Podcaster and man Jake Yapp barely controls his emotions as he returns to the Wales of his boyhood to weep over Small Films' delicate wonder, Ivor the Engine.

Podcaster and man <a href="https://twitter.com/jakeyapp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jake Yapp</a> barely controls his emotions as he returns to the Wales of his boyhood to weep over Small Films' delicate wonder, Ivor the Engine.

Ivor the Engine

Comedian <a href="https://twitter.com/MitchBenn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mitch Benn</a> talks to Julia about the time he saw the mighty Rik Mayall at the first ever Comic Relief live show in 1986.

Rik Mayall: the first Comic Relief

Brilliant actor and star of Home (C4) Youssef Kerkour joins Julia to recount the thrilling, often excruciating episode of Succession in which Logan Roy (Brian Cox) returns to his home town in Scotland.

Brilliant actor and star of Home (C4) <a href="https://twitter.com/YoussefKerkour" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Youssef Kerkour</a> joins Julia to recount the thrilling, often excruciating episode of Succession in which Logan Roy (Brian Cox) returns to his home town in Scotland.

Succession: the Dundee episode

Writer and podcaster Chris Thorpe-Tracey joins Julia to discuss his deep love for the 90s blood-sucker butt-kicker.

Writer and podcaster <a href="https://twitter.com/christt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chris Thorpe-Tracey</a> joins Julia to discuss his deep love for the 90s blood-sucker butt-kicker.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Novelist Jenny Colgan remembers the pure teen lust generated by Nick Kamen stripping to his pants in a launderette.

Novelist <a href="https://twitter.com/jennycolgan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jenny Colgan</a> remembers the pure teen lust generated by Nick Kamen stripping to his pants in a launderette.

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Christmas is a time for ghost stories, so let's tenuously link to that by listening to the brilliant Tony Way reminisce about the bone-chilling terror induced by his viewing of Ghostwatch (BBC One) as a slightly tipsy teenager.

Christmas is a time for ghost stories, so let's tenuously link to that by listening to the brilliant <a href="https://twitter.com/tonypaulway" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tony Way</a> reminisce about the bone-chilling terror induced by his viewing of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostwatch" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ghostwatch (BBC One)</a> as a slightly tipsy teenager.

Ghostwatch

Julia helps comedian Mitch Benn to revisit the trauma of that day in 1982 when his innocence was swiftly taken by the death of Doctor Who companion, Adric.

Julia helps comedian <a href="https://twitter.com/MitchBenn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mitch Benn</a> to revisit the trauma of that day in 1982 when his innocence was swiftly taken by the death of Doctor Who companion, Adric.

Doctor Who: Death of Adric

Writer and broadcaster Sali Hughes remembers the furore around the Blind Date fake contestant scandal of 1998 and reveals some thrilling new behind-the-scenes details.

Writer and broadcaster Sali Hughes remembers the furore around the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCY0ikEqfbA&amp;t=332s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blind Date fake contestant scandal of 1998</a> and reveals some thrilling new behind-the-scenes details.

Blind Date: the undercover journalist

Comedian Tom Burgess buckles up to relive the THRILL ride that was Richard Hillman's gruesome tenure as the Coronation Street serial killer.

Comedian Tom Burgess buckles up to relive the THRILL ride that was Richard Hillman's gruesome tenure as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP9foplvafI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Coronation Street serial killer. </a>

The Coronation Street Killer

All of television history is contained within the Box of Delights. TV journalist Julia Raeside invites her guests to choose a favourite TV memory and take another look at it, say what it meant to them, and what it means to them now.

All of television history is contained within the Box of Delights. TV journalist Julia Raeside invites her guests to choose a favourite TV memory and take another look at it, say what it meant to them, and what it means to them now.

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