HeyJaredWhen Wagon Wheels Were Bigger
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.
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- 13
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- Sep 28, 2026
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- Jul 6, 2026
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Episode 575 - The Secret Service (opens the original)
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Puppet spy priest Stanley Unwin speaks gibberish at people for Queen and Country, in insane Supermarionation nonsense The Secret Service. IF YOU LIKE WHAT WE DO AND WANT TO HELP US CONTINUE; SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/w4bpodcasts SUPPORT US ON KO-FI: ko-fi.com/spreadthewhimsy SUPPORT US WITH MERCHANDISE: whenwagonwheelswerebigger.com/w4bshop SUPPORT US FOR FREE: spread the word, spread the whimsy! THREADS/INSTAGRAM: w4bpodcasts BLUESKY: @w4bpodcasts FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheels
Episode 574 - Wattoo Wattoo Super Bird (opens the original)
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Wattoo Wattoo is a shapehifting alien bird who tries to teach space geese about saving the environment. IF YOU LIKE WHAT WE DO AND WANT TO HELP US CONTINUE; SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/w4bpodcasts SUPPORT US ON KO-FI: ko-fi.com/spreadthewhimsy SUPPORT US WITH MERCHANDISE: whenwagonwheelswerebigger.com/w4bshop SUPPORT US FOR FREE: spread the word, spread the whimsy! THREADS/INSTAGRAM: w4bpodcasts BLUESKY: @w4bpodcasts FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger TIKTOK: @w4bpodcasts WE
Episode 573 - The Adventures of Twizzle (opens the original)
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A doll with extending arms and legs lives in a toy shop where the real humans are also puppets except they're not meant to be puppets. Kids used to be easily pleased, didn't they? IF YOU LIKE WHAT WE DO AND WANT TO HELP US CONTINUE; SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/w4bpodcasts SUPPORT US ON KO-FI: ko-fi.com/spreadthewhimsy SUPPORT US WITH MERCHANDISE: whenwagonwheelswerebigger.com/w4bshop SUPPORT US FOR FREE: spread the word, spread the whimsy! THREADS/INSTAGRAM: w4bpodcasts BLUESKY: @w4bpodca
Episode 572 - Toys We Wished We Had (opens the original)
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When we were awful spoiled children we got pretty much everything we ever wanted, but somehow a few toys remained outside of our screaming privileged grasp. In this episode, we sit together to talk about the ones that got away. IF YOU LIKE WHAT WE DO AND WANT TO HELP US CONTINUE; SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/w4bpodcasts SUPPORT US ON KO-FI: ko-fi.com/spreadthewhimsy SUPPORT US WITH MERCHANDISE: whenwagonwheelswerebigger.com/w4bshop SUPPORT US FOR FREE: spread the word, spread the whimsy! T
CLASSIC Episode 352 - It's A Royal Knockout part 3 (opens the original)
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We finally get to the end of the worst thing the royal family has ever done. Forget all the other bad things. Especially that one you're still thinking about. IF YOU LIKE WHAT WE DO AND WANT TO HELP US CONTINUE; SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/w4bpodcasts SUPPORT US ON KO-FI: ko-fi.com/spreadthewhimsy SUPPORT US WITH MERCHANDISE: whenwagonwheelswerebigger.com/w4bshop SUPPORT US FOR FREE: spread the word, spread the whimsy! THREADS/INSTAGRAM: w4bpodcasts BLUESKY: @w4bpodcasts FACEBOOK: faceboo
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