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The wisdom of http://www.saturdaymornings.co.uk/featu ... call.shtml tells us...

Towards the back end of L&K's second series, BT's 'PhONEday' initiative to add an extra 1 to all UK numbers meant that once again a new number came along. So 0181 811 8181 it was, and an edited jingle was used (cramming in an extra 1) until the new one arrived from the jingle studio.

I wonder if 020 8811 8181 is still held by the BBC.

As a slight aside, I remember thinking how stupid it was to add a 1 to every number at the time as that just mean they had the same total of numbers as before. How wrong I was about such a clever plan.

Hymagumba wrote: I wonder if 020 8811 8181 is still held by the BBC.

Maybe someone should call it. Sadly the number has no where near as much joy to it as 0181.

Apparently a rack of telephone equipment labelled 811 8055 was seen earlier this decade in CCA at Television Centre by a poster on uk.tech.broadcast.

Glad you've been enjoying all my jingles! Yes I am a sad anorak.
And yes it is the old Live and Kicking phone number jingle - which Jamie Theakston actually had re-sung for his Heart breakfast show.

NickyS wrote:Glad you've been enjoying all my jingles! Yes I am a sad anorak.
And yes it is the old Live and Kicking phone number jingle - which Jamie Theakston actually had re-sung for his Heart breakfast show.

I *heart* your jingles Nicky!

It does however mean I have a very unique mobile ringtone

And what would that be?

LaSeandre wrote:And what would that be?

Well it's easy to know my phone is ringing when it sings Nicky Schiller!

NickyS wrote:

LaSeandre wrote:And what would that be?

Well it's easy to know my phone is ringing when it sings Nicky Schiller!

Any success getting copies of Matt Fincham's CDs then?

Pete wrote:

NickyS wrote:

LaSeandre wrote:And what would that be?

Well it's easy to know my phone is ringing when it sings Nicky Schiller!

Any success getting copies of Matt Fincham's CDs then?

Someone was listening to Chris Moyles this morning then Negotiations are underway!