Swaparama...
As you will have heard on the show tonight, there were some cracking songs from 1976. Suffragette City by Bowie (re-released as a single in '76) followed by Candi Staton's Young Hearts Run Free is one of the best starts to a show I can think of.
However, it wasn't the tunes that made me nostalgic tonight. Looking back I think it was the launch of Swapshop in 1976 that had the biggest impact on me as an 11 year old. Where else could you get cartoons, the biggest pop stars of the day, Delia Smith's recipes and the chance to swap your manky old roller skates for somebody else's Stylophone.
I really wanted to go to the Swaparama, the live outside broadcast bit of the show which was always introduced by Noel asking, "Where are you Keith?". I will never forget the thrill when one week he answered back, "Aberdeen!!!!!".
It felt like a really fast moving show tonight with barely a second to draw breath before launching into another slice of 1970's nostalgia.
Lots of people had very vivid memories of the heat wave that year which partly led to 1976 being dubbed our . That and winning the Eurovision song contest of course. And in case you've forgotten the dance....
