John Kell

@samholloway.bsky.social It's too modern for me this week! Turn of decade stuff I think, and I'm guessing you're going early decade to ease the young 'uns in...

John Kell Vs Satan Monday, 9pm On DAB across Bedford Stream online and listen again: www.bedford.radio

John's back at 9 fighting the forces of evil in music, with indiepop, Americana and electronica all present and correct, plus a 20 Years Young album for cat lovers... Tune in on your DAB, smart speaker or Bedford Radio app!

Thank you! Long since booked :)

Hi - are there stage times please?

I was quite sad about this - it meant no more repeats of The Crystal Maze and Takeshi's Castle.

If you want to hear one of my programmes that isn't award-nominated, FM Nights is on at 9pm this evening! Check it out for a reminder of what local radio sounded like in the mid-90s...

VE Day 80 broadcast earns Bedford Radio a national Community Radio Award nomination - Bedford Independent A programme made by Bedford Radio to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day in the borough has been nominated as a finalist in the...

So this is a thing: my VE Day programme has been nominated in this year's Community Radio Awards! www.bedfordindependent.co.uk/ve-day-80-br...

@samholloway.bsky.social now, I've only really got song 4 to go on here, but I've a feeling I looked it up once and found it was ineligible for FM Nights by 1 year, which makes it 1998.

(or I could be thinking of something else, but it's all I've got)

@samholloway.bsky.social Fun fact: Jamie the drummer used to follow me on Twitter. But after he joined Sterephonics it looked like his management took over running it and unfollowed me!

The other day I accidentally ran over the guy from Chumbawumba but luckily he was unhurt.

YouTube video by Roxette Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave) - (Official video remastered)

Oh! Looks like Roxette just dropped a 4K remaster of the video to Actually Their Best Single (@samholloway.bsky.social) youtu.be/nug4fi_L4JY?...

Checked my own Twitter profile to figure out when I last watched the BBC's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Pre-pandemic! Well justified in starting a re-watch as the nights draw in...

@samholloway.bsky.social I'll be on catch up. Is it the 8s?

I knew that one would give it away...

FM Nights - John Kell - 2025-09-15 Recreating the music mix of classic FM radio of the 80s and 90s, from soft rock to chart pop, and dance anthems to new wave.

FM Nights: www.mixcloud.com/bedfordradio...

JKVS Indie Disco special: www.mixcloud.com/bedfordradio...

FM Nights Tracklist - Monday 15th September 2025 Soft Cell - Tainted Love Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon Opus III - It’s a Fine Day Mystery Year The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love) Nena - Just a Dream Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters Talk Talk - Such a Shame Halfway Heartbreaker: Marvin Gaye - Heard it Through the Grapevine Britpop Corner: Dodgy - So Let Me Go Far Top 10 Nights Midge Ure - If I Was Enigma - Sadeness Part 1 The Scorpions - Wind of Change www.bedford.radio/listenagain

John Kell Vs Satan Tracklist - Monday 8th September 2025 - Hour 1 Ooberman - Blossoms Falling Yokoko - Sally Doesn’t Care REM - Stand Suede - Animal Nitrate Slow Club - Complete Surrender Spiral Beach - Made of Stone Flowers - Pull My Arm Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth Moving Mirrors - Never Going Back Now Fuzzbox - Pink Sunshine The Like - Release Me The Surfrajettes - Spice Up Your Life Fuzz Lightyears - Girlsong The Bird and the Bee - Polite Dance Song OMD - Pandora’s Box Bis - Lucky Night The Chemistry Experiment - You’re the Prettiest Thing www.bedford.radio/listenagain

John Kell Vs Satan Tracklist - Monday 8th September 2025 - Hour 2 The Creatures - Right Now The Hidden Cameras - Breathe On It Jungle - Back on 74 Nick Waterhouse - Very Blue Sons and Daughters - Darling Voice of the Beehive - Don’t Call Me Baby The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control China Drum - Wuthering Heights Courtney Marie Andrews - How Quickly Your Heart Mends The Pipettes - Because It’s Not Love (But It’s Still A Feeling) Shivaree - Goodnight Moon Dream Wife - Let’s Make Out The Flirtations - Nothing But a Heartache The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So The Fall - Victoria The Primitives - Crash Pixies - Gigantic The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again www.bedford.radio/listenagain

Radio show admin! Here's Monday's FM Nights, and last week's JKVS Indie Disco special - maybe you'll want to crank that one up on Friday evening?

If anything I've been struck by how low-key the casting often is. Lots of actors who had relatively short careers or few notable roles beyond their Miss Marple. There are always a few familiar faces... but surprisingly few, it often seems to me.

A sign that says 'caution runners', probably left over from a running event.

OK, if I see any I will.

@samholloway.bsky.social I'll be on catch up. Is it the 2s?

This is on now, and it's awfully good.

A pet hate every year at Monza: Crofty pronouncing Curva Grande as if it's a French word, not Italian. #skyf1

Heads up: tomorrow night's show is a 2-hour indie disco special! Not done one of these for years...

YouTube video by 4K Kings THESE ACTORS ARE TERRIBLE RAPPERS | Hanks, Pesci, Aykroyd, Shatner, LaBeouf & More! | 4K Kings

Absolutely traumatic viewing from the ever-dependable 4K Kings youtu.be/oJO60iOR9As?...

@samholloway.bsky.social OK, I have it in my head this PSB was 1996, so we're looking at the 6s... I guess.

@samholloway.bsky.social Don't know the years yet, but this definitely sounds like a late 80s production...

FM Nights Tracklist - Monday 1st September 2025 The KLF feat. Tammy Wynette - Justified and Ancient Yvonne Elliman - If I Can’t Have You Dusty Springfield - I Only Want to Be With You Mystery Year Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time Transvision Vamp - Baby I Don’t Care Lisa Stansfield - This Is the Right Time Fuzzbox - Pink Sunshine Halfway Heartbreaker: Tia Carere - Why You Wanna Break My Heart Britpop Corner: The Seahorses - Love is the Law Top 10 Nights Ini Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper Tears for Fears - Shout The Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now The Police - Walking on the Moon www.bedford.radio/listenagain

Monday's FM Nights - if nothing else, that's a cracking opener. www.mixcloud.com/bedfordradio...

Beautiful visuals, but it's astonishing how incredibly un-funny every single clip is.

That's a real shame. Nature of radio archiving I guess, but still.