NEWS THIS WEEK
1983 – Bananaman, the cartoon series started on BBC TV featuring the voices of the members of The Goodies. It lasted for forty episodes between October 1983 and April 1986.
Bananaman is a parody of traditional superheroes, being portrayed as a schoolboy who is transformed into a muscled, caped figure when he eats a banana. The character originally appeared in Issue 1 of Nutty in 1980. He has since appeared in The Dandy and The Beano.
SONGS PLAYED
Texas – I Don’t Want A Lover
Simple Minds – Alive and Kicking
UB40 – One in Ten
ABBA – Lay All Your Love on Me
Rod Stewart – Baby Jane
Everything But the Girl – I Don’t Want to Talk About It
Yazz – Stand Up For Your Love Rights
T’Pau – Heart & Soul
Steve Winwood – Valerie
Prince – Purple Rain
Paul Nicolas – Rum Tum Tugger (Cats)
Nena – 99 Red Balloons
Wax – Bridge to Your Heart
Cher – Just Like Jesse James
Donna Summer – Dinner with Gershwin
Five Star – System Addict
Van Halen – Jump
Paul Simon – Boy in the Bubble
Ray Parker Jr – Ghostbusters
Imagination – Music and Lights
Run DMC – Walk this Way
Culture Club – Karma Chameleon
Madonna – True Blue
Black Box – Ride On Time
Cliff Richard – Wired for Sound
Neil Diamond – Love on the Rocks
Hall & Oates – I Can’t Go For That
Bryan Adams & Tina Turner – Its Only Love