The Xennial Dome

What was the Millennium Dome's "Euan Test"?What was the difference between WHSmiths and John Menzies?How old do you think we sound?These are some of the questions which weren't exactly asked, but ended up being answered as we went through the emails, tweets and DMs which have come into the show over the last couple of months.Thanks to Kevin and Thierry for pointing us towards the internet archive's snapshot of the Rockin' With Elvis website.Get in touch on thexennialdome@hotmail.com or by one of the methods below... TikTok: @the.xennial.domeInstagram: @XennialDomeX/Twitter: @TheXennialDomeFacebook: @TheXennialDomeMyspace: thexennialdome

The Xennial Dome tackles The Millennium Dome - Specifically, one of the most exciting and unexpected moments in the dome's inaugural year.Sit back as Esyllt talks Gareth through the failed raid which saw criminals try to make off with the contents of the dome's De Bears diamond exhibition. Why was there a diamond exhibition in a tent? We struggle to answer that and an awful lot of other questions related to an escapade which the Guardian once described as being "20 years ago and not very interesting". We beg to differ.Get in touch by email on thexennialdome@hotmail.com or you can find us on...TikTok: @the.xennial.domeInstagram: @XennialDomeX/Twitter: @TheXennialDomeFacebook: @TheXennialDomeMyspace: thexennialdome

November 1996 was all about America - be it their TV programmes, politicians or their influence on our own home-grown soaps. Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears discover why Baywatch was dropped from the TV schedules, how Bob Dole tried to capture the youth vote and try to understand the line dancing craze of the mid-1990s. Bob Dole's campaign website can be found here. Bill Clinton's campaign website has been archived here.Get in touch by email on thexennialdome@hotmail.com or you can find us on...TikTok: @the.xennial.domeInstagram: @XennialDomeX/Twitter: @TheXennialDomeFacebook: @TheXennialDomeMyspace: thexennialdome

Finally, it's here! November 1987! The Sexy Episode! The first advert for condoms appears on British television and a familiar face is involved in the campaign. Plus Gareth and Esyllt look back at Miss World 1987 and provide details of our forthcoming spin-off podcast (pending funding).A couple of YouTube clips which may be of interest include this advert and this one (which also mentions the channel).TikTok: @the.xennial.dome (Which we check a lot. Novelty).Instagram: @XennialDome (Which we check a lot. Habit).X/Twitter: @TheXennialDome (Which we're still using. You?).Facebook: @TheXennialDome (Which makes itself known to us, as-and-when).Myspace: thexennialdome (Which has a spelling mistake in our show description that we only noticed this week after two years).

It's a Xennial-themed look-back at another October (contrary to what we said at the end of the last podcast where we were clearly jonesing for a November - sorry!)But not to worry - October 1999 is an absolute belter. Y2K is so close you can taste it - so Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears are finding out what every patriotic British citizen is supposed to do to mark the event (worry about the Millennium Bug so much you head-off to sea, it turns out).I guarantee that once you have listened to this episode you will want to download your own copy of 1999's seminal publication What Everyone Should Know About The Millennium Bug. Esyllt is going to write to the address at the back and ask for a welsh language copy.If you have a hard copy of this publication - or spent January 1st 2000 at sea - do let us know at thexennialdome@hotmail.com:And of course, there's always these: TikTok: @the.xennial.dome (Which we check a lot. Novelty).Instagram: @XennialDome (Which we check a lot. Habit).X/Twitter: @TheXennialDome (Which we're still using. You?).Facebook: @TheXennialDome (Which makes itself known to us, as-and-when).Myspace: thexennialdome (Which has a spelling mistake in our show description that we only noticed this week after two years).

The Great Storm of 1987 and the failed Loch Ness hunt of 1987 are tackled by Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears in this edition - Plus a clutch of globetrotting kids TV shows thanks to Around The World With Willy Fog and Worzel Gummidge Down Under.Get in touch on thexennialdome@hotmail.com or via:TikTok: @the.xennial.domeTwitter: @TheXennialDomeInstagram: @XennialDomeFacebook: @TheXennialDomeMyspace: thexennialdome

Gareth brings a very visual quiz to the first live edition of The Xennial Dome's Little Dome as he tackles 1997 - The year of the Candle In The Wind and the BBC balloon, plus the latest on the UK's attempt to break the land speed record. Meanwhile, Esyllt brings everyone down to earth with a bump by supplying us with a round-up of 2011's divorces and deaths. And it was all live at the Aberystwyth Comedy Festival.Additional music by lokhmatovmusic.com from Pixabay.Additional effects by Universefield from Pixabay.Send us an email to thexennialdome@hotmail.com or join us at one of our ever growing list of social media sites:TikTok: @the.xennial.domeTwitter: @TheXennialDomeInstagram: @XennialDomeFacebook: @TheXennialDomeMyspace: thexennialdome

Two tech advancements and two TV shows (one massive, one not so much) defined October 2001. Plus, Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears scoot through an edition of Q Magazine featuring an interview with Victoria Beckham in which readers get to ask the questions (Bad idea, it turns out).Get in touch on thexennialdome@hotmail.com or via:TikTok: @the.xennial.dome (FAIRLY NEW!)Twitter: @TheXennialDomeInstagram: @XennialDomeFacebook: @TheXennialDomeMyspace: thexennialdomeY'know what, go on. The clip of Soapstars is here.