Few things seem more noughties than the prank call. From Chris Moyles on the radio or Trigger Happy and Fonejacker on TV, to you and your friends in your bedroom - everyone was doing them. It felt like you could while away hours pranking people from school or even just ringing random names from the phonebook. Noughties Podcast co-host Rob Comba was no stranger to a prank call either. In fact, he was involved in one that made national news back in 2005. He and his friends got hold of the...

During lockdown, Noughties Podcast co-host Tom Pooley had the privilege of spending his days on Zooms calls with legendary broadcaster Tony Blackburn, recording his BBC Radio 2 Show. Each week, after Tony had recorded his links, the two of them would stay on the line for 10 minutes making small talk while the file was uploaded and sent over. One day, Tom decided to turn the conversation to the first series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! Tony was the winner - which took place in the...

During the noughties, the August bank holiday was truly a tale of two cities: Reading and Leeds. Thousands of teenagers and early 20-somethings flocked to both of them for the festival weekend, armed with tents, sleeping bags, crates of Strongbow and their recently acquired exam results. The twin festivals were nothing short of chaotic: tents were set on fire, security fences were stolen to make wrestling cages and people fell into long drops (yes, that did actually happen). In episode two...

What if you can't think of a favourite book, film or TV show but have agonised over the order of your top 10 adverts from the '00s? That is the predicament facing Noughties Podcast co-host Rob Comba. And, as it turns out, he isn't alone. For episode one, with help from advertising stars and enthusiasts, we take a deep dive into noughties ads and look to understand why they've lived so long in people's memories. It was a remarkable decade in advertising, one where bank clerks could become...

The Noughties Podcast is a new series from 4Kicks Productions that explores some of the most iconic in the ‘00s told by the people who shaped it. From Yorkie’s controversial ‘Not for Girls’ advertising campaign and a Gary Neville prank call that went viral, to the anarchy of Reading and Leeds Festival and the first ever King of the Jungle, we take on some of the decade's key cultural moments. To help us tell these stories, we welcome several special guests who all played important roles in...