Off The Chart
Media & Entertainment Podcasts
The '80s chart show with no music! Every week Steve and Julian examine this day from a year in the 1980s. They discuss the state of the UK singles chart, as well as the day's news, TV and radio highlights and the gigs you might have been to. A weekly trip down Memory Lane that usually ends up on I Don't Remember This One Cul-De-Sac.
Location:
United Kingdom
Description:
The '80s chart show with no music! Every week Steve and Julian examine this day from a year in the 1980s. They discuss the state of the UK singles chart, as well as the day's news, TV and radio highlights and the gigs you might have been to. A weekly trip down Memory Lane that usually ends up on I Don't Remember This One Cul-De-Sac.
Twitter:
@OffTheChartMWR
Language:
English
Episodes
2 March 1989
3/2/2021
We're back in 1989 this week, examining the UK charts from this day 31 years ago and getting sidertracked as usual by a punk concept album, Fine Young Cannibals' dodgy restaurant and Holly Johnson's Love Replacement Bus Service.
Duration:00:49:39
23 February 1983
2/23/2021
This week we're looking back at 1983, examining the UK charts and getting sidetracked into discussion of unlikely guest artistes, SAND, and John Lennon's collection of whiskey manufacturers' water jugs.
Duration:00:50:51
16 February 1987
2/16/2021
In this week's Off The Chart podcast, sponsored by Woman's Own magazine, we look at the UK charts from this day in 1987 and end up with a Coronation Street spin-off, a mystery bum and a visit to the Broadcasting Under Manager.
Duration:00:46:33
9 February 1981
2/9/2021
The #32 comedy podcast in Kenya, apparently. This week's podcast looks at the UK charts of 9 February 1981, incorporating Julian's Yoko Ono impression and a plan to "swamp Barnsley with sex emporia".
Duration:00:45:20
2 February 1986
2/2/2021
A look at the UK charts of 2 February 1986, a simpler time when all we had to worry about was Shakin' Stevens' recreational habits, the cloning of Whitney Houston and gargantuan quantities of mustard.
Duration:00:48:46
26 January 1982
1/26/2021
It's our 52nd weekly podcast, and we still haven't done a full year's worth. How does that work? Anyway, join us for a look at the UK charts of 26 January 1982, and stay for a lengthy discussion on Rubik Cube cheats, rubbish acronyms and a word we've never used before.
Duration:00:46:48
19 January 1988
1/19/2021
We're back for another go around the decade, starting at 1988 where a huge '80s band falls apart in court, a record banned in South Africa goes to number 1 in Zimbabwe, and a promising pop career is scuppered by the workers' control of factories.
Duration:00:41:51
12 January 1985
1/12/2021
It's our 50th podcast! But there's no time for frivolities as we discuss the UK charts from this day in 1985 and get inevitably sidetracked into breakdancing, the invention of opera and our grand plan to buy a Sinclair C5 piece by piece off eBay.
Duration:00:45:35
5 January 1980
1/5/2021
It's an inadvertent '70s special on Off The Chart this week as we find ourselves right back at the start of the '80s but still having to deal with the last chart of the '70s. Still, along the way we discuss the best titles for Greatest Hits albums, how to get in touch with Swap Shop and the continued chart presence of deceased '70s stars in the '80s.
Duration:00:45:55
29 December 1984
12/29/2020
Filling the void between Christmas and New Year, this week's Off The Chart looks at the UK charts of 29 December 1984 - which was, of course, the Christmas chart. Complicated this, innit? Along the way we get driving advice from Stevie Wonder, a complaint from an MP and an A-Z of the entire year.
Duration:00:46:47
22 December 1989
12/22/2020
'Twas the chart before Christmas 1989, and all through the podcast, not a creature was stirring, even though there were dogs, goldfish, goats, rabbits and an unexploded Scotsman. Join Steve and Julian for a pre-Christmas look at one of the very last charts of the 1980s!
Duration:00:51:13
15 December 1983
12/15/2020
It's getting close to the big day on the podcast this week, as we examine the UK charts of 15 December 1983, and somehow manage to end up taking about racist comedians, the naked balloon dance and Mike Batt's AC/DC tribute band.
Duration:00:51:00
8 December 1987
12/8/2020
Christmas begins to rear its head on this week's podcast as we revisit this day in 1987 to examine the state of the UK charts and other goings-on. Join us for disgraced performers, interchangeable pop stars and three songs with the same title.
Duration:00:51:49
1 December 1981
12/1/2020
Hiding behind the first door of your Off The Chart advent calendar this year: a trip back to 1981, where we discuss the UK charts and surrounding events, go back to school with the Barron Knights, pogo with Pink Floyd and listen to one of Julian's cassettes.
Duration:00:50:00
24 November 1986
11/24/2020
Steve and Julian revisit this day in 1986, examine the UK pop charts and try to keep their pets quiet. This week we discover Elton John's worst album, Giorgio Moroder's favourite record and the world's shortest pop star.
Duration:00:47:08
17 November 1982
11/17/2020
Another trip back in time to rake over the ashes of this day in 1982. This week Barry Manilow gets flirty, Neil Diamond sings Blur and Alison Moyet gets potty mouthed about one of her own songs.
Duration:00:53:24
10 November 1988
11/10/2020
The cycle begins again as we take a look at the UK charts and surrounding events of this day in 1988. Along the way we discuss Chris Rea's broken down caravan, The Christians' giant combine harvester, and the time the Beatles were outdone by Chaka Demus & Pliers.
Duration:00:48:54
3 November 1985
11/3/2020
A look at this day in 1985 brings another trip around the '80s to a close on this week's Off The Chart podcast. Join us as we examine the day's UK charts and surrounding events, including a forgotten soap opera, the official definition of "unrest" and the German Two Ronnies.
Duration:00:51:04
13 October 1989
10/13/2020
It's a bumper extended edition of the Off The Chart podcast this week! Well, not really, it's just that Steve has moved house over the weekend and didn't have time to edit it properly. But we still manage to look at the UK charts of 13 October 1989 and learn how to dance the Lambada without moving, dodge an inflatable Bruce Foxton and find out why Chris Rea has set off home for Christmas already.
Duration:01:06:28
6 October 1983
10/6/2020
We're back again with another locked down Off The Chart podcast! This week we go back to this day in 1983 where Big Country wait patiently for the green man, John Lydon moves to Tokyo and Steve Wright outsells Billy Joel. It'll all make sense if you listen.
Duration:00:48:04