Gavin

This is magnificent…

Here we go…

Madness were on the One Show 10 years ago this evening (along with Harry Hill & Susan Calman from memory) & I was working in NBH that day and gate crashed the audience to see if anyone would notice..

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

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Pete’s worried that we’re going to heed government warnings by stocking up on a spare cat

Ah, loved this job.

If the BBC is having to make cuts, they should start with Laura Kuenssberg. Her personal bias - as distinct from any perceived bias numerous parties might attribute to the BBC - is so shameless and pathetic that you can see it from space.

Savings at the BBC - bring back Closedown, axe rolling news, bin off The Apprentice. I don't know how much the last one will save but you might as well just for lols.

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It's Saturday Night Live UK! With musical guest...BROTHERHOOD OF MAN! And your host...OFFICER CRABTREE OFF OF ALLO ALLO! See you at 10pm! #SNLUK

Star filters deployed…

Hard as it may be to comprehend, but Demis Roussos was a light entertainment regular in the UK in the 70s - he was on all the big shows of the day on both BBC & ITV #totp

Jimmy’s shirt is giving the tubes in the EMI2001s a very hard time #totp

Still performing it.. the intro to this always makes me laugh, even if it is in Italian #totp

Look at that gorgeous tube camera microphony on the performance by Status Quo #totp

One naked flame and this could be utter carnage. Hope they had a few buckets of sand on standby. #totp

Did they use the projector at the Shepherds Bush Odeon for the telecine transfer of this Dr Hook promo? #totp

Why are the sailors in the audience?!?! #totp

Is Bobby Goldsboro’s hair man made? #totp

There’ll be 5 episodes on a Friday now?!?! #totp

Keith is still mixing shows.. he was however the sound super on the infamous All About Eve #totp incident

I regret to inform you that I love “You Win Again” by the Bee Gees - sorry #totp

In an earlier section of my career, I had a colleague who was a bit heavy handed on the makeup & they had the nickname of Gene Simmons. When they were leaving, I was challenged to get a Kiss ref into their leaving card.. and as they produced a late show, it was “no more crazy, crazy nights” #totp

Prey silence for The Pet Shop Boys… #totp - if you’ve never seen them live, your life is not complete. They are still magnificent

Look at that “beautiful” standards converted 29.97 frame, 525 line NTSC #totp

One for older viewers.. #totp

Christ, remember when Spandau Ballet were good. It's like when Hitler was known as a painter #totp

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Kool didn’t think through the implications of having a band that size when it came to paying the wages #totp

I didn’t get why Fame was so hyped when it aired in the UK - still don’t.. #totp

Is he wearing that sweater to win a bet?! #totp

The last hour has been saved by a petite antipodean motor mechanic #totp

I regret to inform you dear readers that if you purchased the video/DVD of David Gray’s 1999 gig at Dublin’s Point Theatre, my name appears in the credits - we all have dark secrets #totp

All I remember of Ghetto Romance is my friend's review of it in the university paper, which ended with the line 'I hope someone does take you seriously as gangsta rappers, and shoots you' #totp

If you listen to Spice Girls records really properly they're so good. Everything is full fat, quality sounds, beautifully mixed. Care has been taken. Effort put in. This, however, is an own brand rush job #totp

It's a lad from Class 8F on the trombone next. #totp

Lidl Spice Girls #totp

Just Elvis’d the television #totp

Christ make it stop #totp

Still stands #totp

Not again!!! It was shit 2 mins ago, it’s not about to get any better #totp

This doesn't sound like a number 1 single. Maybe it's a top 10 on a slow week. But number one? Never #totp

Who the hell bought this crap?? And it’s a dead giveaway that he’s miming as he used the old Westlife back to the audience, spin turn routine at the start of the “performance” #totp

Thirty minutes until #totp

The Spy Who Loved Me, Iveagh Cinema Banbridge, 1977