Well that was quite the #TOTP marathon. Well done if you survived it all. We got through two doses of Cliff Richard, put up with some self-indulgant horseshit from Jacko, and got rewarded with George Michael and Fun Boy Three. Swings and roundabouts. Same time next week?

How they should have improved that scene from the stupid self-indulgent coda to the Black Or White video #TOTP

All allegations aside, Michael Jackson's back catalogue largely hasn't aged well, has it? He was a genuine hit machine, but there's only a very small handful of tracks that still stand on their own merits nowadays. Compare and contrast with, say, Prince or George Michael #TOTP

I've got the sudden urge to get a dust mask and fill it with Vicks vapour rub #TOTP

Prove me wrong #TOTP

I have questions.... #TOTP

They cut Under Pressure too soon, so I'll do it for you: Cause love's such an old-fashioned word And love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night And love dares you to change our way of caring about ourselves This is our last dance This is our last dance This is ourselves #TOTP

Alright stop, collaborate and listen... #TOTP

Let's all raise a glass to Dave Ball from Soft Cell, who passed away last month. Quality musician. #TOTP

Good old @vizcomic.bsky.social #TOTP

In a couple of hours there'll be #F1 cars blasting down the Las Vegas strip at 200mph. Stand still, Diana.... #TOTP

Is that Mackenzie Crook on drums? #TOTP

It's Julio Geordio! #TOTP

25% off when you buy 6 bottles, so I stocked up on wine for Christmas presents during the week. Much more of #TOTP and there won't be any left!

Robin! Phone call! It's Slash, asking if you've seen his hat. #TOTP

It's amazing to think that @tanitatikaram.bsky.social was a teenager when she wrote this. When I was her age I struggled to string two words together, I was too busy dicking around trying to get my DJ career off the ground. #TOTP

We used to do a drinking game where we'd form a circle and mime / air-guitar to Need You Tonight with ultra serious faces. First one to smile or laugh had to buy drinks for the circle. We basically invented Last One Laughing #TOTP

I stand by every word. Gary Davies is approaching "national treasure" status, and I genuinely mean that sincerely #TOTP

Dusting down the Kenneth Williams gifs... #TOTP

When did that ever stop anyone on #TOTP in the 1970s?

Never a truer word... #TOTP

Even now I get confused between Kool & The Gang and KC & The Sunshine Band. Mind you, I still don't know the difference between Aldi and Lidl, so.... #TOTP

Wouldn't that be slippery on horseback? Oh....NIGHTS. #TOTP

This joke wasn't funny two weeks ago, and it's not funny now. But that won't stop me re-posting.... #TOTP

Cliff's back? Pass the mute button #TOTP

Not only is Outside a great song, but it was also a genius move by George Michael to embrace all the controversy around his private life and raise a giant middle finger to the intrusive media, corrupt police, and nosey papparazi who made his life a misery. #TOTP

When I used to drive up into that there London a lot, this was on ALL THE TIME becuase I'm sure Chris Tarrant used it as a jingle for a quiz - back when Capital FM actually had some character and individuality #TOTP

This post will never stop being true #TOTP

Play Daniel O'Donnell, you monsters #TOTP

Ah Natalie. I shall be taking no further questions at this time #TOTP

It's a reward for the agressor. I've just likened it to being mugged but the police say the mugger can keep half the money so long as you also let him have your cards and keys. It's a terrible, terrible deal.

While Grok is bigging up it's weird space Karen overlord, I asked it how Elon Musk would fare as a contestant on #Taskmaster, and it's sycophantic answer did not disappoint...

I hate to say "I told you so" but this vindicates everything I was saying back in 2020. "Oh but we couldn't possibly have known at the time", people say, which overlooks that many of us were shouting about early lockdowns, cancelling massive sporting events, and taking sensible precautions.

I remember John Major's government. If you told me that in 2025 he'd be a voice of sanity I'd have hurt myself laughing, and yet here we are.

Lord @alfdubs.bsky.social on BBC South East being - as is so often the case - a rare beacon of sanity, logic and compassion in the usually toxic debate about migration. We need legal routes for asylum claims, better co-operation with Europe, and to treat claimants with dignity.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Most of us find Farage's behaviour abhorrent. But expecting these revalations to somehow be his undoing overlooks that many Reform voters think exactly the same way, and will be praising him as "someone not afraid to say what he thinks". Sickening but true.

This will come as no great surprise to most of us. Reform are genuinely brilliant at carping from the sidelines, but whenever they get a sniff of actual responsibility they're utterly hopeless. It's like the bloke in the pub shouting at the England team on t' telly. Go on then mate, you have a go.

I love Bailey's. I love Terry's chocolate orange. "There's only one one way to find out which is better: fiiiiiii..." Sorry to interrupt you, Harry, but there's no longer any need for a fight! Fetch my Clubcard and cancel my meetings!

Anyone else work in a school and feel like this term has already been about 34 weeks long? 🤔

Trump's just insanely jealous that he can't murder journalists who say mean things about him.

Everyone's praising MTG for her volte-face on Trump, but I can only assume she's been promised a high-ranking post in the forthcoming - and terrifying - JD Vance presidency.

I know he's genuinely brilliant at his day job, but I can't watch a trailer featuring David Olusoga without expecting him to get something spectacularly wrong like he did the whole way through #CelebrityTraitors

www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-... It's not really "deeply shocking", is it? We all know Nigel Farage is a see-you-next-Tuesday, so none of this is a surprise.

I plan to remove Labour from government. I've voted for them since I was a teenager, but I can no longer in good faith support a party that panders to Reform and the right, that demonises immigrants, and has utterly failed to get to grips with the asylum backlog.

Oh joy, the government are trying to pander to Reform voters again 🤮

Well that was a rather unexpectedly long eveing of #TOTP merriment. I just went on iPlayer to catch up on #HIGNFY and they're still effortlessly cramming 20 minutes of comedy into 8 hours of Children In Need. Same time next week then?

I stand by every word #TOTP

"And I just can't wait to be King" #TOTP

Abba in the their absolutely imperial phase #TOTP