Watching Neighbours Twice a Day...

How ’90s TV (Almost) Prepared Me for Life

By: Josh Widdicombe

Narrated by: James Acaster, Josh Widdicombe

Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

'This is a book about growing up in the '90s told through the thing that mattered most to me, the television programmes I watched. For my generation television was the one thing that united everyone. There were kids at my school who liked bands, kids who liked football and one weird kid who liked the French sport of petanque, however, we all loved Gladiators, Neighbours and Pebble Mill with Alan Titchmarsh (possibly not the third of these).'

In his first memoir, Josh Widdicombe tells the story of a strange rural childhood, the kind of childhood he only realised was weird when he left home and started telling people about it. From only having four people in his year at school, to living in a family home where they didn't just not bother to lock the front door, they didn't even have a key.

Using a different television show of the time as its starting point for each chapter Watching Neighbours Twice a Day... is part-childhood memoir, part-comic history of '90s television and culture. It will discuss everything from the BBC convincing him that Michael Parkinson had been possessed by a ghost, to Josh's belief that Mr Blobby is one of the great comic characters, to what it's like being the only vegetarian child west of Bristol.

It tells the story of the end of an era, the last time when watching television was a shared experience for the family and the nation, before the internet meant everyone watched different things at different times on different devices, headphones on to make absolutely sure no one else could watch it with them.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2021 Josh Widdicombe (P)2021 Bonnier Books UK

Loved learning about the shows in the UK

I’m from the US and have never seen most of the shows, but it doesn’t matter - I really enjoyed learning about them! Josh Widdicome is one of my favorite comedians and hosts one of my favorite podcasts, so I knew this book would be excellent, and it exceeded expectations.

Just Wonderful

Those that follow Josh in his other ventures won’t be surprised that he has chosen to take us on this particular autobiographical trip down memory lane but he executes this look into the 90’s through the eyes of most of us 30 something’s with lazer accurate humor and dissection.

Superb

Brilliant book. Great narration. Fun stories of times fondly remembered. James Acaster was a cool surprise