episodes. We've got in the habit of doing leftover episodes around Bank Holidays and since 2025 saw two very close together, we decided to go all-in, call it three, and release a mini-series of leftover specials - so welcome to Part 3 of 3. Should you wish to track down the episodes these moments were jettisoned from, you can find them... December...

Tickets for I'm So Not Over It at Machynlleth Comedy Festival are available now! Welcome to the second of our three Easter Leftover episodes. We've got in the habit of doing leftover episodes around Bank Holidays and since 2025 sees two very close together, we have deemed this weekend an honorary bank holiday - hence this mini-series of leftover specials - so welcome to Part 2 of 3. Should you wis...

Tickets for I'm So Not Over It at Machynlleth Comedy Festival are available now! Welcome to the first of our three Easter Leftover episodes. We've got in the habit of doing leftover episodes around Bank Holidays and these next two are so close together we thought we'd do a mini-series of action packed, and very silly, leftover specials - so welcome to Part 1 of 3. Should you wish to track down the...

Since changing the podcast name (RIP The Xennial Dome, 2021-24) we don't bother ourselves too much with generational differences on the show too much - But what happened to children's fiction about runaways? They were everywhere, right? Was it deemed dangerous to fill kid's heads with these stories? Did they go the way of smoking, catapaults and the nicknames of some of the Bash Street Kids? It's...

Tickets for I'm So Not Over It at Machynlleth Comedy Festival are available now! He's more of a Diet Coke man but, nevertheless, Gareth Gwynn is always happy to chat about New Coke - one of the biggest marketing and corporate blunders of the 1980s. Or was it? Was the decision to change the Coca-Cola formula and then change it back in under 80 days all part of some enormous, 4D Chess style strategy...

Think about it - when was the last time you heard people talk about Spontaneous Human Combustion? It's been a while hasn't it? It's just not the sort of thing you talk about in polite company once you stop being a teenager or leave the 1990s or, worst of all, both. As such, this episode might not be for everyone as Esyllt Sears revisits the glory days of SHC, recommends a 1980s BBC documentary on...