Coaxial

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British TV past and present digested and discussed, if Gareth Kavanagh and Christian Cawley can tear themselves away from the screen long enough to record anything. Soaps, drama, comedy, sci-fi and even BBC Four documentaries are among the topics.
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7: Coaxial: The Golden Age of Home Video
Episode 7
Sunday, 24 June, 2018

In the early 1980s, home video hit the UK, giving anyone who could afford to rent a giant video player the chance to watch movies from the comfort of their own home, regardless of what was on TV. Remember your video rental store, and the video player in the living room? Those stunning video release posters, or the enticing covers of the seedier, cheaper releases? Recall the first video you watched, or the last one you bought? Christian Cawley, James McLean, and Gareth Kavanagh do, and they're here to discuss the golden age of home video. Shownotes Blank VHS cassettes photo on Twitter Starchaser: The Legend of Orin British TV ads from the 1980s and 90s Most 1980s advert ever First coining of Larry Grayson's famous catchphrase "Shut that door" Star Wars Audio adaptation How to Clean a Moldy VHS Cassette HMV's 2018 VHS range C64 VHS backup Codemasters Audio CD of C64 games Featured image By 100yen [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons