The Tumbler's Willy Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Special Bonus Episode with the Binge Boys
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andy and Andy made a special guest appearance on the Binge Boys podcast. It was an utter disaster. We hesitate to play you any portion of this absolut...
Episode 12 - Happy Birthday, Mr. Tumbler!
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our Season One finale, we talk about Tumbler's spectacular 12 hour-long 114th anniversary TV special. Airing on Christmas Day 2016 and honouring n...
Episode 11 - Over To You
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We've got mail! In this episode, we answer a number of questions sent in by Tumbleheads all around the world. It's a grab-bag episode of The Tumbler's...
Episode 10 - Back to the Land: The David Hunch Story, Part 2
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
No advance fanfare. No publicity. Just David Hunch and Simon Feathers traveling around Britain in a little wooden wagon pulled by the faithful shire h...
Episode 9 - Wise Beyond His Years: The David Hunch Story, Part 1
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tumbler's goes looking for a new director, and they find one by sticking a pin in a map. Hear the story of wunderkind TV director, 8-year-old David Hu...
Episode 8 - The Garden Party
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At the start of the 1982 season, a new character, socialite Helena Brooke-Partridge, delivered a line that every Tumblehead now knows by heart: “Let...
Episode 7 - Race to the Stars
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 1970s was an era obsessed with science-fiction. And our favourite show’s new director “Barnacle” Dennis Neisley was determined to get in on ...
Episode 6 - It Was Tumbler's Years Ago Today: The Turpington Tapes, Part 2
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thrust into the heart of ‘60s London counterculture, new director Nate Turpington immediately became obsessed with doing a Tumbler’s/Beatles cross...
Episode 5 - Voice of a Generation: The Turpington Tapes, Part 1
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In an era of massive social and cultural upheaval, Tumbler’s Willy was in danger of becoming yesterday’s news. Enter dynamic, freewheeling directo...
Episode 4 - Now You See It: Tumbler's On TV!
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Reinvented in 1952 as a television show, this is where the modern era of Tumbler’s begins. From loveable little Tommy Tribbles to the scandalous rel...
Episode 3 - The Fifty Year Everything
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At the end of Tumbler’s first season, we hear Michael Wisch’s nameless character walk away as a mysterious voice asks, “Where is he going?” Wh...
Episode 2 - The Man Behind the 'Brrrr'
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tumbler's Willy, the fledgling radio show gets its first star in the shape of Michael Wisch, a famous stage actor, who was skeptical of the new medium...
Episode 1 - Silence and Sound
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Tumbler's Willy Podcast! In our first episode, we introduce you to the show that needs no introduction: Tumbler’s Willy. We talk abou...