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The Pandemonium tour is on Sky Arts tonight at 8pm, before their Style Council retrospective.

One for geowayne here - What Are We Going to Do About the Rich? gets played at 14:58 before an interview with Dr Marvin Monroe on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000ntbg

Paul O’Grady on ITV1 this week. The programme about Kent. You maybe able to download it. It was the last one of the series. Paul was doing a piece about Dr Syn at a church which happened to be where Derek Jarman is buried. He did a little tribute to Derek and when it came to the time of the advert break It’s a sin played. It has been quite a nice series to watch.

Inner Sanctum is on Sky Arts at the moment.

Top of the Pops - The Story of 1987

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001wds

Available on BBC iPlayer until 11th February

Whilst the Pet Shop Boys don't contribute, the show concludes with the story of the race for Christmas Number One; and Pete Waterman (who still sounds bitter) tells how they hoped Rick Astley would be Number One with the cover of 'When I Fall In Love'; but then EMI re-released the Nat King Cole original to help the Pet Shop Boys. It includes a clip of the PSB performance of Always on my mind, plus comments from Carol Decker of T'Pau who is clearly not a fan!

If you remember 1987 (I was 13) the whole show is worth a watch IMO.

On Now 80's on Sky362 they are showing West End Girls Lockdown Mix as part of the 80's Star Now.

BBC2 tonight has Shirley Bassey at the Roundhouse on. She performs Performance of my life for anyone who’s interested.

Later... with Jools Holland on March 26 on BBC 2 has Olly Alexander...

Later… with Jools Holland returns for the sixth and final programme of this series, filmed at Jools’ creative home, his unique South London recording studio. This week Jools will be chatting to singer and actor Olly Alexander, best known as frontman of chart topping band Years & Years, and most recently star of hit drama It’s A Sin.

Olly will be choosing and discussing his favourite performances from the Later… archive which includes the likes of Tori Amos, Kelis and of course Pet Shop Boys, and treating viewers to an impromptu performance of a Stevie Wonder classic with Jools at the piano.

I watched this. It was quite interesting.

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Yes, Olly was so excitable about PSB, bless 'im.

Nice surprise to wake up to this this morning: 6 Music Salutes the Pet Shop Boys https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000tw4n

OakeyDokey wrote: Sun 04 Apr 2021, 1:22 am Yes, Olly was so excitable about PSB, bless 'im.

Interesting that he referred to them as a gay artist.

Top Of The Pops November 1990 had Being Boring on. A climber to number 20.

“World in Motion with all the good bits taken out”.

Patrick Bateman wrote: Tue 06 Apr 2021, 10:21 pm Interesting that he referred to them as a gay artist.

Muffled pillow screams can be heard all the way from Australia & New Zealand...

PSB were featured in a uk show called the nation’s favourite 80’s hits. Each week they feature a year and this week it was 1987. There were “celebrities” talking about them and it was quite good, Some great music and not so great music featured. There was a trailer at the end for next week and they are featured again.

https://www.my5.tv/britain-s-favourite- ... /episode-8

If you have access in the uk to catch up tv it’s free to view.