Simon Tyers

"Sir Jim Ratcliffe has called his sketch simply 'Bitch Mother Come Light My Bottom'"

The tabloids were obsessed at the time with how amazing it was that Kylie was still able to have pop hits at the grand age of 32 (two years younger than Charli XCX is now) #totp

If setlist.fm is accurate, and for a band of their size it's more likely than most, this is the last time they ever played it live. #totp

Still, the single before this, made the top 20, ACTUALLY. And then this barely made the top 40 and that was about it. #totp

This sounds like someone guessing at what Spiritualized sound like. Which is ironic, considering. #totp

Shame this isn't being shown in two weeks' time, the Last Night I Missed All The Fireworks gags would have written themselves. #totp

This is so weak a version and Roddy so un-arsed that it reminds me of seeing Idlewild earlier this year. #totp

Have you ever wanted to see the full version of Crackerjack doing Sparks' Something For The Girl With Everything? youtu.be/gF6_7ItMVZ4?...

Bruce Forsyth's "personal" entreaty to TV Times readers to watch the launch of his Big Night in October 1978 is still quite the read. Full marks to the writer for capturing Brucie's enduring fondness for shakily-confident references to what he thinks is the current big thing.

The lost world of entertainment has never been so well found, and then quickly thrown back into landfill.

"They know they've got their head up their arse..." #totp

As usual, a song given an up-to-date remix reissue sounds far more dated than the original. #totp

Stuart Murdoch's dancing goes prime time! #totp

Really odd how this was completely forgotten when Sia returned to the charts fourteen years later. Even with Robyn it's always implied that this was that girl from the late 90s with a hefty second wind. #totp

Billie set for new heights in May 2000, pop career over by the end of the year. #totp

Genuinely surprised Noughties revivalism hasn't led to a big beat revival yet. #totp

If I had a nickel for every half-arsed post-All Saints girl group who appeared on #totp in May 2000 with a song with 'Water' in the title etc.

Have during @whydontyoutube.bsky.social research come across a David Suchet crime vehicle entitled Cruel Train, and now the Bob Blackman earworm is unstoppable.

"Harry Copter" in the credits. #SwapShop

The only people to have referred to "President Regan" are Brown Sauce and Heaven 17. #makesuthink #SwapShop

Christ, just get past this interminable bit and to the moment where we can all post "IMPORTANT PARSON". #SwapShop

Sorry, is that Maggie Philbin being "a punk"? #SwapShop

Cheggers ASMR. #SwapShop

Noel compiled this so he could show off his full range of accents for any casting directors watching. #SwapShop

So this is Noel taking the piss out of the children that contribute to a regular feature on his own show and getting his own obsession in in the process. Why did we not see the last 25 years coming? #SwapShop

A group of small tone-deaf children dressed like the Jam making 1975 pub rock. What could possibly have OH FUCK NOT THIS BIT. #SwapShop

Admirable how they're having to slow down a 37 second Rubik's Cube this far because of how quick it is when the current world record is 2.76 seconds. #SwapShop

Oh arse, right in the middle of the medley era. #totp #thump #clap #thump #clap #thump #clap #thump #clap

I love the idea that #totp viewers would be the target audience for Beckett's Not I.

The Rob Davis Nu-Disco Era starts here. Well, no, really it started with Shake It Down. #totp

Editor's note: despite Keith's entreaties we did not "see you there". #totp

Slightly different approach to romance compared to the previous song. #totp

Haines says this was an attempt to rip off Billie Piper's Honey To The B, even if everyone else thought it was All Saints. #totp