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Gareth Gwynn & Esyllt Sears
Do you have a hotmail dot com account? Did you Ask Jeeves? Do you still remember your best friend's landline number? Xennial, Gareth Gwynn and other Xennial, Esyllt Sears interview more Xennials and explore their childhoods, peer influences, their politics and hobbies. Has being born between 1977 and 1985, straddling the analogue and digital worlds, truly set them aside from all other generations and does it continue to influence their lives today?
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears party like it's 1977 i.e. on a trestle table with some disappointing sandwiches and listening to Rod Stewart.
In addition to the street parties, the British public marked the Queen's Silver Jubilee by buying loads of copies of The Sex Pistols single - only to find the band weren't the only ones trying to rip-up the rule book... Meanwhile Anglia TV uncovered a secret plan to relocate humanity to Mars in "Alternative 3". If you'd like to see the special edition of Science Report, it's here and it's great.
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We had to have two goes at the second half of this episode so, logicially, it should be twice as good? Maybe? Have a listen and find out as Esyllt Sears has been investigating June 2000 with London's wibbly-wobbly bridge and Tony Blair's wibbly-wobbly appearence in front of the WI.
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Y'know what it's like - you're in an arts centre cafe, browsing the internet and trying to find a video of a topless woman in a circus, when someone turns up and unexpectedly hands you a Jason Donovan board game. That's basically what happened to Gareth and Esyllt this week as they tried to record a special Loaded-themed edition of the show. Sorry it's late!
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Mortgage payments, tudor beams, boilers, tin openers and two toilet seats were just some of the things which came to light in the MP's expenses scandal. Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears have the receipts (or a list of them anyway). Plus a discussion over what constitutes an "Extreme Circus". Get in touch on thexennialdome@hotmail.com or by one of the following methods:
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears look back at May 1982, when the Pope visited the UK and Tenessee hosted the Knoxville International Energy Exposition, better known as Expo '82 or the World's Fair. As such they cover everything from knife weilding nuns to touch screen TVs, from pay-at-pump petrol to milk in a box.
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears are joined by Dan Thomas, Stuart Laws and the ghost of Diana, Princess of Wales in this late, live and leftovers special!
Live! - because it contains snippets from the Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2024 with special guest, Dan Thomas. Dan's full episode will be along in July, but this will keep you going for a bit! Also, if you want more Mach content, check out Esyllt Sears' BBC Radio 4 Extra coverage!
Leftovers! - because it contains two further clips which got squeezed out of previous episodes - More Cafe Diana chat from our April 2001 ep and Stuart Laws selects his favourite Xennial Dome moment in his 40th birthday edition of the show.
Late! - because... Well, because we'd just got back from Machynlleth and I (Gareth) had a BBC Radio 4 show to finish off about unfinished projects. Ironically.
We seem to spend the whole episode referring to clips and photos so here they are. Apologies if we miss anything out...
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Newsnight: Howard Vs. Paxman
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Asda's Election '97 Beers
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BBC Politics '97 Webpage
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BBC Politics '97 "Frontbenchers" Webpage
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BBC Budget Webpage
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What will £8 get you these days? Well, a ticket to The Xennial Dome's Little Dome live at Machynlleth Comedy Festival this weekend (tickets available here) but back in 1993 you could get into Buckingham Palace for the same amount. I can't decide if that reflects well on us, them or the UK economy in the 31 intervening years, but it felt like something I should point out, at the very least. You can draw your own conclusions.
You could have also spent £8 on a bet on the Grand National (aka Horse Christmas) - and you'd have got that £8 back as the whole thing ended in chaos and refunds. That's what we discuss on the show this week with Horse Enthusiast, Esyllt Sears, and Horse Agnostic, Gareth Gwynn. We also cover Home Alone and, at one point, Squid Game, but I'm not even sure why or how with hindsight.
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For many years, as part of his morning commute, Gareth Gwynn would pass Cafe Diana - an establishment dedicated to the memory of Diana, Princess of Wales. From the top of the 94 bus he dreamed that one day, in the future, he would visit. On that day, he would see for himself what Cafe Diana was all about. He would finally find out how it memorialized her and discover for himself what was on the menu. Well, he's pleased to say that day finally came... Sometime in 2012? Maybe 2013? Something like that. Certainly ages ago, well before he'd ever met Esyllt Sears and definitely before he owned his own portable sound recorder.
Nevertheless, he was happy to go back in 2024 so Esyllt could see it.
Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears discuss April 2001 surrounded by photos of Princess Diana - who was still in the news in 2001 despite having died nearly 4 years earlier. They also cover Bridget Jones' Diary (the film) (the first one) and chocolate bar adverts which aren't for Flake.
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It's a very special birthday episode featuring a former guest - Stand-up comedian, producer and director Stuart Laws. Stuart entered the world in April 1984 with a Twirl and a Splash. Literally. Having appearence once before to place mp3 CDs into the dome, he has now returned just in time for his 40th birthday, and for Esyllt Sears and Gareth Gwynn to talk him through some of the key moments from the month of his birth.
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Sunday trading doesn't quite happen and IBM enter the laptop game a little late in this April 1986 edition of The Xennial Dome. Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears have opposing ideas when it comes to whether or not shops should be open on a Sunday and maybe it's this kind of conflict which will see us shoot up the various podcast charts? Who knows.
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I like doing a Leftovers episode because I get to change the image. It's another look back at some of the bits and bobs which Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears failed to find time for in previous episodes. There's a whole section from January 2000 about the BBC's analogue answer to Big Brother, Castaway 2000. We've also got mentions of education secretary Kenneth Baker from February 1989 and a story about zoo animals which has nothing to do with February 2005.
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In this final March episode, Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears familiarize, or refamiliarize themsleves with Exxon Valdez mobile spill, the Pope's reaction to Like A Prayer and we find out the initial reaction to Tim Berners-Lee's proposal for the World Wide Web.
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In this episode, reaction to The Neighbours Game continues - mainly revolving around the fact that Harold was in his 40s during the show's pomp. Nevertheless, Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears don't let any of that get in the way of a look at March 1994 which encompasses the jewel in Alton Towers' crown, Nemesis, and the launch of BBC Radio 5 Live from the ashes of Radio 5.
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How do you explain an album to a child? Where do you find an accomplice to commit a grave robbery? What is going on in late-1970s party political broadcasts? These are some of the questions raised, but not entirely answered, by Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears in this edition of The Xennial Dome. If any answers are forthcoming, do let us know on thexennialdome@hotmail.com or contact us on one of the following methods:
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Esyllt's birthday month sees Homebase and the London Marathon come under different levels of scrutiny and the episode culminates in a birthday quiz. Apt.
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears play the Neighbours board game. That's it. That's the podcast.
I mean, if you've only just found us, I wouldn't necessarily start here.
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What could be more Xennial than uploading a podcast late due to a washing machine related crisis?
Anyway, it's here now and I bet you can't wait to relive the opening bars of Brexit, David Cameron's unusual way of negotiating with the EU and we also cover the issuing of Lord Lucan's death certificate. Plus Esyllt Sears tells Gareth Gwynn about her mid '00s trip to Atlanta.
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Comedy writer Gareth Gwynn tries to dig-out the story behind YouTube and uncovers three of them - all of which he presents to stand-up comedian Esyllt Sears in this edition of the show which looks back at February 2005. If you know the Question Time couple discussed, do let us know how they're getting on via thexennialdome@hotmail.com or one of the following:
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It's February 1989 in the Xennial Dome's Little Dome this week so you can expect Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears to be using each others microphones, introducing the wrong segments and completely forgetting whole sections of the show, all in honour of the 1989 BRIT Awards.
We also discuss the launch of the Sky Television Network, the colour scheme of Home And Away and pointedly refuse to cover EastEnders again. Will it work? Well, as Rupert Murdoch once described his own fledging television empire "It's a wing and a prayer". And at least we don't have to convince people to invest in a dish to enjoy the show.
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January 1977 marks the first month of the Xennial era (as we have defined it for the purposes of these podcasts, at least) and so this is the furthest back we'll go in these Little Dome mini-episodes.
Each week we take a look at this month in Xennial history - and as the very oldest Xennials will have been born in 1977, this is where the whole Xennial experience begins. The 1970s themed episodes always seem to show the shape of things to come, and this week it is no different as comedy writer Gareth Gwynn and stand-up comedian Esyllt Sears discuss the invention of the two-inch TV (the precursor to the smart-phone?), the penalty shoot-out (something of a staple for the English football fans, at least) and the second coming of Jesus Christ (still pending at time of upload).
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What was January 1990 all about for you? Peter Lindbergh's iconic Vogue cover, which kicked off the supermodel phenomenon by featuring Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford... Or the first episode of Mr. Bean? Luckily for you, you don't have to choose because we're across them both. Esyllt Sears has the facts and Gareth Gwynn knows more about one of these things than the other.
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Are you the sort of person who doesn't normally look at the show notes of podcasts? Yes, I thought you might be. We've been expecting you. Don't worry, I know exactly why you're here. It's because you've listened to us talk about the Blue Peter Time Capsule, haven't you? And you want to see the video for yourself? Well, here it is.
Time Capsules aside Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears also cover Cherie Blair's train ticket tribulations, before speculating as to what exactly was going on in Downing Street on 2nd May 1997. Fortunately, almost all the questions raised in the podcast are answered here so that's something else to check out after you've heard the show.
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It's all about long journeys this week with January 2014 bringing us an interstellar meteor in Papua New Guinea and a journey across Antarctica for an intrepid 16 year old. We also cover who owns laybys and what was on your Biology GCSE exam. More information on the meteor is available here.
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More an excuse to use the image than anything else, here's some bits and bobs which Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears have, for various reasons, struggled to find a home for elsewhere on the podcast - but are just as satisfying, nonetheless. Two chunks from December 1993 covering Ghostbusters, careers advice and the navy, plus a passage from an unreleased November 1991 episode.
The 1991 edition of Top Gear covering joyriding is available here. Obvious trigger warnings abound.
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What did you ask Santa for Christmas back in 1993? If you were a charity the answer was probably "a new patron" as Princess Diana stepped-back from public life. Meanwhile, Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears recall the time university campuses were brought to a halt by Doom.
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"Shut up it's that time again, kick out the old welcome the new - make your new year reolutions now - GO!"
Join Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Spears as they discover that those words, first spoken by Dirty Den Watts back in 1987, are as true today as they always were. You can find that sentence in its original context (not that it'll help much) as part of the 1987 EastEnders New Year's Eve special here.
Episode 31 of "A Journey Through SAW" is all about Kylie Minogue and I Should Be So Lucky. It's available here and is excellent.
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Londoners stopped going round in circles and the spell of The X Factor was finally broken in December 2009, as we finally saw a Christmas number one that had nothing to do with a TV talent show. Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears cover this and a whole lot more in 20 minutes of festive fun. If you're listening on the tube and have enough signal to drop us a message, you can do so on thexennialdome@hotmail.com or via one of the methods below...
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What was the most popular Christmas toy? What were we watching on television? How many dirty jokes were there in ALF? And who got an invitation to Pete Waterman's wedding? These are the big questions we try to answer in this week's edition on The Xennial Dome as Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears look back at the last analogue Christmas - 1989.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears reminisce about Halloween but, because we're talking 2014, it's the hottest Halloween on record. Plus - the rise and rise of the SNP and some stuff about washing lines in Treorchy. Not sure that last bit is particularly 2014-specific, now I type it out.
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We briefly mention a documentary Gareth made for BBC Radio 4 back in 2014. Do you want to hear a nearly decade-old programme about a political issue which has changed an awful lot in the intervening years? I mean, it's here if you want to. A more up-to-date (and potentially even sillier) take on the same subject, also by Gareth but for BBC Radio Wales this time, is available here.
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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).
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Y'know what, go on. The clip of Soapstars is here.
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It's September so, of course, our thoughts turn to Christmas. If 1977 is anything to go by, this is the month to get your festive music videos recorded before one of your vocallists dies, or to get first-dibs on the very coolest presents. Join Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears as they explore everything September 1977 has to offer.
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Little Miss books and pay-per view television are on the agenda for Esyllt Sears and Gareth Gwynn as they look back at September 1981.
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears reminisce about the return of EastEnders' legend Dirty Den Watts, the fall of Safeway and that time Gareth watched Pirates Of The Caribbean 24 times. At least. It all started to blur if I'm honest.
Safeway was doing self-scan as early as 1996. Here's an article all about it.
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears cover the launch of eBay, Colin Firth's finest hour and that bloke who has Christmas dinner every day (it doesn't matter that it's not Christmas, we still talk about him. In fact, that's almost the point).
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears look back at key months in Xennial history. This week it's August 1991. Bryan Adams was number one, Tim Berners-Lee made a website and Prince Charles (as he was then) took against a building.
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The original video for (Everything I Do) I Do It For You can be found here (complete with a short explanation from the channel's host of how he tracked it down).
The first ever website can be found here.
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears look back at key months in Xennial history. This week it's August 2016 - The post-referendum and post-Euros hangover.
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears look back at key months in Xennial history. This week it's August 1999, so we discuss the eclipse, The Big Breakfast, Des Lynham and the Two Fat Ladies. That's about as 1999 as you can get.
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears look back at key months in Xennial history. This week it's August 2005 , so we discuss Gate Gourmet, James Blunt and Esyllt's part in the impending credit crunch.
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears look back at key months in Xennial history. This week it's August 1978 - Walter Robinson "walks" across the English Channel and Pope John Paul I starts work.
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears look back at key months in Xennial history. This week it's July 1983 - The first test-tube baboon, the first CAT scan and the launch of Super Mario Bros.
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears look back at key months in Xennial history. This week, it's July 1986 - Expect Prince Andrew's stag-do, a disastrous Commonwealth Games and an attempt to get kids into BBC Radio 4.
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The very sad (but very good) edition of BBC Radio 4's Go4It is available to download from the show's (archived) website.
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears look back at key months in Xennial history. This week, it's July 1979.
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The contents of the Voyager Golden Record is on wikipedia here.
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears look back at key months in Xennial history. This week, it's July 2009.
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The obituary for Teletext's agony uncle, Nick, is available here (and is absolutely fascinating).
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears look back at key months in Xennial history. This week, it's June 1984.
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The list of "100 best video games of all time, ranked by experts" referred to in the podcast, is available online here.
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On Friday 14th July we are bringing The Xennial Dome to the London Welsh Centre for a very special live recording with The Socially Distant Sports Bar and BBC Radio 5 Live's Elis James - plus another guest TBA.
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Between Xennial Dome series, Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears look back at key months in Xennial history. This week, it's June 2006.
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Between Xennial Dome series, Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears look back at key months in Xennial history - starting with June 1997.
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The documentary, Ministry Of Fun, referred to in the show, is available on BBC Sounds here.
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Stand-up comedian and co-host of Pointless, Ria Lina, joins Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears live from Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2023 to discuss all things Xennial - from basements and birthing stories and everything inbetween.
Additional music by Geoffrey Burch from Pixabay.
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Anna Jordan, writer for stage (Pop Music) and TV (Killing Eve, Succession) joins Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears to discuss all things Xennial - from websites to wedding discos and walking to Shepherd's Bush.
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Director of Hawkeye, John Mulaney And The Sack Lunch Bunch and Documentary Now, Wales' very own Rhys Thomas, joins Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears to discuss all things Xennial - including minidiscs, movie reviews and messages for Princess Diana.
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Stand-up comedian, writer and podcaster Gráinne Maguire joins Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears to discuss all things Xennial - including magazines, Manic Street Preachers and Michael Palin.
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Stand-up comedian and podcaster Stuart Goldsmith joins Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears to discuss all things Xennial - from circuses to CDs to stringing solutions together. Check out Stu's brand new stand-up special, I Need You Alive, on YouTube.
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Stand-up comedian, actor and former Millennium Dome employee Thanyia Moore joins Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears to discuss Diana, dancing and dialling codes - before settling on a delightlfully refereshing choice for what to put in the Xennial Dome itself.
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Comedian, radio presenter and the brains behind the Machynlleth and Aberystwyth Comedy Festivals, Henry Widdicombe, joins Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears in the Dome to discuss Baywatch, bins and boxes of letters. Check out Henry's radio show, Records Retrieval Service, on Twitter.
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Stand-up comedian and presenter of "An Idiot's Guide To Cryptocurrency", Sunil Patel, joins us for our very first live edition of the podcast - recorded at the 2022 Machynlleth Comedy Festival. He tells Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears about his childhood in Bath and his connection with the actual Millennium Dome before playing Super Mario Kart in front of an audience.
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Sports reporter and star of The Socially Distanced Sports Bar podcast, Steffan Garrero, talks to Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears about his experiences as a Xennial. In this episode we discover he and Esyllt spent the Millennium together, find out what languages Welsh schools taught in the '80s (Clue: Not Welsh) and discuss what proper world cup coverage should look like.
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Politician and podcaster, Jess Phillips MP, kicks off Series 2 of the show by explaining to Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears how her upbringing as a member of the Xennial micro generation has influeced her. From watching Margaret Thatcher on Saturday Superstore, to being caught smoking on a German exchange trip and using a ouija board in class, Jess proves she actually represents two constituencies in parliament - Birmingham Yardly and Xennials.
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Gareth and Esyllt offer up a selection of tasty morsels that didn't make it into the first series of The Xennial Dome as there was just too much good stuff to fit in. Feast on some brilliant offcuts featuring Nish Kumar, Isy Suttie, Mark Watson, Jessica Fostekew and Stuart Laws. There's also a timely update on Gareth and Esyllt's Xennially inspired foray into trading shares in Napster.
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As a special Christmas treat Esyllt and Gareth chat with the comedy duo that brought so much joy to young Xennials. Trevor and Simon's influence on an entire (micro) generation can't be overstated. From 'Going Live' to 'Live and Kicking' they were the kings of Saturday morning telly, and they introduced a cast of memorable characters and catchphrases to an impressionable audience. From 'Swing your Pants' to 'We Don't Do Duvets,' the double act were many Xennial's first taste of alternative comedy. But how much do Trevor & Simon know about the micro generation that were the core of their massive audience?
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Star of Emmerdale, Line of Duty and Hidden, Sian Reese Williams explains to Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears how her upbringing as a member of the Xennial micro generation has influeced her. From being inspired to take up acting by public information films, an unfortunate mixup between a friend's horse and a dead princess and the enduring legacy of 90's Australian soap operas - Sian bleeds Xennial.
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Actress, comedian and novelist Isy Suttie joins Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears to discuss how being a member of the Xennial micro generation sandwiched between Millennials and Gen X has influenced her. From crazy bedroom decor and a TV that had to be manually tuned, to attempts to synchronise major life milestones and the Sophie's choice of deciding between Zoe Ball and Sara Cox - a lot of ground is covered in this episode. And 90's fashion fans will love Isy's choice of an autumnal item to include in the dome.
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Novelist, standup comedian and Taskmaster alumnus Mark Watson visits the dome to discuss all things Xennial with Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears. How did coming of age at a time when the world moved from analogue to digital influence his life? We hear about his romantic reaction to Princess Diana's death; how the stage performances of indie superstars Super Furry Animals influenced his comedy, and how the Michael Aspel hosted ITV Telethons of the late eighties and early nineties may have subconsciously steered his groundbreaking Edinburgh shows. Unsurprisingly Mark has his own hotmail email address.
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Standup comedian and writer Athena Kugblenu spills the beans on her upbringing as a Xennial (a member of the micro generation trapped between Gen X and Millennials) to Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears. Though best known for performing on shows like 'Mock the Week,' writing for 'Horrible Histories' and presenting Radio 4 / BBC Sounds 'Athena's Cancel Culture' it's her work as a project manager on one of the most exciting events in human history that most intrigues Gareth and Esyllt. We also get to hear how world events impacted Athena's early work delivering newspapers, her disappointment at the unambitious predictions in 'Back to the Future 2' and the one gadget she'd like to see included in the Xennial Dome.
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Comedy writers and performers Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears explore the Xennial experience - the micro generation that bridges the analogue and digital worlds. In this episode they interview comedy director, producer and standup Stuart Laws. Best known for his behind the camera work on James Acaster's Netflix masterpiece 'Repertoir' and Ed Gamble's Amazon Prime comedy special - Blood Sugar, Stuart explains how he first got hold of a camcorder and what obsolete technology he still cherishes. He also shares the secrets of his father's live censoring of TV programmes and constant worry that his teenage son may have romantic feelings for Premier League footballer Matt Le Tissier.
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Comedian, actor and writer Jessica Fostekew joins Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears to discuss her upbringing as a member of the Xennial micro generation - anyone with a childhood that spans the change from analogue to digital. Star of Motherland, Cuckoo and regular co-host of the Guilty Feminist podcast, Jess talks about fashion, unabashed teenage sexual adventures and belly button piercings. Also, as the host of The Hoovering Podcast, Jess has an unparalleled insight into the ill advised dieting trends that most Xennials have tried at one point or another.
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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears are joined by DJ and presenter Huw Stephens to discuss all things Xennial. How has being a member of the micro generation born between 1977 and 1985 influenced Huw, who became a Radio 1 DJ whilst still in his teens? From the unique challenges of analogue and digital music formats to the enduring influence of Paul Daniels on his career and an unusual encounter with Jamie Theakston - Huw reveals all.
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Comedian Nish Kumar talks to Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears about his experiences as a Xennial (belonging to the micro generation that straddles the analogue and digital worlds). From his late 80's and early 90's upbringing in the Thatcherite testing ground of Croydon where he rubbed shoulders with future global leaders, to his mother's loyalty to Princess Diana and the joys of owning an ex-rental VHS copy of the Truman Show - Nish shares details of his formative years and how they've influenced his outlook and his comedy.
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Do you have a hotmail dot com account? Did you Ask Jeeves? Do you still remember your best friend's landline number? Xennial, Gareth Gwynn and other Xennial, Esyllt Sears interview more Xennials and explore their childhoods, peer influences, their politics and hobbies. Has being born between 1977 and 1985, straddling the analogue and digital worlds, truly set them aside from all other generations and does it continue to influence their lives today.
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