Screen history, followed down every rabbit hole.
The gist
Revisiting wanders through screen history with an eye for the strange connective tissue between British sitcoms, Doctor Who, anime, school stories, war films, and the occasional music detour. The tone is casual but observant, mixing quick research, memory, skepticism, and jokes about how differently older media lands now.
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About Revisiting
Revisiting is a conversational show about television and screen culture that follows curiosity wherever it leads. Its center of gravity is TV history, but the borders are loose. A Doctor Who episode can sit near a 1950s British army sitcom, a Hammer matinee film, Galaxy Express 999, The Worst Witch, Private Peaceful, Dead Boy Detectives, or a music episode about Everlast. The connective tissue is not canon expertise for its own sake. It is the act of noticing how one artifact points toward another. The show often starts from something small: a trailer before a British DVD, an old upload found after sorting a YouTube channel, a Magic card featuring Donna Noble or Tom Baker, or a trip that unexpectedly runs into Leiji Matsumoto statues. Then it follows the thread. The result feels part media review, part informal archive work, and part memory test. British television gets especially close attention, from school settings and old BBC touchstones to early ITV comedy and post-war military sitcoms. Doctor Who appears as both personal memory and pop-cultural machinery, with Daleks, the TARDIS, companions, and Tom Baker’s version of the Doctor treated as durable icons rather than trivia. The show is also alert to cultural translation. Galaxy Express 999 prompts discussion of anime’s different boundaries around childhood, sexuality, and moral instruction. The Worst Witch becomes a way to think about Harry Potter, British school stories, and names that carry the feel of another era. Older comedy and children’s media are handled with curiosity, but not with automatic nostalgia. The speakers notice dated name-calling, odd moral assumptions, low-budget effects, and narration that explains too much. They also allow charm, influence, and historical importance to survive that scrutiny. The pacing is loose, funny, and digressive, with enough research to orient the discussion without turning it into a classroom. Revisiting suits listeners who like obscure screen objects treated seriously enough to matter, but casually enough to stay lively.
Made for: For viewers who like old television, genre history, Doctor Who, British media, anime oddities, and half-remembered cultural artifacts. It especially suits listeners who enjoy conversational criticism more than polished recap.
What sets it apart: Revisiting stands out by treating obscure or half-forgotten media as living evidence of how entertainment habits changed. Its best moments come from linking small discoveries to larger patterns in genre, childhood viewing, national culture, and fandom memory.
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Barb and Keith explore the history of tv!
As heard by us
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Revisiting connects older film and television to later screen culture through curious, comparison-driven conversation.
Revisiting starts with an old screen memory or a gap in one host's viewing, then follows the comparison wherever it leads. The two hosts move easily between first encounters and long-held impressions: Doctor Who with Tom Baker is measured against a newer incarnation, McCabe and…
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Daleks, muddy Westerns, and Everlast become cultural archaeology you can actually laugh through.
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- a newcomer's curiosity beside someone who remembers Doctor Who airing after school
- old movies judged on historical significance and whether the big reveal still lands
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- 1
Danger Man
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Around the World in Eighty Days (1972)
·20m - 3
Have Gun - Will Travel
·13m - 4
Star Trek: The Animated Series
·19m - 5
The New Adventures of Gilligan
·22m - 6
Dusty's Trail
·22m - 7
The Career of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
·1h 20m - 8
Jeeves and Wooster
·17m - 9
Black Adder
·25m - 10
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
·31m - 11
Aliens in the Family (1996 and 1987)
·34m - 12
Space Academy (1977)
·26m - 13
The Starlost
·22m - 14
Cannon with William Conrad
·16m - 15
Columbo
·31m - 16
The Mighty Boosh
·15m - 17
Gilligan's Island Unaired Pilot
·29m - 18
The Four Just Men (1959)
·14m - 19
The Duck Factory and In Living Color
·29m - 20
Cracker feat Robbie Coltrane
·19m - 21
My Mother The Car
·20m - 22
Occasional Wife (1966)
·18m - 23
It's About Time (1966)
·17m - 24
It Shouldn't Happen To A Vet (1976)
·21m - 25
Dementia 13 (1963)
·44m - 26
Restaurant to Another World - Isekai Shokudo
·35m - 27
Peninsula: Train to Busan 2 and Zom 100
·36m - 28
Encouragement of Climb - Yama no Susume
·12m - 29
Train to Busan
·41m - 30
Eerie, Indiana
·19m - 31
The Dirge Singer (2014)
·25m - 32
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr
·14m - 33
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
·47m - 34
The Last Of Us PlayStation vs HBO
·52m - 35
The Americans
·20m - 36
Revisiting Cody vs Dustin Rhodes
·46m - 37
Around the World in 80 Days (2021)
·26m - 38
Anne of Green Gables 1979 - Akage no An
·23m - 39
Your Name - Kimi no Na wa
·39m - 40
From Up On Poppy Hill and Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto
·26m - 41
The Wild Wild West (1965)
·26m - 42
Street Hawk
·24m - 43
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
·22m - 44
The Avengers (1961)
·22m - 45
Super Cub
·36m - 46
The Many References of Mother Simpson
·21m - 47
The Mod Squad
·23m - 48
M Squad
·34m - 49
Police Squad!
·24m - 50
The Darjeeling Limited
·38m - 51
Quark and Get Smart
·29m - 52
AI and The Great Train Robbery
·46m - 53
Labyrinth
·27m - 54
The Black Cauldron
·23m - 55
Little House on the Prairie
·34m - 56
Lavender Castle
·11m - 57
Horatio's Drive by Ken Burns
·20m - 58
Young John Lennon's favorite film, The Magnet
·14m - 59
Dark Shadows 1991 Revival
·15m - 60
Strange Paradise, the Canadian Dark Shadows
·23m - 61
Dark Shadows
·21m - 62
Letterkenny vs Shoresy
·25m - 63
Private Peaceful
·18m - 64
The Army Game (1957)
·14m - 65
The Adventures of PC 49 (1949)
·16m - 66
Dead Boy Detectives
·17m - 67
The Worst Witch (1986)
·22m - 68
The basic story of Erik Schrody, aka Everlast
·58m - 69
Doctor Who with Tom Baker
·27m - 70
Doctor Who - Runaway Bride
·18m - 71
McCabe and Mrs Miller
·35m - 72
The Fly (1986)
·17m - 73
The Fly (1958)
·26m - 74
Matinee (1993)
·25m - 75
Karl Pilkington's Sick Of It
·18m - 76
Sanford and Son, Steptoe and Son
·20m - 77
Wojeck
·29m - 78
Marcus Welby, M.D.
·35m - 79
The Queen's Gambit
·30m - 80
Father Knows Best
·25m - 81
The O.C. vs Arrested Development
·22m - 82
Arrested Development
·22m - 83
Schitt's Creek
·26m - 84
Corner Gas
·24m - 85
The Littlest Hobo
·30m - 86
Black Mirror Series 01
·1h 6m - 87
The Danedyke Mystery (1979)
·36m - 88
Ping Pong The Animation
·19m - 89
Ping Pong Club
·25m - 90
Reboot
·25m - 91
The Beachcombers and The Log Driver's Waltz
·32m - 92
The Queen of Villains
·22m - 93
Children of the Dog Star
·22m - 94
Thriller (UK 1973)
·31m - 95
The Reinvention of Linkin Park
·1h 5m - 96
Tokyo Vice
·25m - 97
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
·25m - 98
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
·27m - 99
Jem and the Holograms
The host discusses the 80s cartoon Jem and the Holograms, reflecting on its gender-specific marketing and the quality of its music.
·49m - 100
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
The host decides to gamble by revisiting the 90s show Parker Lewis Can't Lose after a successful revisit of Eerie Indiana.
·23m - 101
Galaxy Express 999
Hidden gemRevisiting’s Galaxy Express 999 episode starts with a Lake Biwa detour, then lands on Tsuruga’s Leiji Matsumoto statues and the Matsumoto Symbol Road.
Apr 16, 2026·29m·2 clips - 102
Private Peaceful
A discussion about the book and film 'Private Peaceful' by Michael Morpurgo, set in World War One.
Mar 23, 2026·18m - 103
The Army Game (1957)
The host introduces the 1957 ITV sitcom 'The Army Game', a prototype for later British comedies like Carry On, and discusses its history and surviving episodes.
Feb 2, 2026·14m - 104
The Adventures of PC 49 (1949)
The host introduces a random 1949 British B-movie called The Adventures of PC-49, discovered on YouTube, and speculates about its origins and audience.
Jan 28, 2026·16m - 105
Dead Boy Detectives
The hosts discuss British school life in media, comparing The Worst Witch to Harry Potter and Billy Bunter, and mention the Dead Boy Detectives from Sandman comics.
Jan 23, 2026·17m - 106
The Worst Witch (1986)
Hidden gemMildred fixes the problem by turning the villains into snails, and the story just ends there.
Jan 1, 2026·22m·1 clip - 107
The basic story of Erik Schrody, aka Everlast
Hidden gemEverlast says he was "just playing guitar" until a friend pushed him into recording "What It's Like."
Dec 26, 2025·58m·2 clips - 108
Doctor Who with Tom Baker
Hidden gem["Revisiting uses the Tom Baker Magic card Crisis of Conscience to pivot into Doctor Who's Destiny of the Daleks, a four-part 1979 serial written by Terry Nation.", "One speaker recalls watching Doctor Who on CBC as a kid, and the other compares Tom Baker, David Tennant, and Christopher Eccleston as different Doctor eras.", "The discussion argues that Baker's scarf, leather jacket, and mix of arrogance and eccentricity made him the clearest classic-series Doctor.", "They also pick apart Davros, the Daleks, quarry sets, and the mustard-colored props while tracing Terry Nation's 1979 serial to Doctor Who history."]
Dec 16, 2025·27m·2 clips - 109
Doctor Who - Runaway Bride
Dec 3, 2025·18m - 110
McCabe and Mrs Miller
Hidden gemRevisiting examines McCabe and Mrs.
Nov 7, 2025·35m·2 clips - 111
The Fly (1986)
Oct 15, 2025·17m - 112
The Fly (1958)
Hidden gemRevisiting examines The Fly (1958), connecting its premise to Mant from Matinee and comparing its 1950s science-fiction horror approach with David Cronenberg's later remake.
Oct 7, 2025·26m·2 clips - 113
Matinee (1993)
Sep 24, 2025·25m - 114
Karl Pilkington's Sick Of It
Sep 12, 2025·18m - 115
Sanford and Son, Steptoe and Son
Sep 4, 2025·20m - 116
Little House on the Prairie
Aug 28, 2025·34m - 117
Lavender Castle
Aug 12, 2025·11m - 118
Horatio's Drive by Ken Burns
Jul 28, 2025·20m - 119
Young John Lennon's favorite film, The Magnet
Jul 18, 2025·14m - 120
Dark Shadows 1991 Revival
Jul 11, 2025·15m - 121
Strange Paradise, the Canadian Dark Shadows
Jul 4, 2025·23m - 122
Dark Shadows
Jun 29, 2025·21m - 123
Letterkenny vs Shoresy
A comparison of the Canadian shows Letterkenny and its spinoff Shoresy, with the host preferring the spinoff.
Jun 20, 2025·25m - 124
Wojeck
Jun 14, 2025·29m - 125
Marcus Welby, M.D.
May 28, 2025·35m - 126
The Queen's Gambit
May 9, 2025·30m - 127
Father Knows Best
May 1, 2025·25m - 128
The O.C. vs Arrested Development
The host discusses how jokes from Arrested Development referencing The O.C.
Apr 18, 2025·22m - 129
Arrested Development
Apr 10, 2025·22m - 130
Schitt's Creek
Apr 1, 2025·26m - 131
Corner Gas
Mar 26, 2025·24m - 132
The Littlest Hobo
Mar 17, 2025·30m - 133
Black Mirror Series 01
Feb 26, 2025·1h 6m - 134
The Danedyke Mystery (1979)
Jan 10, 2025·36m - 135
Ping Pong The Animation
Dec 22, 2024·19m - 136
Ping Pong Club
Nov 6, 2024·25m - 137
Reboot
Oct 22, 2024·25m - 138
The Beachcombers and The Log Driver's Waltz
Oct 17, 2024·32m - 139
The Queen of Villains
Oct 10, 2024·22m - 140
Children of the Dog Star
Oct 5, 2024·22m - 141
Thriller (UK 1973)
Sep 28, 2024·31m - 142
The Reinvention of Linkin Park
Sep 17, 2024·1h 5m - 143
Tokyo Vice
Sep 11, 2024·25m - 144
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Sep 4, 2024·25m - 145
Around the World in 80 Days (2021)
Aug 26, 2024·26m - 146
Around the World in Eighty Days (1972)
Aug 9, 2024·20m - 147
Have Gun - Will Travel
Jul 31, 2024·13m - 148
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Jul 18, 2024·19m - 149
The New Adventures of Gilligan
Jul 11, 2024·22m - 150
Dusty's Trail
Jul 5, 2024·22m