Simon McLean

The perfect host.

Oh no! George & Mildred remains ITV's greatest ever sitcom (sorry, Rigsby), and Norman Eshley was such an important part of that

Thank you, that's more than I knew a couple of hours ago!

Incredibly, only two episodes of Never Say Die are wiped - how come I've not seen or heard anything of this show until now?

And there's one surviving Wednesday Thriller, which is one more than I was expecting.

Found it! www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re...

With the name WH Smith disappearing off the high street, happy to have found this set of WH Smith staff canteen crockery by Royal Doulton. Cant find any others online. Pretty retro cool!

Lads

Terry Wogan profiled in Buddy (17th October 1981)

I hope when this alien probe arrives it will come with an LP like ours did.

One of the most stirring pieces of patriotic music ever written

This is how the motel fire really started

That's brilliant - no wonder he looked so miserable when he returned for the Christmas special!

For all of you fans of library music, here's musician and composer Johnny Hawksworth teaching his dog to play piano.

Bob Miller also recorded 625 Special for Polydor in 1964 (with H&C present on the picture sleeve) - he seems to have been to go-to guy if you wanted a novelty big band instrumental about the launch of BBC-2

NEW! Gavin Sutherland on GOON SHOW MUSIC
pod.link/1569929507

This week conductor & arranger @gavinsutherland.bsky.social joins the pod to chat about favourite music from the Goon Show as well as memories of Angela Morley & musicians who worked on the series - plus we chat old telly themes & idents!

Fletcher looking questioningly at a couple of flasks in Porridge

"You see those flasks over there? I want you to fill one for me."
"What, from ‘ere?"

Brand new on Dirty Feed: the story behind one of the most famous jokes in Porridge.

www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/07/from...

TG Jones could win himself a hell of a lot of goodwill if he did a TGJ version of this logo

I thought Brut 33's Cooper/Keegan ads were about as "it's for MEN" as bathroom gubbins could get, but now I've seen a fella smoking while washing his hair I may have to reconsider.

YouTube video by Automaton Mountain Dew - Werewolf (1996, UK)

I've just been reminded of his Mountain Dew advert, which I thought was a bit later than 1996:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=3TBv...

Terry Scott being accosted by two policemen

“Gentlemen this is democracy manifested! What is the charge? Eating a curly wurly? A succulent curly wurly?”

A nonsense that we position comedy song lower in culture than any other music. As far as box sets go, this is up there for me with Nick Drake's Fruit Tree and Miles Davis' Plugged Nickel. Indispensible.

Reynoldsburg teen opens a door to his past with help of ABC 6 On Your Side Problem Solvers At age 18, recent Reynoldsburg High School graduate K. J. Queener already knows he wants to enter the entertainment industry. The current performer, singer, producer, and rapper discovered where he re...

A little bit his grandson researching his life here: abc6onyourside.com/on-your-side...

Yes! A very odd song, but I love it!

YouTube video by Mr Charlie Chalk Men - Oh What A Naughty Man

Marvellous! I've now also found out there was a fairly pointless cover version in 1973 by a group called Men (who I suspect are session singers taking a break from doing advert jingles). Both going on the wantlist!

youtu.be/WQ6DM0CKIdI?...

I’m excited to announce the release of a personal labor of love, published by my nonprofit, Forgotten Futures. Our new archival website celebrates Jean-Jacques, his fascinating early history, and his truly inventive work. (W De Backer)

jeanjacquesperrey.com

#moog

(h/t @spacediscojeff.bsky.social)

I got an e-mail at work from Hain out Marshall Hain once #totp

Adrian Baker from Gidea Park was in the real Beach Boys for a bit, replacing Carl Wilson #totp

I only found this out today and I am amazed I missed it!

Yes - I always love it when people are clearly chuffed to bits to be on TOTP! Clem Cattini says this is one of fifty number ones he played on, but I think it might be this performance he's thinking of, because he's not on the record

two men are playing drums in front of a tv screen that says ' bbc ' on it ALT: two men are playing drums in front of a tv screen that says ' bbc ' on it

The tambourine player's Alan Grahame, who's now 98 and still playing - he also plays congas (see gif attached)

Oh, I never knew he was on that - a contestant, presumably?