Celebrity Moneybags: Channel 4: Monday 15th August: 5pm Celebrity Moneybags: Channel 4: Tuesday 16th August: 5pm Celebrity Moneybags: Channel 4: Wednesday 17th August: 5pm Celebrity Moneybags: Channel 4: Thursday 18th August: 5pm Celebrity Moneybags: Channel 4: Friday 19th August: 5pm Series 2, Episodes 1-5. Craig Charles hosts the first in a week of celebrity editions of the high-stakes quiz that puts mental speed to the test, with prizes on offer worth £1,000 to £100,000. The celebrities who are hoping that they’ll be randomly selected are actor Catherine Tyldesley, Olympic athlete Greg Rutherford, Steps star Claire Richards, comedian and actor Nina Wadia, Celebs Go Dating’s Tom Read Wilson, actor Kate Robbins, comedian Dane Baptiste, Atomic Kitten singer Natasha Hamilton, original punk wild child Toyah Willcox and fitness legend Mr Motivator.
Give Them Wings review – down but not out in Darlington
Daniel Watson and Toyah Willcox shine as a disabled man and his doughty mam
Give Them Wings is the biopic of Paul Hodgson, who seven months after he was born in 1965 was diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis. If that wasn’t bad enough, he survived his precarious childhood to become a devout fan of Durham’s hapless Darlington FC – it’s criminal that this low-budget British indie wasn’t titled Give Them Wingers.
An ex-civil servant and now a screenwriter and producer, Hodgson has spent his life confined to a wheelchair and hampered by a speech impediment. Directed by onetime Bond heavy Sean Cronin (who cast himself as a football thug), the film version of Hodgson’s 2021 memoir isn’t a world-beater, but it is a crowd-pleasing underdog with guts, grit and an admirable streak of unsentimental humour.
Set in the late 1980s, Hodgson’s story of striving unfolds in the drab Northern terrain familiar from early ‘60s realist films, the so-called British New Wave.
A very rare performance of I Want To Be Free for last week’s Toyah Tuesday/Anthem Deluxe countdown. NB. Go here for a preview of the upcoming Toyah Tuesday premiere.
Toyah’s Sack The Stylist?! Top 30: NOW 80s: Monday 8th August: 9pm
Pop legend Toyah brings 30 memorable videos featuring a cavalcade of clothing calamities from superstars including Visage, Five Star, Divine, Cher, The Jam, Bananarama, Dead Or Alive, Bucks Fizz, ABC, Depeche Mode, David Bowie, Madonna, Adam & The Ants, A Flock Of Seagulls, Roxy Music, Kajagoogoo, Duran Duran, Grace Jones, Su Pollard, Toyah herself and more in this crazy countdown! See the full Toyah’s Sack The Stylist?! Top 30playlist here.
It’s Tuesday, and that means Official Toyah continue the countdown to the Remastered and Expanded editions of Toyah’s Gold-selling album Anthem – released by @Cherry Red Records on 9 September. Pre-order Gold coloured Vinyl, 2CD+DVD or Super Deluxe Box Set now at Cherry Red.
Next up, it’s a very rare performance of the iconic I Want To Be Free. So rare in fact you may never have seen Toyah in this particular outfit.
• Toyah At Home: Reaction to We Are – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Objects Of Desire – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Are You Gonna Go My Way? – Watch…
• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Take On Lenny Kravit’s Are You Gonna Go My Way: Serving flying tortilla shells and killer guitar for lunch – Continue…
• NME: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Lenny Kravitz’s ‘Are You Gonna Go My Way’: Another Sunday Lunch is served – Continue…
• Classic Rock/Louder: Meet Robert Fripp and Toyah and their magic disappearing pancakes: Oh no! Robert Fripp has a tortilla on his head! – Continue…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert cover Lenny Kravit’s “Are You Gonna Go My Way” – Continue…
• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Lenny Kravitz’s “Are You Gonna Go My Way?” – Continue…
• Melody Maker Magazine: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Lenny Kravitz’s “Are You Gonna Go My Way?” – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Perform Lenny Kravitz Classic “Are You Gonna Go My Way” – Continue…
Season 1, Episode 15: This week we’re joined by teenage rebel, Toyah Willcox. The ever-regenerating actress and musician has topped YouTube charts for her Sunday Lunch series with husband Robert, and Kaye & Karen talk to Toyah about her upbringing, finding humour in everything she does, and much more.
You can join Kaye and Karen at the Edinburgh Fringe on 23rd & 24th August at the Gilded Balloon, with lots of special guests. Get your tickets here.
• Listen to Toyah’s interview, on How To be 60 – With Kaye Adams podcast, here.
As well as Warboys – Live at Paris Theatre being made available today, there’s also a concert video premiere of War Boys – Live in Germany at Toyah’s You Tube channel. Click below to watch.
Toyah heading for Ipswich with Let’s Rock at Trinity Park
A host of 80s stars will turn the clock back 40 years when a major music event comes to Trinity Park near Ipswich in September to round off the Festival of Suffolk.
Among the bill-toppers at “Let’s Rock – Ipswich” will be UK entertainment icon Toyah who is paying a return visit to an area she has played several times during her career.
She will share the stage with Adam Ant, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, ABC, and Ipswich’s own Nik Kershaw among other massive names from a great era in music.
Toyah spoke to us about her visit – and the importance of 80s music. She said: “It really is great, we all get along together very well and there is a real energy about that era that means we all have a great time.
“When I’m touring myself and doing a full set I do a lot of my new material – but with this I have about 20 minutes and I concentrate on the 80s stuff, that’s what people have come to hear.”
• Continue reading at the Ipswich Star. See further info on Let’s Rock Ipswich 2022 and ticket link at toyahwillcox.com.
Toyah Willcox on sex In later life, hysterectomies and checking your body
Season 1, Episode. 3: Singer, actor and YouTube sensation Toyah Willcox doesn’t just want to keep living, she wants to feel as full of life as she can for as long as possible.
In this episode, Toyah speaks openly about keeping intimacy alive in later life, and how communication and understanding can help women flourish when it comes to sex, relationships and living life to its full potential.
• Listen to Toyah’s interview, on the Women’s Health – Breaking The Taboos podcast, here.
The next preview of the remastered edition of Anthem drops this coming Friday. War Boys – Live at Paris Theatre is out to stream/download on Friday 29th July. Pre-save the track now by clicking on the stunning digital artwork below.
This track was performed live during an in concert session for the BBC at their London Paris Theatre on 1st April 1981. It’s never previously been released on any commercial release or Toyah release. Newly remastered from the BBC mastertapes, it appears with five other tracks from the same concert on the 2CD+DVD edition which is also part of the Super Deluxe Box Set.
• Pre-order Anthem LP, 2CD+DVD or Super Deluxe Box Set at Cherry Red.
Official Toyah continue the countdown to the Remastered and Expanded editions of Toyah’s Gold-selling album Anthem – released by Cherry Red Records on 9th September.
• Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Let Loose In Spicy Cover Of AC/DC’s Back In Black – Continue…
• NME: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover AC/DC’s ‘Back In Black’: The pair take on AC/DC’s 1980 classic for the latest instalment in their Sunday Lunch series – Continue…
• Classic Rock/Louder: School uniforms! Iced water! Chaos! What happened when Robert Fripp and Toyah played AC/DC: Prog king Robert Fripp and post-post princess Toyah Willcox grapple with AC/DC’s Back In Black and emerge colder but victorious – Continue…
• Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah & Robert cover AC/DC’s “Back In Black” – Continue…
• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover AC/DC’s “Back In Black” – Continue…
• Consequence: Toyah Pours Ice Down Robert Fripp’s Shirt as the Pair Perform AC/DC’s “Back in Black”: The married couple wore their best school uniforms to cover the iconic rock song – Continue…
• Ultimate Guitar: Robert Fripp and Toyah Cover AC/DC’s ‘Back in Black’: A chaotic performance with school uniforms and icy baths – Continue…
• Far Out: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp perform ‘Back In Black’ cover – Continue…
Celebrity Catchphrase: ITV2: Monday 1st August: 6pm Celebrity Catchphrase: ITV2: Saturday 6th August: 2.15pm
Stephen Mulhern hosts a celebrity special of the classic game show, with Nicola Coughlan, Stephen Mangan and Toyah Willcox all trying to say what they see as they guess well-known phrases for the chance to win a £50,000 jackpot for their chosen charity.
A reminder the Second City Firsts episode “Glitter” airs tonight on BBC Four. Starring Toyah in the lead and in her first professional screen role. It is being repeated, for the first time since originally airing in November 1976, alongside two other Second City Firsts‘ episodes.
Second City Firsts: BBC Four: Wednesday 20th July: 10.35pm Glitter. Series 1, episode 2. Drama from 1976 about Sue, a teenage singer whose dream is to perform on Top of the Pops. Toyah Willcox stars in her first professional role, with Phil Daniels and Noel Edmonds. Director: Tony Bicat. Also features: Doremy Vernon and Bilbo Baggins.
It’s Tuesday, and that means Official Toyah continues the countdown to the Remastered and Expanded editions of Toyah’s Gold-selling album Anthem – released by Cherry Red Records on 9th September.
Next up, it’s a preview of the BBC Something Else performance of Thunder In The Mountains. Recorded in Aberdeen, the performance is completely live and features Toyah on vocals alongside Joel Bogen on guitar, Adrian Lee on keyboards, Phil Spalding on bass and Nigel Glockler on drums. The full song features on the DVD inside the 2CD+DVD and Super Deluxe Edition.
• NME: Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Slipknot’s ‘Psychosocial’: Fripp wears a homemade Corey Taylor-inspired mask, while Willcox plays the electric whisk – Continue…
• American Songwriter: Watch Robert Fripp and Wife Toyah Wilcox Perform Revealing Rendition of Slipknot’s “Psychosocial” – Continue…
• Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Slipknot’s “Psychosocial” – Continue…
• Consequence: Robert Fripp (in Mask) and Toyah (in Barely Anything) Perform Slipknot’s “Psychosocial”: But what does Corey Taylor think? – Continue…
• Metal Addicts: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox Cover Slipknot’s ‘Psychosocial’ – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Perform Slipknot Hit Psychosocial – Continue…
• Ultimate Guitar: Robert Fripp and Toyah Cover Slipknot’s ‘Psychosocial,’ Here’s How That Turned Out: Another Sunday and another occasion for divisive opinions on these covers – Continue…
• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend (aka The Weekend With T&R!) – Continue…
