time 8,765 Posted Sunday at 12:20 Jimmy Calderwood QO for later! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,727 Posted Sunday at 12:24 2 minutes ago, time said: Jimmy Calderwood QO for later! I hope you are keeping up - this January is the worst since 2016! It's going to be a busy time for you with 12 days left in the month! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,801 Posted Sunday at 12:29 3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: I hope you are keeping up - this January is the worst since 2016! It's going to be a busy time for you with 12 days left in the month! I wonder what the record is for football hits in a week. We have had three this week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,765 Posted Sunday at 12:54 26 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: I hope you are keeping up - this January is the worst since 2016! It's going to be a busy time for you with 12 days left in the month! So do I! I've got all the big hitters (Lynch, Law, Plowright etc) but might have missed some of the lesser-known names, so I'm hoping they're in this thread (or failing that, someone complains that I've missed their obscure Latvian folk singer who came 39th in Eurovision once and got a yahoo mention). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,727 Posted Sunday at 13:01 3 minutes ago, time said: So do I! I've got all the big hitters (Lynch, Law, Plowright etc) but might have missed some of the lesser-known names, so I'm hoping they're in this thread (or failing that, someone complains that I've missed their obscure Latvian folk singer who came 39th in Eurovision once and got a yahoo mention). All the very best to you! Me, I am floundering about in the dark, wondering who might have been picked or indeed dropped. I would believe Christopher Benjamin for example would have been picked, can't find a QO so far. Time for a sausage sandwich (no euphemism) with brown sauce (no euphemism) and a break from my screen. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,801 Posted Sunday at 13:04 1 minute ago, YoungWillz said: All the very best to you! Me, I am floundering about in the dark, wondering who might have been picked or indeed dropped. I would believe Christopher Benjamin for example would have been picked, can't find a QO so far. Time for a sausage sandwich (no euphemism) with brown sauce (no euphemism) and a break from my screen. The rules say the Radio Times is a Qualifying Source and he has coverage there. https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/christopher-benjamin-doctor-who-dead-newsupdate/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,714 Posted Sunday at 13:07 4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: All the very best to you! Me, I am floundering about in the dark, wondering who might have been picked or indeed dropped. I would believe Christopher Benjamin for example would have been picked, can't find a QO so far. Time for a sausage sandwich (no euphemism) with brown sauce (no euphemism) and a break from my screen. Benjamin is on my Dr Who theme team and has a qo due to the Radio Times, a qo brought in after Latham Gate which has rarely been needed. Love it when one of my own decisions helps me years later. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,765 Posted Sunday at 13:08 3 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: The rules say the Radio Times is a Qualifying Source and he has coverage there. https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/christopher-benjamin-doctor-who-dead-newsupdate/ Cheers, that's someone who might well have been overlooked. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,765 Posted Sunday at 13:11 A cursory check suggests that last year we had 16 hits by the end of the 19th, and 31 hits for the month of January. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,263 Posted Sunday at 14:14 1 hour ago, time said: Jimmy Calderwood QO for later! Hit number 4 for my theme team and one of my most lingering personal survivors. Picked on my main team upon my 2022 return, retained for 2023 amd then moved to theme team for 2024 and 2025. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,417 Posted Sunday at 14:48 There was a year, 2021?, when there were not enough cancer names so I filled up my teams with dementia people. Gordon McQueen, Jimmy Calderwood, Nobby Stiles and more... The only one alive left from the bunch is, of course, the most popular of all these names, Nigel Starmer-Smith. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pedro67 249 Posted Sunday at 15:52 16 hours ago, drunkasaskunk said: I know one person who picked her I know my daughter has her as well. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,789 Posted Monday at 14:23 On 19/01/2025 at 13:04, The Old Crem said: The rules say the Radio Times is a Qualifying Source and he has coverage there. https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/christopher-benjamin-doctor-who-dead-newsupdate/ And if that wasn’t enough The Sun provides. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,626 Posted Monday at 15:37 Guardian has the first Cecile Richards QO, although there will certainly be more. My 4th hit this year, but if I'm doing the math right, I'm still about 14 points behind Toast (probably the current leader, with Reptile still missing a Shiu Ka-chun QO?), so it'll take a few more of my punts working out to make any waves this year. Shaping up to be a busy year. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 786 Posted Monday at 15:50 Somewhat surprisingly, Richards is actually only my first hit this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,727 Posted 20 hours ago Barbara Clegg QO: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jan/21/barbara-clegg-obituary 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WEP 924 Posted 20 hours ago Norwegian painter Håkon Bleken, who created the artwork for several Nobel Peace Prize diplomas, has died aged 96: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2024/celebs_B.html#blekenh023 https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/hakon-bleken-er-dod-1.17215924 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drunkasaskunk 219 Posted 18 hours ago Garth Hudson is no more https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/breaking-garth-hudson-dead-last-923166 Awaiting a QO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 786 Posted 18 hours ago Jules Feiffer QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jules-feiffer-cartoonist-playwright-screenwriter-153222898.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,801 Posted 18 hours ago 33 minutes ago, drunkasaskunk said: Garth Hudson is no more https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/breaking-garth-hudson-dead-last-923166 Awaiting a QO https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14309361/Garth-Hudson-surviving-member-Band-dies-87.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,765 Posted 9 hours ago DDP pick Pete Medhurst has died; what are the chances of a QO? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,801 Posted 9 hours ago 3 minutes ago, time said: DDP pick Pete Medhurst has died; what are the chances of a QO? Is this one? It’s sports rather than News but it is UK yahoo. https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/pete-medhurst-voice-navy-football-210406254.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,765 Posted 9 hours ago 5 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Is this one? It’s sports rather than News but it is UK yahoo. https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/pete-medhurst-voice-navy-football-210406254.html That's the guy, but needs to to be uk.news.yahoo to count. (Might get a Daily Mail shout, you never know). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,801 Posted 9 hours ago 5 minutes ago, time said: That's the guy, but needs to to be uk.news.yahoo to count. (Might get a Daily Mail shout, you never know). Arguably that might be something that needs updating for 2026 as Yahoo sport is pretty much the equivalent of the BBC sport website. . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,453 Posted 8 hours ago 1 hour ago, time said: DDP pick Pete Medhurst has died; what are the chances of a QO? Pretty good. Pete Medhurst QO: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-navy-annapolis-washington-nationals-capital-gazette-b2683853.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
