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Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

by Keep It Light Media
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About the show

Join Josh Widdicombe (Parenting Hell) as he tells the greatest stories in the history of popular culture. Partnered each time by one of his best friends in the world (comedians Tom Craine, Matthew Crosby or Suzi Ruffell) Josh takes us through the wildest and most entertaining stories of unhinged genius, world dominating success and shaming failure. Mr Blobby, The KLF, East 17, Dallas, Ghostwatch, the Sinclair C5, U2, Mary Whitehouse, Apocalypse Now, David Hasselhoff… all will be covered at some point plus many more from the world of film, TV, music, celebrity and pop culture! A Keep It Light Media Production (Copyright 2026)

Latest episodes

  • The Millennium Dome (Part 2)

    October 3, 2026 · 35 min

    Joining me today to discuss the infamous, and at times unexpected story of one of modern Britain’s greatest folly’s turned success stories - The Millennium Dome, is comedian Matthew Crosby Coming up in part 2 - debates and disagreements on…

  • The Millennium Dome (Part 1)

    September 26, 2026 · 41 min

    Joining me today to discuss the infamous, and at times unexpected story of one of modern Britain’s greatest folly’s turned success stories - The Millennium Dome, is comedian Matthew Crosby At the end of the twentieth century on the banks…

  • Siegfried & Roy (Part 3)

    September 23, 2026 · 31 min

    Still to come in part 3 is the aftermath of the tiger attack - including conspiracy theories, lawsuits, and countless controversies as the legendary duo's dominance of the Las Vegas entertainment landscape comes to an end. If you want to…

  • Siegfried & Roy (Part 2)

    September 19, 2026 · 31 min

    Welcome back to part 2… Coming up in this part we've got tiger attacks, lawsuits and conspiracy theories as the Siegfried and Roy juggernaut starts to derail at the height of their fame. But we kick things off with famous magic mistakes…

  • Siegfried & Roy (Part 1)

    September 17, 2026 · 44 min

    Las Vegas - 1967… Two young men from Germany, united by a love of magic, spectacle and one extraordinary obsession, arrive in Nevada with almost nothing to their name… Siegfried and Roy - two showmen that were set to define magic and…

  • Video Nasties, Mary Whitehouse and Censorship (Part 4)

    August 7, 2026 · 32 min

    Welcome back to part 4 of the story of Mary Whitehouse, Video Nasties and the Censorship debate… the controversy surrounding the film 'Natural Born Killers' (1994) And an amusing case of the BBFC getting some payback... Thanks for…

  • Video Nasties, Mary Whitehouse and Censorship (Part 3)

    August 1, 2026 · 37 min

    Welcome back to part 3 of the story of Mary Whitehouse, Video Nasties and the Censorship debate… in this episode we discuss infamous video nasties titles such as Cannibal Holocaust and I Spit on your grave. And the contoversial work of…

  • Video Nasties, Mary Whitehouse and Censorship (Part 2)

    July 25, 2026 · 37 min

    Coming up in part 2 we discuss the formation of the BBFC (that’s the British Board of film classification to you and I) the birth of VHS… And the Video Nasties craze hits boiling point as infamous titles such as ‘Driller Killer’, The Evil…