Podcast Episodes

"I hate it here and I want to go home!" with Sarah McNeill.

Season 4 Episode 5

Journalist Sarah McNeill, (April 1987 guest), revisits her own teenage diary. Finally away from her strict boarding school, the anticipated Easter ho…

14 hours ago

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"You're only young once, so GFI" April 1987 with Sarah McNeill

Season 4 Episode 4

April has gone very Jilly Cooper, complete with clay pigeon shooting, point to point racing and indecent proposals. Penny has been invited to her fir…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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"Pretty...but too virginal" March 1987 with Nics and Lexie Beeley

Season 4 Episode 3

Fashion reaches a new low with white suspender belts and the Fergie Bow, as Penny meets some proper Hooray Henrys, OK yah? As Lent approaches Penny a…

2 months ago

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"Roses are red, violets are violet..." February 1987 with Kaylie Stansfield

Season 4 Episode 2

The 80s are in full swing with Filofaxes, ballgowns, naughty knickers and knobbly knees. Rehearsals continue for the Musical Marathon and the big que…

2 months, 1 week ago

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"Rough seas and broken bones" January 1987 with Dick Stafford

Season 4 Episode 1

After a long hiatus we are back with 1987. A painful start to the year for Penny as broken bones, rough seas, exams, snow drifts and the casting of T…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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"Hot and sticky in the bathroom" BONUS - Lucy's Letter with Lucy Burghard

Season 3 Episode 16

September 1986, and Jesus Christ Superstar is over but its legacy remains. Forget Jesus and Mary, the real stars the show, Penny ("First Leper") and …

6 months, 4 weeks ago

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"Very tasty legs" BONUS - Neil's Letter with Jasmin Ellmer, Finn Pearson and Lilly Stent

Season 2 Episode 14

One of many letters discovered on a trip to the UK - a tiny snippet of the other side of the romantic rollercoaster that was October 1985. Written la…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

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"I think I'll show off unmercifully" December 1986 with Emma Pettermeredies

Season 3 Episode 15

December is filled with drama as a party at Marie's gets out of hand, disaster strikes A Midsummer Night's Dream and Penny has to address some rumour…

1 year, 3 months ago

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"Fat and spotty" November 1986 with Robert Graham

Season 3 Episode 14

November brings more angst as no-one tells Penny her singing sounds good and she makes an unwise choice for the St. Kate’s Day Balloon Debate. Subjec…

1 year, 6 months ago

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"Still sex starved" October 1986 with Brendon Ellmer

Season 3 Episode 15

Penny heads towards her 16th birthday exhausted, ‘sex-starved’ and a bit depressed. St. Helen's school holds a beauty contest, the speculation contin…

1 year, 8 months ago

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