The Mackem and The Manc: a Space: 1999 Podcast.

31/12/2024

A happy New Year to our friends in Malaysia, especially our favourite moustachioed extra Richard Harding Gardner doing amazing work training puppies, after a decorated career flying Eagles on Moonbase Alpha. Here's his puppy page -> https://www.facebook.com/MyPuppyTraining

Dog trainer for 18+ years
Started first off-leash puppy training in Malaysia
Member of the Malaysian Kennel Association
Authorized evaluator: AKC Canine Good Citizen & AKC Trick Dog
Trained dogs for TV ads and stage
Now at SOCIETY Mont Kiara

27/12/2024

Katie picked this one! To see what else she picked, listen to the latest podcast episode.

https://www.facebook.com/100051871571447/posts/1180594977012877/

Did you get what you wanted?

26/12/2024

When you've space news to read at 5pm but have to help find the Ark at 4pm.

25/12/2024

Late Christmas present Katie?

25/12/2024

Welcome to the Christmas Special* Space: 1999 Mackem and the Manc Podcast.

Now, we at TMATM love a spurious link and this is a doozy. For some reason Yorkshire TV in the UK, in 1977, the announced the Year 2 episode The Taybor as a Christmas special - despite the fact that apart from them being a big lad with a beard giving gifts, on the surface this has nothing to do with the big day.

Not one to shirk a challenge, we try to see if we can feel the St. Nick in this episode. Also the observant amongst you will not that this is episode 6 of the season and we should be doing One Moment of Humanity, but we won't get another chance to do a Christmas special as we'll run out of episodes.

After the fun and games of Taybor - and boy is this full of things to talk about - we then take the Space: 1999 Christmas Toy Challenge!

Pretend it's Christmas, Christmas 1977 to be precise and you have to choose which three toys you want off the big man (Santa, not The Taybor). You're not allowed an Eagle or a dinky toy as you already have them all, so you are left with the following options:

1 - Moonbase Alpha and 3 figures
2 - Colorform Vinyl Sticker Book
3 - Viewmaster
4 - Chest Radio Pack
5 - Wrist Radio
6 - Walking Spaceman
7 - Cardboard Eagle
8 - Book & Record
9 - Halloween Costume
10 - School Diary

Lets see what we chose to go for and enjoy at least until Boxing Day when they inevitably break/run out of batteries. I'll give you a clue, Katie did not like the Costume one bit!

A merry Christmas to everyone who has the stamina to listen to this podcast.

Big shout out to the Catacombs website where most of the research went!

*Only in Yorkshire TV, December 22nd 1977

What happens when someone who's never seen classic 70s sci-fi watches it with their other half who's a total geek for it? Will they love it, hate it, or ask for a divorce on the spot? The Mackem (Katie) and the Manc (Colin) from England are watching all 48 episodes and, for you the wonderful listener, we hope there's some humor and fun comments. You can also listen and watch at the same time, or just enjoy the banter. Warning - there's a few rude words! You can email us on
[email protected] or find us on socials (mancmakempod on Twitter, damn you character limit)

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24/12/2024

What happens when you eat people.

20/12/2024

A really fun, tight episode sees a couple of young whipper snappers with red spots and lycra circus outfits terrorise Moonbase Alpha with plans of revenge on their wise elders. Peter Duncan is in it, although with a terrible voice over. His ageing 100 years in a minute is well worth it though. Kids programme remember...

The rule book goes straight out of the window with the Health and Safety boys as they open nerf gun-looking craft without a care in the world. But the scariest thing is just how calm John is when faced with the prospect of a Helena-Maya th*****me. He was far too calm about it all.

What happens when someone who's never seen classic 70s sci-fi watches it with their other half who's a total geek for it? Will they love it, hate it, or ask for a divorce on the spot? The Mackem (Katie) and the Manc (Colin) from England are watching all 48 episodes and, for you the wonderful listener, we hope there's some humor and fun comments. You can also listen and watch at the same time, or just enjoy the banter. Warning - there's a few rude words! You can email us on
[email protected] or find us on socials (mancmakempod on Twitter, damn you character limit)

A really fun, tight episode sees a couple of young whipper snappers with red spots and lycra circus outfits terrorise Moonbase Alpha with plans of revenge on their wise elders. Peter Duncan is in it, although with a terrible voice over. His ageing 100 years in a minute is well worth it though. Kids....

19/12/2024

Maybe this is why we are only number 9 in Belgium?

https://www.facebook.com/100044586602590/posts/1140773870752156/

Meanwhile in Belgium, business owner censors lemons because they look like bosoms. (And we have further censored the lemons because Facebook’s maiden aunt censorbot might think they look like bosoms as well)

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2024/12/19/refrigeration-firms-lemon-campaign-isnt-woman-unfriendly/

Spotter: Brendan

18/12/2024

That's right Balor, just a little lower, a little to the left. Ooooh that's the spot. When we are done shall I tell you how airlocks work?

16/12/2024

We have so many questions. Why the nappies? What do the opaque googles do? How practical is a bare midriff in a mine? Is the helmet for comfort or speed? Are there female guards (and if so do they get better coverage?)

Enjoying season two, Katie?

15/12/2024

About to get my brains sucked out by Mentor on the planet Psychon.

15/12/2024

So it's Season 2! How will Katie react to the massive changes to the Year 2 crew, cast, sets and storylines? Badly I'd imagine seeing as Victor was her favourite character. Colin sits back and tries to answer 18 questions a minute. The actual episode is quite a good one, there's Brian Blessed back for a second time, the introduction of Maya the wow-factor, B**M nappy-wearing aliens, roofie brain sucking machines, green blobs, fainting wives and mento volcanos. See, Season 2 isn't that bad after all.

So it's Season 2! How will Katie react to the massive changes to the Year 2 crew, cast, sets and storylines? Badly I'd imagine seeing as Victor was her favourite character. Colin sits back and tries to answer 18 questions a minute. The actual episode is quite a good one, there's Brian Blessed back f...

09/12/2024

Sadly there's no pod this week as Katie is recovering from an extended stay in Medical with Helena, Bob, a random foxy brunette nurse and the death button. Instead, and strictly for Podcast research only, we enjoyed the delights of The Howling II - Your Sister is a Werewolf.

It was a hoot, although we are now totally Sybil'd out.

30/11/2024

Strap yourselves in Big Boys for the ride of your life. Yes, it's Bonus Pod time and Sybil Danning shows you a whole new meaning to The Big Bang Theory. God bless you Sybil Danning

Having done all 24 episodes of Year 1 of Space: 1999, we discover there is enough in the can to do a bonus pod. Split into three, we first of all enjoy Sybil Danning and her wonderful introductions to the Space: 1999 movies as part of the Adventure Video series.

Moving on to the movies themselves, we chop up Alien Attack and Journey Through The Black Sun and lick our lips at the extra scenes including Patrick Allen's amazing turtle neck and the wonderful sounds of Disco Dynamite.

We then go all 90's and create our own Friends-style "The One With..." titles for each episode, so if you meet a casual fan and they can't remember what was what, you can help them remember the one with Mr. Bronson, or the one with the parrots.

Finally, we have a chat about the whole point of the podcast, to discuss Katie's feelings on the show, how it has changed her view (or not) on a classic sci-fi programme, and how it stands up in 2024.

What happens when someone who's never seen classic 70s sci-fi watches it with their other half who's a total geek for it? Will they love it, hate it, or ask for a divorce on the spot? The Mackem (Katie) and the Manc (Colin) from England are watching all 48 episodes and, for you the wonderful listener, we hope there's some humor and fun comments. You can also listen and watch at the same time, or just enjoy the banter. Warning - there's a few rude words! You can email us on
[email protected] or find us on socials (mancmakempod on Twitter, damn you character limit)

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/mancmakempodcast/episodes/Episode-25-Bonus-Pod-Space-1999-e2rms8l

28/11/2024

Season Two in one image