On this day in 1998 Richard Bacon was fired from Blue Peter after The News of the World published a report of him taking cocaine. Biddy Baxter called him into her office and made him return his Blue Peter badge and his Blue Peter gun.

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Fondly remembered as Spike Dixon in 'Hi-De-Hi', Jeffrey Holland is one of our best-loved sitcom actors. Written in collab with #comedy historian Robert Ross, this unique memoir reveals hilarious tales from Jeffrey's long and illustrious career. 📚lnk.to/JeffreyHolland…

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We had a brilliant time at The Week Junior Book Festival! 📚✨ The absolutely awesome iszi lawrence talked all about how she uses real-life history in her stories and delivered a fantastic event on The Week Junior Big Book of Knowledge to curious kids which included a real or

Halloween. So watching Threads for the first time. Why do I always think this is Kenneth Branagh?

New old stuff! A tape of Alexei Sayle LIVE in 1991, Perth Western Australia (audio only) youtu.be/z5LIg0Qg-ps?fe… Out now in our pod feed or on YouTube.

Got home to my pre-order… already several chapters in! It’s flaming brilliant… loving reading every word 💙 I really enjoyed reading Everybody Wins and I loved What Board Games Mean to Me but this, this is unputdownable! Tim Clare it’s marvellous 😁

I'm on the blue sky one now. Same name.

I wouldn't even discuss the colour of orange juice with you.

You Ain’t Clipped These, Right? Some contemporaneous clippings, in which we learn The Fast Show was first pitched to ITV, and there was talk of a movie. simondunn.me.uk/?p=14088

Whatever Next, Noel Edmonds? simondunn.me.uk/?p=14095