{"id":27996,"date":"2017-12-08T00:52:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T00:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toyah.net\/?p=27996"},"modified":"2017-12-08T03:03:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T03:03:33","slug":"toyah-on-the-radio-neil-tennants-smash-hits-christmas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/toyah-on-the-radio-neil-tennants-smash-hits-christmas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyah on Christmas Radio: Neil Tennant&#8217;s Smash Hits Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b01pcs5s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b01pcs5s\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10358 alignleft\" style=\"border: 6px solid white;\" alt=\"ntshc12a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ntshc12a.jpg\" width=\"215\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Airing on BBC radio for the first time since it was originally broadcast in December 2012, <em>Neil Tennant&#8217;s Smash Hits Christmas<\/em> includes an interview with Toyah\u00a0during this fascinating\u00a030 minute special, discussing \u2018Smash Hits\u2019 in the early 1980s and also the memorable and iconic \u2018Brave New World\u2019 cover issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Neil Tennant\u2019s Smash Hits Christmas:<br \/>\nBBC Radio 4 Extra:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <strong> Sat 23rd Dec: 7.30am\/5.30pm | Xmas Eve: 5.30am<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Neil Tennant had a life as a journalist before he became famous as a Pet Shop Boy. In fact, it was on a Smash Hits trip to New York that he had his big breakthrough with the record producer Bobby O.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Here, 30 years after his first stint on pop&#8217;s most successful and inventive magazine, Neil recalls the golden days of Smash Hits. We hear from founder and legendary magazine maker Nick Logan, editors David Hepworth and Mark Ellen, writers Miranda Sawyer and Sylvia Patterson, and from regular Smash Hits cover girl, Toyah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"Toyah is included in the 30 minute programme, discussing \u2018Smash Hits\u2019 in the early 1980s and also the memorable and iconic \u2018Brave New World\u2019 cover issue .\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Toyah is included in the 30 minute programme, discussing \u2018Smash Hits\u2019 in the early 1980s and also the memorable and iconic \u2018Brave New World\u2019 cover issue .\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14306\" alt=\"shits13d\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/shits13d.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/shits13d.jpg 600w, https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/shits13d-300x131.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">We also sample a rare recording from the 1982 Christmas Flexidisc (a message from the stars) and probably Neil Tennant&#8217;s first recording &#8211; the music for a trailer advertising Smash Hits stickers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Producer: Susan Marling. A Just Radio Ltd. production for BBC Radio 4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"Toyah is included in the 30 minute programme, discussing \u2018Smash Hits\u2019 in the early 1980s and also the memorable and iconic \u2018Brave New World\u2019 cover issue .\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Toyah is included in the 30 minute programme, discussing \u2018Smash Hits\u2019 in the early 1980s and also the memorable and iconic \u2018Brave New World\u2019 cover issue .\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10506\" alt=\"ntshc12f\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ntshc12f.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ntshc12f.jpg 595w, https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ntshc12f-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airing on BBC radio for the first time since it was originally broadcast in December 2012, Neil Tennant&#8217;s Smash Hits Christmas includes an interview with Toyah\u00a0during this fascinating\u00a030 minute special, discussing \u2018Smash Hits\u2019 in the early 1980s and also the memorable and iconic \u2018Brave New World\u2019 cover issue. Neil Tennant\u2019s Smash Hits Christmas: BBC Radio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[45,67,1704],"tags":[792,477],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27996"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27996"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28003,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27996\/revisions\/28003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}