The Utterly Brilliant Timmy Mallett: Recent Episodes
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Timmy thoughts and comments on the world we live in, the journeys I'm making and the people I come across.
It's itsy bitsy quirky and utterly brilliant!
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From the Timmy on The Tranny radio archives a piece of pop history from spring 1983 with Gary Kemp from Spandau Ballet.
This tape has been in my loft ever since. It was opened for the first time in decades and the tape loaded onto a reel to reel machine.
Stephanie Hirst has digitised it now so that we hear it again the magic of that evening show.
He's live, late Friday night on Piccadilly Radio Manchester, taking real calls from teenage fans. Proper conversations treating everyone with respect and answering their questions genuinely.
These callers aren't vetted by his 'people' or pre-recorded. They ring in, my helpers in the control room switch them through, and they'll tell everyone how they spoke to their pop hero.
There are mentions of other pop stars in the news that week. Whatever happened to American act 'Prince Charles' for instance? And are we ever influenced by or just compete with rivals?
You'll hear the crackle of analogue phone lines (digital hadn't been invented) and
tact in Gary's responses to unfamiliar accents. You can almost hear him thinking what to say.
And poignantly he tells us the band are his best friends. It resonates when subsequent events played out....
Enjoy a taste of the olden days and special music from someone who has shaped our lives ever since.
SpandauBallet
#piccadillyradio
@garyjkemp
@SpandauBallet
A piece of Pop history from the golden age of music - May 1984. A joyous hour of Timmy on the Tranny on Piccadilly Radio one Thursday night......
This is the the evening when Helen Terry from Culture Club came up to Manchester to launch her solo single.
At the end of the hour Paul Morley of ZTT records is on the phone to talk about the controversial Frankie Goes to Hollywood hit - Two Tribes.
This is all on the same day Wham went to Number 1 with Wake Me Up Before You Go Go and George Michael is a surprise guest on Timmy on the Tranny (search the show in my Timmy on the Tranny radio archive). I just happened to record their visits and decades later found the tape in my loft.
It's a piece of radio history that's been languishing among the rafters for decades. Stephanie Hirst kindly digitised the work and now I'm happy to release it with the story of the day.
Share the news and the show. Enjoy a piece of unique pop history
This is my very first weekday radio show on the Europe wide Radio Luxembourg - Fab 208! on Monday December 14th 1981.
I'm filling in over Christmas and I set the scene with my arrival in the snowy Grand Duchy. I was thrown in at the deep end and you'll hear my ever so slightly nervous links
Tell me how I did - you'll find how to contact me on my link tree
https://linktr.ee/timmymallett
On the day Wham went to Number 1 with Wake Me Up Before You Go Go George Michael was a surprise guest on Timmy on the Tranny. I just happened to record his visit and decades later found the tape in my loft.
If you were one of these excited teenagers who spoke to George that evening, here's the proof.
Share the news and my show. Enjoy a piece of pop history
How do we find friends from the olden days? search social media? check old address books? then what happens when we meet again? and if I'm thinking of them are they thinking of me?
WKRP in Cincinnati was always a favourite TV show.
The theme tune was heard nightly on my Piccadilly Radio show with my version.
I'm living on the air at Piccadilly
Piccadilly that's the one for me!
First broadcast on BBC Radio Oxford Tuesday December 9th 1980 17:00-17:30. I found the quarter inch tape in my loft unheard and not noticed for decades.
It comes with my memories of that day to put the story into context.
Martin Harris of Oxford is the voice on this jingle from 1981. I met him in December 2019 and he reminded me of the occasion.
Here's the jingle! What a treat
This is brother Martin's special song written and performed by our great friends the Karydas family in Brisbane...
Terry, Hannah and Matthew wrote this and it's utterly utterly brilliant!
Simple pleasures Happy Malletts
The wonderful Chas and Dave recorded this Timmy on the Tranny classic jingle in 1981 when they released Rabbit.
It's effortless and delightful! Thanks boys!
This is the brilliant Timmy on the Tranny Toni Basil jingle to Oh Mickey from 1982
It has wonderful lyrics
Oh Timmy, You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Timmy
Oh Timmy, you're so cool you act the fool, hey Timmy
Oh Timmy, you're so thick you are twit, Hey Timmy
Timmy on the Tranny - Bad for you - Good for Granny!
Thanks to the sensational vocalists who wrote and recorded it!
My Grandfather led the attack on the impregnable Hindenburg Line and inspired his troops to achieve a stunning victory - at great personal cost
He talks about the his mammoth 2,000km cycle trip to Camino de Santiago, and the hugely exciting developments which have happened along the way.
Mandy Berry PA to John Miles, good friend to many, died October 2017 in a horse riding accident aged 58.
I found some school work aged 7 complete with teacher's corrections. What a great weekend I had in 1963! Anyone else want to play in mud?!!!
Timmy starred in the panto Sleeping Beauty at the Porthcawl Grand Pavillion 2007-2008. The show was brilliant and tickets were in such demand it was a record breaking run!
DJs from four decades came together to reminisce and share a fabulous weekend of memories.
After Alvin Stardust and WAC, Gabby is now at CBBC and Arabella is a top TV script writer!
He did such a great job, we kept him on to come up with some of the nuttiest ideas on the show!
"It was written before we had any idea what would be in the show! so we had to pad it out a bit!"
At Oxford United's open Day Paul Beavers came over to say hello! He was one of the young jinglers on Timmy on the Tranny at Radio Oxford .
Geoff Mega makes kitchens but he started out as 1980's rock star and got his taste for show business from appearing on Timmy on the Tranny at Radio Oxford!
You never know who you'll meet at an airport. The pilot of the shuttle was a wideawaker who told Timmy how he's been to the equator and watched the water going down the plug hole. Also on the flight Timmy met Sarah and her mum. Sarah had been on Wacaday as a phone in competitor.
The April Fool's trick that nearly got me the sack - apologises to all those kids who thought they really needed a licence for their bikes - especially when someone reminded me of this AND still bore a grudge for decades!!!!
Why should filling your fountain pen get you the whack?! All I want for a present is revenge!
When the new James Bond movie comes out - it's missing a star. Timmy tells how the Man with the Golden Mallet faced up to Jellyfinger!
How to jump off the Eiffel Tower without insurance, safety harness, parachute or even permission and make a TV epic at the same time!
With several squillion pairs of glasses - hasn't Timmy got enough? Clearly not! He bought another new pair today and are they his favourite pair EVER??
Meeting grime band Boy Better Know and appearing in their instructional Youtube video leads to something Timmy to realise he can't dance like them!
So what happens when Wacaday takes Timmy to Ireland on a horse drawn caravan and try to get directions....!
Speaking a foreign language can lead to some embarrassing mistakes. But speaking the same language can be just as difficult. Timmy learns to talk!
Is Dorking full of nutters?! Of course it is - Timmy tells us what makes a great memorable town - like the town in Australia that doesn't exist - it was so good they sold it off!!
Cycling along the Ridgeway we discover a secret treasure hidden in the woods near Watlington!
Close to the Prime Minister's country estate at Chequers there's a pub with some great secrets! want to know more....?
Timmy took his Godson Joe on a tour round his old uni.
What are the burning questions any prospective student needs to know????
Timmy followed part of the route of the Australian Explorers who marked their way on tree stumps and yet lost their friends and will to live... #BurkeandWills
Once upon a time I climbed the biggest rock in the World #Uluru but there's no souvenir shop....
When will Reality TV go to the #Moon? I met one of the 12 men who have landed on the Moon!
Itsy Bitsy songwriter hasn't died! Timmy talks about mistaken identity and the trouble it causes !!!
Being at the right place at the right time to see the right thing with the right person!!!
Enjoying the surf in Cornwall with his brother Martin. Timmy relives the ironing board surfboard!
My dream dates from 1985 Making it happen was better than ever dreamed possible Now is the time to let it go How do I feel?
Someone's mobile phone sends Timmy looking for his favourite cathedral while revisiting the Da Vinci code!
After making the 10 ten iconic spex wearers Timmy discovers it's something else that he's recognised by!
Timmy can remember just about every gig and every show he's ever done? Here's the proof!
Warwick University students are doing a radio marathon on RAW 1215AM It's a couple of years since I was a student and enjoyed being on URW/Radio Warwick.
Originally offered to the Monkees and recorded by the Archies - here's the 1970 smash given the modern Timmy touch! Turn up the volume and sing!
Sgt Michael Mallett 7662214 of #RAPC Royal Army Pay Corps was in #Meerut #Agra #Delhi 1942-45
This is the story of following in his footsteps with his little photo album and letters as our guide!
A great month of footballing dreams - Oxford United in the FA cup, the league, the JPT area final and the dream come true of getting to Wembley!,
It's not your usual football #FA cup commentary but the breathless pause cos none of us quite believe it is priceless!
The mummified remains of the left hand of St James the Apostle are reputedly in a small church in Buckinghamshire. But how did it get here?
caminodesantiago #relics #LastSupper #Jesus
I'm amazed by the reactions to this painting. It's instantly appealing and then gets you asking "what exactly is it?"
The Ultimate Christmas hit! Timmy brings some itsy bitsy magic to the seasonal classic!
Thick muddy paint for a thick muddy scene with the ploughed up ordnance of a century old war. This scene is familiar all across Flanders and Northern France and every day the army come to collect and destroy. Their job will continue for the next 5 centuries....
Human achievement dwarfs the people admiring it! Technology and engineering are exciting subjects to paint and if you are in the crowd you share it on social media (with or without the odd selfie!)
The carpet of poppies fills the moat of the ancient Tower of London. A brilliant installation and thoughtful subject to paint.
My mum was at #SHAEF and worked with Group Captain Stagg on the weather forecasting for #DDay
Del Costa gives this the classic Timmy treatment mixed with all time favourites Barbados, Dancing on a Saturday Night, Una Paloma Blanca, We are the champions, Y Viva Espana,
The video shot in Ibiza by David Rose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov11DONu_Tg Record produced by Nigel Wright, Mike Read and engineered by Robin Sellars and released on Silhoutte Records MDKR - 5
Available to buy on 7" vinyl from www.timmymallett.co.uk
Be aware of what's going on around you and live in the moment - cos it doesn't last forever!
Christmas tree decorations, St Peter's statue and the stone ape with a carrot and the pig!
He joined up the day my mum was born, won medals, and got blown up. Here's the tale of my Grandfather volunteering in the Great War...
You saw it on the lottery advert – now here’s Timmy’s version of the famous Gilbert O Sullivan hit! Re-written (with kind permission) with a nod to Wacaday on TV-am.
Credits: Recorded at Active Audio studios Harrogate. http://www.activeaudiostudios.co.uk/
Produced by Hairy Frank Mizen; mixed by Dan Mizen All Instruments - Frank, drums – Dan Backing vocals – all our mates! Video: Dan Mizen. (see it on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11OFAHsoXJs)
Music publishing Sony – EMI; Gilbert O Sullivan
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Meet the 80 year old scissor sister! Life hasn't changed in Margaret's shop; it's still the perfect place for tea, a chat and a shampoo and set!
Edinburgh to Dundee, cast iron signposts! cycling links golf course! Forth bridge! Secret Bunker! Chariots of Fire! Soor Plooms!
Our 160 mile adventure through Roman history across England. #sustrans #cumbria #northumberland
Crocodiles are wandering into people's gardens in Australia. What's it like keeping a croc as a pet?!
Jack Woolley in the Archers, grandad in the Werthers originals ad and Alderman Fitzwarren in panto with Timmy!
pedalling from Sevile - the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain - northwards along the Roman Road, with a box of dominos!
The happy story of the simple ironing board that brought us together again years later! #ironing
Fighting legendary battles against thousands of zulus armed only with a Mallet and a sense of humour! Timmy brings to life one of the British Army's greatest days! #zulu #wacaday
Listening to Christmas songs gets Timmy thinking which he prefers Father Christmas or Santa?
A centuries old pilgrimage route by bike! Now there's an adventure! #camino #santiago #botafumeiro
Inspired by the First World War poem "In flanders field the poppies blow...." I wanted to take a trench eye view of the poppies and see where it led.
timmyonthetranny #wacaday #adamant #piccadillyradio can't remember what happened last week? How about this day 30 years ago?
We went with our Union Jacks, and our cheers, expecting gold and celebrations with our pal and got ......
tomaggar #paralympicrowing
Timmy meets a former #Mallettsmallet Wideawaker under cover against #tickettout at #volleyball
It takes 20% of the England cricket team to get Timmy out! And I get my revenge with demon bowling!
how the wettest April ever reminded me of a Wacaday filming trip and fax about Home and Away!
Bass Rock Scotland is home to squillions of gulls and was famously painted by Turner 200 years ago.
Timmy talks about the first and ultimate boy band, the pretty boy front man and the present for his parents he bought with his first pay cheque!
How does a job that seems so easy become so complicated? No wonder you need a degree to fix stuff round the house.
how to speak australian with Rolf, where we find out about the dandruff of Australia, aussie black humour, and how to make it in the lucky country!
Timmy and Lynda Mallett often fail to understand each other when they speak the same language...
Old Eddie was born in 1909 and describes his memories of the start of the Great War #FirstWorldWar
Billy and Lynda describe their portrait and demo what they were playing as I painted it!
Timmy Mallett talks about his painting of Westminster at night and the iconic images it evokes
The ancient Mallett recipe needs the ancient Mallett machinery. It's even older than the Mallet!
oil the chain, put on the thermals, and take to the lanes to blow away the cobwebs on yourt bike!
Take a trip to an outback race track, dress up like Royal Ascot and then go in for the foot race....but remember what Ross says "It's not the foot that counts - it's what's in here...." #OakParkRaces #queensland #FlyingDoctor #TimmyMallett