THE GREAT MULLARD MAGIC BLOG

We tend to think of 'radio and technology bloopers' as a fairly recent trend on TV, witness the DAC90A in recent episodes of Foyle's War and the time machine advert run by Hovis a couple of years ago, however, similar things also happened some 40 odd years ago as I recall one chortle-worthy instance in an Avengers episode where a chap made up to look like a Chinese mandarin was busy playing a chess game by radio and transmitting his next fiendish move using a BC221 wavemeter, not that it bothered Tara King though....... Sticking with The Avengers theme,  I thought you may...

Well, an iconic airborne station forms the subject of today's blog.  Here we have a still, captured form the 1951 film, The Clouded Yellow, featuring Trevor Howard & Mrs. Granger, sorry, Jean Simmons.   As fugitives from justice hurrying though the Lake District, the police brought in a radio lorry, fitted out with an R1155/T1154 station, courtesy of RAF Mountain Rescue to co-ordinate capture.  In our first picture you can see Kenneth More ( Douglas Bader himself!) as the arresting Detective.  The Clouded Yellow was based on an original script by Janet Green. It was developed by Sydney Box but he had...

  Dear valued Worldwide and European customers, This morning brings the news that the UK people have voted to exit the EU and many of you may be wondering what impact this momentous decision may have  on the trade between yourselves and us? Putting the political issues aside, a timeline of 2 years is now set for the UK government to negotiate terms of the exit from the EU under Article 50, accordingly,  in the immediate future, nothing will change.  There will continue to be a free movement of goods to and from the EU and import duties will not...

Jon Pertwee was such an interesting chap that most of us know as the Third Doctor Who and indeed, for those of a certain age, myself included, he is considered the best of the Doctors with the exception of Bill Hartnell.   But before the fame that came from running round with Jo Grant and then Sarah-Jane, he had a very interesting life indeed. Did you know that he had been a crew member aboard HMS Hood  but was transferred off the ship for officer training shortly before her fateful voyage when she was sunk by a direct hit from the German...

My young nephew Mikey was remarking that some of the 1930s dance music I play is boring as well as a waste of the talents of a hammertone grease bearing Garrard 301, ah, the innocence of youth.  I really must play him some George Formby as I think he may like Mr Woo's an Air Raid Warden but this isn't strictly 1930's dance is it.  Unlike this wonderful number I was listening to last night, a firm favourite of mine: -  For those of you who don't know it, She Had to Go and Lose It at the Astor is a 1940 comic song by...