Distinct Nostalgia
Exclusive interviews and reunions celebrating some of the biggest names in TV and film. A TV enthusiast’s paradise. There's also special shows and series and a regular Distinct Nostalgia Mind of the Month Quiz. Plus every now and then some original fresh comedy and drama. This is pure entertainment and fun. Enjoy! Definitely ‘more than a podcast’.
Podcasting since 2019 • 236 episodes
Distinct Nostalgia
Latest Episodes
Memories of You and Me with Francis Wright who played Dibs in the long running chidren's show
Here Ashley meets one half of Cosmo and Dibs who were the characters that graced the long running kids series You and Me in the 1980s.Francis Wright tells us how he landed the role as puppeter and voice as well as charting the history o...
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To mark The Bill's 40th birthday - An interview with Mark Wingett who played DC Jim Carver for more than two decades.
An interview that should have aired some time ago but we've been waiting to use it to mark the 40th anniversary of The Bill bursting on to our screens. It all began in 1983 but the actual full run series, later serial, began on the 16th...
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Tribute to Prolific film and tv star Kenneth Cope - In Conversation About Corrie, Carry Ons, Randall and Hopkirk Deceased, That Was The Week That Was and much more
Sadly we've lost another tv and film great. Kenneth Cope has died at the age of 93. And here we have an interview he did with Ashley a few years ago. Much of this has never been broadcast before.Ken talks about being one of the early st...
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In Tribute to The Legendary actor, writer and journalist Brian Trueman (Chorlton and the Wheelies, Jamie and the Magic Torch, Dangermouse, Cockleshell Bay etc) - A never before broadcast interview with the man himself recorded at his home a few years ago.
We're sad to hear the news that Brian Trueman has died at the aged of 92. Brian provided the soundtrack to so many characters of our childhoods, whether as a writer or actor. His work with Cosgrove Hall Films included Chorlton and the Wheelies,...
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ROCK - drama by Tim Fountain..... in tribute to the veteran actor Bette Bourne. He plays the notorious Hollywood agent Henry Wilson who manufactured Rock Hudson. Distinct Nostalgia producer MIM won a BBC best online drama award for Rock. Enjoy!
A special re-issuing of Rock, by Tim Fountain in tribute to the veteran actor Bette Bourne who has died at the age of 84.An excellent performance in this drama produced by DN producers' Made in Manchester as Bette plays Henry Wilson, Ho...
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