My 70's TV Childhood

About My 70's TV Childhood

My 70s TV Childhood is a British nostalgia podcast about growing up with classic television in 1970s Britain. Hosted by Oliver Colling, each episode revisits the TV shows, theme tunes, adverts, presenters and memories that shaped a generation. From Rainbow and Grange Hill to Doctor Who and The Good Life , if it was on television in 1970s Britain, we've probably covered it. Now in its 7th season with over 200 episodes, the podcast has built a dedicated community of classic British TV fans who share a love of 70s nostalgia and the golden age of childhood. Share your memories, join the conversation and play along with our fortnightly quizzes at my70stvchildhood.com

Publisher

Oliver Colling

Category

history · society & culture · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Sept 2020

Latest episode

27 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

229 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Oct 2026

   It's A Knockout? Giant Penguins, Soggy Costumes and the Fil Rouge

   Slippery ramps, giant foam costumes, pools of water and a man from Halifax with a whistle. In this episode of My 70s TV Childhood, the classic British TV podcast about growing up in 1970s Britain, I'm looking back at It's A Knockout and its glamorous European big brother, Jeux Sans Frontières. Ordinary people represented their towns while dressed as penguins, teapots and garden sheds, and the rest of us watched from the comfort of a dry sofa. It was one of the shows that shaped a generation, ...

2. 

   20 Oct 2026

   Quiz #80: Animal Magic, the Creatures That Shared Our 70s Childhood

   Hello, you lovely lot, and welcome to the My 70s TV Childhood Quiz, the trivia quiz from the classic British TV podcast that looks back at growing up in 1970s Britain. This time we open with the animals of our childhood telly: cartoon heroes, farmyard favourites and studio pets we all felt were partly ours. Grab a pen, some paper and a brew, and let's see how you get on. What to Expect Round 1: Animal Magic The animals, real and animated, that shared our screens as children.Round 2: Maratho...

3. 

   13 Oct 2026

   Beasts: Nigel Kneale's 1976 Nightmares

   Welcome back to My 70s TV Childhood, the classic British TV podcast about growing up in 1970s Britain and the part television played in our lives. This week we're looking back at Beasts, Nigel Kneale's six-part ITV anthology from 1976. There were no castles or alien planets, just a supermarket, a suburban home, an empty dolphinarium, a country cottage, a pet shop and a film studio. It was scratching behind a wall, rather than anything you actually saw, that followed us up the stairs to ...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

14,857

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

36 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

78

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

90

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