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Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · 6d

In our latest episode we discuss the legendary Leyline High episode Harvest Scare-stival from 1984. (You remember? It's the one with the Corn-on-the-Cob Monster that kills the dinnerlady?)

And we also get onto the subject of our favourite autumnal hymns. 🍂

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Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · 8d

NEW EPISODE! This month we're looking at Harvest Scare-stival (1984), a fan favourite episode.

Pippa finds a strange unlabelled tin at the back of the cupboard & takes it to school for harvest festival. But she's not prepared for the evil it unleashes.

www.gemmaarrowsmith.com/leylinehigh/...

7: Harvest Scare-stival (1984) — Gemma Arrowsmith

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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 15d

The Zombie School Cup Final episode was a landmark episode, particularly the bit when Biffo's arms came off in goal.

Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · 15d

We asked Leyline High fans for their favourite episodes.
Do you remember any of these? 👇

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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · Sep 2

My Doctor Who character Ruth Lyons didn't get a Top Trump card but @thomasnelstrop.bsky.social's character Ben Wainwright did. This is the Blue Peter badge injustice all over again!

Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · Sep 2

In our latest episode, before playing Leyline High Top Trumps, Gemma & Thomas discuss their roles in Doctor Who.👇🔊

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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 28d

We have a lead on one of the Leyline High show creators!

If you have any ideas on how we could reunite these famously reclusive writers, do get in touch. We think Jacqueline "Jackie" Jackson might be running an antiques shop somewhere in the Wirral but this is unconfirmed.

Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · 28d

One of our main goals on the podcast is to meet and reunite the three estranged creators of Leyline High.

And we possibly have a lead. Did we spot Beverly Shank at the Edinburgh Fringe? 👇

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Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · 21d

In the last episode we did a rundown of Leyline High actors who had pop careers. Are there any we missed?

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Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · Sep 2

In our latest episode, before playing Leyline High Top Trumps, Gemma & Thomas discuss their roles in Doctor Who.👇🔊

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Thomas Nelstrop @thomasnelstrop.bsky.social · Aug 27

Nostalgia alert!

Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · Aug 26

NEW EPISODE! And it’s a back to school special.

🃏 Leyline High Top Trumps!
🎤 Actors’ pop careers!
🎥 Plus the longest tracking shot in the history of the show.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

open.spotify.com/episode/3Qfw...

6: It’s a New You (1983)

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Thomas Nelstrop @thomasnelstrop.bsky.social · Aug 27

Ours broke too, but we worked out that if everyone shuffled their chairs around the table as we played, it was actually a better experience.

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Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · Aug 26

NEW EPISODE! And it’s a back to school special.

🃏 Leyline High Top Trumps!
🎤 Actors’ pop careers!
🎥 Plus the longest tracking shot in the history of the show.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

open.spotify.com/episode/3Qfw...

6: It’s a New You (1983)

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Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · Aug 6

Everyone remembers Leyline High (1972-2002). You remember it, right? Of course you do!

Our listeners have been writing in with their favourite episodes of this long-running classic children’s TV show.👇

Let us know yours!

Lyine HIGH REWIND
Listeners' memories

Rosie Fletcher @rosieatlarge.bsky.social •
My favourite episode was the Eastenders crossover for Comic Relief where it's revealed that Wellard is a man trapped in the body of a dog.
Never mentioned again!

Mikey Mongol @mikeymongol.bsky.social
I would say any of the episodes with the characters from the snooty girls' school, St. Raven's. I guess I preferred when episodes had a clear antagonist, instead of when they went ambiguous? Pity the spinoff never materialized.

Ovedascy @ovedascy.bsky.social
- The crisps that made you able to time travel, Snack to the Future
- When the dinosaur came through a wormhole in the kitchen and the dinner ladies made sausages with it, Jurassic Pork.
- When they set up a pre-assembly bar in the third form common room,
The Breakfast Pub
Listen on
Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Leylinehigh.com

Lyline HIGH REWIND
Listeners' memories

Ticket to Carcassonne @tooksberry.bsky.social
I remember that fans used to say how they hid behind the sofa when they were watching it. The writers cottoned on to this, and they had that episode where sofas started eating people. Genius!

jaeneas @jaeneas.bsky.social
@leylinehighrewind.bsky.social
Hi, catching up on your first episode and it took me back to my own schooldays.
You mentioned the Hellmouth opening and the funny thing was my school was Mouthell High!

Ovedascy @ovedascy.bsky.social
- That convoluted 80s one where the guy with a metal eyeball sets up a chess tournament in the canteen, just so they could call it Nickel Eye Chow Chess Queue.
- The banned 70s one with the disco demon, where everything was sung but they hadn't cleared the rights, Blame it on the Boogeyman.

Listen on
Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Leyline high.com

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Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · Jul 29

Episode 5 of Leyline High Rewind is here! This month we're discussing Y2K - Yours To Kill (2000)

The Millennnium Bug arrives at Leyline High & that means only one thing: a ghostly Luddite army terrorizing the playground, of course!

Did this episode terrify you?

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5: Y2K - Yours To Kill (2000)

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Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · Jul 23

A lovely little achievement for our podcast! Thank you for following on Spotify, Leyliners!

New episode next week! 💚

Spotify 50 followed graphic. Leyline High Rewind image with the school blazer and tie.

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Thomas Nelstrop @thomasnelstrop.bsky.social · Jul 14

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Thomas Nelstrop @thomasnelstrop.bsky.social · Jul 14

... Which she had made in the first place. Structurally, that episode had a lot in common with Raiders of the Lost Ark. #Spielberg is actually on tape saying he was heavily influenced by LLH.

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Thomas Nelstrop @thomasnelstrop.bsky.social · Jul 14

Was it Mavis the Dinner Lady?

Thomas Nelstrop @thomasnelstrop.bsky.social · Jun 26

Download the new ep of Leyline High Rewind!

We've dug up some absolute delights from the Leyline High music archives so far.

DON'T RAISE THE DEAD climbed to no.3 in the UK charts in 1986. Have you ever resurrected the dead? Would this song have stopped you?

#leylinehigh #music #podcast #1980s

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Thomas Nelstrop @thomasnelstrop.bsky.social · Jun 25

Just managed to turn a long yawn into the chorus of Enigma's Return to Innocence. What long yawn songs have you managed to achieve (one yawn only)? #longyawnsongs

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Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · Jun 17

Triple Threat (1993) was a classic episode. Who remembers it?

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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · Jun 12

OK, I’m putting it out into the universe NOW that I want to write on this.

I’ve written Doctor Who & spin-offs for Big Finish and I’ve written on a bunch of CBeebies shows. I can do this. If you end up producing this, hire me.

Cosmic order: send.

www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Doctor Who - The Tardis is set to land on CBeebies

The BBC is looking for a production company to create and produce the series, which will run independently from the main show

www.bbc.co.uk

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Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · Jun 10

Do you remember the episode "On Your Own Time" (1989)? The next day, kids in playgrounds up & down the country were walking in slow motion & wouldn't stop. It became quite a problem. There were special assemblies about it and everything.

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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · May 27

It's ALIVE!

Listen to me, @thomasnelstrop.bsky.social & @sueharrison123.bsky.social as we delve into the enormous Leyline High archive & choose some of our favourite episode of this children's classic.

Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · May 27

Happy Launch Day, Leyliners! The first 3 episodes of Leyline High Rewind are available NOW at leylinehigh.com, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts!

Have a listen! And let us know which episode of Leyline High terrified you as a kid. 👻

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Thomas Nelstrop @thomasnelstrop.bsky.social · May 27

Excited that our podcast is launching later today (round about hometime). #leylinehigh #leylinehighrewind

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Thomas Nelstrop @thomasnelstrop.bsky.social · May 23

Can't say pharaoh than that...

Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · May 23

Leyline High Rewind our rewatch podcast launches NEXT WEEK!

Everyone has a favourite episode of Leyline High. What's yours?

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Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · May 23

Leyline High Rewind our rewatch podcast launches NEXT WEEK!

Everyone has a favourite episode of Leyline High. What's yours?

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