Podcast appearances and mentions of Roland Rat

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is broadcaster Ben Baker, who's hoping that nothing will him dismay in a handful of overlooked Christmas Specials of otherwise well-known television shows including The Goodies' ITV debut Snow White 2, Roland Rat's BBC debut Roland's Yuletide Binge and Imelda Davies, Mr, Griffiths and Harriet The School Donkey's debut in Grange Hill For Christmas. Along the way we'll be debating whether it's possible for anything to be more 'ribald' than Phil Cool's rubber face, trying to make it past the first ad break of the first episode of Astronauts, leafing through The Official Steve Nallon Annual 1985 and trying not to dwell on what Rob Newman was doing lurking outside the School Furniture Shed.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org. You can also find Ben on Mr T's Christmas Dream, There's Something Wrong In Paradise, God In The House, To Hell With The Devil, Highway, The Flint Street Nativity, the 1990 Bullseye Christmas Special, Adam And Joe's Fourmative Years and TFI 1998 here, Bernard And The Genie here and the original and now quietly forgotten version of Now - The Christmas Album here.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Standing next to a BBC Vending Machine and going 'NYEH-HEHH' is very much optional.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.This is a collection of highlights from Looks Unfamiliar featuring Suzy Robinson on Crown Court, Danny Kodicek on Fox Tales, Bob Fischer and Georgy Jamieson on Why Don't You...?, Paul Abbott on Disneytime Rotadraw, Genevieve Jenner on Fruitopia, Adam S. Leslie on I Heard Your Name by Martin Rev and Justin Lewis on I Hate J.R. by The Wurzels. Along the way we'll be revealing when BBC Test Card F might actually be your less terrifying viewing option, listening to a 1970s heroin-y version of They Might Be Giants, arguing over whether the best Catatonia album was the first one or the first one, assessing the best way to draw TV's Simon And Simon, remaking the Bitter Sweet Symphony video with the bloke out of The Wurzels, speculating on the efficacy of Kiss-Me-Quick-Hats sported by popular television puppets, revisiting Jamiroquai's duet with some puppet caterpillars, soliciting The Jesus And Mary Chain's theories on Who Shot J.R.?, organising a day trip to the exact spot where Roland Rat pushed Kevin The Gerbil down a hill, shuddering at the thought of The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow's most repulsive exhibit and and revealing why the hippy trail is strewn with striking dustbins, cough medicine and Crown Court. Plus there's tips on how Blanco from Porridge can help your party go with a swing! Also there's extracts from Tim talking about Billy Liar on Goon Pod Film Club, Now - The Summer Album on Back To Now and George Martin's By George! on The Big Beatles Sort Out, and an extra bit of Bob and Georgy questioning Will Smith's approach to summertime scheduling...You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at timworthington.org.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. It's doubtful WIll Smith would have enough time for one though. Unless he drank it very, very quickly.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.This time, in a special summer edition, Tim, Bob Fischer and Georgy Jamieson are all crowding into a sweltering local radio studio with only a lone copy of the Capital Radio DJs' Dot Cotton and Thatcher impression-led parody cover of The Holiday Rap by MC Miker G And DJ Sven to hand, ready to take your calls about some of the seaside tat and summer holiday boredom that - perhaps thankfully - you just don't seem to get any more. So that's morning television being full of crackly old repeated imports and Why Don't You...?, Breakfast Television insisting on presenting daily roving 'saucy' reports from seaside towns, everyone watching the tennis and cricket coverage for the theme music and then switching off, the Radio 1 Roadshow, badly-planned interminable car journeys to rain-lashed resorts, those weird shops that sold plastic fishing nets and fold-up aviator shades and arcades that had one lone solitary 'Space Invaders' machine, the newsagent wheeling out that big freezer for another summer of rivalry between Wall's and Lyons Maid and much more besides. In a drizzly heatwave of a chat we'll be speculating on the efficacy of Kiss-Me-Quick-Hats sported by popular television puppets, searching for Ian Botham's constantly moving speakeasy, visiting the Motorway Service Station Mirror Universe, revisiting the BBC's 'Summer Apes' Season, celebrating the work of the Gary Davies Elvis fairground artist, despairing of the rival rivalries between Mr. Freeze and Ice Pops and The Halfwits and The Dingbats, revealing why all ice cream vans have an army of Mods in hot pursuit, organising a day trip to the exact spot where Roland Rat pushed Kevin The Gerbil down a hill, going to see Confessions Of A Ventriloquist starring Robin Askwith and Richard Herring, not staring at Erika Roe on an on-the-spot report live from a joke shop and debating whether summer is ever truly summer if you haven't spent the entirety of it throwing a tennis ball against a wall. Call in and tell us the most you've ever won on a 'one-armed bandit' now!You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Bob and Georgy on Looks Unfamiliar taking a look at some of their favourite forgotten Christmas trimmings here as well as Bob on The Tom O'Connor Roadshow, Giant Hogweed, Can't Get A Ticket (For The World Cup) by Peter Dean, Glee Bars, J. Edward Oliver's ‘Abolish Tuesdays' and How To Be A Wally here, Eighties ‘Tabloid Celebrities', Accidentally Kelly Street by Frente!, The Two Ronnies' ‘Mileaway', Rude Food, Suggs On Saturday and School Folk Songs here and Tucker's Luck, Pookiesnackenburger, We Wanna Be Famous by Buster Gobsmack And Eats Filth', game show contestants' occupations being booed by the studio audience and the lost ancient art of the paper plate and shaving foam Custard Pie here, and Georgy on Indoor League, Re-Joyce!, the The Animals In The Box sketch, the Paul Squire Fan Club, Pippa Dolls, Pig In The Middle and Good Winter Telly here.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. In a mug large enough to spare Erika Roe's modesty please.

Join Genevieve as she picks out some memorable celebrity guest moments from Season 6 of Celebrity Catch Up.      Hear a rare interview with Peter Ostrum - better known as Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - as he reminisces about making the classic film with Gene Wilder.      For TV lovers Blue Peter's Yvette Fielding, The Young Ones' Nigel Planer and Eerie Indiana star Omri Katz walk down memory lane.      And for music fans, pop legends Paul Young, Five Star's Deniece Pearson and Rozalla relive their rise to fame and crazy times in the '80s and '90s.      Plus Aled Jones reveals his unexpectedly brilliant Roland Rat impersonation!      =====    If you enjoy Celebrity Catch Up: Life After That Thing I Did, don't keep it to yourself! Please tell a friend or share a screenshot on social media (and tag me!) so others can discover and enjoy it too.    If you'd like to say hello, you can find me on Twitter @CelebCatchUpPod or Instagram @celebritycatchuppodcast.    And if you'd like to support the show, find out more at celebritycatchup.com/support.       ======    Episode hosted, produced and edited by Genevieve.    Theme music by Mark Savage @mrdiscopop  

As always, there's a mixed bag of chaos, with rats, the 'force of the fanny' and a frank discussion around sexual identity. We debate over binge watching with a partner who sneaks an episode! That's just rude lolChapters:00:00:00 - Introduction00:06:37 - Roland Rat and Binge-Watching00:12:26 - Grey's Anatomy Season Updates00:18:59 - The Power and Protection of the Vitu00:32:15 - Women's Protest Through Nudity00:38:14 - Toilet Troubles in the Airport00:44:18 - Different Sexual Orientations00:56:40 - Coming Soon▶︎ Support us on Patreon for bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/ThePaddedCellPodcastWatch the podcast on YouTube:▶︎ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaddedCellPodcastFollow The Padded Cell for more:▶︎ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551425184285▶︎ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thepaddedcell_podcast/?hl=en-gb▶︎ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thepaddedcellpodcastRecorded and Produced by Liverpool Podcast Studios▶︎ Web - http://www.liverpoolpodcaststudios.com▶︎ Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/liverpoolpodcaststudios▶︎ LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/company/liverpool-podcast-studios

Esther and Susie go Back to the Future and get high on 80s nostalgia in this week's episode of LTO. There are no Careless Whispers as these Uptown Girls try Holding Back the Years, and Relax with memories of the decade that gave us Roland Rat, Wacaday and Agadoo. Let's travel back in time Together In Electric Dreams. Lovely jubbly. The gals are joined this week by a very special guest. Singer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and music legend Andrew Roachford MBE @roachfordmusic scored his first hit in the 80s with his band, Roachford and the timeless classic, Cuddly Toy. He hasn't stopped producing incredible music and released his most recent solo album in December 2023. Andrew also sings with Mike and the Mechanics. He received his MBE in 2019 for services to music. He chatted to E&S about music as communication; how he composes; and what it felt like to hang out at Buckingham Palace, and to perform in front of thousands at Wembley. It's a heartfelt, open and honest conversation, with plenty of giggles and a surprise guest appearance from his lovely mum's phone! It's treat to be in Andrew's company. Look out for live dates coming up later this year - roachford.co.uk With a sketch that will take you back, and a social media roundup of the most responses we've ever had (even though none of our listeners are old enough to remember the 80s...), this 'Nostalgia' special is Atomic and we hope you'll say I've Had The Time of My Life once you've heard it and a 'lorra lorra laughs' Competition: If you've read these shownotes share the episode on social media (handles below!) and tag us in, and send your postal address to limitedtimepodcast@gmail.com - we'll send you a prize!   Sign up to be an LTO Patron now at: Patreon.com/LimitedTimeOnlyPodcast LTO now has a PATREON page which means you can become an LTO Patron. Patrons get a raft of lush stuff including exclusive bonus content and access to exclusive LTO live events online and in-person. The next Patron-only LTO Live Online event is later this month! Details on Patreon! Susie & Esther are thrilled to be back in your ears. And over on Patreon too! Limited Time Only. A pick-me-up in podcast form.   Instagram @limitedtimeonlypodcast Twitter @limitedtimepod Facebook Limited Time Only Podcast Email: limitedtimepodcast@gmail.com   Music by Joel White aka Small Plates Listen to his music on Soundcloud Other sound effects from https://freesound.org

Special Guest: Gareth Reynolds Things are looking up for Paul and Eli this week. The big wedding is just around the corner and Thrift Pod has been defeated! To celebrate, Paul ruminates on the dream guest for CheapShow and imagines what it would be like if comedian Gareth Reynolds was on the show. Sadly, this means that the only thing that can ruin this experience is his own imagination. Which it then proceeds to do. Poor Gareth is subjected to perverted personal electric blankets, a rude and vulgar board game, an album from 1980s icon Roland Rat and wraps it all up with a book that seemed more exciting when Paul first saw it… But in actual fact? It doesn't go well. Along the way, Gareth will learn about “posh wanks”, Kunt and the Gang and tell us all about the Milwaukee Milverine! Thankfully, it's all in Paul's head. Or is it? See pics/videos for this episode on our website: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-349-dream-guest And if you like us, why not support us: www.patreon.com/cheapshow If you want to get involved, email us at thecheapshow@gmail.com And if you want to, follow us on Twitter (we're not calling it X) @thecheapshowpod or @paulgannonshow & @elisnoid Follow Gareth on @reynoldsgareth Get tickets for Gareth's UK shows here: http://www.garethreynolds.com/events Now on Threads: @cheapshowpod Like, Review, Share, Comment... LOVE US! MERCH Official CheapShow Merch Shop: www.redbubble.com/people/cheapshow/shop www.cheapmag.shop Thanks also to @vorratony for the wonderful, exclusive art: www.tinyurl.com/rbcheapshow NEW ART: Get hold of Spunk.Rock's exclusive new CheapShow Artwork: https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/CHEAPSHOW-EST-2016-by-spunkrock/115961855.WFLAH.XYZ www.instagram.com/spunk__rock Send Us Stuff: CheapShow PO BOX 1309 Harrow HA1 9QJ

Rubik's cubes, leg warmers and Walkmen. How does the pop culture of a decade define it? Looking beyond clichés and caricatures, how was culture an agent of social change in the 1980s? Dr. Kasia Tomasiewicz speaks to Dr. Lucy Robinson, author of Now That's What I Call a History of the 1980s, to discuss photograph of Diana's legs, Roland Rat and political power of popstars.   “Nostalgia assumes you had something positive to look back on.”  “Historians in the 80s start thinking, what is the role of how we talk about war in perpetuating these kinds of ideas of masculinity?” "Rather than just taking popular culture seriously, I wanted to learn from it."  BOOK LINK https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526167255 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast  Written and presented by Kasia Tomasiewicz. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editor: Jade Bailey. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stories this week include: 'Professional' big cat hunters capture compelling footage of old boot. Cruise line quietly shelves whale slaughter tours of the North Atlantic. Woman quits Wetherspoons role ahead of anticipated mockery of new Welsh accent. Charity raises awareness of shaven pussies in the south east.  Roland Rat gets another bloody mention... Website: http://www.lapodcast.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LAPodcast/ Twitter: @LAPodcast

Audio Commentary time with the wonderfully effervescent debut LP by Voice of the Beehive, Let it Bee analysed by singer/songwriter and Queen Bee, Tracey Belland aka Tracey Bryn.Lots covered beyond the album including Michael Stipe, Chrissie Hynde and Roland Rat.At the end of the experience I was buzzed. You will be too. Enjoy.https://www.facebook.com/VoiceOfTheBeehive/80sography@gmail.com

We're on a mission to uncover the secrets of a healthy mind, body and creative soul. Stevie Spring CBE, former new business director at advertising agency GGT, alongside Dave Trott and Paul Grubb, Chairman of mental health charity Mind, former chair of the British Council, board director at retail giant Co-op and general all-round amazing person, sits down to discuss her life, career and philosophy and why she recommends dividing your time between profit, people and planet. Fuel's objective this year is to investigate the working from home, hybrid or blended business model, and how to maintain a positive mental outlook. Stevie is a remarkable woman. And she's the very definition of the phrase, friends in high places. In this episode, Stevie tells us the origin of her philanthropic mindset, how you can increase the odds of being lucky. We discuss her career, from direct response advertising on TV-AM in the 80s to the white heat of creativity at GGT. We discuss how she still influences the advertising industry today, why ad agencies are the architects of the marketing world; the challenges of brand ambassador management. She tells all about Roland Rat and Pudsey Bear. We discuss how to manage the new working model and how to reach a healthy work/life blend. The art of salesmanship and relationship management. The difference between entrepreneurs and intrepreneurs; investments that worked and those that got away; Stevie's path to inner contentment and how to audit your progress. She's also got some fantastic recommendations for dealing with the mental health crisis and how to get a 5x return on your investment in people. The value of activism and the joy of journaling and discovering bands at music festivals. What a way to kick off season 4! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.This time Tim's joining guest host Garreth Hirons for a festively-tinged chat about I Was Born On Christmas Day by Saint Etienne Featuring Tim Burgess, Ferrero Prestige, Bod's Present, A Merry Jingle by The Greedies, Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion by Jenny T. Colgan, Mariah Carey's rendition of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Richard Herring's Christmas Emergency Questions, Iron Man 3 (which is a Christmas Film), Joe 90 Christmas Special The Unorthodox Shepherd and Merry Christmas Santa Claus (You're A Lovely Guy) by Max Headroom. Along the way we'll be debating how to politely deal with a gatecrashing Roland Rat, finding out what happens when you take the concept of 'Pocket Coffee' too literally, going to see The Snowman: No Way Home and revealing the identity of the one viewer who never got to see Russ Conway's Yuletide Jamboree.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Yes I know Ferrero Prestige lattes are only available to the jet-setting ultra-rich but maybe if I turn up with the woman from the Küsschen advert they won't notice.

This week, a very ‘in-depth’ look at classic BBC serial ‘The Brothers’ with a large focus on the devastatingly beauteous and wonderful Hilary Tindall. Plus Amicus’ From Beyond the Grave, Adam Ant, Roland Rat, splinters, misheard song lyrics and everyone’s goto feelgood treat ‘Threads’.

Having worked in studios after being in bands growing up, Pete Hammond found himself at the centre of The Hit Factory mixing and remixing hit after hit for Stock/Aitken/Waterman and developing his trademark sound that is still in demand for current artists and records. Here we talk about his journey from making reggae records , building studios and of course classics by Kylie, Rick Astley , Take That, Donna Summer , Mel & Kim and so many more as well as his epic remixes for Tracie Spencer, Velvet and Alphabeat and even the phenomenon that was , Roland Rat! More on Pete here http://www.petemixmasterhammond.com Spotify playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Po4JZSBR7AaXEoKJX2Lww?si=d4b4190be9464ec2

Imagine being able to literally create the world that Richie and Eddie inhabit. This week's guest has done just that, working as a Production Designer on series 3 of Bottom, plus on The League of Gentlemen, French and Saunders, Spiceworld, Episodes, Rev, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Roland Rat, Fat Slags and The End of the F***ing World. It's Grenville Horner! Emmy winner Grenville shares how he started in the industry, working on series 3 of Bottom including creating the legendary cattle prod and ferris wheel, recreating Richie and Eddie's flat, photographing Hammersmith, being a pop star, faxing Stephen Fry and creating the look of Royston Vasey, for which he won a Royal Television Society Award. The conversation took place over Zoom so please forgive the occasional connection drop out. The book "Talking Bottom: A guide to the cult sitcom" can be found to order at: https://unbound.com/books/bottom/

What a mixed bag of SAW-produced singles we have in this episode, including the fifth and final PWL release by Princess, a Latin-flavoured tune by music legend Georgie Fame, the second single by pop/rock singer Jeb Million ("Speed Up My Heartbeat") and a novelty tune for TV puppet Roland Rat. Yes, really. Princess and her brother, Don Heslop, join us one last time to discuss "In The Heat Of A Passionate Moment" and the fallout from the breakdown of their working relationship with Supreme Records and PWL. You might think you know the story — prepare to hear a completely different (and at times shocking) perspective. We also hear from a reluctant Mike Stock about Roland Rat's "Living Legend" and mixmaster Pete Hammond makes his first appearance to talk about one of his earliest jobs at PWL, working on Georgie Fame's "Samba". 

Our journey through the shiniest decade continues to thrive, and the custodians of The Peggy Mount Calamity Hour find themselves in the mood for laughter, for song, and most pertinently for sunshine... This week it's 1986, and it's said that you're never more than three channels away from Roland Rat. We test this urban myth, find it to be undoubtedly true, then take the precaution of distancing ourselves on the other side of the planet to tut through the net curtains while the Neighbours enjoy a buck's party that we weren't invited to. Is the height of Summer really the time for expecting a Christmas Special compilation to be anything other than a mortifyingly lazy schedule filler? What evidence of career-ending impropriety did the BBC booking team have on the wealth of stars who agreed to show their faces next to Roland and shred all dignity in the process? And how many strippers and naked men and Stefan Dennis in a nappy is too many strippers and naked men and Stefan Dennis in a nappy when you're writing a daytime soap opera? We know, and in three quarters of an hour you will as well... The Peggy Mount Calamity Hour is a free podcast from iPorle Media, which holds production copyright. Opinions and recollections expressed are not to be taken as fact. The title and credit music is by Doctor Velvet. Audio segments from television programmes are presented for review and informational purposes only under fair use, and no ownership of these is claimed or implied by this show. Email enquiries to peggymountpod@gmail.com  

"Yeeeaaahhhh, RatFans!" Roland Rat rose to fame on TV-AM, and since then it's become something of a tradition for breakfast TV in the UK to be hosted by vermin. TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger WEBSITE: whenwagonwheelswerebigger.com W4B theme composed by John Croudy W4B theme acoustic arrangement by Joe Beckhelling

Benji and Nick complete their commentary of Doctor Who: The Sun Makers (BBC 1977). They're joined later by Jamie Anderson to chat about Power Rangers and Roland Rat. What?!? Emails sent to podcast@nicholasbriggs.com

Matt aka the Artist Formerly Known As TimeLord is back with us, and this visit he wants to talk about one of the most important UK TV shows of the Eighties, if you're a Transformers fan, anyways. It's the show that introduced many of us to the G1 cartoon, the Timmy Mallett fronted show from our school holidays - WACaday! Because we're nice, we also decided to throw in some TV-am and Roland Rat stuff in there too, including that time that the UK press tried to expose something a little bit kinky about Roland himself.   Back to the Eighties @ Twitter: @BTTEPOD Back to the 80's on Facebook: facebook.com/bttepod

Lex kindly invited us to her studio and home in Guerneville California to have a look around and interview her for this episode of A Sculpted life. Lex recently completed the Pal Tiya Premium Master Class. Host Yvonne Anderson, Pal Tiya Int Co-Founder, Kim Beaton had a great time walking through the Redwood Forest and chatting all things creativity. In this episode Lex shares: How her creative journey began. How she began building puppets. How a holiday in America changed her creative life How she started working with Jim Henson's Creature Shop How she has dealt with sexism in her field and how she overcame this Her love of Roland Rat! What she would still like to achieve as a creative And much more Don't forget to like, share, subscribe and leave a review/comment. Special thanks to Lance Lones for the vocal Intro and Outro! If you haven't listened to Season 1 of A Sculpted Life...we've got the whole Season here: https://bit.ly/2SbItrT Music: Intro & outro music “Zazie” Kevin MacLeod (incompetach.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Background track: Dreams by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0    

Our alphabetical musical adventures go intergalactic to arrive at the letter B, which means we're talking about Wisconsin's favourite enigmatic indie-folk collective (and Kanye West's favourite musician) Bon Iver and New York's brattiest (but later socially conscious) Punk Rap legends Beastie Boys . As usual we never stay on topic for long so you'll also hear us jabbering on about Roland Rat's impact on UK Hip Hop, dance floor karate brawls and Howard Jones vs Nik Kershaw...Listen to (all available) songs in full here - https://open.spotify.com/user/newpathstohelicon/playlist/4j8DQEZvpxOqjiog8Kph9R?si=T5VVv7KTTBuL5f-l67nCfQSay hello at https://www.facebook.com/wedigmusicpcast/ or tweet us @wedigmusicpcast & @wedigpodcastsFind our other episodes at wedigpodcasts.com

Our alphabetical musical adventures go intergalactic to arrive at the letter B, which means we're talking about Wisconsin's favourite enigmatic indie-folk collective (and Kanye West's favourite musician) Bon Iver and New York's brattiest (but later socially conscious) Punk Rap legends Beastie Boys . As usual we never stay on topic for long so you'll also hear us jabbering on about Roland Rat's impact on UK Hip Hop, dance floor karate brawls and Howard Jones vs Nik Kershaw... Listen to (all available) songs in full here - https://open.spotify.com/user/newpathstohelicon/playlist/4j8DQEZvpxOqjiog8Kph9R?si=T5VVv7KTTBuL5f-l67nCfQ Say hello at https://www.facebook.com/wedigmusicpcast/ or tweet us @wedigmusicpcast & @wedigpodcasts Find our other episodes at wedigpodcasts.com

Stories this week include: Woman takes photograph of literally nothing. Con artist ensnares elderly parents in lost car scam. Local sh*thole ruined by royal wedding detritus. Child stranded in Bali forced to hitchhike back to Australia. The Roland Rat impressions make an unwelcome return... Website: http://www.lapodcast.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LAPodcast/ Twitter: @LAPodcast

As a special extra Summer treat for Looks Unfamiliar listeners, here’s a compilation of highlights from the archives, with extracts from Summer-themed podcasts by Tim Worthington, Ben Baker, Phil Catterall and Darrell Maclaine-Jones. A lot of this hasn’t been available for years, and a lot of it is still rather funny, so we hope you enjoy it! Along the way we talk about Summer Holiday television, Rat On The Road, Wimbledon, The Radio 1 Roadshow, Why Don't You? and Now - The Summer Album; rate the best and worst holiday camps and end of the pier variety acts; and lend an ear to some zany hilarious 'rude' records for fun DJs in wacky nightclubs. We'll also be finding out how to distinguish between different iterations of Mark Curry, what constitutes Roland Rat Canon, what happened when The Grumbleweeds went post-Blue Jam, and what Paul Shane definitely did not do to supplement his Hi-De-Hi income. Not to mention visiting a Hardwicke House Roadshow. Find more episodes of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/

Stories this week include: Supermarket manager attempts to cut short impromptu guitar solo by eight-year-old. 'Celebrated' editor takes to his keyboard to vent fury at pigeon-feeding pensioner. Drunk man fails to order Happy Meal from car wash. An alarming new crave called 'Water Drinking Battle for Men' is sweeping Japan.     Also revealed: We spend too much time perfecting our Roland Rat impressions...

Rats are never any good and never will be.  Roland Rat, any kind of "Dirty" Rat or just the vermin you get at work if you leave biscuits lying around.  Atari obviously realised this and amazingly made a "game" around vermin.  A vermin called "Peter" :( This game nearly destoyed the podcast.  Victor & Shaun may have some unkind words... The game is summed up by The Ten Pence Orchestra's "Death Rat" song. TIMESTAMP: What we've been up to since the last podcast – 0m 0s Walkround Audio From iPlaygaming Canal Mills - 10m 27s Arcade News – 17m 03s Pickups – 24m 30s Feedback – 32m 13s Shout Outs! – 43m 25s Victor's Cab History - 48m 03s Musical Interlude – 52m 10s Featured Game Review – 53m 59s DEATH RAT! - 1h 4m 19s Art Of Sideart – 1h 11m 07s Hardware Heroes – 1h 13m 31s Next Show's Game – 1h 19m Peter Pack Rat Flyer Peter Pack Rat On Gaming History iPlaygaming RGDS MegaCast from Play Blackpool Museum Of Gaming Victor's Zx Spectrum +1.5 (Chop Edition) CPS2 Hardware Reverse Engineered Duke Of Lancaster Article By Tony Temple Woody's Mame Cab Video Cruisin' Adventure Strike Harbinger New DK World Record (With Video) Nintendo Vans Shoes! Spanish Ponies Astro City Candy Cab Models PETER PACK RAT SCOREBOARD: Mad Ste & Mark Happydude - NO! Stacey King - Booted up & turned straight off Tin - 0 Giggity - 4344 Mark K - 9050 Lesoleil - 18870 Victor - 22371 John Keay - 168704 Tronads - 618227 CharlieFar - 628665 Shaun - 687934 Ian Cullen - 752402 ART OF SIDEART: Atari's Fast Freddie NEXT SHOW'S GAME: Psikyo's Gunbird - World Roms, 3 Lives, Normal Difficulty, Extra Life at 400k  

Moomins animation (v Roland Rat v He Man). What is the comet? Unease and a-moralising kids books. Ed Gorey. Position Normal - "Nostrils and Eyes". Tom calls "Uncle" and the "New Mother". Toy Story II and The Saddest Song in the World from. It is. Closing remarks. Midweek number 1 is Man 2 Man?

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Greg Dyke. A top flight TV executive known for being instinctual and populist, his appointment as BBC Director-General was an uncharacteristically bold move for the corporation and an extraordinary moment for a youngster once marked out by his teachers as 'the boy least likely to succeed'. A natural businessman who relishes taking risks, his greatest successes have come from his ability to spot the moment and act quickly. He saved TV-am with Roland Rat, moved the BBC's Nine O'Clock News at a fortnight's notice and thwarted Rupert Murdoch's digital hopes by backing Freeview. But his critics say that it is his passion and instinct that ultimately led to his downfall. He was forced to resign from the BBC after a bitter row that erupted between the corporation and Downing Street about its coverage of the Iraq war. His departure, which followed considerable mud-slinging, ill temper and tragedy, prompted a huge display of loyalty from his staff as thousands gathered on the steps to wish him a tearful goodbye. Since then, he's kept a low profile - but doesn't rule out a return to high office if the right job came along.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan Book: Complete Works by Dylan Thomas Luxury: A guitar with a guide to playing it.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Greg Dyke. A top flight TV executive known for being instinctual and populist, his appointment as BBC Director-General was an uncharacteristically bold move for the corporation and an extraordinary moment for a youngster once marked out by his teachers as 'the boy least likely to succeed'. A natural businessman who relishes taking risks, his greatest successes have come from his ability to spot the moment and act quickly. He saved TV-am with Roland Rat, moved the BBC's Nine O'Clock News at a fortnight's notice and thwarted Rupert Murdoch's digital hopes by backing Freeview. But his critics say that it is his passion and instinct that ultimately led to his downfall. He was forced to resign from the BBC after a bitter row that erupted between the corporation and Downing Street about its coverage of the Iraq war. His departure, which followed considerable mud-slinging, ill temper and tragedy, prompted a huge display of loyalty from his staff as thousands gathered on the steps to wish him a tearful goodbye. Since then, he's kept a low profile - but doesn't rule out a return to high office if the right job came along. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan Book: Complete Works by Dylan Thomas Luxury: A guitar with a guide to playing it.