31 January 2005

Whiskey and birds

Whiskey makes Adrian friskyLessons learned from today's show
  • Sarah Kennedy's better half (aka Dearly Beloved aka Adrian) loves whiskey, in particular, the Isle of Jura brand.
  • Bunty spent longer than usual on the toilet last Sunday morning. Do you want to know why? It's because there were a load of wrens flying about outside.
  • 27 January 2005

    Mars bars and Guy Henry

    Mars bars -- help you work, rest and DJLessons learned from today's show
  • Sarah Kennedy was absolutely famished yesterday. She told tubby Terry Wogan that she spent the day raiding the fridge, eating several Mars bars.
  • Guy Henry (he of 'It's Showtime!' fame) is currently trying to sell his car.
  • 26 January 2005

    Sister, Marsh and listen again

    Marsh -- never shaved in his lifeLessons learned from today's show
  • Sarah Kennedy said buy The Daily Telegraph today and look at p11. On that page is a photo of a woman who looks like SK's sister, Jane.
  • Marshypops (aka John Marsh) had to leave his hotel in the middle of last night in his nightie, for a destructive fire had broken out.
  • You can now 'listen again' to the brilliant SK show via the BBC Radio 2 website.
  • 25 January 2005

    Swede, sheep and jokes

    Sheep -- bleating = no nipplesLessons learned from today's show
  • Sarah Kennedy splashed swede all up her walls over the weekend in an attempt to make soup.
  • Apparently, everytime a sheep bleats, one of its nipples falls off.
  • Bunty wants more jokes. Send them in. Please.
  • 24 January 2005

    Streisand, Churchill, Beckham and trailers

    Streisand -- big nose, small bodyLessons learned from today's show
  • Sarah Kennedy once bumped into Barbara Streisand whilst filming a Carry On film at Pinewood studios. She's very small.
  • SK's dad was a massive fan of Sir Winston Churchill. So much so in fact, that when she was a baby he took her to the House of Commons to watch him speak.
  • Bunty watched Bend It Like Beckham over the weekend and loved it.
  • Ms K was today wondering why her programme never gets a trailer, like all the other Radio 2 presenters do...
  • 22 January 2005

    Poll results

    Thanks for all your votes -- here are the results...

    Q: Who is your favourite Radio Two presenter (after Sarah Kennedy)?
    Terry Wogan: 41%
    Johnny Walker: 31%
    Ken Bruce: 9%
    Other: 7%
    Jonathan Ross: 6%
    Steve Wright: 6 %

    Don't forget the new poll -- available on the right-hand menu.

    21 January 2005

    Very exciting news!

    From next Tuesday, the BBC Radio 2 website will contain a 'listen again' feature, which means that one can listen again to Sarah Kennedy's entire shows! This is about time, as every other Radio 2 presenter has this function.

    20 January 2005

    Sir Ian McKellen

    McKellen -- in dragLessons learned from today's show
  • Sarah Kennedy saw Ian McKellen yesterday, in a play called Aladdin. Apparently he looked a bit like Sally Boazman (aka Sally Traffic)!
  • 18 January 2005

    New photo of Sarah Kennedy

    This is our Sarah, at Guildford, busy signing books last November.
    Sarah Kennedy -- looking radiant
    Photo: Phil Little

    Monday blues and Dench

    Dench -- greedyLessons learned from today's show
  • Sarah Kennedy had a terrible day yesterday. First of all, her chicken broth exploded, then all her light bulbs went kaput.
  • SK once had to protect some buns from greedy Dame Judi Dench.
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