Seaside Special (22nd July 1978). Roy Castle entertains the good folk of Torbay.

Coronation Street - written by Tony Perrin (22nd July 1981). It's hen night/stag night for Deirdre and Ken.

#cassette of the day : The Best Of Bend It! (Exotica Records 28 track promo tape 1996) Total Football magazine cover-mount giveaway www.discogs.com/release/1506... #nineties #pop #SpokenWord #novelty #FootballSongs #sorting

EP of the day : Dionne Warwick – Don't Make Me Over (UK Pye International Records 4 track #vinyl 7" 45 1964) #sixties #pop #vocal #BacharachAndDavid #SortingMy45s

Freeview (UK) #film of the day : Beautifully photographed British made #FilmNoir The Dark Man (1950 76 mins.) with Edward Underdown, Maxwell Reed and Natasha Parry. Really interesting south coast location work too. [ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 13.30] letterboxd.com/film/the-dar...

flexidisc of the day : 'Fight The Flab' With Terry Wogan (UK Playtex promotional single sided #vinyl 7" 1972) www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ly... #seventies #KeepFit #SpokenWord FREE flexi-disc "when you try on any Playtex18 Hour bra, girdle or corselette".

Freeview (UK) #film of the day : The Naked Spur (1953 91 mins.) #Western directed by under appreciated genre master Anthony Mann; starring James Stewart and Robert Ryan, and featuring Janet Leigh. [5 Action 13.55] letterboxd.com/film/the-nak...

Top of the Pops (19th July 1984). The Mighty Wah! open the show with Come Back.

Freeview (UK) #film of the day : The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012 84mins.) Animated comedy adventure from Aardman Animations; featuring the voices of Hugh Grant, David Tennant and Martin Freeman. Daft, surreal & chaotic fun! [ITV2 17.10 &+1] letterboxd.com/film/the-pir...

Whodunnit? - The Q43 Experiment (18th July 1977). Magnus Pyke, the lovely Tessa Wyatt, the equally lovely Michael Aspel and TV Times competition winner Ian McKiver attempt to work out who bumped off Ronald Leigh-Hunt.

Remembering Keith Levene on his birthday. Here he is inventing every post-punk guitar sound in one go. Watch the full recording of Public Image Ltd performing Chant on Check It Out in 1979, plus the awkward interview that followed, at youtu.be/SzjWwfCJ65s

Another record that turned 45 today. If you only know the A-side, then you need to check out side B. Salsa Rappsody (Dub Discomix) was a big tune at New York’s coolest clubs like The Loft and Paradise Garage ▶️ youtu.be/Pb4Vz9Gtbzs

Freeview (UK) #film of the day : The premiere showing of the comedy drama My Old Ass (2024 88 mins.) starring Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza. Genuinely funny & deeply charming ; played with great skill by the two leads. [BBC1 23.35 & iPlayer for 60 days] www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...

Giovanni Dadomo = legend. Wrote one of my favourite ever film reviews (can't remember the film in question): "Funny if you're drunk enough, but then so is Citizen Kane." (I have ripped this off repeatedly.)

17th, July 1976 an A to Z of Punk by Giovanni Dadomo and artwork by Jeremy Blezard. "as much a question of attitude, dress, style, whatever as musical content."

I have to say, the men's Lionesses football team did pretty well in this World Cup. I know they haven't reached the final for decades so not quite up to the standard of the actual Lionesses, but they're getting there. Come on lads. Keep it up. Let's prove that we can be as good as the girls.

Freeview (UK) #film of the day : Christopher Nolan's visually brilliant and dramatically interesting thriller Memento (2000 108mins.) starring Mike From Neighbours with Carrie-Anne Moss. [Film 4 23.10 & +1] letterboxd.com/film/memento/

#MoodMusic record of the day : #NowPlaying Sacha Distel – My Guitar And All That Jazz (French Carrere Records 9 track #vinyl LP 1983) #eighties #CoolJazz #JazzFunk #sunshine #groove #instrumentals #80sMusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuSd...

EP of the day : The MGM Studio Orchestra - Slaughter On Tenth Avenue (UK MGM Records 3 track #vinyl 7" 45 1953) #fifties #film #soundtrack #instrumentals #50sMusic

flexidisc of the day : Abba / Stars On 45 / Nolans – Free Pop With Konica Pop (UK CBS Records #vinyl 7" 1982) Flexi single to promote the LP Bop Stroll Roll, in conjunction with the Konica 'pop' camera. #eighties #pop #vocal #80smusic

Remembering the Cool Ruler Gregory Isaacs who was born on this day in 1951. Here's a mighty 12" that was No.1 in the UK reggae charts in the summer of '79. Gregory's voice is at its vulnerable best in this beautiful tune... youtu.be/hy8gTT-mBm0?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky

If I went to school in Utah, I would totally make it my mission to read this and all the other books on the "banned" list, same way we set out to watch every single one of the films on the UK's "video nasty" list back in the early 1980s.

#NowPlaying Cyril Stapleton, His Choir And Orchestra – The Panoramic Sound Of Lennon And McCartney (UK Pye Records 12 track #vinyl LP 1969) #sixties #pop #covers #MoodMusic #vocal #instrumental #60sMusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELVZ...

NOOOOOOOOO!

Freeview (UK) #film of the day : Man without a Star (1955 85 mins.) King Vidor directed this moody and effective western starring Kirk Douglas and Jeanne Crain, from a script by the underappreciated Borden Chase (Red River, Winchester 73 etc.). letterboxd.com/film/man-wit... [5 Action 12.15]

devised by the dream team of Jeremy Lloyd and Lance Percival

All four of them are still with us. Let's get the panel back together!!

Seaside Special (14th July 1979). Chas & Dave perform Gertcha.

Freeview (UK) #film of the day : Ron Howard's exciting motor racing drama (based on a true story) RUSH (2013 117min.) starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl with Olivia Wilde & Christian McKay No knowledge of F1 required! [BBC1 23.10 & iPlayer for 30 days] letterboxd.com/dukenfield/f...

I'd forgotten how much fun this #CoverVersion is www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKuY... #NowPlaying #NinetiesMusic #pop #vocal #90sMusic

Bert and Ernie should have their own show. I don't want to have to watch Sesame Street to see what they're up to. I'm not 5

On this day in 1963, the first edition of The Dick Emery Show was broadcast. It ran until 1981, clocking up over 160 episodes across 18 series.

Arthur Lowe was very, very good at doing 'slightly squiffy' acting.

Freeview (UK) #film of the day : British made murder thriller Obsession (1948 93 mins.) Directed by Hollywood name Edward Dmytryk, then a McCarthy witch hunt exile to the UK With Robert Newton, Sally Gray, Naunton Wayne & Phil Brown. letterboxd.com/film/obsessi... [Talking Pictures TV 13.35]

Hot Dog Golem (2018) photograph by Anne Billson

Freeview (UK) #film of the day : Satirical Ealing comedy The Man in the White Suit (1951 81mins.) starring Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker and Michael Gough. [ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 21.05] letterboxd.com/film/the-man...

Remembering Brian Cant, born this day in 1933.

Remembering the legendary John Holt who was born on this day in 1947. John wrote the lyrics to this mighty 12" when he was flying to Kingston and saw 'search and destroy' teams setting fire to the fields below... youtu.be/lbqX0Bra4XQ?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky #johnholt

#NowWatching Ironside - series 1 episode 3 (1967) 'Dead Man's Tale' : special guest star Jack Lord! #BookHimDano #WatchingTheDetectives

Freeview (UK) #film of the day Superb #Technicolor crime melodrama Leave Her to Heaven (1945 105mins.) starring the wonderful Gene Tierney with Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain and Vincent Price, who gives a superb performance here. [Film 4 11.00 & +1] letterboxd.com/film/leave-h...

Daily Mail poll going hilariously south for Nigel Farage.. www.dailymail.com/news/article...

Freeview (UK) #film of the day : John Hillcoat's grim but interesting and well made film The Road (2009 106mins.) starring Viggo Mortensen with Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron and Robert Duvall. and a great cameo by Mike From Neighbours. [Great Action 21.00 & +1] letterboxd.com/film/the-road/

‘Farage complains that the “left-wing media” is out to smear him, though that description might surprise readers of the 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, which broke the story, or the 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩, which has covered it assiduously.’ @piercepenniless.bsky.social on Nigel Farage’s resignation. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

34 degrees celcius today. I do not like this 34. I do not like it on the shore. I do not like it on the floor. I do lot like it in a car. I do not like it in a bar. Not on a train! Not in a plane! Not in the dark! Not in a park! Not in my bed! Not in my head! Begone, no more, this 34!

Hattie Jacques – Little Red Riding Hood (UK Lantern Records #vinyl 7" 45 1965) #sixties #story #SpokenWord #sorting #My45s

Good morning! from Twiggy & Friends – Zoo De Zoo Zong (UK Bell Records #vinyl 7" 45 1971) www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHN-... #seventies #pop #vocal #CookGreenaway #70sMusic