Podcast Episodes

How not to lose your virginity...BONUS EPISODE - The Eve of St. Agnes

Season 3 Episode 12

In this episode I am reading my favourite poem of 1986, John Keats epic, The Eve of St Agnes and the story of how the lovely Madeline 'loses it'. Agn…

1 year, 9 months ago

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"Completely starkers!" September 1986

Season 3 Episode 10

September brings the end of Jesus Christ Superstar, the beginning of the 'big, bad Fifth Form', and the trials of old age! Penny sees her first full …

1 year, 9 months ago

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"I LOVE rehearsals" August 1986 with Lilly Stent

Season 3 Episode 10

Back from camping Penny throws herself back into home activities, rehearsals for Jesus Christ Superstar, riding, and going to the pub. Some unsolicit…

1 year, 11 months ago

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"The Wimp in the Lake" August 1986 - the Red Diary with Matthew Coomber

Season 3 Episode 9

The French holiday continues and Penny and Hilary are 'on the rampage' once again, no-one is safe! The lake by the campsite appears to be the place t…

2 years ago

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"Kissing frogs" July 1986 part 2, summer holiday with Elisa Wilson

Season 3 Episode 8

Penny and partner in crime, Hilary, head off on the hovercraft for a camping trip ‘on the Continent’. The girls practice their French, everything fro…

2 years ago

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"I'll make myself a toga" July 1986 with Ruth Clayton and Chris Shaw

Season 3 Episode 7

Brother Chris and Bestie Ruth are guests for the latest flurry of drunken summer escapades, and Lloyd-Webber musicals where it's all hugs, kisses and…

2 years, 1 month ago

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"Penny's Pubic Party" June 1986 with Brendon Hanson

Season 3 Episode 6

Penny enjoys getting manhandled at the Abingdon School Fete, sets her sights on her Dad's boss's (rich!) son and takes her very first O-level. Things…

2 years, 2 months ago

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"I am First Leper!" May 1986 with Glynis Traill-Nash

Season 3 Episode 5

Radioactive strawberries, creepy anonymous letters and a futurist fashion show...but mostly May is about scandal! As previously suspected, 15 proves …

2 years, 3 months ago

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"I hate camping" April 1986 with Joe Louis Robinson

Season 3 Episode 4

Disastrous Duke of Edinburgh expeditions, toad rescue, and unsupportive parents all conspire to distract Penny as she obsessively prepares for her al…

2 years, 4 months ago

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"I'd give anything to sing like that" March 1986 with Marie Steele

Season 3 Episode 3

Finally some genuine teenage angst as Penny realises her 'main character energy' is on the wane, she never gets the parts she auditions for and unreq…

2 years, 5 months ago

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