Dinner-time telly was a catch-up on Richard Osman's House of Games (3).
Absolutely cracking week, with Claire From Steps, Chris from the Glitterball, Adele from Radio 1, and wine expert Olly. Might be worth a look.
Have i successfully missed Boyzone on #TOTP? Result!
Our first #TOTP Mystery Year comes from the week when Doctor Who's Tegan and Nyssa disappeared into caves to, er, examine some paintings.
On other telly shows, Malcolm Muggeridge spent a week with Stalin's daughter, and Blue Peter made an everlasting bouquet of flowers as a very special present for Mothering Sunday.
Host for this live edition is Sir Simon Bates.
(and i must remember to invite people to stand for the national anthem)
"Go wild in the country" - Bow Wow Wow
The newest of New Wave music, and an early contender for Song of the Night.
Annabel cannot find a camera to save her life: she's always looking in just the wrong place. But it looks like the crowd was blocking the best angles, and that's a floor manager problem. And the perils of live television.
"It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it" - Fun Boy Three and Bananarama
The Fun Boy Three drop in to plug their spot on "Round table", Radio 1's singles review show. That's after Newsbeat at 5.45 tomorrow.
Their video shows the things you can do in the London subways...
The groups had been in the studio two weeks earlier, the Nanas had been working on their dance routine.
YouTube
The Fun Boy Three & Bananarama - Ain't What You Do (TOTP 25-Feb-1982)Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
"See you" - Depeche Mode
Do they seem a bit lost on the large stage? Or are they waiting for Glenn Hoddle to turn up and shoot a goal through the proscenium arch?
Third time we'd seen all three of these songs, they'd risen up the charts like bubbles in custard. Something less-well remembered next...
"Your honour" - Pluto Shervington
Who the hell is Pluto? A reggae to soul singer, who Sir Simon Bates thought would be the biggest thing since sliced bread. (SPOILER! He wasn't.)
Pluto had recorded with famed reggae group Tomorrow Children, and had had a top ten hit in 1976 with "Dat".
Better known in later years as a producer, Pluto retired not long before he died in 2024.
"Quiereme mucho (yours)" - Julio Iglesias
"Julio Iglesias has done it again" [passes the kitchen roll]
"Love plus one" - Haircut 100
Nick Hayward is in his flat hat, there's a glitterfall, and it's all very swish and sophisticated.
If you want sophistipop without the wandering hand-some one, this is the pinnacle.
On an evening when there are barely any bad choices, i think this is my Song of the Night.
"Party fears two" - The Associates
Billy Mackenzie stands around in a mucky mac while the rest of the band are in evening wear while standing in The Industrial Zone. As one does.
(resists temptation to read out a big long list of credits)
@daweaver@mas.to
"Classic" - Adrian Gurvitz
Producer Michael Hurll wanted to make this a hit, third time we've seen this performance of a very modest track.
Gurvitz had been something of a pioneer for hard rock, with projects including Three Man Army and The Gun, and lots of work with Ginger Baker from Cream.
But, like Chris de Burgh, his solo hit was an atypical romantic number.
He'll go on to write "Even if my heart would break" for The Bodyguard soundtrack.
Goombay Dance Band at number 8, then "Run to the hills". Well done, everyone!
"The lion sleeps tonight" - Tight Fit
Germany had Boney M. Britain had ... this lot.
Ken Gold played the role of Frank Farian, the sharp-eyed mogul who knew how to market tat to the mass audience.
The performers are model Steve Grant and singers Denise Gyngell and Julie Harris; the real lead singer is Roy Ward from "5705" band City Boy.
Yes! It's former Top of the Pops host Kenny Everett, now with a delectable show on BBC1.
Playout track is "Stars on Stevie" by Stars on 45, a megamixymatosis of Stevie Wonder tunes.
Our first #TOTP Mystery Year was 1982. More in a mo!
Our second #TOTP Mystery Year comes from the week when archaeologists uncovered the remains of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
Arsenal banned inflatable bananas from Highbury, Desert Orchid won the Gold Cup, and Tyson McVey (daughter of Neneh Cherry) was born.
The hosts are Rev. Simon Mayo, agricultural story editor Sybil Ruscoe, and newsreader Rod McKenzie.
"Round and round" - New Order
"The picture you see is no portrait of me. It's too real to be shown to someone I don't know."
Another all-live performance, and for once it sounds quite decent - computerised drum fills and keyboards are reproduced in the studio environment.
Not a song for the week's sleet showers, wonder if this would have done better in the warm spring and summer of our Mystery Year.
