Box 39

I burned a stick of sage live on air, and replaced the usual mix of Britpop, indie, and dance with 15 uninterrupted minutes of whale sounds remixed by DJ Spoony.

But it turned out that people don’t want chakras with their cereal. They want Elastica, banter about what was the best Pot Noodle, surprise calls from Timmy Mallett pretending to be Tony Blair. and Mr. Blobby and The Chemical Brothers doing the weather.

Was Shakespeare actually Edward de Vere from Wivenhoe?

with Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen and Mike Harwood

Ade’s lucid dream takes him all around the world in the hope of meeting Helen Mirren for a chat in Africa. And here it is.

With Jenny Miller

to cycle to Ho Chi Minh City from Colchester, go down the Lexden Road to the A12, and once past Witham it’s pretty straightforward really…

From the heights of Carry On Cleo in 1966, to the depths of On The Buses in 1971. Was it the lowest point of TV comedy, as the UK faced unprecedented decline and chaos?

“there was a massive glumness across Britian caused by the discovery of austerity, and having to wear cardboard suits and stockings made of gravy”

But that’s all changed now. Older Age is the new Younger age…

with Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen and Kate Lawrance

In politics, sport, war and business, flawed choices have changed our world.

Box 39 puts on its lucky pants, and investigates.

It’s the worlds biggest car park, and made the Rave scene available to anyone with a Ford Cortina and a pocketful of E’s…

Turn left at Wivenhoe Station, then go about 12000 km south-east and you can’t miss it. Lovely place. Wonderful toilets and so clean.

Thank you Barry.

It was the bacon roll that saved me. That, and Steve’s bread pudding.