You know how we love a hate-filled recording session about a topic everybody already agrees with. Join us in a collective sigh from the deepest depths of our souls, as we enter a conversation already comprehensively covered by people more qualified than ourselves. This is a short clip from our Patreon episode, posted here to keep you company over our Summer break. We hope you're all having a fabulous Summer, and if you miss us at all, consider subscribing to our Patreon for this full discussion ...
Jul 14, 2025•12 min
We're wrapping up season 5, and WHAT a season we've all had! We've decided to end on everyone's favourite stop-motion sheep, everyone's favourite stop-motion production company, and everyone's favourite Vic Reeves-performed theme song. Shaun the Sheep was a surprisingly emotional fare. Unsurprising was the amount we laughed during the research (binge-watching) period for this ridiculous and wonderful show. Other discussions include the oppressive UK heat we're all currently working under and Els...
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Three down! Two to go!!! We are finally over half way through our diligent (sporadic) coverage of TSOTB. We said it about season 2 and we're saying it again now - this show gets better and more emotional with every season. There is much to discuss here including SEVEN new regular characters so strap in for as comprehensive a discussion as two hours would allow for. We've got the arrival of the Golden Trio (Tracy, Jackie, Crash). We've got boyfriends (for Tracy AND ELAINE?!). Aaaaaaand we've got ...
Jun 15, 2025•1 hr 44 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Here is a little excerpt from our Patreon episode on Paddington - a deeper discussion of some of the topics we touched on in the main feed. Link down below to subscribe for full bonus episodes! ... We separated this conversation from the main feed episode as we love Paddington very much and wanted our regular episode to be a celebration of him (plus it was getting a bit long). However, there has been a sharp vibe-shift in the public perception of this character/franchise, and it merits discussio...
Jun 08, 2025•9 min
"Please look after this bear. Thank you." This week we're doing the other small posh bear with a sweet sticky substance addiction. The original 70s show is our main focus with some Hanna Barbera and movie shaped detours along the way. Be prepared to hear at least one of us cry. (On another note, during the time of recording, we didn't yet know we were an award-winning podcast. Thank you so much for supporting us! We can hardly express how much we appreciate you being here and listening.) Patreon...
Jun 01, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Season 5Ep. 9
The Motorettes are singing! WE KEEP THE ENGINE SPINNING! This week we're covering another show that uses objects as episode titles - it's FINALLY time for The Hoobs. We'll be exploring the complex drama of the Hoobs' home/van/shared living space; the layered drama of their inter-planetary working environments, and the intense drama of their inter-species conflict with the Motorettes. In this episode we also discuss the short-lived channel 4 educational strand and AO3 tags. Hoob Hoob Hooray! Patr...
May 18, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Following on from last week's Sooty - The Corbett Years, this week we are continuing to explore the turbulent yet magical history of the UK's longest-running kids TV show. Stefon voice: This episode has everything! Boy magicians, theme-parks, expensive IP purchases, the destruction of VHS tapes, extensive audition prep, meddling producers, vanishing motorcycles, and Joe Pasquale. For the first 40-odd years of Sooty, check out our last episode. A lot of information on this episode was gleaned fro...
May 02, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 7
We're doing a two parter on one of the biggest names in British children's telly - Sooty! This is one of the most highly requested shows we've had, and we wanted to do it properly. Therefore, the Cadell years will be hitting your ears in two short weeks. Seriously, you guys seem to LOVE this little bear. And after an intensive week of research (watching YouTube), so do we! EEEEP EEP EEEEEEEEP (that's our Sweep impression). Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ThotsTV Email us at Thotstv2002@gmail.c...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Content warning: discussion of anti-trans campaigners, homophobia, suicide, sexual assault You may have seen that there has been some discussion in the press about Hey Duggee using the word "they" to refer to a cartoon raccoon. We are here to talk about why on God's green Earth this has made the national news. We are starting this clip right in the middle of the episode (full discussion on our Patreon linked below). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 13, 2025•14 min
Imagine... imagine... imagine a STORYYYYYY! This week we're visiting a magical room with portals to different worlds; the children's section of a public library! We're joined by a cast of hippie magicians and two of the funniest puppets to have ever graced our screens. Together we'll venture through multiple looking glasses into increasingly psychedelic dream sequences. It's LSD for the zillennial generation! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ThotsTV Email us at Thotstv2002@gmail.com Instagram -...
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 36 min•Season 5Ep. 5
"What happened to Barney Harwood?" Oooooh BOY do we have some news for you! Also in this episode, we're discussing the public humiliation and emotional manipulation a film crew wrought upon nine-year-olds in 2006. Other topics include Beatrix Potter, the inherent evil of family vloggers, and all the men Meg knows. The interview we referenced (thank you Rob!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KznMVi2exuI&t=1245s&ab_channel=BigtankVideoProductions-TellEngageGrow Patreon - https://www.patreo...
Mar 20, 2025•1 hr 52 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Ooooh! Scandalous! It's a rare LAURA episode which means we're hopping over the pond to the Disney channel. You can expect tangents involving dogs, snakes, wasps, and hamsters. Apologies for the delayed upload and thanks for sticking with us! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ThotsTV Email us at Thotstv2002@gmail.com Instagram - http://bit.ly/th0tsTV TikTok - https://bit.ly/thotstvtiktok Discord - https://discord.gg/e6prv4aY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 53 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Alroight guv'na! We are joined this week by Jonathan of the Look Into My Eyes podcast to discuss the landmark CBBC drama Ghost Hunter! We actually had to read books for this one so you'd better enjoy it. (We did!) If you like moving pictures, this episode can also be watched on our YouTube. It was delightful having Jonathan here, and you can listen to part 2 over on his podcast's feed. (While you're there, check out the rest of Look Into My Eyes because it is EXCELLENT. ( buff.ly/40VYjrM ) Patre...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Season 5Ep. 2
What a wonderful kind of day! The Thots are back after a LENGTHY break, and we're kicking off season 5 with everyone's favourite aardvark. Arthur was truly the background radiation of our childhoods, it launched a thousand memes, and EVERYONE remembers where they were when the Gay Rat Wedding dropped. Have you ever been so hungry during a recording session that you start to wonder which citizen of Elwood City you would like to eat? We have. Thank you for your patience and welcome to season 5! Pa...
Feb 06, 2025•1 hr 48 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff... The final episode of season 4 is upon us, and as is tradition, we have left it right until the last minute to cover the one you actually voted for. In this episode, we cover the life and times of A.A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin, the Pooh books, the Pooh films, the history of the ownership of the Pooh licence, the myth that each Pooh character "represents a mental illness", and FINALLY how Pooh fits into Chinese philosophy. THIS is why it is n...
Dec 20, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Season 4Ep. 14
SURPRISE SURPRISE! You THOUGHT you weren't getting an episode until the later date of Friday 20th but Elsie had some free tie on her hands and now you've got a two-episode week. This is our first annual Thot Award Show in which we self-indulgently give each other arbitrary awards based on podcast contribution, friendship, and (as usual, unfortunately) piss, shit, and vomit. Join us for this unexpected festive bonus, filled with laughter, tears, and domestic bickering. Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Dec 18, 2024•24 min
"Maybe my BEES can help!" It's Horrible Histories' weird cousin - Sorry, I've Got No Head! This episode is a run-down of (some of) our favourite moments from this glorious sketch comedy which, in the words of its producer, is "too funny for children". After a highly intellectual analysis of Enid Blyton in our previous episode, we are allowing ourselves a silly one. There was simply too much to cover, from the one-thousand pound ladies and Deer Club to the single-pupil school in North Barrisay an...
Dec 05, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Aaaand we're back for part two! If you listen to things in the correct order, you'll have already heard us discussing the life of Enid Blyton, the genius of actor Jack Gleeson, the plot of the first book and its adaptation, and how we feel about it (we feel good about it). Now we've got all that out the way, we can tackle big questions such as, "how do you adapt the work of an author who was racist?", "is George supposed to be interpreted as a transgender character?", and "should black actors be...
Nov 20, 2024•48 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Crack open the ginger beer and cucumber sandwiches! This week is all about George, Julian, Anne, Dick, and Timmy. The 2023 Famous Five adaptation has got all the GB News watching public up in arms due to its Wokeness. We're here to offer some perspective - the new Famous Five is GOOD and we LIKE it. In part 1, we discuss the life of Enid Blyton, the genius of actor Jack Gleeson, the plot of the first book and its adaptation, and how we feel about it (we feel good about it). Catch us in Part 2 fo...
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 11
EH OH! After alluding to it in many other episodes, Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa Laa and Po are FINALLY getting almost two hours (sorry) to themselves. Maybe the most globally well-known of Ragdoll Productions' productions, this show is the King of all under-5s entertainment. We really hope that we have done justice to this ground-breaking piece of media - and maybe now, we'll never have to talk about it ever again. We reference the documentary Big Hug! The Story of the Teletubbies a lot in this epis...
Nov 07, 2024•1 hr 55 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Our first ever live recorded episode, courtesy of the Cheerful Earful comedy podcast festival! In this very special episode, we each take a piece of media that scared us as children and unleash it on a live audience. This was SUCH a fun day, and we are so incredibly grateful to everyone who came out to see us! This was something of an experiment, as we have never done anything like this before, and you all made the experience so fun, warm, and welcoming. We hope to perform again as soon as we ar...
Oct 31, 2024•57 min
Stupid dawg! We've decided to continue our spooky October episodes with a childhood trauma machine from across the pond. That's right, it's Cartoon Network time again! And because Meg and Elsie were brought up as Freeview purists, we have graciously allowed Laura to lead this episode. We won't lie to you - Courage the Cowardly Dog was straight up terrifying and we need to talk about it. If you have any repressed memories around watching daytime TV while off school sick, prepare to relive them. D...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Season 4Ep. 9
"Leave the stones? You never will." Described as "inappropriately" scary, this 1976 drama is considered to be a landmark in quality children's drama. And to be honest, it is. British film was in the middle of a psychedelic folk-horror experiment, and it somehow managed to trickle down to ITV children's broadcasting. This is the result; a generation of traumatised adults! We'll be discussing atonal caterwauling, received pronunciation, the burning sexual chemistry between Veronica Strong and Gare...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 52 min•Season 4Ep. 8
VICTOR! Are you still alive??? We were going to cover The Fluffy Bunny Show with Sweet Little Granny this week, but unfortunately that time slot was needed urgently. The Secret Show is something that we are INCREDIBLY fond of, and have been for a very long time. Not only is it one of the funniest shows we have covered, but it also features some of our most beloved characters (looking at you, Ray and Ray's boys <33333). As it was Elsie's birthday on the day of recording, we fancied something r...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Season 4Ep. 7
The quick brown dog jumped over the lazy dog... As we are busy planning our UPCOMING LIVE SHOW(!!!) this week we are releasing an episode that has been buried deep on Elsie's hard drive for seven months. Jasmine is back to chat everything Bootleg! Some say it's a mini series, others say it's a TV movie. It really depends on the channel you saw it on way back in 2002. This one is so niche that were it not for YouTube dot com, we might have brushed it off as a collective false memory. Themes inclu...
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 6
BOOM BOOM!!! We're back with another episode voted for by YOU the listener. Basil Brush is a very funny show that is unbearable to watch. It has aged well. It has aged poorly. We love it. We hate it. We are very capable of nuance, as it turns out. Watch out for terrible puns, casual sexism, flagrant disregard for age-appropriate programming, Y2K clothing, and good old 2000s body-shaming. You asked for this one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 29, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Season 4Ep. 5
We have decided to release a cheeky bonus episode from our Patreon because we were feeling frivolous (and some of you even contributed to it)! We talk Meg’s anger, Elsie's fear of death, Laura's favourite Easter assembly song, and answer a few of your questions. Thank you so much for everyone's contributions for this episode - as always, it allowed us to go on many pointless tangents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Na Na Nee Na Naaaa!!! It's everyone's favourite toxic parenting team and their devil spawn. This week we're talking about Horrid Henry! It's a surprisingly big topic... we cover the touchy subjects of book adaptation, bad parenting, bad teachers, and even shipping. Yes, we said shipping. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Hi, I'm Laura! Hi, I'm Meg! Hi, I'm Elsie! And together, we're talking about HI 5 BABYYYYYY!!! Not to be weird about it but we enjoyed this one so much that we carried on watching it even after we finished making the episode. It took physical restraint to keep your humble editor from adding more clips - so we definitely recommend seeking the show out for yourself! This is a long(er) episode due to us loving the subject material to pieces - we make no apologies. Tangents include Meg's Asda meats,...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Season 4Ep. 3
On a dark dark hill there was a dark dark town and in the dark dark town there was a etc etc... It's a xylophone-heavy episode this week as we're talking all things Funnybones! It's about time we discussed Allan and Janet Ahlberg's gorgeous works of children's fiction, and so we experienced some big nostalgic feelings this week. Other topics include the terrible plumbing in our flat, fleshy appendages, and the mechanics of sound. Good idea! CW: As this is a show about skeletons, we will be discu...
Jul 18, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Season 4Ep. 2
