Right then lets get to it. Early chat needed with top director Paul Thomas Anderson whose Phantom Thread movie has six Oscar nominations. This is the film that its male star Daniel Day Lewis says is his last before retirement. If that is the case, he’ll be bowing out at the height of his powers; his 1950s dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock is quite something.
Then its dash number 1 to New Broadcasting House followed by dash number 2 to Radio 2’s well appointed All Request Friday studio where 1971 has been selected as our opening year of requirement. Glam-tastic! Here comes the new money, shiny and decimalised, and farewell to shillings, florins and three penny bits. The Daily Mail went tabloid, the Daily Sketch disappeared altogether but all was well because The Old Grey Whistle Test debuted on the TV. Hooray for hungry Bob! At the movies its Fiddler On The Roof, A Clockwork Orange and The French Connection. And your transistor radio was rocking! But which flared and sequined stars do you fancy to open your ARF?
Have a great weekend!
