{"id":42037,"date":"2024-12-22T05:15:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T05:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/?p=42037"},"modified":"2024-12-23T11:56:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T11:56:45","slug":"christmas-2024-toyah-on-festive-tv-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/christmas-2024-toyah-on-festive-tv-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas 2024: Toyah On Festive TV & Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A selection of Toyah on TV this festive season. Quadrophenia <\/i>airs tonight on BBC Two.<\/span><\/p>\n

Quadrophenia: BBC Two: <\/span><\/b><\/span>
\nSunday 22nd December: 11.45pm<\/span>
\n<\/b> The Who wrote and produced this energetic story of a young man disillusioned with his life in 1960s London. Phil Daniels excels as the alienated anti-hero Jimmy Cooper. Director: Franc Roddam. Starring: Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Toyah Willcox, Philip Davis, Mark Wingett, Sting, and Ray Winstone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Loose Ends: BBC Radio 4: Boxing Day: 9pm<\/strong><\/span>
\nToyah Willcox, Adam Riches and John Kearns, Barb Junger, 30 years of Stay Another Day<\/em>. In a glorious fusion of 1990s boy and girl band nostalgia Loose Ends will celebrate the 30 years since boyband East 17 scaled the charts with Stay Another Day \u2013 songwriter Tony Mortimer will perform the song with Edele Lynch of B*Witched for a festive Loose Ends recorded with a live audience at the BBC Radio Theatre.<\/span><\/p>\n

Clive talks to punk princess Toyah Willcox about her Xmas Party tour with King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and a blistering year that\u2019s seen her perform at Glastonbury, take part in Strictly Come Dancing and join the cast of Now That\u2019s What I Call Music, the musical.<\/span><\/p>\n

Way Back When! 1981: NOW 80s: Friday 27th December: 3pm<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/b>60 minutes of lesser heard hits from 1981. Including The Pretenders, Spandau Ballet, George Harrison, Toyah & The Pointer Sisters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Toyah’s Sack The Stylist?! Top 30: NOW 80s: Saturday 28th December: 8pm<\/strong><\/span>
\nPop 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!
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Lives Well Lived: BBC Two: Sunday 29th December: 6pm<\/strong><\/span>
\nEpisode 2<\/em>. Kirsty Wark presents the second of two programmes celebrating notable famous names who died in 2024. Kiefer Sutherland gives a personal tribute to his actor father Donald, novelist Irvine Welsh and singer Toyah Willcox pay tribute to DJ Annie Nightingale and Rob Burrow\u2019s widow Lindsey and former Olympic champion Kelly Holmes remember the former rugby league player\u2019s impact on raising awareness of motor neurone disease. There are also tributes to former deputy prime minister John Prescott and music producer Quincy Jones.<\/span><\/p>\n

Minder: ITV4: New Year’s Eve\/Hogmanay: 8.20am<\/strong><\/span>
\nAll Mod Cons. Series 2, Episode 8<\/em>. Terry tries to help his friend Kate evict some unwanted tenants, but comes to doubt her motives. Meanwhile, Arthur is desperate to get into the property market and tries to sell Terry\u2019s flat without telling him. Guest starring Toyah Willcox and Simon Cadell. Director: Ian Sharp. Also starring: George Cole, Dennis Waterman, Peter Childs, George Layton, Patrick Malahide, Michael Troughton.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tales Of The Unexpected: Sky Arts: Saturday 4th January: 8.50am<\/strong><\/span>
\nBlue Marigold. Series 5, Episode 1<\/em>. Dropped by her agency for her diva-like behaviour, supermodel Marigold\u2019s mental health deteriorates. Years later, she plots a comeback. Director: Giles Foster. Starring: Toyah Willcox, Ralph Bates, Sharon Duce, Helen Fraser, Billy Hamon, Edward Jewesbury.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A selection of Toyah on TV this festive season. Quadrophenia airs tonight on BBC Two. Quadrophenia: BBC Two: Sunday 22nd December: 11.45pm The Who wrote and produced this energetic story of a young man disillusioned with his life in 1960s London. Phil Daniels excels as the alienated anti-hero Jimmy Cooper. Director: Franc Roddam. Starring: Phil […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3187],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42037"}],"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=42037"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42058,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42037\/revisions\/42058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}