SIR JIM’LL’S main contribution to Radio 1 was The Old Record Club, a Sunday lunchtime rundown of two archive top tens, much derided by those elsewhere on the station but later ‘jazzed’ up post-Jimmy Will as Fluff-fronted Pick Of The Pops. Nonetheless, there was plenty of fun to be had trying to win points: “Now then, now then, two points if you got Combine Harvester open brackets Brand New key close brackets by The Wurzels from this week in 1976 – you had to have the brackets”. Carried on doing the show whilst running marathons (invariably occasioning awful Spencer Davis Group gags). Bear in mind he’s bought us a lot of machines.
SAVILE, Jimmy
1967 to 1987
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wot, no comments on sir jim’ll? even before the recent revelations i’d have thought he would have attracted quite a few. perhaps in the wake of s*vilegate all contributions are being excised…?