The Head Ballet Podcast

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Rob Charnock on Grandstand

Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast! Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. Rob Charnock joins us to discuss the theme to Grandstand (1976) and George Harrison's Faster (1979) as well as ten other very silly records that helped to inspire this show.

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  The Mechanical Man

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  Laura Grimshaw on Neil Innes and The Bonzo Dog Band

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  Chris Shaw on Cook & Moore

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  Catrin Lowe on Sue Wilkinson

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  Darrell Maclaine on The Wombles

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  The Beatles and Dora Bryan

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  Tim Worthington on Daleks

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  Paul Putner on Johnny Japes and his Jesticles

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  Shanine Salmon on Soap Star Singles

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  Ben Baker on Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?

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  Jake Ward on The Mummy

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  Mini-Pod: Submarines, Leopards and Votes

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  Dame Agnes Guano on Charlie Drake

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  Phil Catterall on Robots

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  Denise Courcoux on The Matchroom Mob

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  James Errington on Charles Penrose