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Late Night Extra 17th of February
My first show from the new studios at the Brentwood Centre! It felt a bit odd to begin with, but I soon settled in. Our classic TV theme proved more tricky than normal tonight.
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It was cold outside, -3.5 as I drove in tonight. But it was warm in the studio, dealing with a record 39 e-mails. Rene recognised the theme tune of Cheers with no clues. We
Read More »Late Night Extra Friday 27th of January
What an evening! To mark the 70th anniversary of Desert Island Discs I asked for e-mails of the one track you could not manage without, a book and a luxury. The feature took up
Read More »Late Night Extra 20th of January
Phew – the e-mails were busy tonight. Lee won our competition, which was the theme of Hill Strret Blues. Apparently he was at a quiz night in Ingatestone last Friday and it was one
Read More »Late Night Extra Friday 13th of January 2012
Much colder here in Brentwood tonight. The competition for the t.v. theme, Thunderbirds, had two winners. Jason, who is a friend of Pheonix in Ireland, and Rob who was surfing on his iPad in
Read More »Late Night Extra 6th of January 2012
Happy New Year. After the Christmas specials it was back to business as usual. The show was dedicated tonight to the memory of Bob Holness, who was one of the team of the presenters
Read More »Late Night Extra December 30th
Tonight I was joined in the studio by Richard and Terry, who read a number of our festive news stories, including a mystery shopper in Tiverton who gave out envelopes each containing a £50
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Tonight the show was called ‘Wall to wall Christmas’ and it was! Thanks to all those who sent in request, Chris and all the family, Jenny, Richard & Terry, Marjorie, Lee, Michael & Sue.
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I had a great time tonight, hope you did listening! I was joined by Ian from IDC Greenscapes who enjoyed himself so much he stayed for the whole show. He talked about the award
Read More »Late Night Extra 9th of December
Good to chat with Mike Jones before the show tonight, with shared support of a well known London football team. Trouble with the webcam tonight, so I think you all escaped the possibility of looking
Read More »Late Night Extra December 2nd after the show
Great to be back tonight. Started the show with Caro Emerald and Living the Riveria life. Congratulations to Ken and Susan in Oxford who recognised the theme from the 70s US detective serial The
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Hello all, thanks to Stephen for minding the hours while I am away. I look forward to being back with you on Dec 2nd. We will have our usual mix of relaxing contemporary tracks,
Read More »Late Night Extra November 11th
Lots of e-mails tonight, thanks to everyone who took the time to contact the show. Requests tonight included Do it again – Beach Boys for Bob who will be 50 on Tuesday. Soul Man
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A little foggy driving back home from the show tonight. Some friends tell me they tried to e-mail in tonight but had problems. Music tonight included Morning Dance – Spyro Gyra Abraham, Martin &
Read More »Late Night Extra 28th of October
A laid back show tonigt included Layla – Eric Clapton (acoustic) Need you know -Lady Antebellum (acoustic) Jumpin the tracks – Boxcars Songbird – Eva Cassidy The look of love – Dustry Springfiled I
Read More »Late Night Extra Friday 21st of October
Tonight Peter Thomas from Harvest Plus told us about the amazing response from the people of Essex to this year’s appeal. Over a 100 schools, including Ingatestone C of E Juiniors took part in
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Only 4.5 degrees when I left the studio tonight at ten past midnight. But I hope the show kept everyone entertained. Particular thanks to Chris and Bob and all the family in Harlow who
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Much cooler tonight in the studio. Music tonight included Down to the river to pray – Alison Krauss and Union Station Millennia – Soweto String Quartet (Check out the video on Youtube) Knocking on
Read More »Late Night Extra 30th of September
It was a warm night in the studio after an amazingly warm day. When I was talking about the weather Paul and Lulu e-mailed from Dublin to say it was cold and wet! Jenny
Read More »Late Night Extra 23rd of September 2011
Music on the show included Lady Antebellum – Need you now Alison Krauss – Simple Love Hugh Laurie – Whale swallowed me Fleetwood Mac – Albatross Jon and Vangellis – Find my way home
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On Late Night Extra there is a regular Classic TV theme competition, entered by e-mail. On September 16th it was The X Files and was won jointly by listeners in Bourne End and in
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