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Watko's Steve Wright In The Afternoon Tape - May 1990

·1 hr 14 min·5 clips
A listener wins a trip to Florida for naming the actor who married Madonna in the mid-80s.
The episode opens with a contest where a listener wins a trip to Florida by correctly answering a question about Madonna's marriage to Sean Penn. Steve Wright then leads a discussion on housework, with team members sharing their least favorite chores, such as cleaning bath rings or ironing. A news segment follows, reporting on an IRA bomb at the Institute of Army Education in Eltham, injuries to civilians, and political responses from MPs like Peter Bottomley. It also covers John Demjanjuk's appeal against a death sentence for war crimes at Treblinka, Princess Anne's speech on youth offenders, and Douglas Hurd's support for Gorbachev. Musical interludes include songs like 'The Guitar Man' and a karaoke performance by Andy Peebles, who sings a falsetto version of a Four Tops hit. The show features recurring segments like 'Mr. Spoonz,' where listeners are nominated for humorous challenges, and discussions on topics like blue hair trends among older women compared to punk styles. Weather forecaster Alan Perry predicts a hot summer based on patterns from 1957. Later, a contest offers a champagne lunch at Goodwood Races with the Radio 1 horse, Sid the Manager. The episode includes comedic sketches like Llama Man seeking a sidekick and ends with Jools Holland discussing songs and anatomy, such as the lack of a name for the back of the knee.

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A loose 1990 Radio 1 afternoon where prizes, traffic, weather, housework, and pop music all jostle for space.

A Radio 1 afternoon recording turns into a loose map of May 1990, drifting from a Sean Penn question and Laura Smith's Florida prize to A2 lane restrictions and a housework chat that somehow reaches primary colors.

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Want a May 1990 afternoon where a Florida film premiere prize, A2 delays, housework chat, and "Cool for Cats" meet?

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