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27. Équinoxe Part 4 – Jean Michel Jarre
28. Be With You – Mr Big
29. Wishful Thinking – China Crisis
30. The Race – Yello
31. Mamunia – Wings
32. Anything by Keane
33. Axel F – Harold Faltermeyer
34. Fade to Grey – Visage
35. Cake Walk into Town – Taj Mahal
36. Single Ladies – Beyoncé
37. Babooshka – Kate Bush
38. Drive – The Cars
39. Satisfaction – Benny Benassi
40. Pipes of Peace – Paul McCartney
41. Iko Iko – The Belle Stars
42. Poison Arrow – ABC
43. Theme from The Saint
44. Theme from Harry’s Game – Clannad
45. Fix You – Coldplay
46. Portsmouth – Mike Oldfield
Index
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Note: ‘n’ refers to a note.
Abba 43, 93, 94, 95, 96, 110n, 127, 175
Al-Qaeda 148, 266n
Alvin (visionary) 275
Anderson, Clive 112
Andersson, Benjamin ‘Benny’ 96
Archer, Lady 71
Backley, Steve 89, 90
Banter, Wally 280, 287
Barrymore, Michael 115
Bazalgette, Joseph 117n
Bazalgette, Peter 117
BBC
bar 64
Broadcasting House 59, 62–3, 92
club 70–1, 78
compliance culture 210
execs, TV as inconvenience for 187
Television Centre 84–5, 91–2, 101, 159, 160, 161, 187, 269
see also Radio 4; Radio 5Live
BBC1
Dr Who 188n, 205
Grandstand 82n, 160, 161n
as KMKY’s natural home 100–1
Points of View 112
Question of Sport 29
BBC2
Day Today, The 79, 80–1, 89–90, 103
Knowing Me Knowing You (KMKY) 99–100, 101, 111–20, 133, 159–62, 218, 248, 275, 310n
Knowing Me Knowing Yule 132, 133–5, 159
Top Gear 100–1
Beasley, Joe 114–15
Bevin, Mr (English teacher) 23
Birt, John 59
Boyce, Emily 143
Boyd, Jon 50, 216
Boyle, Jessica 187–8
Butterworth, Kev 187–8
Camley, Lawrence 96
Channel 4
100 best catchphrases 95
Countdown 212
Deal or No Deal 209
Grand Designs 252
Million Pound Drop Live 182n
Chesney, Henry 242
Chipping Norton set 267n
Clark, Elaine 61
Clarkson, Jeremy 160, 194, 267
Clifton, Dave 142, 163, 258–9, 278, 299–302
Coe, Sebastian 186
Coleman, David 29, 55
Cook, Sue 71, 124, 127, 169, 170, 171, 179, 180, 181, 224
Crowther, Peter 53–4
Dance, Charles 299n
Denton, Simon 285–94
DeVault, Sophie 61
Diamond, Anne 139
Diana, Princess of Wales 195n
Dimmock, Charlie 186
Dwyer, George 109–10
Eastwood, Steven 63–4, 79, 80
Edmonds, Noel 123, 174n, 209
Essex, David 255
Feather, Chris 181–2, 183–4, 218, 238, 244
Fielding, Yvette 209
Ford, Nick 96
Frank, Anne 228
Furnish, David 105
Gabitas, Pete 40, 193–5, 260
Galbraith, James 170
Geoff Love Orchestra 94n
Golding, Brian 51
Goodhew, Duncan 54
Goodier, Mark 145
Gordale Media 278, 279, 282
Grainger, Bob 157
Grossman, Loyd 186
Gunnell, Sally 82–4, 139
Hamilton’s Water Breaks 181, 210–11
Harrier, Dave 209
Harrison, Georgia 111
Harvey, Wanda 116
Hayers, Jane 181, 238
Hayers, Tony 97–9, 111, 119–20, 134–5, 137, 159–67, 179–81, 244, 300
Heron, Gordon 134, 136, 180n
Hethersett, Barry 53, 54
Hitler, Adolf 8, 291
Holmes, Eamonn 220
Hoseasons (Bournemouth) 36n, 114–15
Hurst, Lewis 110
ITV
Aspel & Company 99, 101
Cube, The 182n
Police, Camera, Action! 202
This Morning 50
World in Action 199
Jameson, Derek 118
Janice (McCombe’s cashier) 26
Jason (Peartree ex-assistant producer) 93, 109, 111
Jeff Lovell girls 95
Jeff Lovell Orchestra 94, 104
Jemima ‘Jem’ (first girlfriend) 31–2, 33
Jesus Christ 44, 54, 195n, 219, 266, 268
Jill (Peartree receptionist) 110
John, Elton 105
Jom (Jim or Tom, entrepreneur) 156–7
Kelly, Henry 199
Kilty, Craig ‘The Monster’ 296, 300
Lambert family 21–2, 190–2
Lancashire, Jennie 5–6
Langland, Gina 110, 110–11n
Lewis, Sue 226
Lewis-Smith, Victor 27
Lisa (Peartree researcher) 93, 98, 101
Littlejohn, Richard 204
Lynam, Des 84–5, 161n
Maclean, Scott 114
Malick, Jon 8
Matt and Mario 211, 212
Matthews, Bernard 75–6, 104, 219
Maul, Ted 81
Maxwell, Jed 169, 172–8, 179
May, Rosie 65, 66, 81
McAllister, Forbes, death of 112, 113–14, 116–20, 132, 162, 211, 289
McCombe, Steven 24–6, 27
McMahon, Bridie 27, 116
Michael (Travel Tavern employee) 80n, 151, 152–3, 154, 171–2, 177n
Millicent, Dave 18, 20
Moore, Roger 65, 110
Morgan, Piers 90
Morgan of Glossop, Lord 97, 98
Morris, Christopher 65, 81
Noden, Vic 74
Norfolk
backward underachievers of 24
Broads 201–2
‘development’ in 15–16
first-class countryside 1, 2
Gabitas’s enemies in 194
Round Table 9
Royal Norfolk Show 72, 179
sex in 2n
starvation in 228
summer roadshow, Carol Partridge at 121
Swaffham Country Fayre 179–80
North Norfolk Digital (né Radio North Norfolk)
Bedtime with Branning 287, 292–3
loses FM licence 277
Mid-Morning Matters 10, 248, 258, 282–4, 286–9, 291–3, 307–9
‘Mid Morning Matters, mid-air’ 297–300
rebranding 279
Norwich
bus system, seeking snivels on 86
Café Symphony 102, 106
Choristers Country Club 256, 259
City Council 238
Mead Hotel 273
Metropole 152
Nando’s 106–8
Our Price store 49–51, 52, 73, 215–16
Playhouse 274
Ponder’s band as fixture 101, 102
Richer Sounds 272–3
Rita’s café 37–8
St Luke’s Hospital 46–8
Thorburn’s pronunciation of 211
train station 239–41
Waterstone’s 233, 237
see also Radio Norwich
Oddie, Bill 124, 127, 166, 173, 180n, 210, 224–5, 226
O’Hanraha
-hanrahan, Peter 65, 81
Parry, Keith (ex-father-in-law) 39
Parry, Stella (ex-mother-in-law) 39
Parry, Ben E. 280
Parry, Tim (ex-brother-in-law) 60, 123
Partridge, Alan Gordon
as author and writer
book titles, meaningless 227n
Bouncing Back 222n, 233–43, 271
describe mother’s death, how to 247
Funny Thing Happened, A … 235
hope for current volume 310
ideas for books 247
love of alliteration 281–2
narrative techniques 4, 118, 168, 217
positioning books in-store 237
pulping and recycling 241–4
rhetorical devices 29, 168–9
run-writing 234
search for publisher 235–6
selling units, methods 238–41
awards
Booker Prize (deserved) 233
Channel 4 100 best catchphrases (84th) 95
TV Quick’s Man of the Moment 27
as businessman
Apache Group of Companies® 256–7
Forward Solutions™ 266, 267, 268–73, 274–5
Partridge’s Nest 155–8
philosophy 158, 257
Travel Tavern’s understanding of 161
see also below under Peartree Productions
childhood, school and poly
A-level results 28–30
beatings 8–9
birth 3–4, 42, 248
bullying 1–2, 24–5, 26–7
choice of newspaper 204
Christmas 5
dance, as self-expression 248
East Anglia Polytechnic 30–4
‘Fartridge’ affair 23–4, 27
first words, car-related 204
funeral/burial of Barney the dog 244n
hardship of 13–15, 20
as ineffective leader 19–20
inquisitiveness 6–7
as lepidopterist 7
living with parents as student 30–2
as only child 4–5
as precocious reader 13, 14, 204
and privet sweepings 9, 21
Scouting 17–20
shoe-horn/shoe-tree fixation 7
tree as doppelgänger 2–3, 15, 302–3
dress and grooming
aftershave (Pagan Man) 122
beard, temporary 209–10
Burton’s Gold Card 76, 310n
dressing gown, when alone 132
hair, luxuriance of 98
side parting 51, 160, 297
smart/smart casual 98, 284
as student 31, 32
talc and deodorant 91, 163
underwear 245, 260
waterproof trousers, discounted 302
food and drink
as accompaniment to BBC news 68
Alan’s Cookie Jar 290
baking soda metaphors 155, 170
beer on Xmas morning 131–2
birthday cake 13–14
at BP garage 80
Coco-Pops and hot milk 304
daytime drinking, avoids 125
drunk on Watneys Party Four 32
improvisation at Travel Tavern 150
interfered-with sandwiches 24
lemonade preference 40
lunchtime sandwiches 160, 161, 217, 242
McDonald’s 291–2, 304
Murray Mints 4, 5n
Nandos’s (Norwich) 106–8
omelettes at Travel Tavern 151
in police cells 119
tea, sequence of water and milk 37
tea and AIDS 67–8
toast at Rita’s 37
Toblerone addiction 203–4, 213–23, 228–9, 231
transcending binary pairs 37–8
vegetables, surfeit of and consequences 11
‘when in Rome’ 83–4
health (mental and physical)
addiction see above under food and drink
ageing, three signs of 305
ankle injuries 65, 299–302, 304
calls in ‘sick’ 125
calluses, efficacy of pumice 234
Controlled Anger-Release Splashing 226
cures for flab 229–30
excess skin, solutions for 232
major bloodloss 15n
‘merciless’ exercise regime 228, 230–1
muscularity of physique 173–4
neck, pimple on 86, 97
nosebleeds 1–2, 3, 15
‘palm-piss’ 114, 119, 306
pony-trekking 226–8, 235
scrotal cancer misdiagnosis 44–5
Short-Burst Underwater Crying 225
therapy 226
Travel Tavern fitness routine 149
weight (pre-and post-toilet) 297
homes and dwellings
designs own house 252–4, 258
London penthouse 186, 189
moves into own 262, 263
naming own 253–4, 258
static caravan 254–5
‘unstatic’ caravan 260
see also Lambert family; Partridge family members; Travel Tavern (Linton)
Peartree Productions
employment tribunal 101
genesis of, as joke not lie 92
goes under 235
liquidated 255
management style 110–11
pay rises and sacking 98
as publisher 235
restructuring 161
as ‘sleeping volcano’ 186
as ‘well-oiled machine’ 109–10
workplace ambiance 93
radio career
‘Aha’ catchphrase 94–6
cross-genre mastery 286
desk rethinks 60–1, 144
expertise in modulation modes 276–7, 283
fans and super-fans 169–70, 172–8
‘final’ show 307–9
Gabitas as ‘manager/agent’ 193–4
hospital radio 18, 46–8, 85, 289–90
impersonating 169–70
joined by sidekick 284, 286–9, 292–3
mother’s pride in 248–9
move to digital 279, 282–3
musical taste 145
nasal voice, Lynam on 85, 161n
Our Price DJing 49–51, 52, 215–16
premonitions of, at poly 32
pre-show checklist 307
purpose of 308
real-life audiences 297–300
reciprocated love 144
Red Adair role 279
research, learning and tips 146, 295–6
retirement decision 303–7, 309
return to Radio Norwich 138–42
rumours of decline 296, 298
seriousness, necessity of 187
Shayer headhunts 47, 49
sports reporting 51–8
swearing during 143
voiceover work 73–4
see also individual stations and shows
sex, relationships and friendships
attraction to Sue Cook 71, 124, 169, 170, 171
boss–employee relations, and propriety 151–2, 185
BP attendant 218
dalliance with menopausal colleague 259–60
fingersex-miming 126
first dabblings 31–2, 33
‘friending’ Treacle (horse) 228
Michael as friend 152
as Norwich Don Juan 73
readers, with 310
sexually assaulted 217
STD checks, on others 262
see also Jemima ‘Jem’; Partridge, Carol; Sonja
TV career
‘Aha’ catchphrase 175
BBC ‘contract’ 183–4, 188–9
BBC ditches 120, 129
as BBC2’s White Knight 101
bulldozing of 16
corporate video work 155, 181, 200–1, 210–11
cow-bombed 201–2
Crash, Bang, Wallop 202–3, 204, 206
giving others breaks 115�
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guest appearances 112
high-brow/low-brow, switching between 90
hires Ponder 103
house befitting ‘personality’ status 163
ideas for shows (inc. films) 120, 155, 165–6, 181, 187, 222, 290
KMKY moves to TV 97–8
KMKY ‘second series’ 118, 120, 138, 147, 159–62, 165, 188, 218, 275
meetings for future shows 118–19
modifies voice for 85–7
moves into TV 79, 80
offensive reviews 136–7
Peacock pledge 182
RTE contacts 170–1, 172, 173
ruthlessness of 89, 91
sacks Ponder, live 105, 106
Swallow pilot 165, 181, 193, 196–8
violence in 135–6, 137, 160, 289
see also individual stations and shows
Partridge, Carol née Parry (ex-wife)
body shape, attempted 260
Bouncing Back, forced to buy 238
Chinese make-up 71
dog-like hair 37
end of marriage 131, 133, 160, 180n
Fernando’s conception 41
Good Food direct debit 274
jealous of Sue Cook 71
marital infidelity 122–7
marriage 35–6, 39, 128–30, 310n
motive for London visit 60
pregnancy and birth of Fernando 40–3
sex with 36n, 39, 261
summer roadshow incident 121
Partridge, Denise (daughter) 43, 130, 180n, 263, 295–6, 310n
Partridge, Dorothy (mother)
compared to Rover 800 177
death, funeral and wake 244, 245, 247, 249–50
marriage 10–12
neither nice nor important 141
Partridge, Fernando (son) 41–3, 67, 90–1, 130, 143, 236–7, 263, 295–6, 310n
Partridge, Snr (father)
butterfly tennis 7
contraceptive ‘technique’ 5
corporal punishment 8–9
death 244, 247
location post-death 249
marriage 10–12
slips on cake 13–14
wartime service 8, 23
Peacock, Nick 138–40, 142–3
Peaks, Sandra and Clive 96–7
Pepsie & Shirlie 216, 223
Pete (uncle) 250
Philbin, Maggie 70
Ponder, Glen 101, 102–8, 136, 149n
Queen Elizabeth Hospital (King’s Lynn) 4, 18, 46–8, 85, 289–90
Radio 4
God’s favourite shows 249
Knowing Me Knowing You (KMKY) 95–7, 103, 104, 310n
On the Hour 60, 62–8, 74, 103
Radio 5Live 277n
Radio Broadland (Great Yarmouth) 54, 75
Radio North Norfolk see North Norfolk Digital
Radio Norwich
Clifton stagnates at 278
Gordale buyout 278
Norfolk Nights 191–2, 248, 258, 259, 282