# 533: cyber.cafe: The 90s TV Show That Exposed the Internet's Wild Side - The Retro Hour EP533

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Published: 2026-05-29T16:51:40+00:00
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Duration seconds: 6405

## Resource

This week, we’re joined by Wingham Rowan, creator and host of the pioneering ’90s ITV show cyber.cafe . Long before YouTube, Twitch, Tinder and social media, cyber.cafe explored the strange, funny and sometimes shocking human stories emerging from the early internet, from chat room romances and online communities to JenniCam, alien abductees, moral panics, bizarre websites and late-night web culture. Wingham shares brilliant behind-the-scenes stories from making one of the UK’s first TV shows to take the internet seriously, capturing a moment when the web was still mysterious, chaotic and full of possibility. cyber.cafe : https://www.ninetiesinternet.com/ Contents: 00:00 – The Week’s Retro News Stories 49:52 – cyber.cafe Interview Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books – https://www.bitmapbooks.com Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needs PlayEXPO Blackpool tickets: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you’d like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://theretrohour.com/support/ https://www.patreon.com/retrohour Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ X: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretrohour.com Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohour Show notes MegaWiFi Online Play: https://tinyurl.com/4dd76pru Adventure of Node: https://tinyurl.com/mwfvr62j Elden Ring N64 Demake: https://tinyurl.com/3xjw88p2 Spyro E3 Statue Rescued: https://tinyurl.com/ydtj225p Windows CE On N64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGS9su_inBY…

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