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9/6/24 36 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 34 Lene Lovich - Lucky Number +4 33 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 31 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 30 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3  30 Earth, Wind & Fire - September 30 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 25 The Rolling Stones - Miss You 25 ABBA - Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous 25 The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl 23 Marshall Hain - Dancing in the City 23 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 22 Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough is Enough) 22 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight 22 Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late 22 Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough 22 Frankie Valli - Grease 21 Sad Café - Every Day Hurts 20 Racey - Lay Your Love on Me 20 The Sex Pistols - C’mon Everybody 18 A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie 16 The Three Degrees - Woman in Love 16 David Essex- Oh What A Circus 08 Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven -6 02 Rose Royce - Wishing on a Star

Michael Mosley's body reportedly found

Its an Airbnb, booked for a the duration of the campaign.

8/6/2024 35 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 30 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 30 Lene Lovich - Lucky Number +4 29 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 27 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 27 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 26 The Rolling Stones - Miss You 24 ABBA - Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous 24 The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl 23 Marshall Hain - Dancing in the City 22 Earth, Wind & Fire - September 21 Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late 21 Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough 21 Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough is Enough) 21 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight 21 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 20 Frankie Valli - Grease 20 Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven 20 Racey - Lay Your Love on Me 20 The Sex Pistols - C’mon Everybody 20 Sad Café - Every Day Hurts 18 A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie 18 The Three Degrees - Woman in Love 16 James Galway - Annie’s Song  16 David Essex - Oh What A Circus 14 Rose Royce - Wishing on a Star 14 The Sex Pistols - Something Else/Friggin’ in the Riggin’ 08 The Dooleys - Wanted 00 The Bellamy Brothers - If I Said You Have a Beautiful Brompton Would You Fold It Against Me -6

I'm by no means a Coogan fan; years ago i bought the I'm Alan P/KMKY box set. I still haven't watched them all, because its too much of the same thing. I've seen him in straight roles (Philomena, Shepherds and Butchers to name 2) but no matter the part, I kept on expecting to shout "Aha" (see also David Jason).

I've noticed increasing usage of the terminology "bottle shop" to describe an establishment where one might purchase alcoholic beverages to consume at home (or in the park, on the beach etc). What's wrong with good old-fashioned British terminology like off-licence, offie, outdoor etc.?

Are they suggesting Mosley's been abducted by aliens?

695 years since Robert the Bruce died, aged 54. He was King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329 (his death).

Fri 7-6-24 27 Gerry Rafferty- Baker Street 27 Donna Summer- Love’s Unkind 25 David Essex - Oh What A Circus 25 Lene Lovich- Lucky Number +4 24 The Jam- The Eton Rifles 23 Electric Light Orchestra- Don’t Bring Me Down 22 Ian Dury and the Blockheads- Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 22 The Sex Pistols- Something Else/Friggin’ in the Riggin’ 21 Earth, Wind & Fire- September 21 The Cars- My Best Friend’s Girl 21 Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late 21 Michael Jackson- Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough 21 Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand- No More Tears (Enough is Enough) 21 The Sugarhill Gang- Rapper’s Delight 20 Rose Royce- Wishing on a Star 20 James Galway- Annie’s Song 20 Marshall Hain- Dancing in the City 20 A Taste of Honey- Boogie Oogie Oogie 20 Bee Gees- Too Much Heaven 20 Racey- Lay Your Love on Me 20 The Three Degrees- Woman in Love 20 The Sex Pistols- C’mon Everybody 20 ABBA- Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous 20 The Bellamy Brothers- If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me 20 Sad Café- Every Day Hurts 20 ABBA- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 19 The Rolling Stones- Miss You 14 Frankie Valli- Grease 14 The Dooleys- Wanted 12 Dean Friedman- Lucky Stars 12 Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley- If I Had Words 06 Boney M — Hooray! Hooray It’s A Holi-Holiday 00 The Barren Knights- A Taste of Aggro -6 I thought, at first glance, this was a pretty uninspiring selection. On second glance, it's still pretty uninspiring, but maybe less uninspiring than at first glance. Anyway faced with a difficult decision, I chose to eliminate the Barron Knights

Alan Scarfe obit in Hollywood Reporter

Its D-Day, show some respect

Only since his death have I realised that the part he played in Coronation Street was that of Ted Sullivan. I used to watch the programme in those days, and remember the character (confectionery salesman, married Rita, died watching a bowls match iirc) but never made the connection.

This, in my opinion, should have been one of the first to get eliminated. Absolute pants (no pun intended (OK, pun intended)).

I didn't know who he is either - I thought he was the Formula 1 bloke. (Seriously though, if I watch anything like his shows, its purely by accident, often after a skinful of booze, so I wouldn't remember anyway).

Still FFBI though.

6/6/2024 57 David Bowie - Sound and Vision 40 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 31 The Four Seasons — Silver Star 29 Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love -6 23 Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth +4 14 David Dundas - Jeans On To be honest I'm surprised Manuel lasted as long as he did (but disappointed it reach the final).

A stick of butter I do understand (I think) - their packs of butter are made up of 4 'sticks' of ¼lb each! Hence a stick = 4oz.

(Yes, its definitely in Clacton)

"Colossus of Scottish journalism" David Scott dead at 83, following a short illness (but a long retirement). Newspapers, BBC and independent TV, retired at 53.

It's strange, I have an aversion to clicking on Daily Mail links, yet will quite comfortably click on Metro links, despite them both being owned by the same company.

My Joker/Wildcard/whatever Jeanette Charles is a hit!

No problem, you're doing a great job. I only have one team to watch and it took me 15 months to notice the omission.

Wed 5-6-24 53 David Bowie - Sound and Vision 42 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 30 Manuel and the Music of the Mountains - Rodrigo’s Guitar Concerto de Aranjuez +4 30 David Dundas - Jeans On 29 The Four Seasons — Silver Star 27 Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love -6 11 Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth 9 Boney M - Sunny 7 Status Quo - Rockin' All Over the World