We go back to the summer of 1998 and start where so many UK memories start: France 98, England vs Argentina, and the David Beckham backlash that somehow became bigger than the match itself. From there, things spiral into a perfect little time capsule of late-90s Britain, right down to the unhinged tabloid “Beckham dartboard” that turned national frustration into something nastier.

We also dig through what was on telly and what was starting to take over: Graeme Norton’s early rise, South Park’s UK debut on Channel 4, Soccer Saturday becoming a weekend fixture, SMTV Live pulling everyone in, and Telly Addicts quietly bowing out. Add in a sweep of the summer 1998 music charts (Boyzone, B*Witched, Three Lions 98, and Billie) and a detour through the films of 1998, including a proper Truman Show “what happens next?” debate, and you get a portrait of a year that feels oddly in-between.

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Some telly doesn’t age badly, it just gets under your skin in new ways. We crack open the Madeley Archives and revisit “Get Rid of It”, our very British, very subjective spin on Room 101, where we pick the TV shows, characters, and overused bits of footage we’d happily wipe from the schedule forever.

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A breakfast bowl shouldn’t feel like a sporting rivalry, yet here we are. We take the World Cup format and use it for something far more personal: a full knockout tournament to crown the greatest UK childhood breakfast cereal, with only pre-2000 contenders allowed and no “modern taste” revisionism to save the sensible options.

Press play, pick your side, then tell us what we got wrong. Subscribe, share with a mate who’ll argue, and leave a review so more people can join the cereal World Cup debate.