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

31/07/2024

At least they made it home

21/07/2024

Episode 13: Collison Course (Space: 1999)

Colin hates this one, like really hates it. And he never shuts up moaning about it. Katie does her best to cheer people up. So to lighten the mood he goes through the funny titles given to episodes over the world to the episodes such as "Bizarre! A Birth of Space Child" and "Space Destroyer, Nuclear Bomb Ship". God bless Japan. We also finally find a film that Katie remembers watching.

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)

Colin hates this one, like really hates it. And he never shuts up moaning about it. Katie does her best to cheer people up. So to lighten the mood he goes through the funny titles given to episodes over the world to the episodes such as "Bizarre! A Birth of Space Child" and "Space Destroyer, Nuclear...

14/07/2024

We're back from our little break to Piri to resume the podcast! Episode 12 sees us enjoy the story of Voyager's Return. This fab episode sees us move from the high Sci-Fi of neutron drives and interstellar travel, to the silliness of an unmanned ship with seatbelts and buttock-shaped spacecraft.

The highlight is Jeremey Kemp who puts in a star turn as the guilt-ridden scientist who's actions go wrong. There's big slice of environmental sensitivity, survivour guilt, and the head thing from Zoltar Speaks.

We're back from our little break to Piri to resume the podcast! Episode 12 sees us enjoy the story of Voyager's Return. This fab episode sees us move from the high Sci-Fi of neutron drives and interstellar travel, to the silliness of an unmanned ship with seatbelts and buttock-shaped spacecraft. The...

23/06/2024

The podcast is on a two-week break whilst we take a break on the planet Piri for the summer, look out for the next episode dropping in July

14/06/2024

Season 1 Episode 11: The Last Sunset (Space: 1999)

Well Colin described this as a fun episode! What's not the like about Paul the Moustache getting a Jesus complex and being off his t**s on magic mushrooms, whilst an eagle's worth of people face starvation and dying of thirst? To his defence, there is at least badminton and Alan in a vest. A planet finds it really easy to put off the men and women of Moonbase Alpha by teasing them with gas-spewing giant blue shuttlecocks. Gotcha!

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)

Well Colin described this as a fun episode! What's not the like about Paul the Moustache getting a Jesus complex and being off his t**s on magic mushrooms, whilst an eagle's worth of people face starvation and dying of thirst? To his defence, there is at least badminton and Alan in a vest. A planet....

07/06/2024

Well what does this episode not have? It has in**st, a story line ripped off by Star Trek, a quasi-Omen young boy, a bad guy who nearly got the better of James Bond and Indiana Jones (to name but a few) and the most amazing silver shorts for our leading man. There's not only a collasal guest star™ in this episode, but our now regular foxy posh brunettes. We get a few spaceships, a twist ending, and Uncle Victor being utterly utterly lovely. Aww.

Latest episode now out.

Well what does this episode not have? It has in**st, a story line ripped off by Star Trek, a quasi-Omen young boy, a bad guy who nearly got the better of James Bond and Indiana Jones (to name but a few) and the most amazing silver shorts for our leading man. There's not only a collasal guest star™...

31/05/2024

Season 1 Episode 9: Force of Life (Space: 1999) - Latest episode now out.

Before we get to the colossal™ guest star and the famous Solarium scene, Colin spends 10 minutes telling the audience all about the crazyness of ITV television scheduling during the 1970's. So fast forward to 10:25 if you want to just hear about this mad episode.

Ian McShane wanders through MoonBase Alpha, killing people with either amazing beards or being a foxy posh brunette. There's no technobabble as we are straight into the action - and that's just the bikinis in the solarium. There's a posh alarm clock, the season's first married couple, Katie never having seen Lovejoy and the mystery of whether Ian played himself as the burnt man at the end.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mancmakempodcast/episodes/Episode-9-Force-of-Life-e2kbn47

Before we get to the colossal™ guest star and the famous Solarium scene, Colin spends 10 minutes telling the audience all about the crazyness of ITV television scheduling during the 1970's. So fast forward to 10:25 if you want to just hear about this mad episode. Ian McShane wanders through MoonBa...

31/05/2024

27/05/2024

Season 1 Episode 8: Guardian of Piri

It's Katie's first sexy episode, as Catherine Schell walks around in amazing shoes and next to nothing teasing Koenig. John, on the other hand, takes joy in walking around an abandoned Moonbase Alpha for the second episode. There's fembots, too-much male chest hair and Computer Kano getting plugged into the mainframe. Hope someone remembers the USB-C cable. And there's the joy that is the wacko chessboard and polystyrene balls combo that makes up the planet Piri.

The Mackem and The Manc: a Space: 1999 Podcast. Latest episode is now out.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mancmakempodcast/episodes/Episode-8-Guardian-of-Piri-e2k5k5h

It's Katie's first sexy episode, as Catherine Schell walks around in amazing shoes and next to nothing teasing Koenig. John, on the other hand, takes joy in walking around an abandoned Moonbase Alpha for the second episode. There's fembots, too-much male chest hair and Computer Kano getting plugged....

17/05/2024

Season 1 Episode 7: Missing Link

It's a colossal guest star™ episode as the other famous one from Hammer Horror wears a terrible wig and turban. It's Koenig's turn to get the spotlight, and he and his manhood are the only thing that will save the day. There's the story of prosecco, soft focus land, the death button, ceefax, hitchhiking on the moon, Cushing getting a spray tan and the joys of peach melbas. Only in the world of Space: 1999 would you find everything in a 50-minute episode. Oh, and scare-kids-to-death monsters. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

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)

It's a colossal guest star™ episode as the other famous one from Hammer Horror wears a terrible wig and turban. It's Koenig's turn to get the spotlight, and he and his manhood are the only thing that will save the day. There's the story of prosecco, soft focus land, the death button, ceefax, hitch...

12/05/2024

At the end of latest pod, we took turns in recasting Space: 1999 for 2024, no budget too small. Listen in to see how we came to our decisions.

If anyone has their own suggestions we'd love to hear them.

10/05/2024

Season 1 Episode 6: Another Time, Another Place (Space: 1999)

Paul has a beard. Victor is a Jedi. Regina goes batsh*t, has rice krispies on her face, and then dies. Helena is both dead and not dead. But she at least has a loom. One of the more ethereal (i.e. crackers) episode of '99 sees the crew finds their doppelganger on a future, buggered-up earth. Still, at least Medical comes with free paint and canvases.

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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mancmakempodcast/episodes/Episode-6-Another-Time--Another-Place-Space-1999-e2jgstt

Paul has a beard. Victor is a Jedi. Regina goes batsh*t, has rice krispies on her face, and then dies. Helena is both dead and not dead. But she at least has a loom. One of the more ethereal (i.e. crackers) episode of '99 sees the crew finds their doppelganger on a future, buggered-up earth. Still,....

03/05/2024

Season 1 Episode 5: Earthbound (Space: 1999)

Colin gets all fanboy as he watches his favourite episode. He promises the first "Colossal Guest Star" of the show to Katie, who gets him straight away. Christopher Lee is a lovely space hippie, instead of being a tall monster sith lord frankenstein man with a golden gun. The triple ending gets Katie right where it matters, as it does Simmonds.

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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mancmakempodcast/episodes/Episode-5-Earthbound-Space-1999-e2j7pli

Colin gets all fanboy as he watches his episode. He promises the first "Colossal Guest Star" of the show to Katie, who gets him straight away. Christopher Lee is a lovely space hippie, instead of being a tall monster sith lord frankenstein man with a golden gun. The triple ending gets Katie right wh...

02/05/2024

Season 1 Episode 4: Ring around the Moon (Space:1999) - Did they have IKEA in the 70's?

Katie craves meatballs, like really craves meatballs. All whilst the main command boys try to work out a way to defeat the eyeball planet.

Episode 4 of the podcast is now out.

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01/05/2024

Season 1 Episode 4: Ring around the Moon (Space:1999) - Helena does the ABBA Super Trouper video

Helena preempts the ABBA Super Trouper video by five years. Colin comes last at karaoke.

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26/04/2024

Season 1 Episode 4: Ring around the Moon (Space: 1999)

So it's an eyeball planet this week, as poor Ted Clifford gets his brain taken over by a sound effect. Helena does ABBA before ABBA, Alan shows off his chest hair and people don't type really fast on letterless keyboards. Colin can't remember much about this episode apart from the scary sound effect.

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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 listene...

19/04/2024

It's a tomato planet. Or is it? It's Helena's husband. Or is it? There's a parrot... you get the idea. The first "bad science" episode of the pod sees one of the main character's husbands turn up. The only problem is that he is made of antimatter. Tut. Why he didn't own up and just he had been on a session and lost 5 years, that would have been more believable. Katie tells us about guernies, there's a water bottle with an antenna, the hilarious discovery of an Autopsy Room and many many more treats abound.

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)

It's a tomato planet. Or is it? It's Helena's husband. Or is it? There's a parrot... you get the idea. The first "bad science" episode of the pod sees one of the main character's husbands turn up. The only problem is that he is made of anti-matter. Tut. Why he didn't own up and just he had been on a...

15/04/2024

Colin would like a Space 1999 chess set for Fathers Day

12/04/2024

Now out - Season 1 Episode 2: Black Sun (Space: 1999)

Katie has survived one episode. Trouble is that she doesn't think it's pompous so far. Little does she know that Black Sun is probably the most pompous of the lot. And it isn't even episode 2 - Colin's memory isn't what it used to be. Still, the joy of '99 is you can watch it in any order. What will Katie think of Paul Jones, 70's working man's club/disco gods and the world's most boring game of strip poker?

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mancmakempodcast/episodes/Episode-2-Black-Sun-Space-1999-e2i823v

Katie has survived one episode. Trouble is that she doesn't think it's pompous so far. Little does she know that Black Sun is probably the most pompous of the lot. And it isn't even episode 2 - Colin's memory isn't what it used to be. Still, the joy of '99 is you can watch it in any order. What will...

07/04/2024

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]

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 listene...