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! Or should I say allo...allo....allo...as for your final song suggestion game of the week...I give you the real life crime drama (I can't wait for the podcast) of the case of the stolen snowman! So what song do you fancy to go with this please...
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
Astonishing moment snowman stolen from outside Stoke-on-Trent pub
The pub had this message for the 'person who nicked the snowman' - and the responses are hilarious
www.stokesentinel.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Morning! Or should I say allo...allo....allo...as for your final song suggestion game of the week...I give you the real life crime drama (I can't wait for the podcast) of the case of the stolen snowman! So what song do you fancy to go with this please...
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
Morning! Welcome to Thursday's song suggestion game and if it's been a long week...let me lighten the load with the unexpected coming together of monkeys and knitting! So what song do you fancy to go with this story please...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Teesside care home residents knit toys for rescued monkeys
A group of knitters from Hazelgrove Court Care Home make gifts for cheeky monkeys at a rescue centre.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Morning! Welcome to Thursday's song suggestion game and if it's been a long week...let me lighten the load with the unexpected coming together of monkeys and knitting! So what song do you fancy to go with this story please...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Morning! Welcome to Wednesday's song suggestion game...and today I'm after songs with a clever link to an iron age battle trumpet please...so don't blow it...see what I did there...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thetford dig unearths Iron Age war trumpet and boar standard
The discoveries are
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January 7, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Morning! Welcome to Wednesday's song suggestion game...and today I'm after songs with a clever link to an iron age battle trumpet please...so don't blow it...see what I did there...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Morning! Holy mackerel...it's time for Tuesday's song suggestion game...and today I'm unexpectedly after songs with a clever link to a multi-million pound fish please...
www.cbsnews.com/news/bluefin...
www.cbsnews.com/news/bluefin...
Massive bluefin tuna fetches record $3.2 million at Tokyo auction
A massive 535-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market.
www.cbsnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Morning! Holy mackerel...it's time for Tuesday's song suggestion game...and today I'm unexpectedly after songs with a clever link to a multi-million pound fish please...
www.cbsnews.com/news/bluefin...
www.cbsnews.com/news/bluefin...
Morning! Welcome to your first song suggestion game of 2026...and I'm hoping your creativity will soon take root....as today I'm after songs with a clever link to dangerous trees please...
www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2571966...
www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2571966...
'Dangerous' trees growing out of control leave neighbours living in fear
Neighbours are living in fear as several trees have been left to grow precariously over their properties in Rostwold Way, Norwich.
www.eveningnews24.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Morning! Welcome to your first song suggestion game of 2026...and I'm hoping your creativity will soon take root....as today I'm after songs with a clever link to dangerous trees please...
www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2571966...
www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2571966...
Morning! Welcome to your final song suggestion game of 2025…and if you’re feeling a little under par…channel that energy into coming up with a song to go with this lovely story please…
December 31, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Morning! Welcome to your final song suggestion game of 2025…and if you’re feeling a little under par…channel that energy into coming up with a song to go with this lovely story please…
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday's song suggestion game and as we continue on the long walk to 2026...hold that thought...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to a long walk...and an unexpected swim please...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
After 27 years walking, will ex-Para have to swim home across Channel?
Ex-paratrooper Karl Bushby fears his 27-year odyssey of walking home from Chile may be scuppered - by the Channel Tunnel.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday's song suggestion game and as we continue on the long walk to 2026...hold that thought...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to a long walk...and an unexpected swim please...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Morning! Is it Monday already? Welcome to today's song suggestion game and here's a heart warming and heart mending story..so what song do you fancy to go with this please...
www.thesun.ie/news/1630736...
www.thesun.ie/news/1630736...
I had my hero dog's paw tattooed over my pacemaker after he saved my life
A WIDOWER saved by his dog after a cardiac arrest has had a paw tattoo inked over the pacemaker he has been given. David Howarth, 71, collapsed on a beach following a sea swim. Faithful labra…
www.thesun.ie
December 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Morning! Is it Monday already? Welcome to today's song suggestion game and here's a heart warming and heart mending story..so what song do you fancy to go with this please...
www.thesun.ie/news/1630736...
www.thesun.ie/news/1630736...
Morning! Welcome to your Christmas eve song suggestion game and today is surely the perfect day to ask for your songs with a clever connection to Easter please...! Hang on...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Happy Easter! Poundland selling chocolate EGGS before Christmas
A selection of the Easter treats have appeared at the budget shops, with brands available including KitKat, Maltesers, Dairy Milk Buttons, Mini Eggs and Cadbury Crème Eggs.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Morning! Welcome to your Christmas eve song suggestion game and today is surely the perfect day to ask for your songs with a clever connection to Easter please...! Hang on...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday's song suggestion game...and before you hit the chocolate tin for an inspirational sugar boost...today I'm after songs with a clever link to this story please...
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...
WW2 grenade found in Quality Street forces bomb disposal team to rush to house
Danny Wyatt, 48, was clearing out a shed next to his house in Hellesdon, Norfolk, when he found the explosive with its pin and lever still in - before bomb disposal teams safely detonated it at a near...
www.dailystar.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday's song suggestion game...and before you hit the chocolate tin for an inspirational sugar boost...today I'm after songs with a clever link to this story please...
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...
Morning! Welcome to a brand new week on the song suggestion game and to quote the big man (bear) himself..."When life throws you a rainy day, play in the puddles"....so today I'm after songs with a clever link to Winnie The Pooh please...
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On Winnie-the-Pooh’s 100th birthday, read the very first story
Hundred Acre Wood has captivated imaginations since appearing in a newspaper on Christmas Eve 1925. Today we reprint the first tale and Johanna Thomas-Corr pays tribute
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December 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Morning! Welcome to a brand new week on the song suggestion game and to quote the big man (bear) himself..."When life throws you a rainy day, play in the puddles"....so today I'm after songs with a clever link to Winnie The Pooh please...
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shorturl.at/rSL0C
Morning! Welcome Friday's song suggestion game and today I'm after songs with a clever link to either infidelity or being caught out please...
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tinyurl.com/3fyh8j5d
Husband sues restaurant after date with lover is posted on TikTok
The Sicilian man had told his wife he was at a work dinner, but his story collapsed after she stumbled across the video
tinyurl.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Morning! Welcome Friday's song suggestion game and today I'm after songs with a clever link to either infidelity or being caught out please...
tinyurl.com/3fyh8j5d
tinyurl.com/3fyh8j5d
Morning! Welcome to Wednesday's song suggestion game...the daily feature that's always at the sharp end of what's going on...and with the added bonus of a sting in the tale...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to this story please...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/...
World Darts Championship 2026: Why are there so many wasps at Alexandra Palace?
Our Ask Me Anything team explore where the wasps at Alexandra Palace come from and what is behind the phenomenon.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Morning! Welcome to Wednesday's song suggestion game...the daily feature that's always at the sharp end of what's going on...and with the added bonus of a sting in the tale...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to this story please...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/...
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday's song suggestion game...yes it's come round again...ooh...and speaking of which...today I'm after songs to go with this story please...
apnews.com/article/hubc...
apnews.com/article/hubc...
Baltimore cyclist finds joy in collecting lost hubcaps and stringing them into art
Cyclist Barnaby Wickham has collected more than 700 lost hubcaps, mostly on his bike rides around Baltimore.
apnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday's song suggestion game...yes it's come round again...ooh...and speaking of which...today I'm after songs to go with this story please...
apnews.com/article/hubc...
apnews.com/article/hubc...
Morning! We're under starters orders...and we're off! Welcome to Monday's song suggestion game and today I'm after songs with a clever link to pantomimes and horses please...
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Pantomime horses race through London — and other news in pictures
Times picture editors select the day’s best photos, including Christmas parades, a dip in the North Sea and starlings at sunset. Which is your favourite?
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December 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Morning! We're under starters orders...and we're off! Welcome to Monday's song suggestion game and today I'm after songs with a clever link to pantomimes and horses please...
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shorturl.at/G6HWY
Morning! Welcome to Friday's song suggestion game and today I'm after songs with a clever link to parachutes and skydiving...oh and lucky escapes please...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Moment skydiver's parachute wraps around plane
Footage shows the skydiver stuck on the tail before cutting himself free and continuing with dive.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Morning! Welcome to Friday's song suggestion game and today I'm after songs with a clever link to parachutes and skydiving...oh and lucky escapes please...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Morning! Welcome to Wednesday's song suggestion game and today I'm after songs with a clever link to elves and mix ups please...
*the usual rule applies...and apologies if it leaves you all shook up...no Elvis songs allowed...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
*the usual rule applies...and apologies if it leaves you all shook up...no Elvis songs allowed...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Pupil dresses as Elvis instead of an elf after family mix up
Oscar Wilkins, nine, had been given the role of 'Elvis the Elf' in the production at his primary school in Aberdare, Wales, last week.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Morning! Welcome to Wednesday's song suggestion game and today I'm after songs with a clever link to elves and mix ups please...
*the usual rule applies...and apologies if it leaves you all shook up...no Elvis songs allowed...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
*the usual rule applies...and apologies if it leaves you all shook up...no Elvis songs allowed...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday's song suggestion game and today I bring you a story involving two unexpected bedfellows...a turkey in a sleeping bag! so what song do you fancy to go with this story please...
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www.express.co.uk/celebrity-ne...
Real reason Mary Berry wraps Christmas turkey in sleeping bag
A sleeping bag is an essential part of Mary Berry's Christmas turkey preparation.
www.express.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday's song suggestion game and today I bring you a story involving two unexpected bedfellows...a turkey in a sleeping bag! so what song do you fancy to go with this story please...
www.express.co.uk/celebrity-ne...
www.express.co.uk/celebrity-ne...
Morning! Welcome to a brand new week on the song suggestion game...and well...we couldn't not could we! Today I'm after songs to go with a big weekend for Glastonbury's Lando Norris please...
www.thesun.co.uk/sport/374859...
www.thesun.co.uk/sport/374859...
Lando Norris is F1 WORLD CHAMPION as he breaks down in tears after winning title
LANDO NORRIS won the war with himself to rise to the occasion and join F1’s promised land as Britain’s 11th world champion. For so long the Bristol-born 26-year-old’s confidence has been ques…
www.thesun.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Morning! Welcome to a brand new week on the song suggestion game...and well...we couldn't not could we! Today I'm after songs to go with a big weekend for Glastonbury's Lando Norris please...
www.thesun.co.uk/sport/374859...
www.thesun.co.uk/sport/374859...
Morning! Welcome to Friday's song suggestion game...and I'm hoping you won't lose your train of thought...if it turns up at all...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to a lonely railway station please...
www.thetimes.com/uk/transport...
www.thetimes.com/uk/transport...
Britain’s ‘loneliest’ station, with fewer than 70 passengers a year
Elton and Orston in Nottinghamshire has no staff or any service on Sunday, while London Liverpool Street is the country’s busiest
www.thetimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Morning! Welcome to Friday's song suggestion game...and I'm hoping you won't lose your train of thought...if it turns up at all...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to a lonely railway station please...
www.thetimes.com/uk/transport...
www.thetimes.com/uk/transport...
Morning! Welcome to Thursday’s song suggestion game…and you might have to wait your turn today…as thanks to this story in the @theipaper …I’m after songs with a clever link to queueing please…
December 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Morning! Welcome to Thursday’s song suggestion game…and you might have to wait your turn today…as thanks to this story in the @theipaper …I’m after songs with a clever link to queueing please…
Morning! Welcome to Wednesday's song suggestion game and thanks to Christmas arriving in The White House...today I'm after songs with a clever link to either Lego or Presidents please...
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
www.itv.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Morning! Welcome to Wednesday's song suggestion game and thanks to Christmas arriving in The White House...today I'm after songs with a clever link to either Lego or Presidents please...
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday's song suggestion game...and if you're about to open your advent calendar door...hold that thought...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to either doors...or calendars please...
splash247.com/containers-t...
splash247.com/containers-t...
Containers turn festive as Cuboid builds world’s biggest advent calendar - Splash247
For an industry more used to stacking boxes for efficiency than festivity, the UK’s Cuboid Self Storage has given shipping containers a seasonal makeover by unveiling what it claims is the world’s lar...
splash247.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Morning! Welcome to Tuesday's song suggestion game...and if you're about to open your advent calendar door...hold that thought...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to either doors...or calendars please...
splash247.com/containers-t...
splash247.com/containers-t...
Morning! Welcome to a brand new week on the song suggestion game...and as December gets under way...apologies if you're still not in a festive mood...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to this story please...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Emergency declared in seaside town as reindeer escapes Christmas event
Police, Royal Marines and the coastguard undertook an extensive search for the missing animal in Formby, Merseyside yesterday.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Morning! Welcome to a brand new week on the song suggestion game...and as December gets under way...apologies if you're still not in a festive mood...as today I'm after songs with a clever link to this story please...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Morning! Welcome to Friday's song suggestion game and I hope it won't leave you feeling floored as today I'm after songs to go with this sad news please...
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3746492...
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3746492...
Britain's only carpet museum that became cult hit to shut down after 13 years
BRITAIN’S only carpet museum is closing down — finally floored by a lack of visitors. It attracted coachloads of fans and school groups when it opened in 2012 and became a cult hit online…
www.thesun.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Morning! Welcome to Friday's song suggestion game and I hope it won't leave you feeling floored as today I'm after songs to go with this sad news please...
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3746492...
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3746492...