Thanks everyone who tuned in tonight for some silliness on the wireless. I'm back on Monday at 8pm with an all-new live show which is actually so new it doesn't even have a proper logo yet. I predict tremendous success.

I've got me onesie on, some ALDI knock off pop to keep me awake and a bumload of great music from across the genres to play through until 2026. Not literally, that would be grossly uncomfortable. Anyway....come listen from 10pm! noiseboxradio.com

The new episode of PantoSplaining looks at a poster from 1975, where we get sidetracked quite considerably. Linktr.ee/PantoSplaining

"There are a million things to do on New Year's Eve" Well, now there's a million and ONE! Join me tonight at 10pm for a knees up...straight into the knackers of this terrible year. Burn the evidence and run into the future with your old pal Ben. Also some very good music... LIVE! noiseboxradio.com

Thanks everyone who came along today or wished me one of those days. It was a lovely day and only some of the conversation (below 63%) was about ALF.

Its my birthday tomorrow so I might not be around for this but that means you should listen twice as hard for me as a result. Lots of great songs that I actually listened to a lot in 2025 rather than a Guardian list of Geese B-sides. Or just some geese. noiseboxradio.com

Its my birthday tomorrow so I might not be around for this but that means you should listen twice as hard for me as a result. Lots of great songs that I actually listened to a lot in 2025 rather than a Guardian list of Geese B-sides. Or just some geese. noiseboxradio.com

BBC Three are showing Minions at 10:05pm tonight. Just in case you wondered how telly is going.

I am 45 tomorrow and feel like I should follow my pal @wcba.bsky.social's path and buy a 7 inch single every week of the coming year. But then I remembered I dont have a record player or spare money or interest in going to record shops. So I might not.

Found the voting form to elect Act for Equity's board in June 1984. Spoilers: at least one of them wont make it to the end of October.

It's here! PantoSplaining Episode 3! Live from London in 1975, with Diddy David Hamilton and Adrienne Posta, plus a cast of thousands. It's only our 3rd episode but this may have pushed us to the brink. youtu.be/FGxDcyvdJF0?... Linktr.ee/PantoSplaining

Adverts were just inherently unsubtle then I guess. Although why E.T. is running a modelling agency is a tale Spielberg has as yet denied us.

I cant decide which of these messages from the Leicester Mercury in December 1990 intrigues me the most. And thats the mystery that continues to propel me through this hideous life.

BLOG UPDATE! I've gone and made a full rundown of the fifty TV programmes that have been broadcast most frequently throughout 2025. With the bonus added prize of revealing which FOUR television programmes appeared on all four BBC channels in 2025. brokentv.uk/2025/12/28/t...

For those who unspeakably havent had enough of me this Christmas, I'm on @noiseboxradio.com at 5pm as the guest of @mealygarage.bsky.social who has chosen two hours of music she loved in 2025. You'll be shocked to learn it features XTC.

For those who unspeakably havent had enough of me this Christmas, I'm on @noiseboxradio.com at 5pm as the guest of @mealygarage.bsky.social who has chosen two hours of music she loved in 2025. You'll be shocked to learn it features XTC.

If you want a fun read about TV, music and other pop culture obsessions that werent written on the toilet with ChatGPT, have a look at my selection of books in print or digital. linktr.ee/BenBakerBooks

Did your auntie give you the horn?

Ive rarely felt seen as much as this cartoon from TV Comic in 1965.

I cant decide which of these messages from the Leicester Mercury in December 1990 intrigues me the most. And thats the mystery that continues to propel me through this hideous life.

If you missed myself and @ricardoautobahn.co.uk guest-hosting the best 80s chart show, you can hear it right now on noiseboxradio.com

"Merry Christmas to all our....what, we're full? Oh, well GET FUCKED. MERRINESS CANCELLED."

"The first rule of Bob Hope club is...this is nothing to do with the US Government".

Let us remember the real reason we're all here today - Jesus' boogie woogie birthday. All the best, little man! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iete...

Nothing against Amandaland but why dont they bring back Christmas Night With The Stars of The Funny Side of Christmas? Do loads of 5-8 minute festive specials or sketches. Introduces smaller shows to a big audience with some more standard comedy, get some names in, easy.

The 1997 equivalent of "Amandaland" being the big BBC One Christmas Day sitcom would be "Spark" or "Bloomin' Marvellous".

Has Naga Munchetty heard Earth humour before?

If there are too many Shreks or Jesuses (or Shrek...Jesus?) on the telly this morning, I'll be live from 10am playing music and saying hello. @noiseboxradio.com

Thanks to everyone who listened to the Christmas play tonight. Another chance tomorrow morning at 9:30am after which I'll be live to the nation for two hours where I'll attempt to be family friendly and pretending the world isnt on fire. noiseboxradio.com

This is on shortly. I hope you enjoy it. noiseboxradio.com

Co-Op on Christmas Eve playing that seasonal favourite "What About Us?" by t.A.T.u. And honestly I'm all for it.

If I am haunted by three spirits tonight can they be Slimer, Audrey Roberts in Rentaghost and the late Harry Secombe? Ta.

Dont have an ounce of festive spirit in me today it seems so hopefully I'll be visited by ghosts tonight. Or become one.

Next Monday the third episode of PantoSplaining will be out to take you through the post-Christmas lull. So here is a preview peek at the poster we'll be probing... Merry Christmas, and we'll see you next week! Linktr.ee/PantoSplaining

Making people listen to a failed Keith Harris and Orville single. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Surprise! Its me and him with an @offthechart.show Takeover! Yes, Steve and Jools are having a little sleep but not to worry as myself and @ricardoautobahn.co.uk are on the decks for two hours of December 1983! Get to noiseboxradio.com now!

Welcome to Middle-Aged Teenage Angst with Some Snow on the Logo and over the next hour I'll be spinning you a very special festive party mix which should definitely muffle any banging or drill sounds you might hear from next door. Don't call the police. noiseboxradio.com

"People you chatted most with @ricardoautobahn.co.uk" And of those words, 93% of them were "ALF". (The other 7 percent is serious threats of violence when he insults bands I like on TOTP.)

You know what to do, ALFsplaining fans. If any of you manage to get a mention in the article there's a drink in it for you (with or without us). www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Myself and others have worked really hard to put together a special week of shows and specials on @noiseboxradio.com - I even made our own TV Times to hopefully lure you in. Why not turn off the telly and give us a try this Christmas?

Looking at old copies of The Stage and found this casting call for the following year's "Labyrinth". Whilst we know it now as a Jim Henson / Terry Jones / David Bowie's crotch family classic, it doesnt 'alf sound dodgy to modern eyes, doesnt it?

There is some *superb* puppetry again this week from the great Paul Fusco, specifically ALF pondering, peering and peeping during Willie's attempt to show him a card trick. linktr.ee/ALFsplaining

Sorry for not being fun earlier. Im still not feeling very fun. So here's a picture of the Barron Knights.

Visited my parents with Christmas gifts. Lasted five minutes before getting my coat and leaving again because my Dad is so unpleasant to be around. Naturally now I just blame myself. For anyone else with fractious families, you have my complete love and understanding. x

In the last ALFsplaining of 2025, ALF The Stupefying: 🪄 Instructs Willie to set fire to his own money, which Willie agrees to do 🪄 Smashes Willie's watch (which he willingly gave ALF despite everything) to bits 🪄 Turns Brian into a rabbit Can anybody make sense of this? Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining

I've written and produced a radio play (and with only minimal help from Charles Dickens)! "A Noisebox Christmas Carol" gets its premiere on Christmas Eve at 8:30pm and I'm very proud of it. The @noiseboxradio.com team have really stepped up and its all very silly indeed. A proper Christmas special.

Cant wait for the weather to heat up for a "Spanish Beach Wear Party" with "Gary Davis". Which is definitely not "a trap".

All these Twitch streamers currently saying "last stream of the year today!" like their job isnt playing "Call of Duty" in their underpants. I assume their time off will be spent going down t'bloody pit etc.

They've got cars big as cars, they've got rivers of wet But the wind is dead windy, it's no place for a vet When you first took my hand on a cold Christmas eve You promised me a secondary hand was waiting for me.

Another one to add to your Xmas playlists - the classic 1981 Woolworths Christmas advert performed by Lancashire's best band the @lancashirehotpots.bsky.social and Lancashire's 8th best band @spraypopmusic.com open.spotify.com/album/69Uhu3...