Greatest TV Theme Tunes (From The Madeley Archives)

TV We'd Like to Get Rid Of | Shows, Characters, Theme Tunes & Genres (From The Madeley Archives)

Some telly doesn’t age badly, it just gets under your skin in new ways. We crack open the Madeley Archives and revisit “Get Rid of It”, our very British, very subjective spin on Room 101, where we pick the TV shows, characters, and overused bits of footage we’d happily wipe from the schedule forever. Got a TV moment you’d ban forever, or one you defend to the death? Listen, then subscribe, share the episode with a fellow nostalgia nerd, and leave us a review so more people can join the argument.

The Breakfast Cereal World Cup

A breakfast bowl shouldn’t feel like a sporting rivalry, yet here we are. We take the World Cup format and use it for something far more personal: a full knockout tournament to crown the greatest UK childhood breakfast cereal, with only pre-2000 contenders allowed and no “modern taste” revisionism to save the sensible options. Press play, pick your side, then tell us what we got wrong. Subscribe, share with a mate who’ll argue, and leave a review so more people can join the cereal World Cup debate.

Paul Sykes - Britain's Hardest Prisoner (From The Madeley Archives)

He’s a former prisoner who calls himself “a wonderful citizen”, argues like he’s in court even when he’s alone in a front room, and tells a shark story that sounds impossible and somehow still believable. Yes, we’re taking you back to our most-listened to Living With Madeley episode and reuploading our take on the legendary Paul Sykes documentary.  If you enjoy the show, subscribe, share it with a mate who loves classic British documentaries, and leave us a review so more people can find the podcast. What’s the one Paul Sykes line you can’t stop repeating?

Remembering the 2010 World Cup: South Africa Revisited Part 2 (with Ben "Mo Money" Meakin & Travelling Blade)

A ball bounces down off the bar, lands over the line, and somehow the goal is not given. That single moment is enough to send you straight back to 2010, when the South Africa World Cup knockouts delivered peak drama, peak chaos, and a few scars that still itch whenever anyone mentions refereeing. We pick up our UK nostalgia deep-dive with England v Germany and the infamous Lampard “ghost goal”, plus the strange pre-match confidence that collapses almost immediately. From there we jump to Argentina v Mexico, where an offside goal is shown on the stadium screen for everyone to see, yet it still stands because there is no VAR to intervene. If you ever wonder why football sprinted towards goal-line technology and video review, these are the case files. The quarter-finals and beyond give us a different kind of argument: not just who is better, but what we actually want the game to be. Germany flatten Argentina while Maradona provides pure managerial theatre, Spain grind their way through with suffocating tiki-taka, and the Netherlands shock Brazil before turning the final into a war of attrition. We also revisit Ghana v Uruguay, Suarez’s deliberate handball, Asamoah Gyan’s heartbreak, and the uncomfortable question of whether a “smart” red card can still feel like cheating. If you love World Cup history, 2010 South Africa memories, and proper debates about fairness versus winning, hit play. Subscribe, share it with a mate who still argues about that Lampard goal, and leave us a review with the moment you will never forgive: what’s yours?

Remembering the 2010 World Cup: South Africa Revisited Part 1 (with Ben "Mo Money" Meakin & Travelling Blade)

We’re joined by two guests with serious football memory power, Travelling Blade and Ben “Mo Money” Meakin, as we dig into why South Africa 2010 still sparks such strong opinions across UK football fans. Subscribe for part two, share this with a mate who still hears vuvuzelas in their sleep, and leave us a review with the one South Africa 2010 moment you’ll never forget.