Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture
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)
Episodes
NEIGHBOURS - PART 4
A sun-drenched rival soap is launched over in Summer Bay - sadly they both go the way of the Dodo. But ultimately, what matters is the friends and neighbours we made along the way...
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NEIGHBOURS - PART 3
Scott and Charlene get married... what more is there to say.
Is this the biggest wedding of the decade?
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NEIGHBOURS - PART 2
We meet the iconic cast who made the show famous, and some bizarre celebrity cameos who have appeared over the years. And disocver the story behind the iconic theme music...
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Britain in the mid 1980’s is a nation caught between tradition and change.
Margaret Thatcher's government reshapes the economy…
Duran Duran and Wham! dominate the pop charts, while Live Aid unites the world through music.
And most importantly of all - daytime TV was about to change forever…
Welcome back to the final part of the insane story of the making of Apocalypse Now…
CanFrancis Ford Coppola pull victory from the jaws of defeat as the film spirals over budget and out of control. Or will he, like Kurtz himself, end up destroyed by his mad journey to make the film….
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Welcome back to part 2 of the incredible story of the making of Apocalypse Now… in this episode we’ve got casting disasters, drink and drugs problems on set, and a civil war that repeatedly sends the helicopters AWOL whilst trying to film!!
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In the mid 1970’s America stood at a crossroads. The Vietnam War had recently ended, leaving deep social divisions and a crisis of trust in government after the Watergate scandal...
Alongside this, American cinema was re-inventing itself after the demise of the old Hollywood studio system…
A new breed of young, hungry and fearless filmmakers...
Spiderman: Turn off the Dark - Broadway's Biggest Musical Failure? (Part 4)
In the final part of this incredible story of the Spiderman Broadwy musical - Turn off the dark, we discover the true cost, both finanical and emotional, of the infamous show.
How did it measure up to other notorious Broadway bombs?
Was it really a failure? And if so, who was to blame?
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Spiderman: Turn off the Dark - Broadway's Biggest Musical Failure? (Part 3)
In this episode the Spiderman Broadway show is hit by casting issues, money issues, and theatre issues. Bascially, anything that can go wrong does. Will the show ever open? And at what cost?
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Spiderman: Turn off the Dark - Broadway's Biggest Musical Failure? (Part 2)
In this episode we discuss the genesis story of the band whose two members soundtrack the doomed musical - rock legends U2.
And we start to get a sense of the various egos orbiting the broadway show as it starts to take shape. You could say the warning signs were there from the start....
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Spiderman: Turn off the Dark - Broadway's Biggest Musical Failure? (Part 1)
Joining me today to discuss one of the most disastrous Broadway Musicals ever - Spiderman: Turn off the Dark - Is comedian and friend Suzi Ruffell
There are Broadway musicals that become legends…
…and then there are Broadway musicals that become infamous cautionary ...
EPISODE 3
Welcome back to the final part of the life and work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
If you thought the first two parts were a rollercoaster, incredibly his life story is about to take even more wild twists and turns!!!
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle faces a series of tragic life events, before he finds himself embroiled i...
EPISODE 2
Welcome back to part 2 of the story Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes...
Coming up in this episode - Sherlock Holmes is killed and resurrected by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle… and we discuss other instances where famous celebrities have solved crimes!
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Joining me to discuss the incredible life and work of perhaps my favourite author - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - and his most famous creation - Sherlock Holmes, is comedian and friend Tom Craine.
EPISODE 1
To the world, he was the architect of logic.
The man who brought us the deerstalker, the magnifying glass,
In this latest episode of Archive of Pop Culture we discuss and respond to all the brilliant emails, messages, corrections and suggestions that you, the wonderful AOPC community, have sent us.
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In the final episode of this series,, you guessed it, more attmpted murder and inept criminal activity from the Chippendales gang. But will those involved finally get their comeuppance?
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Coming up in this episode - incredibly there are ven more murder plots, blackmail, and police suspicions grow as the battle for the Chippendales empire takes even more sinister turns...
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Back for part 2 of the unbelievable story of The Chippendales is comedian and friend Suzi Ruffell…
Coming up in this episode - there’s more murrder plots, and a hilarious Chippendales calendar misprint ends up costing those involved $700,000!
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Joining me today to discuss the unbelievable story of The Chippendales is comedian and friend Suzi Ruffell…
Los Angeles in the late 1970’s…
A city of reinvention, excess… and opportunity.
In the wake of the sexual revolution, nightlife was shifting and the scene was ready for something different…
Episode 4:
Welcome back to the final episode of the definitive story of ‘It’s a Royal Knockout’…
We discuss Royal divorces, toe sucking tabloid pics, the Princess Diana ‘squidgeygate’ scandal, and her infamous interview with Martin Bashir…
And Prince Andrew reflects on the legacy of the event as his reputation and business are left in tatters.
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