The Watlings and I

I was lucky enough to work with Kate O’Mara in her own theatre company. Brewhouse Theatre, 2001

One can’t talk about Hallowe’en without referring to Chisel Films - the self-styled Creepy Cottage of Chisel. #halloween #horrorfilms #ghoststory #hammerfilms podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

During a time of plague I took refuge in a lighthouse, and what did I find there? Nazis, black magic, ghosts…! Dread Rocks Holiday #halloween #ghoststory podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Who play the Ugly Sisters n the Prince Charming vid? #totp

This edition seems to be K-Tel’s Chart Hits 81 come to life #totp

Anna Scher in the UK #totp

Are all these 1990s manufactured boy/girl bands on the nostalgia circuit now or have they all got milk rounds?

Are the Milky Bars on her?

How long until “I haven’t passed out, I was merely brooding” turns up in a 6th Doctor audio? @oldsixie.bsky.social

As it is the month for spooky yarns, here is the most shiversome of them all! The Tell-Tale Nipple #halloween #ghoststory podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Just been in a short film called The Betrayal. This was a clue in a crossword puzzle I did the other day. Hope it’s an omen

Did she die in vain?!

I joined the ranks of the Twirlies this morning, hanging around the station turnstile with the other wrinklies waiting for 9am

Tonight’s recipe courtesy of that psychopath Mrs Beeton

Cozy Powell whose last words were ‘Oh shit!’ #totp

It’s a one-sided mullet #totp

I remember 15 yr old me being bewildered by what was going on with his hair #totp

The Tourist were just a Blondie bought with Green Shield Stamps #totp

Nothing but total respect #totp

1970s pop stars and the bags under their eyes #totp

It wasn’t a double single, it was an EP #pedantic #totp

Kate is Callan! #totp

Wearing a T-shirt showing a much better band is not the best idea #totp

Is he trying show how hard he is by not miming properly or is he just shit at it? #totp

1979?! This is what we* want! *I #totp

You know you’re old when you don’t even know the #TotP lineup from 27 years ago

Did someone say Foamasi? #totp

Come back, Little Jimmy Mormon, all is almost forgiven… #totp

Is this one of Hanson’s discarded conjoined twin? #totp

WTF is THIS?! #totp

In the 70s, even bands who were the same age as this lot looked middle-aged #totp

Why do #totp presenters bother saying anything in this era? They can’t be heard.* *most dad-like thing I can say

Why did Space stop wearing their CSO spacesuits? #totp

Yesterday in Kew Gardens

Last time we were promised the Rapture, I doffed the clobber & sat on the summit of Box Hill, orchestras & arms akimbo, waiting to be accepted into the arms of the Lord* Got nicked by Plod. *God, not Lucan.

From the Palin diaries. I presume he means Mrs *Jim* Capaldi.

Kate Bush new entry?! Come on, she’s got to be on surely #totp

Jimmy Somerville always put me in mind of a spring onion #totp

Comic Relief cod piece there #totp

Just picked up the car after its MOT, service, new tyres, brake fluid change etc… May have been cheaper to buy a new car

I’m not sure who this Mollie Mae is, m’lud, but her face seems to have a waxy yellow build-up

C’mon, Beeb, you could’ve given us an HD copy of Palin’s Great Railways.

I’m sure there is a whole book to be written about Kate Bush doing funny accents in her songs

Just had an email from Thames Water that they are almost doubling my direct debit, the greedy shit-spreading bastards.

We’re watching 7 dead people play a parlour game #callmybluff

Little has been written about the uncanny legend of the Nuns of Gavarone… Listen to what I have gleaned of their murky history. But keep mum, eh!… Don’t want the Vatican sending tooled-up Swiss Guards after me! #NunsOfGavarone tinyurl.com/yrvxu9k6

A local Indian restaurant once had the David Gray album on loop the whole evening.

Julian Assange seems to be conducting at the Proms