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[Misc] Loaded: Lads, Mags and Mayhem (BBC)



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Loaded: Lads, Mags and Mayhem

Launched 30 years ago, Loaded magazine epitomised the 90s in its irreverence and appetite for hedonism. But how did it stand up to pressure to put more 'sexy babes' on the cover?
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Anyone else watch this? I'm not usually one to wallow in nostalia, but this 'took me back', as they say.

The 90s were simpler times...
 










Stumpy Tim

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Iggle Piggle said:
I will fire that up on the iPlayer thankyou.

A magazine essentially about sex, drinking, music and football. Ticked all the 90s boxes.
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When it started, there wasn't that much about women. It started going down that road when FHM and other lads mags came out. The first two years of Loaded was mainly about cocaine-fuelled days out.
 




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BBC Two - Boybands Forever

As boybands battle for success in the 90s and 00s, is fame and adoration really worth it?
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This is also worth a binge watch if you’ve got a spare couple of hours.

Not exactly earth shattering news, everyone apart from Take That got ripped off, and if you believe the social media allegations from Brian Harvey, who clearly has some issues, there was also some sexual abuse thrown in 🙈
 


Iggle Piggle

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Stumpy Tim said:
When it started, there wasn't that much about women. It started going down that road when FHM and other lads mags came out. The first two years of Loaded was mainly about cocaine-fuelled days out.
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My memory was that they stuck Liz Hurley on the cover of the first one in not an awful lot and the rest was history. That not to say my memory is correct from 30 ish years ago though. Did they cover that in the program?

I definitely missed referencing drugs. First publication that acknowledged the existence
 


Stumpy Tim

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Back in Brighton. Well Hove actually
Iggle Piggle said:
My memory was that they stuck Liz Hurley on the cover of the first one in not an awful lot and the rest was history. That not to say my memory is correct from 30 ish years ago though. Did they cover that in the program?

I definitely missed referencing drugs. First publication that acknowledged the existence
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They mention the Liz Hurley one actually, but it’s interesting how little it talked about women initially. Most of them are a mess now, it’s quite sad really
 






Mr Bridger

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Iggle Piggle said:
My memory was that they stuck Liz Hurley on the cover of the first one in not an awful lot and the rest was history. That not to say my memory is correct from 30 ish years ago though. Did they cover that in the program?

I definitely missed referencing drugs. First publication that acknowledged the existence
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Gary Oldman on the cover of the first issue.
 


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First copy I bought had the actor who played Barry Grant in Brookside on the cover.

The standard of feature writing in those early editions was very good.
 




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I remember that copy of Loaded with Liz Hurley in her undercrackers. ….my word.
 


Iggle Piggle

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Mr Bridger said:
Gary Oldman on the cover of the first issue.
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Wow, yeah. I found it

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Stumpy Tim said:
When it started, there wasn't that much about women. It started going down that road when FHM and other lads mags came out. The first two years of Loaded was mainly about cocaine-fuelled days out.
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I remember thumbing a lad mag in the barbers's and raising an eyebrow when reading an anecdote about a spit-roasting episode that got messy.

Back in the 70s the barber* at the top of Sackville road had copies of Penthouse and Mayfair. The stories were less graphic, but the pictures were unequivocal.

*Edit: Mr Porter. Was there for ages. Looked a bit like Alan Cork. I googled the shop and it appears to have been demolished along with its neighbours.
 


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We had James Brown on the podcast a couple of years ago, he was very entertaining. Martin Deeson now runs a consultancy from Sussex with his wife
 










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Harry Wilson's tackle said:
I remember thumbing a lad mag in the barbers's and raising an eyebrow when reading an anecdote about a spit-roasting episode that got messy.

Back in the 70s the barber* at the top of Sackville road had copies of Penthouse and Mayfair. The stories were less graphic, but the pictures were unequivocal.

*Edit: Mr Porter. Was there for ages. Looked a bit like Alan Cork. I googled the shop and it appears to have been demolished along with its neighbours.
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Unequivocal 🤣🤣

That's a nice word for it!
 


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