RTV1

Saturday

1.00
L'Amour Perdu
The Rutland Light Orchestra under the baton of Norman Thrush waft us into the realms of the light fantastic. The One Thousand and One Strings of Ande Roberts (only four of which he's using this afternoon) have ever been more in tune. Even accidentally.

Strings. . . . . . . . .ANDY ROBERTS
Bass. . . . . . . . . . DAVE RICHARDS
Drums. . . . . . . . . ROGERWALLOW
Piano. . . . . . . . . . .NOBBY INNES

ANDY ROBERTS appears by kind permission of Yehundi Menuhin.

2.00
Gibberish
Introduced by Keith Glibb
Keith Glibb asks the question "Rubber macfisheries underwear plug rapid emulsion sick custard without duff geriatric club?"
Arthur Muddy is in the chair.
Saul Pew is in the office with a headache.

Pianist. . . . . . . . . . NOBBY INNES

3.00
Wash With Mother
"Front loader - let me turn you on."
The laundry problems of a bed-sit comedy boy.

Bass. . . . . . . . . . .DAVE RICHARDS
Guitar. . . . . . . . . .ANDY ROBERTS
Drums. . . . . . . .ROGER SWALLOW
Keybords. . . . . . . . . . . . .NOBBY

4.00 Repeat
Say Sorry Again
An everyday story of Dodos.
Ronnie Dodo is in danger of becoming extinct. Rita Dodo suggests a get-together. Will they be in time?

Solo guitar. . . . . .ROGER RETTIG
Guitar. . . . . . . . .ANDY ROBERTS
Keybords. . . . . . . . . . . . .NOBBY
Bass. . . . . . . . . .DAVE RICHARDS
Drums. . . . . .. .ROGER SWALLOW

5.00
The Rutles in
"Rutles For Sale"
The fab four Rutland lads, Dirk, Kevin, Stig and Nasty, who created "The Rutland Sound", get together again for tax purposes to sing "I must be in love (is all you need, apart from the money which can't buy everything.)"

(Other Hits include: "Can't buy me Rut", "My Sweet Rut", and "A Ticket to Rut".)

Guitars. . . . . . . . . ROGER RETTIG
and BILLY BREMNER
Bass. . . . . . . . . .BRIAN HODGSON
Piano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NOBBY
Drums. . . . . . . .. . .JOHN HALSEY

Director DICK RUTLAND

6.00 Movie
Twenty-four Hours in Tunbridge Wells
Another in the series of Classically Bad American Films.
Three American sailors have twenty-four hours liberty in one of the most exciting towns in Kent.

Frank Sinatra and
Piano. . . . . . . . . . . . . NEIL INNES
Gene Kelly. . . . . . . . . .ERIC IDLE
The other one. . .DAVID BATTLEY
Guitars. . . . . . . . ROGER RETTIG
and BILLY BREMNER
Bass. . . . . . . . . .BRIAN HODGSON
Drums. . . . . . . . . .JOHN HALSEY

DAVID BATTLEY is currently appearing

7.00 Repeat
The Fabulous Bingo Brothers
Starring The Bingo Brothers
and introducing
The Bingo Brothers as
"The Bingo Brothers".
Anothe chance to miss the legendary duo as they whistle and sing their way through the biggie "Once We Had A Donkey"

Orville Bingo. . . . ZOOT MONEY
Wilbur Bingo. . . .JOHN HALSEY
Pianist. . . . . . . .NOBBY BINGO
Whistles.THE BOYS OF H.M.S. HERPES

The Bingo Brothers : the last word in entertainment.

8.00
In Concrete
This week:Concrete Jungle Boy
Middle to wrong side of the road music.
"A Sound to please the seventies. (But nobody younger)"The Lancet

Guitars. . . . . . . . . ROGER RETTIG
and BILLY BREMNER
Bass. . . . . . . . .BRIAN HODGSON
Piano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NOBBY
Drums. . . . . . . .. . .JOHN HALSEY

9.00
The Children of
Rock and Roll
Ron Lennon, song-writer, prophet, baby-sitter ; with his own particular brand of cigarette.

Guitar. . . . . . . . .ANDY ROBERTS
Keybords. . . . . . . .NOBBY INNES
Bass. . . . . . . . . .DAVE RICHARDS
Drums. . . . . . . .ROGER SWALLOW

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10.00
Startime
Starring Stoop Solo
The toast of kings, the delight of queens. . .The incomparable torso and tonsils of Showbusiness' "Mr.
Showbiz".

Vocal Backing. . . THREE'S A CROWD
Bass. . . . . . . . . .DAVE RICHARDS
Guitar. . . . . . . . . ANDY ROBERTS
Drums. . . . . . . . . ROGER SWALLOW
Piano. . . . . . . . . . . . . NOBBY

11.00
The Song O'
The Insurance Men
"The long day's Insurance is done
and they gather in the Reigate
woods to sing stirring tales of
Double Indemnity and Personal
Accident Liability Claims."

Mr. Smithers of
Abbey Life. . . . . . . .NOBBY IDLE
Rita of Abbey Road. . .ROGER RETTIG
A. P. Wilkinson of
Mutual Admiration. . . .NOBBY INNES
The Man from the
Prudential. . . . . . NOBBY HODGSON
The Man from the
Off Licence. . . . . . NOBBY HALSEY
Scottish Widows. . . .NOBBY BREMNER

12.00 approx.
Closedown

with Nicholas Parsons

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Sunday

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1.00
Testing

The best ofthe Test Card Repeat

Guitars and vocals.....ROGER RETTIG
and BILLY BREMNER
Bass and vocals......BRIAN HODGSON
Vocals and vocals......NOBBY INNES
Just drums and
no vocals..................JOHN HALSEY

2.00
I Give Myself To You

The Alberto Vasectomy Five,
under their leader Alberto
Vasectomy Jnr, give themselves
to us.

Alberto Vasectomy Five.......ROGER
RETTIG, BILLY BREMNER
JOBN HALSEY, BRIAN HODGSON

Alberto Vasectomy Jnr. NEIL INNES
Alberto Vasectomy Snr...DECEASED

3.00
Communist Cooking

Catering for the party
Lenin introduces somo more Red
Hot Dishes, including Marx Pud-
ding, Engels-on-toast, and Trotsky-
in-the-basket.

Joe Stalin shows you how to deal
with leftie-overs.
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
(Lenin)..........................ERIC IDLE
Karl Marx and
Keyboard.................NEIL INNES
Joe Stalin................ROGER RETTIG
Molotov cocktails and
Drums.................ROGER SWALLOW
Czarist Bass
Guitarist...............DAVE RICHARDS
Director RON SOLZHENITSYN

4.00
Johnny Cash Live at
Mrs Fletchers

The great Country and West End
singer entertains the inmates at
one of Britain's toughest private
suburban prisons : Mrs. Fletcher's.
Johnny Cash................NEIL INNES
Guitar....................ANDY ROBERTS
Bass......................DAVE RICHARDS
Drums...............ROGER SWALLOW

5.00
The Old Gay Whistle
Test

Turn up. Tune Up. Switch off.
Protest Song
Ray Onassis has suffered for his
music, and now it's your turn.
Ray Onassis,
Guitar and harmonica...NEIL INNES
Bob Harris......................OFF SICK

Written and Produced by NEIL INNES and
ERIC IDLE
Engineered by "OLD" TOM NEWMAN and
ANDERE JACQUEMAIN
Artworked by TONY COHEN
Photographed by JOHN KELLY and DEREK
BURTON
Flogged by HANCOCK and CODD
Special yhanks to Ian Keill and "Enid"
(Magic on a shoe string) and Fatso:Roger

6.00
Accountancy Shanty

"The long day's accounts are done.
and they gather in the Pinner
Woods to sing stirring and bitchy
tales of V.A.T."
Chorus of Accountants.......MESSRS
RETTIG, BREMNER, INNES, IDLE,
HALSEY and HODGSON

7.00
Football

Highlights of one of yesterday's
exiting third round F.A. Cup
battles. Direct from the terraces
Including Foul of the Month
Competition, in which viewers are
invited to select the finest foul in
League football.
Theme Song by The Bootin Boys
Choir : NOBBIES IDLE, INNES, RETTIG
AND BREMNER

8.00
Boring

A look at television today.

Guitar....................ANDY ROBERTS
Piano.............................NOBBY
Bass....................DAVE RICHARDS
Drums.................ROGER SWALLOW

9.00 Repeat
Goodafternoon
Goodafternoon from the Good-
evening, Wrexham, where your
host is as usual. As you can
Imagine.

Your host......................ERIC IDLE

L'Amour Perdu Cha Cha Cha by
THE ALBERTO VASECTOMY FIVE

10.00
Disco

The Hard To Get
Tonight Disco introduces the new
dance sensation that is sweeping
the special clinics.
Just shrug your shoulders and turn
your back.

Piano and Vox.............NEIL INNES
Guitars....................ROGER RETTIG
and BILLY BREMNER

Bass.....................BRIAN HODGSON
Drums......................JOHN HALSEY

11.00
Closedown

The long day's broadcasting is
done, and so is the budget. The
Song O' The Continuity Announ-
cers brings to an end civilisation as
we know it today...
The Two Nobbies

Rettig, John Halsey, Braian Hodgson and
Billy Bremner (no it's not a joke, it's his
real name. And so is Idle, although the
Eric bit is made up. Neil Innes' real name
is Neil Innes, although his friends call
him Nobby.) (Actually it's not true about
the Nobbt, but we're trying to start a
craze.) (Pathetic isn't it.)
Warning here is to be no mention of
George Harrison on this record.

CD issue
MSI@MSI 10079 Japan only


Front cover with Obi

1. L'Amour Perdu
2. Gibberish
3. Front Leader
4. Say Sorry Again
5. I Must Be ln Love
6. 24 Hours in -Tunbridge Wells
7. The Fabulous Bingo Brothers
8. Concrcte Jungle Boy
9. The Children of Rock and Roll
10.Stoop Solo
12.The Song O' The Insurance Men
13.Testing
14.l Give Myself To You
15.Communist Cooking
16.Johnny Cash
17.Protest Song
18.Accountancy Shanty
19.Football
20.Boring
22.L'Amour Perdue Cha Cha Cha
23.The Hard To Get
24.The Song O' The Continuity 25.Announcers

26.I Must Be ln Love(Clear Mix)
27.Protest Song(Mosaicless Mix)


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