It’s 1990. Again. And Speaking of Wacaday* (The murder of Dr David Birkett by Reg Wilson)

Everyone Dies In Sunderland: A podcast about growing up terrified in the eighties and nineties

The gang takes a look at the murder of noted dermatologist Dr David Birkett by the notable idiot Reg Wilson, an attempt to commit the perfect murder with the aid of Japanese erotica, stencils and crashing a motorbike into a wall like Jay did on The Inbetweeners that time, but still managing to leave fingerprints at the scene. Reg did manage to build a ladder in a maximum security prison though, so that’s something.

John is quite mean to Lewis Capaldi and names a section of his lawn after an unnamed actor. Gareth wants to know how to kill a Rottweiler. Claire knows how to kill a Rottweiler. Gareth sings “The Circle of Life” from the Lion King. This is unconnected to the Rottweiler stuff. Timmy Mallett invites a friend of the show to stay for Christmas.

Consett’s Premier Ellie Kemper Impersonator also makes her first IRL appearance.

Digressions in this episode include: Legendary Newcastle floating nitespot the Tuxedo Princess, Wrestlemania VI and mortality, getting a lift with Samuel Beckett, unlikely Daniel Bedingfield merchandise, The Wizard, the SNES, Rilo Kiley, Mel Smith’s dad being from Tow Law, The Piglet Files, Crime Traveller, fuzzy felt, Sooty (well, Sweep) and rebel cricket tours of apartheid South Africa.

We would love for you to speculate at the identity of the actor inverviewed by John at [e-mail], on Twitter at @everyonediespod, on Facebook and Instagram. But we will confirm NOTHING!

We’d also love to hear your playground chants. Do you remember the “Margaret Thatcher, stick her in the bin” song? Surely you remember the "Margaret Thatcher, stick her in the bin” song.

Sooty, Sue and Mr Harry are enjoying a refined musical evening. Sweep interrupts with a series of increasingly unsuitable instruments. Seriously, it’s the most wonderful thing you’ll ever watch https://twitter.com/archivetvmus71/status/1304406014490537988?s=20

We don’t even mention Reg trying to hide from the police in a transparent phonebox. You can learn more about that in this episode of Crimewatch https://youtu.be/EN4HmUNOuds

This is a good article about the unofficial/unforgivable tour of South Africa by English cricketers in 1990 - https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/england-s-rebel-tour-south-africa-1990-i-thought-mike-gatting-might-get-killed-out-there-9996444.html

If you have no idea what the Daniel Bedingfield joke was about, perhaps this will help https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/house-garden/bedroom/lily-allen-womanizer-liberty-premium-sex-toy-women-adult-vibrator-female-review-b1220936.html

*Wac90 this year of course wideawakers!