The Weekend. Geoffrey's still in bed and Bungle's worried that he's going to be late for work, and having given you the title of the episode, you can work out the punchline for yourself. But they don't drag the joke out for the whole show, and soon valuable lessons are learned about work days in contrast to leisure days. Meanwhile, Rod, Jane and Freddy drop in for a quick song about 'I Spy'.

If you read the end credits of this episode which was originally broadcast on Friday, 25th May, 1984 you'll notice that it was actually written by Geoffrey Hayes himself. I haven't spoken about Geoffrey on here properly since he passed away last autumn, but I know by a long way I wasn't the only one saddened to hear the news. By all accounts he never really intended to be a children's presenter, and for a while he still held out hopes of 'serious' acting roles, but ultimately I gather he was happy enough to accept his role of Kids' TV Legend™, and will be fondly remembered by more than one generation. While obviously tongueincheek, I think this sums it all up nicely (skip to 26.28):

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One of the last times I saw Geoffrey on TV was on Pointless Celebrities (which he won with Sally James), but did you know that he also hosted a shortlived GMTV show in the mid90s, which becomes very familiar if you close your eyes?:

   • mole in the hole  

Mole in the Hole that was called remember it? Before that, Geoffrey from Rainbow also made a fantastic appearance on Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun:

   • Geoffrey from Rainbow on Lee & Herrin...  

I wonder how many letters Dawn Airey of Tetra received. Apparently she's now the CEO of Getty Images.

Many thanks to Lee for providing this recording, and apologies for having to snip out the opening titles.

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