please empty your brain below
It took us a while after we had finished the prize crossword to find the theme - and we only did so because the rubric said there was one. The theme was in the clues, not the answers.

Nigel | 24.04.23 - 7:06 a.m. | #

Ah so it is.
All the tracks and the title.
That's clever.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 24.04.23 - 7:11 a.m. | #

I WANT A TRIO AND I WANT ONE NOW

Ips | 24.04.23 - 8:17 a.m. | #

Love Trios. And conchiglie. Not usually together.

Matt | 24.04.23 - 8:41 a.m. | #

How strange that the gloriously old-fashioned title cards to Betjeman’s 1977 film have been replaced on iPlayer by something so artless

Rich G | Homepage | 24.04.23 - 9:02 a.m. | #

I am one (of many) whose phone did not register an alert. The Government must only want to protect those who invest regularly in new hardware; it seems I (Samsung/Android/2016) am dispensable.

Frank F | 24.04.23 - 9:23 a.m. | #

TRIO! TRIIIIIIIOO!

Adam | 24.04.23 - 9:38 a.m. | #

I'd never heard of Soapsud Island, so I googled it, and it sounds interesting. So I for one would not be bored by a blog about it! :-)

Simon | 24.04.23 - 9:53 a.m. | #

I seem to remember the Trio TV ad had John Peel saying 'No three things are quite as good together as a'

Jonathan Wadman | 24.04.23 - 10:01 a.m. | #

The aerial documentary was balls-achingly boring. Which is a pity as its visual content was potentially interesting.

We've all been caught short. An empty can, or milk-bottle is indeed often a good solution.

I loved Trios too.

If you have chicken-pox at (y)our age, you should be at home resting.

David B | 24.04.23 - 10:02 a.m. | #

I found the aerial documentary ('The Queen's Realm') interesting. I also enjoyed trying to work out who the voices from nearly 50 years ago were before the credits came at the end.

Alan S | 24.04.23 - 10:35 a.m. | #

The coexistence of buggies and wheelchairs on buses really does hinge on the size of the wheelchair bay. The buses which run the 25 and those that run the 214 for example have the biggest I've seen in London and should really be standard where possible.

matthieu1221 | 24.04.23 - 11:34 a.m. | #

Impressive Trio ad knowledge above.

miker | 24.04.23 - 12:11 p.m. | #

Which Stephen King anthology? I feel like Nightmares and Dreamscapes, with the Crouch End short story, might appeal.

Jamesthegill | 24.04.23 - 12:25 p.m. | #

I downloaded the John Betjeman thing to watch later.

Is the 'Alice' and 'Brian' spreadsheet thing an 'Archers' reference?

Victor Vectis | 24.04.23 - 2:46 p.m. | #

Not sure why but all the talk of the Trio advert made me also think of the equally iconic Um Bongo advert of the same era.

cjw714 | 24.04.23 - 2:56 p.m. | #

Umm... sorry, but what was so special about a Trio?

TW | 24.04.23 - 7:47 p.m. | #

Trio combined the best of a Twix and a Caramac
. It was a bit like Millionaire’s Shortbread in a chocolate bar.

David B | 26.04.23 - 8:03 a.m. | #











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