Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 29-1-2025 — Desert Island Discs.

29th January, 2025: Desert Island Discs.

Right … I think I’ve blown my diet!

At any rate, I’ve eaten a take-away pizza with my nephew, Jude.

We had an entertaining evening: and potato wedges.

Jude managed put in an impressive score on a pinball game I have.

And made another video … !

Feel free to press the Like button!

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I’ve talked, over the past couple of days, of how modern streaming services means you don’t own the digital film you’ve just bought.

But can and do own versions if they’re on physical media: DVD, blu-ray, VHS, CD, what-have-you.

And — in the discussions with regular readers, since? — noticed that both Olga and Debbi generally agree it’s not the best situation.

With that in mind?

And even given I have privately-made digital copies?

I’ve managed to buy DVD copies* of three Dr Who stories: An Unearthly Child, Terror of the Zygons and The Seeds of Doom, as these are not, currently, available to stream in the UK.

Hopefully?

I won’t need to buy more.

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Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga†, Mum‡ and Debbi§ putting in their answers: with Olga and Debbi scoring five out of five, and Mum on four.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s ten question set, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video.

Q1)        Desert Island Discs was first broadcast on 29th January.   Of which year of the 1940s?

Q2)        One which station: the BBC Forces Programme, the BBC Light Service or the BBC Third Programme?

Q3)        What station is the show currently broadcast on: Radio 2, Radio 3 or Radio 4?

Q4)        Who was the show’s original presenter: Roy Plomley, Michael Parkinson or Sue Lawley?

Q5)        Who’s the show’s current presenter: Sue Lawley, Kirsty Wark or Lauren Laverne?

Q6)        The show’s guests are know as what: castaways, stowaways or islanders?

Q7)        The guests are allowed to bring how many records to the desert island: seven, eight or nine?

Q8)        The guests are allowed to bring a book: and the complete works of whom?

Q9)        The guests are allowed to bring a book: and which ‘B’: the Bible, the Beano or “The Banana Boat Song”?

Q10)        Finally … ?   The show’s first guest was Vic Oliver. Oliver was a what: musician, physicist or footballer?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Walter Arnold became the first person to be fined for speeding: on 28th January.   Of which year of the 1890s?

A1)        1896. He was doing 8mph in a 2mph zone.   And fined a shilling … !

Q2)        Trajan was named as Roman Emperor.   On 28th January of which year: AD98, AD99 or AD100?

A2)        AD98.

Q3)        Panama was sacked, and burnt, on 28th January, 1671.   By whom: Henry Morgan, William Kidd or Edward Teach?

A3)        Henry Morgan.

Q4)        Harry Corbett was born on 28th January, 1918.   What was he best known puppet: Sooty, Lenny the Lion or Emu?

A4)        Sooty.   Lenny was a puppet operated by Terry Hall.   Emu had a reputation … 

Q5)        Finally … ?   28th January is Army Day.   Where: Armenia, Greece or Italy?

A5)        Armenia.

Here’s a thought …

“More than 3,400 episodes have been recorded, with some guests having appeared more than once and some episodes featuring more than one guest.”

From the Wikipedia entry on the show.

And a theme tune …

The next ten question set is on 19th February: it’s about EastEnders.


Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.



Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Purely for testing purposes?   I’ve used MakeMKV to turn those discs into .iso files.   That only took a few minutes.

†        Hmmm … If I’ve understood, Olga, the TV shouldn’t’ve been the issue.   The VHS machine would’ve done all the converting: assuming it was a multi-region machine.   There were a few back in the day!

        Cheers, Olga.   Hopefully, last night’s pizza won’t have done much damage!

‡        Hello, Mum!

§        I think Dickens would’ve had more sense, Debbi!

        I think Jude’s read the first Harry Potter novel: anything that gets him used to a book is good, I think.   But most of the ones he has are about Liverpool FC: he’s a bit of a fan.   Just don’t ask about Mo Salah, PSV Eindhoven … or what Mikey the Rabbit thinks … !