Timmy Mallett and Pinky Punky

Timmy Mallett (born 18 October 1955 , Marple, Cheshire, England) is a TV presenter and broadcaster who achieved cult status in the UK on Manchester's Piccadilly Radio and then later on TV-am. Image File history File links Timmy_270. ... Image File history File links Timmy_270. ... is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Marple is a village close to Stockport, Greater Manchester in England. ... For other uses, see Cheshire (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ... This article does not discuss cultist groups, personality cults, or cult in its original sense of religious practice. See cult (disambiguation) for more meanings of the term cult. A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of pop culture. ... Piccadilly Magic 1152 AM Piccadilly Magic 1152 (also known as Magic 1152) ‘Greatest Hits Non-Stop,’ was Manchesters first commercial radio station. ... TV-am was a breakfast television station that broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1992. ...

Mallett is most notable for his striking visual style, involving loud shirts, comedy glasses and the giant pink foam mallet, labeled Mallett's Mallet that he carried with him, sometimes bonking children on their heads with it, as well as his 'utterly brilliant!' and 'bleurgh!' catchphrases. For other uses, see Mallet (disambiguation). ... A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ...

The son of a vicar, he attended Rose Hill Primary School (Marple) and then Hyde Grammar School. His media career started while he was a student at the University of Warwick, where he worked for the student radio station, Radio Warwick. After graduating with a degree in History, he started work straight after his graduation day at BBC Radio Oxford. He later moved to Radio Luxembourg, and Manchester's Piccadilly Radio where his energetic style won him many fans and Sony Awards. The program he hosted at Piccadilly was Timmy on the Tranny, a popular weekday evening show that ran from 8pm-11pm and took its name from Mallett's children's show on Radio Oxford. Chris Evans as his radio persona Nobby Nolevel was a regular on the programme. This led to Mallett presenting the Manchester based BBC2 youth music show Oxford Road Show for a year in 1984. In the broadest sense, a vicar (from the Latin vicarius) is anyone acting as a substitute or agent for a superior (compare vicarious). In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant. ... Hyde refers to: // Persons named Hyde Last name Hyde Anne Hyde (1637–1671), English noblewoman, mother of two British queens, Mary II and Anne Arthur M. Hyde (1877–1947), American politician, Governor of Missouri, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture DeWitt S. Hyde (1909–1987), American politician, congressman from Maryland (1953... The University of Warwick is a British campus university located on the outskirts of Coventry, West Midlands, England. ... Student Radio is radio produced by students based at a university or college. ... Radio Warwick or RaW is the student radio station at the University of Warwick and winner of the 2000 and 2003 BBC Radio 1 Student Radio Association Best Station awards. ... BBC Radio Oxford is a BBC Local Radio station, which opened on October 29, 1970. ... Radio Luxembourg (1933-1992, 2005-)was an important forerunner of pirate radio and modern commercial radio in Europe. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... Piccadilly Magic 1152 AM Piccadilly Magic 1152 (also known as Magic 1152) ‘Greatest Hits Non-Stop,’ was Manchesters first commercial radio station. ... The Sony Radio Academy Awards (the Sonys), started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and...

It was in television that he was to see his biggest success. In 1984 he became a presenter of Wide Awake Club, a new Saturday morning children's programme on ITV's breakfast station, TV-am, which also launched the career of Austin Powers actor Mike Myers. Mallett's personality came to dominate the show to such an extent that when TV-am found itself lacking a school holidays programme after Roland Rat left to join the BBC, he was offered the chance to present the replacement solo. The replacement, a spin-off of Wide Awake Club, was called Wacaday (based on the addition of 'aday' to the initials 'WAC' for Wide Awake Club) and began broadcasting in 1985. This article is about the year. ... Wide Awake Club (often abbreviated to WAC) was a highly successful childrens television series broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITVs breakfast franchise TV-am between 1984 and 1989. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... TV-am was a breakfast television station that broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1992. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... This article is about the actor. ... Roland Rat (also Roland Rat Superstar) is a British television puppet character. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Wacaday was a childrens television series that ran in TV-ams school holidays slot from 1985 until 1992 and was hosted by Timmy Mallett. ... This article is about the year. ...

Wacaday was even more successful than its parent. The programme was characterised by games such as Mallett's Mallet, a word association game where contestants were hit over the head by his famed mallet for getting answers wrong. In later years, a talking mini version of the mallet called Pinky Punky was introduced and soon became one of Mallett's established sidekicks along with Magic, his pet cockatiel (the name Pinky Punky was chosen after Timmy asked viewers to write in with their ideas for a name). Binomial name (Kerr, 1792) Cockatiel range (in red; all-year resident) Synonyms Psittacus hollandicus Kerr, 1792 Leptolophus hollandicus The Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus), also known as the Quarrion and the Weero, is a diminutive Cockatoo endemic to Australia and prized as a household pet. ...

In 1986 he also became a presenter on pan-European music channel Music Box and for this reason he also took part in a sort of music group called The Rap Pack made up of some of Music Box's presenters, who released a single called Back To The Rhythm along with the accompanying video. Music Box Ltd. ... The Rap Pack was the name of a music group from the United Kingdom formed by presenters of a pan-european London-based music channel called Music Box, which existed in the mid 80s. ... Music Box Ltd. ...

The Utterly Brilliant Timmy Mallett

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Bombalurina

Mallett formed the band Bombalurina, along with female vocalists / dancers Dawn and Annie Dunkley, and released the single Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini. The song, produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber, entered the UK charts at number 23, rose to 13 the next week, then to 3 and finally to number 1 on August 19, 1990, where it stayed for three weeks. More than 1,000,000 copies of the single were sold around the World and it topped the charts in over a dozen countries. Follow ups included "7 little Girls sitting in the back seat" "The Bump" , as well as an album, Huggin' an' a Kissin'. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini is a novelty song telling the story of a shy high-school student in a very revealing bathing suit (which she apparently did not try on beforehand) who stays immersed in the ocean water to hide from view, while other high-schoolers... Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre, and also the elder brother of cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. ... is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ...

Recent activities

Another memorable moment occurred when Mallett met the then-Prime Minister in 1990, Margaret Thatcher - and introduced her to the mallet. Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (née Roberts; born 13 October 1925) served as British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990, being the first and to date only woman to hold either post. ...

Wacaday ended in 1992 when TV-am lost its licence. Since then Mallett has made limited TV appearances, preferring to concentrate on his behind-the-camera career centred around his production company, Brilliant TV. Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

Mallett is currently to be heard as the voice of Smelly Beep in the new pre-school sitcom - The Beeps - on Channel 5. The Beeps a CGI animated pre-school childrens television series, produced by Impossible Television for Five. ... Channel 5, as a television channel, may refer to: Channel 5 of MediaCorp TV, Singapore; UK television broadcaster Five, which was formerly known as Channel 5; Canale 5 in Italy This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

As well as his broadcasting work, Mallett tours many students' unions, and clubs, performing his own show. He also regularly performs in panto. A students union, student government, student leadership, student council, or students association is a student organization present in many elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities. ... Pantomime may refer to two different types of performing arts. ...

Mallett was hailed a hero at the end of 2001 when he rescued a woman who had fallen into freezing waters at a marina in Hartlepool^[1]. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... , Hartlepool is a North Sea port in North East England. ...

Timmy Mallett is an accomplished artist in acrylics and watercolour and exhibits regularly. His paintings sell in galleries across the country. His latest exhibition is in St Benoit France in November 2007. In 2002, for the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II, he completed a series of 50 portraits of people from around Cookham in Berkshire where he lives, including Lorraine Kelly, Sir Clive Woodward, Ulrika Jonsson, Jim Rosenthal, Wendy Craig, Stanley Spencer's grandson John. The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Queen Elizabeth II makes an official appearance at the CBC Headquarters as part of her Jubilee goodwill tour, October 2002. ... Self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh A portrait is a painting, photograph, or other artistic representation of a person. ... , Cookham is a village and civil parish in the north-easternmost corner of Berkshire in England, on the River Thames. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Lorraine Kelly Lorraine Kelly November 30, 1959 ) in East Kilbride) is a Scottish television presenter and journalist best known as a presenter for GMTV, the ITV morning television station. ... Sir Clive Ronald Woodward (born 6 January 1956 at Ely in Cambridgeshire) is a former English rugby union international who was the coach of the England rugby union team from 1997 to 2004. ... Eva Ulrika Jonsson (born 16 August 1967)) is a Swedish television presenter whose most famous work has been on British television. ... Jim Rosenthal (born 6 November 1947) is a sports presenter on British television. ... Wendy Craig (born 20 June 1934) is an English actress who is best known for her appearances in the sitcoms Butterflies, ...And Mother Makes Three and . ... The Resurrection, Cookham, 1924-7, oil on canvas, by Sir Stanley Spencer, Tate Gallery. ...

Mallett was a trialist on The Match in 2006 ^[2]. Mallett is also a supporter of Oxford United and regularly attends matches there. Timmy does a regular podcast for the Oxford Mail on United. The Match is a reality TV show on Sky One in which a group of celebrities form a football team to compete against a team of former professional footballers (The Legends). ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He is a patron of Prime Minister Gladstone's St Deiniol's Library in Hawarden, North Wales which is the only prime ministerial library in the country. Gladstone is the name of several places: Gladstone, Queensland, Australia Gladstone, South Australia, Australia Gladstone, Michigan, United States of America Gladstone, Missouri, USA Gladstone, New Jersey, USA Gladstone, Oregon, USA Gladstone, Virginia, USA William Ewart Gladstone was repeatedly the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from the 1860s through the... St Deiniols Library (Welsh: Llyfrgell Deiniol Sant) is a library in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales. ... Hawarden (pronounced Harden; Welsh: Penarlâg) is a small town in Flintshire, north Wales, a few miles from the city of Chester. ...

Timmy supported the campaign to re-route the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) in Aberdeen and protect the Camphill movement community at Newton Dee. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Aberdeen (disambiguation). ... The Camphill Movement is an international movement of therapeutic intentional communities for those with special needs or disabilities. ...

Television programmes

• Oxford Road Show (1984)
• Wide Awake Club (1984-1990)
• Wacaday (1985-1992)
• The Maggot (1986) (for Music Box)
• Utterly Brilliant (1989-1991)
• Around the World in 80 Seconds (1993-1994)
• Way to Go (1996-1997)
• Timmy Towers (1997-2002)
• The Beeps (2007-)

Oxford Road Show was a pop music magazine show, similar in style to Top of the Pops, broadcast on BBC2 from the BBCs New Broadcasting House, Manchester between 1981 and 1985. ... This article is about the year. ... Wide Awake Club (often abbreviated to WAC) was a highly successful childrens television series broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITVs breakfast franchise TV-am between 1984 and 1989. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Wacaday was a childrens television series that ran in TV-ams school holidays slot from 1985 until 1992 and was hosted by Timmy Mallett. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Music Box Ltd. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The Beeps a CGI animated pre-school childrens television series, produced by Impossible Television for Five. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Stage

• Sleeping Beauty pantomime Grand Pavilion Porthcawl (December 2007)

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External links

• Official Timmy Mallett Site
• Official Wacaday site
• BBC News: Timmy Mallett to the Rescue

References

1. ^ BBC News 2001
2. ^ Timmy Mallett on The Match