Simon Parkin
@simonparkintv.bsky.social
Formerly of CBBC GMTV and ITV Meridian currently on BBC Radio Somerset.
Older but not wiser.
Older but not wiser.
Morning! Welcome to Thursday's song suggestion game...and I'm promise I'm not stringing you along...when I ask you for songs with a clever link to ropes please...
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David Shrigley's piles of old rope on sale for £1m
The BBC's Colin Paterson shows us artist David Shrigley's new artwork, Exhibition of Old Rope.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Morning! Welcome to Thursday's song suggestion game...and I'm promise I'm not stringing you along...when I ask you for songs with a clever link to ropes please...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Morning! Welcome to the feature we don't usually like to shout about...although forget that today....because for Wednesday's song suggestion game...I'm after songs with a clever link to shouting please...
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shouting at gulls could stop food stealing - study
Exeter researchers played different recordings to gulls in nine Cornish towns.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Morning! Welcome to the feature we don't usually like to shout about...although forget that today....because for Wednesday's song suggestion game...I'm after songs with a clever link to shouting please...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday's song suggestion game... and double check everything if you're taking part today...as I'm after songs with a clever link to mistakes please...
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www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/...
Virgin Media mistakenly calls Wales hooker a prostitute in television listing
Details of Ryan Elias’ appearance on talk show Jonathan, aired on Welsh language channel S4C, were somewhat lost in translation
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday's song suggestion game... and double check everything if you're taking part today...as I'm after songs with a clever link to mistakes please...
www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/...
www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/...
Morning! Welcome to a brand new week on the long running feature that is the song suggestion game...well if it ain't broke...don't fix it...and speaking of which...today I'm after songs with a clever link to fixing things please...
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metro.co.uk/2025/11/10/r...
People living on pothole-riddled road told repairs could take 103 years
Homeowners Ian Bowyer and his wife, Elaine, have lived on Horsham Close for more than 40 years and have not seen the road repaired once.
metro.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Morning! Welcome to a brand new week on the long running feature that is the song suggestion game...well if it ain't broke...don't fix it...and speaking of which...today I'm after songs with a clever link to fixing things please...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/10/r...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/10/r...
Morning! It's Friday's song suggestion game...and whilst you don't need a password to join...a song with a connection to passwords would be great thanks....especially if it includes at least one capital letter...a number...and a special character....
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www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
You can't make it up! Password for Louvre's surveillance was 'LOUVRE'
A new post-heist report shows that the Louvre's cybersecurity makes most office email accounts look like Fort Knox.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Morning! It's Friday's song suggestion game...and whilst you don't need a password to join...a song with a connection to passwords would be great thanks....especially if it includes at least one capital letter...a number...and a special character....
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
Morning! Welcome to Thursday's song suggestion game and our musical mash up today will possible feature actual mash...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to this story please...
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Queen 'a natural' at serving potatoes, says Tamworth's Spudman
The Queen helped Spudman serve jacket potatoes at a reception at Clarence House on Wednesday.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Morning! Welcome to Thursday's song suggestion game and our musical mash up today will possible feature actual mash...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to this story please...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Morning! Or should I say Hey Y'all! Welcome to a brand new week on the song suggestion week and today I'm after songs with a clever link to Americanisms please...
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www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Trash-talking children are sounding like Americans, say teachers
Garbage, candy and apartment are Americanisms that are growing more popular among younger pupils
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November 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Morning! Or should I say Hey Y'all! Welcome to a brand new week on the song suggestion week and today I'm after songs with a clever link to Americanisms please...
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Morning! It's been a long week...and if you're at sixes and sevens...you're in luck...as for your final song suggestion game...I'm after songs with a clever link to sixes or sevens please...
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Dictionary.com’s word of the year is '6-7.' But is it even a word and what does it mean?
Parents and teachers cover your ears. Dictionary.com says its word of the year is “6-7.” The viral term is one kids and teenagers can’t stop repeating and laughing about.
apnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Morning! It's been a long week...and if you're at sixes and sevens...you're in luck...as for your final song suggestion game...I'm after songs with a clever link to sixes or sevens please...
apnews.com/article/6-7-...
apnews.com/article/6-7-...
Morning! Welcome to Thursday's song suggestion game...and today I'm after songs to go with a story that may well shock you to the core...about a driver who stopped on the hard shoulder of a motorway to pick apples from a tree please...
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www.taxi-point.co.uk/post/police-...
MOTORWAY PICKINGS: Police report driver after stopping on motorway hard shoulder to pick apples
Police have reported a driver who stopped on the hard shoulder of a motorway to pick apples from a tree.Merseyside Police’s Roads Policing Unit shared details of the incident on social media, remindin...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Morning! Welcome to Thursday's song suggestion game...and today I'm after songs to go with a story that may well shock you to the core...about a driver who stopped on the hard shoulder of a motorway to pick apples from a tree please...
www.taxi-point.co.uk/post/police-...
www.taxi-point.co.uk/post/police-...
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday’s song suggestion game! Look what I found in @thetimes this morning! So today I’m after songs with a clever link to punctuation marks please ! One in particular that I barely use!
October 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday’s song suggestion game! Look what I found in @thetimes this morning! So today I’m after songs with a clever link to punctuation marks please ! One in particular that I barely use!
Morning! It's curtain up on a brand new week on the song suggestion game and today I'm after songs with a clever link to the world's smallest theatre please...
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Stage set for reopening of world's smallest theatre in Malvern
The world’s smallest theatre in Worcestershire will return to the limelight...
hellorayo.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Morning! It's curtain up on a brand new week on the song suggestion game and today I'm after songs with a clever link to the world's smallest theatre please...
hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hit...
hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hit...
Morning! Welcome to Friday's song suggestion game and I'm expecting speedy response...although within the legal limits if that's ok...as it's songs to go with this lovely story that I'm after please...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Gran-borghini' project takes people for a spin in supercars
Mark Cody set up the supercar initiative to bring joy to older people after his grandma's death.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Morning! Welcome to Friday's song suggestion game and I'm expecting speedy response...although within the legal limits if that's ok...as it's songs to go with this lovely story that I'm after please...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Morning! Welcome to Thursday's song suggestion game and you might have to do a bit of detective work to come up with the perfect song to go with this literary crossover story please...
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Agatha Christie meets Mr Men in new children's books
Christie detectives Miss Marple and Poirot join forces with Mr Tickle and others for the children's series.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Morning! Welcome to Thursday's song suggestion game and you might have to do a bit of detective work to come up with the perfect song to go with this literary crossover story please...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Morning! Welcome to Wednesday's song suggestion game...marmalade sandwiches at the ready...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to Paddington Bear please...after this unexpected headline please...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Morning! Welcome to Wednesday's song suggestion game...marmalade sandwiches at the ready...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to Paddington Bear please...after this unexpected headline please...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10...
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday's song suggestion game ...and I know you're not going to blow it...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to this amazing story please...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Delighted' Crowborough woman played clarinet in brain surgery
Denise Bacon says she is experiencing improvements in her ability to walk.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday's song suggestion game ...and I know you're not going to blow it...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to this amazing story please...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Morning! Is it time to start a brand new week on the song suggestion game I hear you ask? Let me just check...mate...! You can see where this is going...and that yes...today I'm after songs with a clever to Chess please...
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‘You can learn a lot by losing’: meet Don Manuel, the 104-year-old chess player
Manuel Álvarez Escudero, from Spain, describes how the board game has provided him with a lifetime of fun and friendship
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October 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Morning! Is it time to start a brand new week on the song suggestion game I hear you ask? Let me just check...mate...! You can see where this is going...and that yes...today I'm after songs with a clever to Chess please...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Morning! I don't believe it! It's Friday's song suggestion game and today I'm after songs with a clever link to Victor Meldrew please...
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www.thesun.co.uk/tv/37037669/...
Victor Meldrew's house from One Foot In The Grave sells for eye-watering fee
TELLY’S Victor Meldrew would not believe it but his terraced house from One Foot In The Grave has sold for £337,500. The setting for the 1990s BBC comedy about an old grump, played by Richard Wilso…
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October 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Morning! I don't believe it! It's Friday's song suggestion game and today I'm after songs with a clever link to Victor Meldrew please...
www.thesun.co.uk/tv/37037669/...
www.thesun.co.uk/tv/37037669/...
Morning! Welcome to Thursday's song suggestion game...and if I knew you were coming I'd have baked a cake...although thankfully someone did 78 years ago...which is why today I'm after songs with a clever link to this story please...
www.thesun.co.uk/royals/37021...
www.thesun.co.uk/royals/37021...
Slice of late Queen & Philip’s wedding cake set to be auctioned after 78 years
A PIECE of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s wedding cake is to be auctioned after 78 years. The fruit cake was given to Cyril Dickman, who worked as a servant in the royal household for more tha…
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October 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Morning! Welcome to Thursday's song suggestion game...and if I knew you were coming I'd have baked a cake...although thankfully someone did 78 years ago...which is why today I'm after songs with a clever link to this story please...
www.thesun.co.uk/royals/37021...
www.thesun.co.uk/royals/37021...
Morning! Welcome to Wednesday's song suggestion game....and today it's a big challenge based on...well...a big challenge...as I'm after songs with a clever link to Sumo Wrestling please...
news.az/news/royal-a...
news.az/news/royal-a...
news.az
October 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Morning! Welcome to Wednesday's song suggestion game....and today it's a big challenge based on...well...a big challenge...as I'm after songs with a clever link to Sumo Wrestling please...
news.az/news/royal-a...
news.az/news/royal-a...
Morning! The game now arriving in your timeline is 8.25 song suggestion game to creative brilliance...well as long as you can think of a song with a clever link to this story please....
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Moooove out the way! Cows spark mayhem after invading train platform
Hilarious footage shows staff trying to round up the 12 stray cattle and guide them out of Neath station in south Wales yesterday.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Morning! The game now arriving in your timeline is 8.25 song suggestion game to creative brilliance...well as long as you can think of a song with a clever link to this story please....
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Morning! Welcome to your first song suggestion game of the new week and having been left hanging around over the weekend I'm sure you'll smash it when I ask for songs with a clever link to conkers please.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
World Conker Championships: 2025 Winner is crowned
Players from across the globe are heading to Northamptonshire in a bid to take home the coveted title during the event's 60th year.
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October 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Morning! Welcome to your first song suggestion game of the new week and having been left hanging around over the weekend I'm sure you'll smash it when I ask for songs with a clever link to conkers please.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Morning! Welcome to your final song suggestion game of the week...and today I'm after sons with a clever link to tongue-in-cheek signs please...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chelmsford tongue-in-cheek signs must end, says Essex Highways
A council says the prank signs could
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October 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Morning! Welcome to your final song suggestion game of the week...and today I'm after sons with a clever link to tongue-in-cheek signs please...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Morning! Welcome to Thursday's song suggestion game...do not pass go...do not collect £200...but don't worry you won't end up in jail...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to Monopoly please...
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www.indy100.com/news/pass-go...
Pass go, collect Monopoly stamps
Royal Mail issues stamps to mark the 90th anniversary of the popular board game.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Morning! Welcome to Thursday's song suggestion game...do not pass go...do not collect £200...but don't worry you won't end up in jail...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to Monopoly please...
www.indy100.com/news/pass-go...
www.indy100.com/news/pass-go...
Morning! Welcome to Wednesday's song suggestion game...and thanks to big bit of tv excitement...today I'm after songs with a clever link to deception...lies...and treachery please...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/bbc-...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/bbc-...
Celebrity Traitors: When and what time it's on and full line-up for BBC series
Claudia Winkleman is being joined in the Scottish Highlands by Celebrities for the first time
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Morning! Welcome to Wednesday's song suggestion game...and thanks to big bit of tv excitement...today I'm after songs with a clever link to deception...lies...and treachery please...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/bbc-...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/bbc-...
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday's song suggestion game...and today we've a mountain to climb...although it's more about what we're climbing it in...as I'm after songs with clever link to old or new please...
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Devon twins to climb Himalayas comparing old kit with new
One twin will be dressed in modern equipment, the other in kit from 100 years ago.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday's song suggestion game...and today we've a mountain to climb...although it's more about what we're climbing it in...as I'm after songs with clever link to old or new please...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...