Steve Williams

Funnily enough I saw Woman and Woman's Own in the newsagent the other day and thought how pleased I was they were still going. And, inevitably, sung the "W-O-M-A-N! Exciting again!" jingle to myself

We faithfully referred to everything I had on order at the newsagents as "my comics" even when the order included Private Eye and Q

Used to be a big fan of the News of the World for Charlie Catchpole, Cap'n Cash and the comic strips in the Sunday mag

Used to read absolutely everything when I was a kid, from my sister's My Guy to my mum's Best

My laughter on this

He was on Breakfast this morning, stand down

This is not including things like the Proms that the broadcasters run themselves

Today is the 34th consecutive year the Brits have been on ITV, and I can't think of many longer-running relationships on TV. Can only think of the Festival of Remembrance and The Lord Mayor's Show as events that have been covered by the same channel for longer

Nearly two decades on this remains a consistently entertaining series

John Kearns' rabbit story on #WILTY really was quite something

Will Wyatt says in his book that they discovered this lot because they phoned up Grandstand and asked them to film them

Mark Goodier will grow into that suit. 6000 calories a day for ten years should do it #totp

Painter Man is a fucking banger, and love that the "video" is just them all playing air guitar to it #totp

As @merseytart.bsky.social suggested, a French language song being successful in a French speaking country where so few singles are sold Candle in the Wind was in the top ten for three years perhaps not something to get too excited about

Love Goodiebags' "great result!" at the news Vanessa Paradis is number one in Canada #totp

#totp

This is just some old bloke rambling in a pub and the rest of Faithless nodding and going "yes very interesting" #totp

The Offspring who are definitely here tonight #totp

What am I like I'm mad me #totp

Gary's Gang

Gary's Gang .. file under "Bands that don't look as cool as they sound" #totp

Who was it who always used to post "I can never remember where Cast are from, I can't quite place their accents" and then waited for the reply guys to wade in? #totp

99% of that Black Box record's appeal is of course the "hurgh!"

BBC Radio 2 - Pick of the Pops, 1990 Mark Goodier counts down the chart from this day in 1990.

Had great fun with this, aside from Phil Collins and Michael Bolton, the soundtrack of my last few months in primary school and the triple bill of Black Box, Technotronic and Beats International is fantastic www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Had a great day today in our old stomping ground of W12 visiting Access Services and meeting the people responsible for signing, subtitling and audio describing so many of our programmes. They do an incredible job with so much care and attention and really are the unsung heroes of TV

The 1990 Yearbook includes the greatest interview in the history of music journalism

I hadn't really considered before that signing the news is as much a journalistic job as reporting it, as you need to understand the stories to be able to interpret them accurately and choose the right words and expressions

Had a great day today in our old stomping ground of W12 visiting Access Services and meeting the people responsible for signing, subtitling and audio describing so many of our programmes. They do an incredible job with so much care and attention and really are the unsung heroes of TV

Starland Vocal Band?! They suck!

Also, just for the emphasis on "vocal"

What's a line delivery you'll never forget?