We're turning the 20 20 Retro Countdown clock back to late October 1978..
When the Gilligan's Island crew returned to our tv's in a 2 part special...
Maybe you were heading to the movies to see one of the most famous Agatha Christie mysteries during this week in 1978...
And speaking of mysteries... we'll look back at the baffling disappearance of Frederick Valentich...
All that - and the top 20 from this week in 1978 on the 20 20 Retro Countdown!
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On the next 20 20 Retro Countdown, we're celebrating the date that Marty Mcfly, Doc Brown and Jennifer landed in "the future" with the top 20 songs from the year that it all started - 1985!
And there might not be any flying cars of hoverboards in 2015... but we will hear about one prediction that Back To The Future 2 might get right...
You don't need a gaget that's able to read minds to know what we are getting up to on the 20 20 Retro Countdown. we'll re-visit some of the big events from 1985 including the end of an era in Australian sport...
The biggest 20 songs from the year the flux capacitor started fluxing on the next 20 20 Retro Countdown!
It's October 1992 in our next 20 20 Retro Countdown..
the week when 3 years of pool games wrapped up with the Rugby League World Cup final being played between Australia and Great Britain.... Steve Renouf scored the only try of the game in his international debut, to set up a 10-6 victory to the Aussies...
Meanwhile, there was plenty of controversy surrounding these two characters... one was banned because they didn't have an obvious gender and confused kids... the other one released a "revealing" book...
And the number 1 from this week in 1992 became the first country song to sell a million copies since "Islands In The Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton... and it made this dance craze a worldwide sensation...
All that and more in our 20 20 Retro Countdown trip back to October 1992!
In the next 20 20 Retro Countdown - we'll hear the names that famous singers and bands use - when they don't want to be famous.It's the Secret Pseudonyms!
So what do artists call themselves when they're booking into motels... playing impromtu gigs and getting around contract disuptes..
Well in the countdown - we'll meet Mrs Abra Cadabra, Alotta Warmheart and Diana Prince...
The Cockroaches will play for us...
And here's Percy Thrillington, Bernard Webb anbd Country Hams...
Those and more are on the way in the "Secret Pseudonyms" 20 20 Retro Countdown!
In the next 20 20 Retro Countdown - we're looking at the stories of how some bands got their names..
We're matching the groups with the songs they took their names from!
Find out why those bands and others chose to name themselves after other people's songs -
on the next 20 20 Retro Countdown!