Count Duckula - Quite The Mental Workout

Mark McManus returns to the podcast to discuss the antics of James Bond's nephew at spy school. Who is letting IQ loose with all this tech? Who thought 'SCUM' was a name that would strike fear into the heart of law enforcement around the world? And just what is the question no-one really wants to ask?Covering the episodes 'The Beginning', 'A Race to Disaster' and 'Red Star One', released on VHS in the 90s.

Drew and Jason encounter one of the more surreal episodes of the series, and one of the darkest, but never fear, the plucky little robot is on hand to rescue everyone in the other!Covering the episodes 'The Seat of Forgetfulness' and 'Trapped Between Fire and Ice'.

We're back in the magic realms of Dungeons and Dragons, and still trying to get home. We're flummoxed by the rules of magic, bemused by convertible spaceships, and why does one episode remind Jason of a Doctor Who story?Covering the episodes 'The Box' and 'The Lost Children'

Ellie Collins returns to the podcast and we find that a classic 90s cartoon really hasn't aged well. We wonder what was going through their minds when they animated some of this, and we think they were trying to recapture a previous format and missing the mark somewhat.Covering the episodes 'Rock and Ride!' and the two-part 'The Reeking Reign of the Head Cheese'

Drew and Jason continue wandering unknown stars in the 31st century, and face many questions. how does time work? Why don't the gods just blast him? Where is the instruction manual for that prism? These questions and more will fail to be answered....Covering the episodes 'Cronus, Father of Time' and 'The Temple of the Lestrigones'

Steve and Jason head back to the magic realms for back to back episodes where judging by appearances is a bad idea, and one in which an unlikely member of the team nearly becomes a king!Covering the episodes 'Quest of the Skeleton Warrior' and 'The Garden of Zinn'.

Robyn Watts makes a welcome return to the podcast to discuss with Jason a character from the vampire Hall of Fame who was, let's face it, less memorable than his sidekicks! It's Count Duckula himself, but everyone surely remembers Igor and Nanny more. "I'll get it..."

Drew and Jason are back in the 31st century for another staggeringly inept effort by the gods of Olympus to rid themselves on one man, and discovering Ulysses isn't the only one who makes questionable parenting decisions!Covering the episodes 'Mutiny on Board' and 'Secret of the Sphinx'.

Steve and Jason are back in the realm of 'Dungeons and Dragons', getting caught in a 'Prison Without Walls' and another with incredibly thick walls, guarded by a 'Servant of Evil'. Will the youngest and most annoying member of the party be the one to save the day?

Lucy McCaul returns to the podcast and she and Jason pay a visit to 29 Acacia Road to see a remarkable boy with a thing for bananas. Will the world be saved from the evil Dr Gloom, the Weatherman and General Blight? Well, the Goodies always win, after all....