Rainbow was an Anglia Co-op brand as opposed to East of England; the name was dropped as part of the 2008 Co-operative rebrand.

Meanwhile, instore radio is still using the Co-operative Radio jingle package: presenter links are now by-and-large Co-op Radio.

Compared to 623058's never-ending crusade to find out dates when idents were introduced? Or to be honest, the rota nerds?

As ever, David is not helping.

20 hours into 2013, and Bazinga is already making me want to reach for my bottle of Talisker...

Or maybe, as part of The TV Forum Troll Hypothesis, he's revealed to be Professor Stephen Hawking, set a challenge by his friend Dr Sheldon Cooper of Caltech to infiltrate a random web forum well-known ...

Love how TT thinks talking about his channel codes will "derail the [ITV] thread."

Just above his signature with those exact ruddy codes.

btw, Are there any odds on Pad spontaneously combusting with excitement before they launch that new logo?

However it does remind me of a time until the mid 1980s when Sainsbury's sold all their alcohol from an entirely separate shop next to the actual supermarket. I'm sure this must have been to do with legislation on alcohol sales at the time. I remember it felt like an airport duty free shop.

There ...

Has someone declared a war on sarcasm on TV Forum?

First, the ridiculous "Emoticongate" situation, and now people with backbone standing up to David.

There used to be a Fatty Arbuckle's in a shopping/cinema complex in North Belfast around a decade ago - some web sources suggest it's still trading.

Google also suggests another restaurant with the same name located nearer the city centre - up the road from where a prominent NI Metropoler works ...

If people are starting to take a stand now against the actions of CW1976, how about a similar thing for TT?

The thought of having to post in a now-sullied TOTP thread is not enticing.

The ITV News rota thread... tsk.

Jonny wrote:Incredulously, the Rota thread has taken another turn for the worse.

I'm not one to use portmanteaux, but this trend is uttocks.

With a few more gleaned from Wikipedia:

UK (and Ireland): Adam and the Ants "Prince Charming"

US and Canada: Diana Ross and Lionel Richie "Endless Love"

Australia: Shakin' Stevens "You Drive Me Cwazy" [sic]

Germany: Electronicas "Dance Little Bird" (aka "The Birdie Song")

( France: Kim ...