Back To The Eighties

Sacha's back with us again, this time to talk about the Lawman of the Future from Mega-City 1, who keeps the streets clean but isn't necessarily our hero...Judge Dredd! From his humble beginnings in a comic that rose from the ashes of Action! through the Megazine, to today! Come join us, or Ol' Stoney Face will put you in for a 10 stretch in the Cubes. Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

Andy from the Smorgaspod is back with us, and you know what that means - it's Transformers time again! What delights do Marvel UK have in store for us from 36 years hence? Why, Dinobots, of course, as the Hunt is most definitely ON! (This episode covers issues #46-#49.) If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

This week we're delving into the many, many fantasy movies that appeared in the 80s, a whistle-stop tour if you will! Joining us on that journey is our old mate Duncan from Stacebob and the Dweebs. So gird your loins, grab your broadsword, and hope that we roll a D20, we're going in! Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

This week we're joined by the Fluid Goth that is Amy, to talk all about computing and gaming in the late 1980s, but especially that most popular 8-bit system in Europe, the Sega Master System! It may have been all about the NES in the States, but over here in the UK we did love a bit of Sega! Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

It's a brand new year, and for Transformers UK a very important one! We start as we mean to go on too, with the story "Crisis of Command!", and then start one featuring a robot-controlling professor who's about to get close with one of the Dinobots... If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

The Bordersdude AKA John is with us this week, and we're talking about the wrestling! From the 1980s until present day, we discuss it all, who are favourites are, which matches we love, and all the superstars from the Eighties until now! Bah gawd, it's a slobberknocker! Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

Happy New Year! Let's start as we mean to go on, with some more amazing retro content! This week we're taking a look at the Transformers Annual from 1985/86, joined as always for Transformers stuff by Andy from the Smorgaspod! Expect Insecticons, Xaaron, text stories galore and even a board game as we discover what Transformers fandom in the UK looked like just before the Movie hit! If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

It's Christmas 1985, and the Transformers comic has been going a little while now, and finally gives us a proper Christmas issue! Dated 3 days AFTER Christmas Day, but still! We also get a proper Christmassy story, the conclusion of the Creation Matrix Saga, and an iconic image of Optimus Prime. Join myself and Andy as we take a look at Christmas 36 years ago! (This episode covers issues #38-#41.) If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

Our old friend Wil's back with more Christmas memories, so expect a hit of festive nostlagia including football at Christmas, cartoons, Dickens, and so much more! Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

It's Christmas time again, and we're kicking off the festivities in style with Sonic the Comic the Podcast's Dave Bulmer! We'll be talking about some great Christmas memories including school plays, making Christmas cards, glitter glue, pressies, and also taking a look at the BBC line up on Christmas Day, 1988! Pull up a blanket, grab a cuppa, and get cosy! Sonic the Comic the Podcast: stctp.wigglehe.com Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

We're nearly at the end of the second year of Marvel UK Transformers comics, and things are hotting up with the Creation Matrix story! Will Buster be able to figure out what to do with what's in his head? And will Prime be able to stop Shockwave being able to create a new line of Decepticon warriors? Join Andy from the Smorgaspod and myself to find out!  (This episode covers issues #33-#37.) If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

Sacha AKA Coffehound RetroSharka is back with us, this time o discuss the best ways to get into the Retrogaming scene! The best consoles, computers and systems, the games, and even the magazines! It's a real retro riot! Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

Duncan from Stacebob and the Dweebs is back with us this episode, and we're talking about one of the most important directors that horror has ever seen - John Carpenter! From The Thing to Assault on Precinct 13, it's all here! As are all the tangents that Glenn and Dunc go on in one of their episodes. Please, join us on the ride! It'll be fun, honest! Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

The Chibnall Era is swiftly coming to an end, and now we know who's going to be taking over...the show, at least. Russell T Davies is coming back, and we're excited here at the Nerva Beacon! We also take a look at 1985's Vengeance on Varos, a Sixth Doctor adventure that ultimately got the show into hot water...well, hot acid, at the very least. Nerva Beacon on Facebook: facebook.com/NervaBeaconPodcast Nerva Beacon on Twitter: @NervaBeaconPod

Andy's back, and that means it's Transformers time! The Marvel UK comic has gone weekly, so there's 4 issues a month to cover! There's Decepticon Dam-Busters, Shockwave threatening Prime, and an epic battle between the Dinobots and a nasty little surprise left by everyone's favourite monocular Decepticon leader! If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

Our old friend Wil Hodgson is back with us in this episode, and they're on the ramble as usual! Join us as we take various trips down 80's Memory Lane and beyond! Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

We're joined by someone new this week - Sacha AKA Coffeehound RetroSharka! She's here to talk about one of favourite subjects here at BTTE Towers - computer games of the Microcomputer era! Spectrum, C64, even the BBC Micro, we'll talk about them all, with a few cameos from a few other characters! You think that there was a video game bust in the mid-80s - think again! Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

Issues #26, #27 and #28 are examined in this month's traverse into the world of Marvel UK's Transformers comics, and this is a biggie, as now it's a weekly publication! That'll really eat up material, but it's ok, because great things are on the horizon. Join Andy and Glenn as they dive into September 1985! If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

Bordersdude John from the TFYTC joins us again, this time to talk about his favourite Transformer EVER, Ultra Magnus! But why does John love him so much, and which are his favourite iterations of this much-loved legacy character? Make a cuppa, grab some biccies, pull up a pew, and join us to find out! The Transformers YouTube Community: facebook.com/groups/ttfytc Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

It's issues #24 and #25 in this issue, and we're getting ever closer to Transformers being a weekly publication! In the meantime, can Andy and Glenn handle the terror of Shockwave devastating Blackrock's oil platform, his fight with Megatron over the leadership of the Decepticons, and the smash cut of Planet Terry finally meeting his parents? Listen on to find out! If you want to follow along with us, scans can be found here: https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/transformers/ Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod