When Wagon Wheels Were Bigger is a weekly podcast that watches kids' TV from the eighties and casts a more cynical eye on the shows we used to love. Sometimes funny, usually disappointing, join your hosts Mark and Martyn and ruin a small part of your childhood week by week.
More terrifying puppet nightmares in Four Feather Falls, where Nicholas Parsons plays a singing cowboy with magic guns. Talk about typecasting...
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W4B theme composed by John Croudy
W4B theme acoustic arrangement by Joe Beckhelling
Additional musical contributions by R Gill
28 Sept 2026
Episode 575 - The Secret Service
Puppet spy priest Stanley Unwin speaks gibberish at people for Queen and Country, in insane Supermarionation nonsense The Secret Service.
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W4B theme composed by John Croudy
W4B theme acoustic arrangement by Joe Beckhelling
Additional musical contributions by R Gill
21 Sept 2026
Episode 574 - Wattoo Wattoo Super Bird
Wattoo Wattoo is a shapehifting alien bird who tries to teach space geese about saving the environment.
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W4B theme composed by John Croudy
W4B theme acoustic arrangement by Joe Beckhelling
Additional musical contributions by R Gill
Reach and audience
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YouTube views
17,396
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
4 ratings
Spotify
3.7 / 5
13 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
Quality
94
Social presence
0
YouTube
72
Engagement
50
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