Tuesday’s Drivetime brought a lovely slice of nostalgia when Andrew Agnew, better known to generations of children as PC Plum, joined Mark Goodier to mark Balamory’s return on iPlayer. Agnew told Mark and travel presenter Kirsten O’Brien that the show’s famous theme tune has “followed me around” for 25 years, and shared a story about meeting a real officer on a recent shoot. “Because of you, I am a policeman,” the man told him, Agnew said, visibly touched by the memory.
Listen: PC Plum on becoming a childhood icon
The Radio 2 Pub Quiz produced one of the warmest moments of the show when Kathy from Virginia Water won with a near-perfect score of five out of five, correctly guessing a kangaroo was the animal on the classic orange space hopper. Before saying goodbye, Kathy asked Mark if she could send a message to her parents, Jack and Rene, on their diamond wedding anniversary this week, and he happily obliged, sending them “lots of love” live on air.
Listen: Kathy’s diamond anniversary shoutout
Mark also ran through a George Michael streaming countdown to mark the anniversary of his Faith album, revealing that Careless Whisper tops the chart with 1.74 billion streams, ahead of Faith and Freedom 90. Earlier in the show, listeners shared their best and worst commuting gripes, from nail-clippers on trains to a dog sitting on a table, with one listener recalling finding a stray nail clipping in her hair after a bus journey.
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