Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears are serious about covering June 1981 - something an put-upon umpire in Wimbledon apparently failed to be. We cover John McEnroe's legendary outburst (clip here, if you need to remind yourself). We also head behind the scenes of the very first Indiana Jones film and ask "how many snakes is too many snakes?"

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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears party like it's 1977 i.e. on a trestle table with some disappointing sandwiches and listening to Rod Stewart.

In addition to the street parties, the British public marked the Queen's Silver Jubilee by buying loads of copies of The Sex Pistols single - only to find the band weren't the only ones trying to rip-up the rule book... Meanwhile Anglia TV uncovered a secret plan to relocate humanity to Mars in "Alternative 3". If you'd like to see the special edition of Science Report, it's here and it's great.

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We had to have two goes at the second half of this episode so, logicially, it should be twice as good? Maybe? Have a listen and find out as Esyllt Sears has been investigating June 2000 with London's wibbly-wobbly bridge and Tony Blair's wibbly-wobbly appearence in front of the WI.

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Y'know what it's like - you're in an arts centre cafe, browsing the internet and trying to find a video of a topless woman in a circus, when someone turns up and unexpectedly hands you a Jason Donovan board game. That's basically what happened to Gareth and Esyllt this week as they tried to record a special Loaded-themed edition of the show. Sorry it's late!

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Mortgage payments, tudor beams, boilers, tin openers and two toilet seats were just some of the things which came to light in the MP's expenses scandal. Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears have the receipts (or a list of them anyway). Plus a discussion over what constitutes an "Extreme Circus". Get in touch on thexennialdome@hotmail.com or by one of the following methods:

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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears look back at May 1982, when the Pope visited the UK and Tenessee hosted the Knoxville International Energy Exposition, better known as Expo '82 or the World's Fair. As such they cover everything from knife weilding nuns to touch screen TVs, from pay-at-pump petrol to milk in a box.

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Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears are joined by Dan Thomas, Stuart Laws and the ghost of Diana, Princess of Wales in this late, live and leftovers special!

Live! - because it contains snippets from the Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2024 with special guest, Dan Thomas. Dan's full episode will be along in July, but this will keep you going for a bit! Also, if you want more Mach content, check out Esyllt Sears' BBC Radio 4 Extra coverage!

Leftovers! - because it contains two further clips which got squeezed out of previous episodes - More Cafe Diana chat from our April 2001 ep and Stuart Laws selects his favourite Xennial Dome moment in his 40th birthday edition of the show.

Late! - because... Well, because we'd just got back from Machynlleth and I (Gareth) had a BBC Radio 4 show to finish off about unfinished projects. Ironically.

We seem to spend the whole episode referring to clips and photos so here they are. Apologies if we miss anything out...

* Newsnight: Howard Vs. Paxman

* Asda's Election '97 Beers

* BBC Politics '97 Webpage

* BBC Politics '97 "Frontbenchers" Webpage

* BBC Budget Webpage

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What will £8 get you these days? Well, a ticket to The Xennial Dome's Little Dome live at Machynlleth Comedy Festival this weekend (tickets available here) but back in 1993 you could get into Buckingham Palace for the same amount. I can't decide if that reflects well on us, them or the UK economy in the 31 intervening years, but it felt like something I should point out, at the very least. You can draw your own conclusions.

You could have also spent £8 on a bet on the Grand National (aka Horse Christmas) - and you'd have got that £8 back as the whole thing ended in chaos and refunds. That's what we discuss on the show this week with Horse Enthusiast, Esyllt Sears, and Horse Agnostic, Gareth Gwynn. We also cover Home Alone and, at one point, Squid Game, but I'm not even sure why or how with hindsight.

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