The Intrepid Birdman 2024
Thameside Radio Revisited
Hooray. The Intrepid Birdman is back. If you are looking for new stuff to listen to then go to () and catch up with what he's doing now. That's now as in 2024! Since you're here I have a few more Thameside recordings which I'm about to upload and also recordings of what the members did after they left Thameside Radio. Quite a few really. Al
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Thameside Radio 2May82 19:20 Late
Thameside Radio Revisited
The show started late - the first we hear from the Paul James show is at 7:20 which is where this recording starts.
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Thameside 25Apr82 1945 Kite, Radio Centraal and Busted
Thameside Radio Revisited
The Intrepid Birdman takes over. Dave plays a demo tape from a band called Kite. Sent in on reel to reel!
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Thameside 25May82 1900 Paul the Pope and a Thameside Radio transmitter change.
Thameside Radio Revisited
We hear from BT's "Pope Line" because the Pope is visiting the UK but he doesn't answer. Fortunately after a second go we finally hear to Pope talking to us.
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Thameside 12Apr82 Bob's quiet patches
Thameside Radio Revisited
The last of 15 hours of Thameside Radio's 1982 Easter Bank Holiday 1982 broadcast. After a mammoth broadcast The Intrepid Birdman hands over Bob Edwards.
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Thameside 12Apr82 21:15 The Intrepid Birdman flies on
Thameside Radio Revisited
Dave Birdman is in a mischevous mood - He is asking listeners for scurrilos rumours about where Bob Edwards is.
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Thameside 12Apr82 20:28 Dave's sketches, Mark, Paul and Ian
Thameside Radio Revisited
In this part of the Easter Monday extended show the Intrepid Birdman asks where Bob Edwards has gone, and with whom?
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Thameside 12Apr82 19:42 Dave is At It
Thameside Radio Revisited
Dave is in the studio in Harrow. He has an "interview with ELO" on a broken phone box (only Dave could do this... ) and then inevitably credits the next track wrongly. You may have to explain to your kids what a "phone box" is, what those beeps mean when calling from one, and what "Button A" and "Button B" are. There's a Duracell Battery advert - involving miners losing power in their lanterns in the poorest possible taste of course. There is also a quiz about finding a bit of a Thameside Radio DJ which is hidden by the Hammersmith Odeon in the grounds of St Pauls church. (Sorry, let the...
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Thameside 12Apr82 17:19 Sarah goes to the Hammersmith Palais
Thameside Radio Revisited
More from Sarah from Kew on Thameside Radio 90.2 on a sunny Easter in 1982
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Thameside 12Apr82 16:32 More from Mark, and Sarah
Thameside Radio Revisited
We hear more from Mark who tells Bob to stop whatever he is doing as it's illegal and immoral! Sarah starts by playing the top 3 from 4 artists in the Thameside Radio 90.2 charts.
info_outlineThe show started late the first we hear from the Paul James show is at 7:20 which is where this recording starts.
Mark tells us about the South Side Dynamos who he saw at a gig at the Kings Head in Fulham. They sent a demo tape which was played the following week.
There's a re-recorded version of the Thameside theme about 40 minutes in. Still catchy and memorable - who did record it?
Paul tells us about a Thameside benefit disco at the Shepherd's Bush village Hall next Friday - entrance £1.
Some of the Thameside crew had split off to form Hilltop Radio which started at 6pm and finished at 8pm. This left the Hilltop listeners a chance to retune and catch to the Intrepid Birdman Show!
Technical stuff: Thameside were under pressure. The previous week they had had two transmitters confiscated by the authorities in a major sweep of London pirates which also resulted in Radio Invicta, JFM and Radio Zodiac going off air. In addition Bob and Dave had been caught. This was the first time that any members of the Thameside crew had been caught in almost 4 years of broadcasting. Hence the benefit show in the following week!
The team were late setting off and changed where they were going to set up their equipment from Trellick Tower to the South Acton estate. There were also gale force winds which made putting the aerial up more difficult.
The first and last hour was broadcast from cassette, the middle two from 1/4" reel to reel.
Mentions for SR Frejec of Lettice Street and Dave Booth