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The news in London Tonight is that May 31st is London History Day! #TheVoice of London and a classic TV theme to mark the occasion #Fanfare 🎺 #TheBestShows #LWT @trishvoice.bsky.social

“Oh Clifford dear, you shouldn’t have…!” #Congratulations to Lady Katie Boyle #MyMy 100 today! The Queen of presenters, famous for wearing no underwear while presenting the #Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 - she did it four times don’t you know. #VivaLaDiva #Abba Happy Birthday 29/5/26 - 20/5/18 🥂

#singalonga to the new single from The Fizz - ‘A Crazy Shot In The Dark!’ Raising a glass of Bucks Fizz for 45 years. Mike Stock has captured the original sound of #BucksFizz for the new era Nikk Magger + Matthew Pateman join Cheryl Baker + Jay Aston #Eurovision #12points 🇬🇧

Remembering the #Eurovision Song Contest 1993. In the words of Fionnuala Sweeney, “the biggest and best party, many will be unable to remember!’ #Millstreet #Ireland 🇮🇪 Better The Devil You Know #Sonia vs #Niamh Kavanagh In Your Eyes #12points. 33 years on today…!

Dame Hannah Waddingham + Graham Norton consummate professionals, taking rehearsal seriously in Liverpool 2023 #BBC #Eurovision Behind the Scenes 🇬🇧 Can we have your votes please for Graham’s dancing? #12points 🕺 #Action 🎬

Lights, Camera, Action! Cue Marco Mengoni #Eurovision Behind the Scenes 🇮🇹

#Eurovision Behind the Scenes - #12points to the production team.

Having a Ball, or taking the Michael?! Always, One Step Out Of Time #Eurovision Song Contest 1992 🇬🇧 #singalonga

A walk I’ve done many times in the rain, sleet, sun + snow, in the footsteps of #Eurovision Song Contest 1998 opening sequence. This is the BBC… 👟 #VivaLaDiva #BirmINgham #ALongTimeAgoWasIt 9/5/98 - Europe Day!

#RunTheROLLER 🎥 RUN the ROLLER! 49 years ago, on May 7th 1977 no one dared to cock up the *ūčķīņ END CAPTION! #Eurovision #Production 📺 STEWART MORRIS © BBC MCMLXXVII

‘Somewhere In Europe’ 36 years ago, Emma was Giving A Little Love Back To The World after using 2 bottles of hairspray EuroCat felt quite dizzy + Helga lost count at the 1000 million viewers she had to say ‘a very warm hello’ to. In memory of the late Toto Cutugno Insieme Unite #Eurovision again! 🎺

Letting It Swing 41 years on! #singalonga La Det Swinge / Let It Swing - Bobbysocks Eurovision Song Contest Winner 4th May 1985 Takk Rolf Løvland, Hanne Krogh + Elisabeth Andreassen #Eurovision legends! 🇳🇴

A fitting day for a #duett, to remember Jan Werner Danielsen - ‘forever in our hearts’ 10/4/76 - 28/9/06 He duetted with Elisabeth Andreassen in Dublin 30/4/94 #Eurovision 1994 A great voice lost so young 🇳🇴 eurovisiongold.com

“Stunning music! Amazing dancing! Was that or was that not the most spectacular performance you have ever seen!” exclaimed the late Gerry Ryan #Eurovision Song Contest presenter 1994. I think he liked the original too…

Happy Birthday #Riverdance 32 today! #Eurovision Song Contest Irish Dancing Interval Act 1994! Thanks to Bill Whelan, Michael Flatley, Jean Butler, Anuna Choir, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, dancers, singers + Moya Doherty #12Points Ireland 🇮🇪

Time to Shine A Light on the #Eurovision Song Contest 1997 - 29 years ago the United Kingdom won in Dublin thanks to Katrina Leskanich + Kimberley Rew. A #wave of euphoria spread the UK #12points to the RTÉ Concert Orchestra 🎺 #singalonga 🇬🇧 #ShineALightOn97

Is it time to Face The Music and accept combover hour is over? #FaceTheMusic Time for Coops to finger his keyboard one final time as the beige fades to black.

#FaceTheMusic well + truly #snookered tonight. BBC will Face The Music when the viewer sends a strongly worded letter of complaint to Points Of View in elegant cursive handwriting on #beige writing paper. In the meantime, what’s this one on Coops keyboard - it’s in F minor…? Answers on a postcard!

What a week, personally, globally + intergalactically. #Strictly speaking I can’t sing or dance but there is a song for every occasion #singalonga to Verde by Ruth Jacott #Eurovision 🇳🇱 “Sending spaceships on a journey to the moon…’ #Artemis #Peace 🕊️

Raising a toast from the easy chair adjacent to the pot plant on the coffee table - in true #Eurovision preview style cheers cheers 🥂 Happy 86th Birthday to Dame Gloria Hunniford - “Glor-i-a HunniFORD 🎶” 📻 📺 🥳

Happy Birthday to Hera Björk! To celebrate #Eurovision diva’s special day Je Ne Sais Quoi to say other than Til hamingju með afmælið! #armography 😂 #fingerpointing 🤣 #singalonga 🤪 Hit the high notes 🎶 #BecauseYouCan Music thanks to @jonasgladnikoff.bsky.social + friends 🇮🇸

BBC Balloons flew away today 04/01/97 - 28/03/02. Flying over iconic landmarks throughout the UK they introduced BBC1 TV programmes. As the whole world focused its attention on #BirmINgham in May 1998 the balloon took flight over Pebble Mill to celebrate hosting #Eurovision + #G8 on Midlands Today.

Enjoy the journey! #LiveochDirekt

Happy Birthday ‘5 live’ - news + sport from the BBC. At 5am on 28/3/94 Jane Garvey welcomed listeners after the epic Radio Five Live ‘to the top of the hour’ Fanfare by Alan Coates + Kim Goody - making me feel ‘Sentimental Again’ #Eurovision Join me on cue to say, “On 909 + 693….” #5Live 📻

‘Symphony For You’ by Jacqui Scott was written by Johnny Goodison + Keith Mansfield. Keith is famous for writing the classic TV theme tunes to #BBC Grandstand and Wimbledon. A Song for Europe 1980 #SFE80 #80s

‘Love Is Alive’ by Duke & The Aces, text + musik: Mr Paul Curtis, complete with a key change, big ending + fab dance routine featuring Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli. Song For Europe 1980 #SFE80 #80s #Eurovision 🇬🇧

Over the Moone to celebrate The Main Event - Happy Birthday to A Song For Europe 1980, BBC Doctors, Ring Ring the first album from #Abba + someone who was once ooh ahh just a little bit younger! #singalonga Love Enough For Two - Prima Donna #Eurovision 🇬🇧 #WhatsAnotherYear🥇