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Wait... They Did What!? · Sunday · 9 min

Wait... they didn’t have streaming services?

You couldn’t watch TV any time you wanted in the 1980s... and you had to actually leave the house to rent movies. This episode will answer questions like: How many TV channels were there in the 1980s? What is a video shop? What is a VCR? What is a VHS? What are video tapes? When were VHS a thing? When did VHS stop being used? Find more episodes of kids’ history podcast Wait... They Did What!? with Tilly Oddy-Black on the Kids tab of ABC listen.

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You couldn’t watch TV any time you wanted in the 1980s... and you had to actually leave the house to rent movies. 

This episode will answer questions like: 

  • How many TV channels were there in the 1980s?
  • What is a video shop?
  • What is a VCR?
  • What is a VHS?
  • What are video tapes?
  • When were VHS a thing?
  • When did VHS stop being used?  

Find more episodes of kids’ history podcast Wait... They Did What!? with Tilly Oddy-Black on the Kids tab of ABC listen. 

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