The Parish Counsel

Juliet and Terence on: the weirdness of the album charts; sending emails during Hamlet; BBC auction; renaissance of Simple Minds; Gallagher and Squire.

{Octopus's Garden}

Look out! It's a Parish Counsel special. Terence Dackombe, solo, with ten gorgeous tracks. Forty two minutes and two seconds of pure joy. 

{Newlands Corner}

Juliet and Terence with: a Christmas quiz; the 1993 Christmas singles chart; how to write a Yuletide hit; December memories - Strummer, Lennon, Kirsty MacColl; and Boy George in panto.

{he's behind you!}

Juliet and Terence on: the Spinal Tap sequel; buskers controversy; one-sided documentaries; and farewell to Benjamin Zephaniah, Jean Knight, Brigit Forsyth, and Denny Laine,

{Invasion Of The Pan Pipes}

Juliet and Terence on: when Louis Theroux met Pete Doherty; Top Gear goes into reverse; Lauryn Hill's casual approach to timekeeping; Hall vs Oates; and farewell to Annabel Giles, and Shane MacGowan.

{Lynn Barber}

Juliet and Terence on: rinsing yet more from The Beatles; the art of mixtapes; Tom Kerridge's Christmas; Nicky Haslam vs Martin Lewis; Cliff at Hammersmith; Stereolab in Hastings; and Show Of Hands at Bexhill.

{Stairway To Devon}

Juliet and Terence with a Beatles special: Now And Then; new TV documentary about the murder of John Lennon; Red and Blue albums remixed and extended; Philip Norman's new book on George Harrison; and Danny Baker's tweet about solo Beatles.

{philandering}

Juliet and Terence on: the fate of Milli Vanilli; Richard Curtis regrets; Slade as working class heroes; and farewell to Bobby Charlton, Bill Kenwright, and Matthew Perry.

{Frederick Algernon Trotteville}

Juliet and Terence on: Frasier, and Boiling Point rebooted; The Pretenders can't make any money touring but Metallica make billions; Holly Willoughby's troubles, and the sadness of Michael Aspel.

{Waitrose in Weybridge}

Juliet and Terence on: the appeal of the Beckhams; No! Do play the hits!; can music change people's minds?; and Nicholas Witchell peeping through the windows at Buckingham Palace.

{Diego Simeone}