All arty and everything
Simon Mayo
Presenter
Cool and gloomy around the estate, I'm refusing to turn the lights on as I'm pretending it's still the height of summer. But in a quick comparison test with the BBC weather app, we have many more of Mr Celcius's degrees in London than Edinburgh does. We are wrapping up well in preparation. Suddenly it's autumn, the schools are back and actors/comedians/eccentrics are eager for your for your custom. It isn't possible to go out and buy cabbage without a clown jumping you with a fistful of leaflets and lungfuls of merriment. Hopefully that'll be obvious once we take to the air!
Today however we have ARF business to sort and a fine weekend to look forward to. 1984 is our year please for your toppermost tunes as Torville and Dean win gold at the winter olympics at Sarajevo, dog licenses were abolished, and Thomas The Tank Engine turns up on TV for the first time with Ringo as the narrator. And your host had conned his way into BBC Radio Nottingham where he did this and that.
And it's a 2 show day-but not in the usual way. As you might have heard a few times, it's my turn on the Arts Show tonight. It becomes a writers masterclass with Anthony Horowitz, Kate Mosse and Patrick Ness on the art of writing. All arranged for my benefit obviously. Sam Sweeney of Bellowhead has a pretty extraordinary story and show about his violin. And we have a chat about the Netflix revolution that may well be making your DVD collection a waste of space. What else is there to do on a Friday night?
Rightiho. Onward to Drivetime.
