Wolverhampton Radio Stories - Myatt and Perry 

Ahh finally someone who felt the same as me! 1am, sometimes 2am finishes with a radio and headphones under the covers from the age of 12/13 onwards.... didn't make for great starts at school the next day! Learnt much more via the midnight line than I ever did at school. Thanks Ian for an education, and endless entertainment.

@@mikeyd0801 oh hey! Haha no one I know in real life ever listened so sometimes I wonder if this show was just a figment of my imagination! Do you remember when Ian used to say he wanted to plan a day trip/get together of the culture vultures?! I wonder if it ever happened. I wish Ian would do something similar again like set up his own YT channel. I’d definitely pay if he set up a Patreon!

@@moominmay Yes, although I'd have been too awe struck to attend I'm sure! Words that Ian used became part of my everyday vocabulary, like 'bobbins'! Again, ideal as no one at school listened. I think one friend did occasionally, or else maybe no one admitted it perhaps. Definitely started my love of talk-based radio, and later podcasts. I vaguely remember callers who were, to put it kindly, depressed, and Ian being just perfect in those situations. I can't say I really know what Ian got up to after, I can't remember if I stopped listening or he left, are you aware? I know talkradio came along in the late 90s, and I developed a similar affection for Ian Collins, and therefore continued late nights! I'd love to hear some of these old shows again...... they must be somewhere, right?

@@mikeyd0801 Oh yes the phrases lol. I went through a phase of dramatically adding ‘well with any luck and a following wind’ to any task I was discussing with someone lol. I also probably over used ‘axe wielding homicidal maniac’! I’m not too sure about what happened later to the show as I went away to uni in 92 and returned in 95 and don’t remember listening to it again so can only imagine it had ended by then. Yes some of the listeners were quite eccentric lol. I liked how kind Ian was to some of the elderly listeners like dear old “I’m coming Ian!’ Eric lol. Btw, you can also still hear some of the past shows - just search on here for ‘The Midnight Line Radio Show’. I’m currently making my way through them though it feels really strange and overwhelming at times as it really takes me back and evokes quite poignant memories.

@@moominmay haha yes I did just that last night funnily enough, I listened to the John Starkey episode, and on the next one an old friend's sister had her letter read out by Ian haha!! I was shocked. You're right, it is really odd to hear again, some of the language seems like it belongs in another era now. I mean Ian mentioned something along the lines of a caller smacking his partner in the mouth if she didn't quiten down!! Different times. I see most of the recordings are about 90 minutes long, which makes sense, as on those occasions when I realised I should really get some sleep for a change, I would record the show or part of it, - mostly on 90 minute tapes! So great to hear, even the news coming on and the old adverts. Will keep me entertained in the bath and various decorating jobs I should imagine. Local radio has all but disappeared really so this is a treasure.