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A trilogy of books and a podcast about the dark pop culture of the 1970s and 1980s. From public information films to nuclear war. Buy our books: linktr.ee/scarredforlife Listen to our podcast: pod.link/1706291698 Contact: [email protected]
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PICTURE BOX (1966-1993), ITV's legendary Schools show, had one of the creepiest theme tunes ever. Off-kilter and queasy, it ensured that kids were thoroughly unnerved by the time presenter Alan Rothwell appeared.

Attention, ACE OF WANDS fans! Michael Mackenzie, the star of the brilliant 1970s kids' drama, is introducing two episodes and doing a Q&A at Derby QUAD on Saturday 29th March!

Classic sitcom SOAP (1977) was sharp, witty, and hugely controversial in America. And it frightened the pants off me in season 2 with its storyline about a baby possessed by the Devil, including this cliffhanger, which played the horror elements completely straight...

In February 1991, Sesame Street aired a Twin Peaks parody! Here's Agent Cookie trying to discover why a small northwestern town is called 'Twin Beaks'. Ask the Log Bird...

The @scarredforlife.bsky.social Folk Horror Special show is definitely coming to Derby QUAD on Fri 21st March - the flyers have just been spotted in reception! Tickets here... www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/scarr...

39 years ago today, millions of kids watching at home were as shocked as Roland Browning was to discover GRANGE HILL's fan-favourite cheeky chappy, Zammo McGuire, slumped in a heroin-induced haze amongst the filth and grime at the back of an arcade. Just say no!

This 10% discount off our books ends at midnight tomorrow!

If you haven't listened to this week's podcast episode featuring Joe Cornish, it's a banger! Here are Joe's three childhood scars (and the podcast link is in our bio) 1) The magnificent 1975 BBC paranormal documentary THE GHOST HUNTERS, especially 'the sigh'...

The full Scarred For Life show with the full SFL team of me, Dave Lawrence, and @bobfischer.bsky.social, will be dropping into Leeds Old Woollen like a 3 megaton bomb on Thursday 27 March! Not so much a comedy show, more a support group... Tickets: tinyurl.com/24373ns5

Cleanse your timeline with AUGUSTUS WINDSOCK, the world's oldest living cyclist, a gorgeous, beautifully animated PIF voiced by Kenny Everett. Proof that not every PIF needed to be shocking to be effective.

What if... Gerry and Sylvia Anderson produced Coronation Street?

Our Folk Horror show is rolling into Derby Quad on Friday 21st March! Me and @bobfischer.bsky.social will be taking a fun look at the entire genre: how it exploded in the 1970s - and what killed it - before its 21st century resurgence. Dress code: occult. Tickets: bit.ly/3WlOy4P

East Midlands Folk Horror fans! We are bringing the @scarredforlife.bsky.social show to QUAD in Derby on Friday 21st March. Come and join me and Ste Brotherstone for a fun ramble through The Wicker Man, Penda's Fen, Children of the Stones and the rest. Tickets... www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/scarr...

Get a nice 10% discount off our books with the case-sensitive code BOOKSELLER10 until midnight on Friday February 21. Three huge tomes about the dark, scary, and bizarre pop culture of the 70s & 80s are waiting... Store link: linktr.ee/scarredforlife

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Our first episode is out! Here is the Spotify link. Please subscribe, enjoy and feedback... open.spotify.com/episode/6Yzx...

NEW EPISODE! This week, JOE CORNISH (Adam and Joe, Attack the Block) brings his incredible Scar Diary to the podcast - and his description of one of his childhood scars left us with our jaws on the floor! This one's unmissable. Listen: pod.link/1706291698