Bibliogryphon

The real surprise of Maggie Smith's death is perfectly illustrated here because if I remotely thought she was in danger she would have been on my Clash of the Titans team

Teri Garr is indeed a hit for @Captain Hemlock which means for the first time I invoke the Last Man Standing penalty. Both CH and @Spade_Cooley need Gene Hackman to win so they now have to nominate another nominee from their movie (this may be a behind the camera nominee. Only when both their new nominee and Gene Hackman are gone can they be declared the winner. However pick wisely because you don't want to end up in the same position again

@Perhaps gets the first unique of the game with Teri Garr in the Batman category

30/10/24 68 Suede - Stay Together 60 Youssou N’Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds 57 Enigma - Return to Innocence 47 Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix) 12 Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time in the World -6 10 Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey - Endless Love 08 Freak Power - Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out 06 Bobby Brown - Two Can Play That Game (K Klassic Mix) +4

30/10/24 51 Emeli Sande — Next To Me 29 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 28 Bastille — Pompeii 27 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven 25 Disclosure ft. Aluna George — White Noise -2 25 Adele — Skyfall 25 One Direction — Story Of My Life 25 Nicki Minaj — Starships +1 23 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 23 One Direction — Best Song Ever 23 Girls Aloud — Something New 22 Dappy ft. Brian May — Rockstar +1 22 Gary Barlow — Let Me Go 21 Bruno Mars — When I Was Your Man 21 The Wanted — Chasing The Sun 21 The Vamps — Can We Dance 21 Chris Malinchak — So Good To Me 20 Alyssa Reid ft. Jump Smokers — Alone Again 20 Justin Bieber — Boyfriend 20 Calvin Harris ft. Example — We’ll Be Coming Back 20 Amelia Lily — You Bring Me Joy 20 Example — Say Nothing 20 50 Cent, Eminem & Adam Levine — My Life 18 Bastille — Of The Night 18 Calvin Harris ft. Ne-Yo — Let’s Go  17 James Arthur — You’re Nobody ’Til Somebody Loves You 17 Avicii — Hey Brother  16 Jason Derulo — The Other Side -2 12 Conor Maynard — Can’t Say No 12 Chris Brown — Don’t Wake Me Up +1 10 Will.I.Am ft. Justin Bieber — #thatPOWER +1 10 Sean Paul — She Doesn’t Mind -2

November 23rd

W Somerset Maugham Award Winners 1966 Julian Mitchell (b.1935) Michael Frayn (b.1933) 1970 Jane Gaskell (b.1941) Piers Paul Read (b.1941) 1971 Richard Barber (b.1941) Susan Hill (b.1941) 1972 Gillian Tindall (b.1938) Douglas Dunn (b.1942) 1973 Peter Prince (b.1942) Paul Starthern (b.1940) 1976. Dominic Cooper (b.1944) Ian McEwan (b.1948) Updated for the death of Paul Bailey

29/10/2024 60 Suede - Stay Together 57 Enigma - Return to Innocence 56 Youssou N’Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds 47 Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix) 22 Bobby Brown - Two Can Play That Game (K Klassic Mix) +4 16 Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time in the World 14 Freak Power - Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out 12 Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey - Endless Love 00 EMF and Reeves & Mortimer - I’m a Believer -6

45 Emeli Sande — Next To Me 27 Disclosure ft. Aluna George — White Noise -2 26 Bastille — Pompeii 26 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason +1 25 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven +2 25 One Direction — Story Of My Life 23 Adele — Skyfall 23 Nicki Minaj — Starships +1 22 Gary Barlow — Let Me Go 22 One Direction — Best Song Ever 22 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 21 Bruno Mars — When I Was Your Man 21 Dappy ft. Brian May — Rockstar 21 The Wanted — Chasing The Sun 21 Girls Aloud — Something New 21 The Vamps — Can We Dance 21 Chris Malinchak — So Good To Me 21 Calvin Harris ft. Ne-Yo — Let’s Go 20 Alyssa Reid ft. Jump Smokers — Alone Again 20 Justin Bieber — Boyfriend 20 Chris Brown — Don’t Wake Me Up 20 Calvin Harris ft. Example — We’ll Be Coming Back 20 Amelia Lily — You Bring Me Joy 20 Example — Say Nothing 20 50 Cent, Eminem & Adam Levine — My Life 20 Bastille — Of The Night 20 Avicii — Hey Brother 18 Jason Derulo — The Other Side -2 17 James Arthur — You’re Nobody ’Til Somebody Loves You 12 Sean Paul — She Doesn’t Mind 12 Conor Maynard — Can’t Say No 09 Flo Rida — Whistle 09 Will.I.Am ft. Justin Bieber — #thatPOWER 06 Passenger — Let Her Go 00 Eminem — Berzerk -2

Mon 28 Oct 24 Disclosure ft. Aluna George — White Noise 21 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven +1 21 Dappy ft. Brian May — Rockstar +1 21 Nicki Minaj — Starships +1 21 Will.I.Am ft. Justin Bieber — #thatPOWER +1 20 Rizzle Kicks — Mama Do The Hump 20 Alyssa Reid ft. Jump Smokers — Alone Again 20 Justin Bieber — Boyfriend 20 Conor Maynard — Can’t Say No 20 Calvin Harris ft. Ne-Yo — Let’s Go 20 The Wanted — Chasing The Sun 20 Flo Rida — Whistle 20 Chris Brown — Don’t Wake Me Up 20 Calvin Harris ft. Example — We’ll Be Coming Back 20 Amelia Lily — You Bring Me Joy 20 Example — Say Nothing 20 Adele — Skyfall 20 Girls Aloud — Something New 20 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 20 50 Cent, Eminem & Adam Levine — My Life 20 Bastille — Pompeii 20 Bruno Mars — When I Was Your Man 20 Pink ft. Nate Russ — Just Give Me A Reason 20 Wizard of Oz Film Cast — Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead 20 Chris Malinchak — So Good To Me 20 Passenger — Let Her Go 20 Jason Derulo — The Other Side 20 One Direction — Best Song Ever 20 The Vamps — Can We Dance 20 Eminem — Berzerk 20 James Arthur — You’re Nobody ’Til Somebody Loves You 20 Bastille — Of The Night 20 Gary Barlow — Let Me Go 20 One Direction — Story Of My Life 20 Avicii — Hey Brother 14 Emeli Sande — Next To Me 14 Sean Paul — She Doesn’t Mind -6

My pet hate is the way that the BBC hating press always use this show to try and imply that everything at the BBC is in chaos by having headlines like "BBC Rocked by new strictly scandel....." and if you look closely it is a minor issue tangentially connected to the show. Love it or hate it, it is one of the most watched shows on the channel and I prefer it to most of the other 'Celebrity' shows

Sian Phillips

Whenever there is a Take That song in these list I always have to relisten to it because I don't always know them by title and you can never tell which version of Take That has turned up. Dreary MOTR ballad Take That or moderately enjoyable toooone. It is easier with Westlife because they are always shit

With the inevitable discussions about which picks should be dropped we should adapt the Kill or Save format to whittle the 45 remaining candidates down to 25

Mon 28 Oct 84 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 74 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 60 Adele — Rolling In The Deep 24 Aloe Blacc — I Need A Dollar 20 Emeli Sande — Heaven -3 15 Calvin Harris ft. Kelis — Bounce -3 13 Take That — The Flood +4

Mon 28 Oct 54 Youssou N’Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds 52 Suede - Stay Together -6 45 Enigma - Return to Innocence 41 Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix) 26 Bobby Brown - Two Can Play That Game (K Klassic Mix) +3 23 Freak Power - Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out +1 21 Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey - Endless Love 20 Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time in the World 16 EMF and Reeves & Mortimer - I’m a Believer  10 East 17 - It’s Alright 

27/10/24 54 Youssou N’Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds +1 50 Suede - Stay Together -2 43 Enigma - Return to Innocence 39 Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix) +1 31 Bobby Brown - Two Can Play That Game (K Klassic Mix) +1 29 Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time in the World 27 Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey - Endless Love 23 Freak Power - Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out +1 16 EMF and Reeves & Mortimer - I’m a Believer  16 East 17 - It’s Alright  06 Nightcrawlers - Push the Feeling On -4

27.10.2024 75 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 71 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 56 Adele — Rolling In The Deep 38 Aloe Blacc — I Need A Dollar 29 Emeli Sande — Heaven -6 18 Calvin Harris ft. Kelis — Bounce 12 Take That — The Flood +4 08 Labrinth ft. Tinie Tempah — Earthquake 05 Rihanna — Rude Boy

Sat 26 Oct 49 Youssou N’Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds 45 Enigma - Return to Innocence 44 Suede - Stay Together -6 40 Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix) 36 Bobby Brown - Two Can Play That Game (K Klassic Mix) 30 Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time in the World - 27 Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey - Endless Love 22 Freak Power - Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out +4 16 EMF and Reeves & Mortimer - I’m a Believer  16 East 17 - It’s Alright  13 East 17 - Around the World 10 Nightcrawlers - Push the Feeling On 02 Scatman John - Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)

26/10/2024 70 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 68 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 53 Adele — Rolling In The Deep 42 Aloe Blacc — I Need A Dollar 34 Emeli Sande — Heaven -6 23 Calvin Harris ft. Kelis — Bounce 17 Take That — The Flood +4 16 Rihanna — Rude Boy 13 Labrinth ft. Tinie Tempah — Earthquake

25/10/24 45 Suede - Stay Together -2 45 Youssou N’Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds 44 Bobby Brown - Two Can Play That Game (K Klassic Mix) 40 Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix) +4 39 Enigma - Return to Innocence -2 38 Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time in the World 23 Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey - Endless Love 18 Freak Power - Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out 16 EMF and Reeves & Mortimer - I’m a Believer -2 16 East 17 - It’s Alright  15 Scatman John - Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) 13 East 17 - Around the World 12 Wet Wet Wet - Julia Says  10 Nightcrawlers - Push the Feeling On

25.10.2024 66 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 64 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 50 Adele — Rolling In The Deep 40 Aloe Blacc — I Need A Dollar 31 Emeli Sande — Heaven -3 28 Take That — The Flood +4 25 Calvin Harris ft. Kelis — Bounce -3 22 Rihanna — Rude Boy 22 Labrinth ft. Tinie Tempah — Earthquake 08 Calvin Harris — Feel So Close 08 The Wanted — Lightning

24/10/24 46 Louis Armstrong— We Have All The Time in the World 42 Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix) 42 Bobby Brown - Two Can Play That Game (K Klassic Mix) +4 41 Youssou N’Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds 41 Suede - Stay Together -6 39 Enigma - Return to Innocence 26 Scatman John - Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) 22 Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey - Endless Love 18 Freak Power - Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out 18 EMF and Reeves & Mortimer - I’m a Believer  16 East 17 - It’s Alright  15 Wet Wet Wet - Julia Says  14 Nightcrawlers - Push the Feeling On 14 East 17 - Around the World

24.10.2024 60 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 56 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 47 Aloe Blacc — I Need A Dollar 45 Adele — Rolling In The Deep 37 Take That — The Flood +4 29 Labrinth ft. Tinie Tempah — Earthquake 28 Calvin Harris ft. Kelis — Bounce 28 Emeli Sande — Heaven 22 Rihanna — Rude Boy 14 Calvin Harris — Feel So Close -6 14 The Wanted — Lightning  14 Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow — Shame

Duncan Ferguson out at Inverness Caledonian Thistle. But hasn't been there long .