Mark

The Hit List 54 The Blow Monkeys - It Doesn't Have to Be This Way 72 Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams 73 Scorpions - Wind of Change 88 Kate Bush - Hounds of Love 127 The Style Council - Shout to the Top

yes it is an Odeon don't know why i thought Cineworld

Just seen Practical Magic 2 at Merry Hill Cinema Enjoyed it

NOW VAULT 1986 arrived today

Mark's Top 40 weekending 11th September 2026 1 (02) Johnny Hates Jazz And Jaki Graham - Soul Believer 2 (01) Paul Heaton And Rianne Downey - Sad Songs And Lawsuits 3 (04) Lulu - I'm In Love Again 4 (03) Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 5 (19) Jessie Ware - Sauna 6 (05) Snow Patrol And Kylie Minogue - These Alarms 7 (06) Dave Hill - Play It To The Crowd 8 (39) Miley Cyrus - Bass Persuades 9 (11) Stella Lefty - Boston 10 (10) Haircut 100 - A Wonderful Life 11 (07) Shona McGarty - Mr Anxiety 12 (13) Echo And The Bunnymen - Brussels Is Haunted 13 (18) Carly Rae Jepsen - Don't Leave Me On The Dancefloor 14 (08) Madonna And Kylie - Love Sensation 15 (16) Yell feat. Daniel James - Hands Up 16 (17) Deniece Pearson - Berry 17 (20) Becky Hill - What Do I Have To Do 18 (21) Allan Clarke - Walking On Still Waters 19 (22) Micky Dolenz - Terri 20 (23) Marty Wilde - Can't Stand Losing You 21 (09) Perrie - Passenger Princess 22 (12) B*Witched - Firefly 23 (15) Carly Simon - Peaches 24 (14) Natasha Hamilton - Garden Of Eden 25 (27) The Real Thing - Raining Through My Sunshine 26 (24) Ella Langley - Be Her 27 (25) Madonna - Danceteria 28 (37) Hazell Dean - Long Time Gone 29 (38) Simple Minds - Beginner Boys 30 (New) EnglishNed - Taxi For John 31 (30) Howard Jones - Stand Up 32 (26) Roger Taylor - I See You Now 33 (32) Ariana Grande - Hate That I Made You Love Me 34 (40) James Blunt - Tastes Like Summer 35 (New) Cliff Richard - Spirit In The Sky 36 (28) Mari Wilson - Come On Out 37 (29) Johnny Altman - Satnav Girl 38 (31) LeAnn Rimes - Wild Things Run 39 (New) Dexys Midnight Runners - Once A Man Twice A Child 40 (36) Mungo Jerry - Pick It Up

Mark's Album Chart - 11/08/2026 1. (01) Paul Heaton - Jenius 2. (02) Bananarama - True Confessions 3. (03) Ella Langley - Dandelion 4. (04) The Darling Buds - Same Sun - Same Sky 5. (05) Madonna - Confessions II 6. (14) Jessie Ware - Superbloom 7 (06) Paul McCartney - The Boys Of Dungeon Lane 8. (13) Mariah Carey - Here For It All 9. (07) Shania Twain - Little Miss Twain 10. (09) Sienna Spiro - Visitor 11. (10) Haircut 100 - Boxing The Compass 12. (08) Morrissey - Make-Up Is A Lie 13. (11) Suzette Charles - Suzette Charles 14. (12) Perrie - Perrie 15. (15) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 16. (16) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 17. (17) Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature 18. (18) Louise - Confessions 19. (19) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Perimenopop 20. (20) Olivia Dean - The Art Of Loving

155. NEW The Firm - Star Trekkin' It was National Star Trek day yesterday 60 years since the original series started.

From Cliff's Official Site Cliff's latest studio album, Only Number Ones will be released by Warner Music on 27th November 2026. See the Latest Album page for full details. Pre-order by 2pm BST on 17th September for your chance to join Cliff for afternoon tea to toast his birthday and celebrate this fantastic new album. Having seen this on itunes chart it looks like it's a covers of No.1s album 85 NEW Cliff Richard - Spirit In The Sky https://www.facebook.com/reel/1064583982950201

Mark's Top 40 weekending 4th September 2026 1 (01) Paul Heaton And Rianne Downey - Sad Songs And Lawsuits 2 (06) Johnny Hates Jazz And Jaki Graham - Soul Believer 3 (05) Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 4 (07) Lulu - I'm In Love Again 5 (09) Snow Patrol And Kylie Minogue - These Alarms 6 (10) Dave Hill - Play It To The Crowd 7 (02) Shona McGarty - Mr Anxiety 8 (04) Madonna And Kylie - Love Sensation 9 (03) Perrie - Passenger Princess 10 (12) Haircut 100 - A Wonderful Life 11 (11) Stella Lefty - Boston 12 (08) B*Witched - Firefly 13 (19) Echo And The Bunnymen - Brussels Is Haunted 14 (13) Natasha Hamilton - Garden Of Eden 15 (17) Carly Simon - Peaches 16 (18) Yell feat. Daniel James - Hands Up 17 (20) Deniece Pearson - Berry 18 (38) Carly Rae Jepsen - Don't Leave Me On The Dancefloor 19 (39) Jessie Ware - Sauna 20 (40) Becky Hill - What Do I Have To Do 21 (23) Allan Clarke - Walking On Still Waters 22 (24) Micky Dolenz - Terri 23 (25) Marty Wilde - Can't Stand Losing You 24 (22) Ella Langley - Be Her 25 (21) Madonna - Danceteria 26 (28) Roger Taylor - I See You Now 27 (30) The Real Thing - Raining Through My Sunshine 28 (35) Mari Wilson - Come On Out 29 (32) Johnny Altman - Satnav Girl 30 (33) Howard Jones - Stand Up 31 (15) LeAnn Rimes - Wild Things Run 32 (16) Ariana Grande - Hate That I Made You Love Me 33 (14) Take That - Sweet July 34 (26) Theresa Bazar's Dollar - Risky Business 35 (27) Dexys Midnight Runners - My Life In England 36 (34) Mungo Jerry - Pick It Up 37 (New) Hazell Dean - Long Time Gone 38 (New) Simple Minds - Beginner Boys 39 (New) Miley Cyrus - Bass Persuades 40 (New) James Blunt - Tastes Like Summer

Mark's Album Chart - 04/08/2026 1. (01) Paul Heaton - Jenius 2. (02) Bananarama - True Confessions 3. (03) Ella Langley - Dandelion 4. (04) The Darling Buds - Same Sun - Same Sky 5. (05) Madonna - Confessions II 6 (06) Paul McCartney - The Boys Of Dungeon Lane 7. (07) Shania Twain - Little Miss Twain 8. (08) Morrissey - Make-Up Is A Lie 9. (09) Sienna Spiro - Visitor 10. (10) Haircut 100 - Boxing The Compass 11. (11) Suzette Charles - Suzette Charles 12. (12) Perrie - Perrie 13. (13) Mariah Carey - Here For It All 14. (14) Jessie Ware - Superbloom 15. (15) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 16. (16) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 17. (17) Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature 18. (18) Louise - Confessions 19. (19) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Perimenopop 20. (20) Olivia Dean - The Art Of Loving

Mark's Top 40 weekending 28th August 2026 1 (01) Paul Heaton - Sad Songs And Lawsuits 2 (02) Shona McGarty - Mr Anxiety 3 (03) Perrie - Passenger Princess 4 (04) Madonna And Kylie - Love Sensation 5 (05) Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 6 (15) Johnny Hates Jazz And Jaki Graham - Soul Believer 7 (08) Lulu - I'm In Love Again 8 (06) B*Witched - Firefly 9 (12) Snow Patrol And Kylie Minogue - These Alarms 10 (20) Dave Hill - Play It To The Crowd 11 (23) Stella Lefty - Boston 12 (16) Haircut 100 - A Wonderful Life 13 (09) Natasha Hamilton - Garden Of Eden 14 (07) Take That - Sweet July 15 (10) LeAnn Rimes - Wild Things Run 16 (11) Ariana Grande - Hate That I Made You Love Me 17 (17) Carly Simon - Peaches 18 (19) Yell feat. Daniel James - Hands Up 19 (25) Echo And The Bunnymen - Brussels Is Haunted 20 (22) Deniece Pearson - Berry 21 (13) Madonna - Danceteria 22 (18) Ella Langley - Be Her 23 (33) Allan Clarke - Walking On Still Waters 24 (30) Micky Dolenz - Terri 25 (31) Marty Wilde - Can't Stand Losing You 26 (28) Theresa Bazar's Dollar - Risky Business 27 (29) Dexys Midnight Runners - My Life In England 28 (34) Roger Taylor - I See You Now 29 (35) Grace Kennedy - Strong 30 (40) The Real Thing - Raining Through My Sunshine 31 (36) Honeyz - Butterflies 32 (39) Johnny Altman - Satnav Girl 33 (38) Howard Jones - Stand Up 34 (37) Mungo Jerry - Pick It Up 35 (32) Mari Wilson - Come On Out 36 (14) Pixie Lott - Dance Like No One's Watching 37 (21) Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun 38 (New) Carly Rae Jepsen - Don't Leave Me On The Dancefloor 39 (New) Jessie Ware - Sauna 40 (New) Becky Hill - What Do I Have To Do

Mark's Album Chart - 28/08/2026 1. (New) Paul Heaton - Jenius 2. (Re) Bananarama - True Confessions 3. (02) Ella Langley - Dandelion 4. (01) The Darling Buds - Same Sun - Same Sky 5. (03) Madonna - Confessions II 6 (25) Paul McCartney - The Boys Of Dungeon Lane 7. (04) Shania Twain - Little Miss Twain 8. (Re) Morrissey - Make-Up Is A Lie 9. (05) Sienna Spiro - Visitor 10. (06) Haircut 100 - Boxing The Compass 11. (07) Suzette Charles - Suzette Charles 12. (08) Perrie - Perrie 13. (09) Mariah Carey - Here For It All 14. (10) Jessie Ware - Superbloom 15. (11) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 16. (12) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 17. (13) Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature 18. (14) Louise - Confessions 19. (15) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Perimenopop 20. (16) Olivia Dean - The Art Of Loving

28th August 2026 From Swordfish Records, Dalton Street, Birmingham 7” Singles 1927 - That’s When I Think Of You Amy Stewart - You Really Touch My Heart Bananarama - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings Black Lace - El Vino Collapso Black Lace - Viva La Mexico Brenda Russell - Piano In The Dark Jellybean feat. Steven Dante - The Real Thing Katrina And The Waves - Walking On Sunshine Kim Wilde - Say You Really Want Me Liverpool FC - Anfield Rap Living In A Box - Living In A Box Nik Kershaw - The Riddle Nik Kershaw - When A Heart Beats The Firm - Star Trekkin’ The Jets - Crush On You Whistle - (Nothing Serious) Just Buggin’ Voice Of The Beehive - I Walk The Earth

NOW Yearbook '71 Special Edition arrived today from HMV Online

26th August 2026 From HMV, Merry Hill Paul Heaton - Jenius (CD) Paul McCartney - The Boys Of Dungeon Lane (CD) Morrissey - Make-Up Is A Lie (CD)

Really sad news - R.I.P. Dolly :(

Mark's Top 40 weekending 21st August 2026 1 (11) Paul Heaton - Sad Songs And Lawsuits 2 (01) Shona McGarty - Mr Anxiety 3 (02) Perrie - Passenger Princess 4 (03) Madonna And Kylie - Love Sensation 5 (04) Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 6 (05) B*Witched - Firefly 7 (09) Take That - Sweet July 8 (19) Lulu - I'm In Love Again 9 (06) Natasha Hamilton - Garden Of Eden 10 (07) LeAnn Rimes - Wild Things Run 11 (08) Ariana Grande - Hate That I Made You Love Me 12 (New) Snow Patrol And Kylie Minogue - These Alarms 13 (10) Madonna - Danceteria 14 (13) Pixie Lott - Dance Like No One's Watching 15 (New) Johnny Hates Jazz And Jaki Graham - Soul Believer 16 (New) Haircut 100 - A Wonderful Life 17 (18) Carly Simon - Peaches 18 (16) Ella Langley - Be Her 19 (22) Yell feat. Daniel James - Hands Up 20 (New) Dave Hill - Play It To The Crowd 21 (12) Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun 22 (New) Deniece Pearson - Berry 23 (15) Stella Lefty - Boston 24 (14) Shania Twain - Dirty Rosie 25 (New) Echo And The Bunnymen - Brussels Is Haunted 26 (17) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Dancing Without You 27 (20) Madonna And Sabrina Carpenter - Bring Your Love 28 (New) Thereza Bazar's Dollar - Risky Business 29 (23) Dexys Midnight Runners - My Life In England 30 (New) Micky Dolenz - Terri 31 (New) Marty Wilde - Can't Stand Losing You 32 (New) Mari Wilson - Come On Out 33 (New) Allan Clarke - Walking On Still Waters 34 (New) Roger Taylor - I See You Now 35 (New) Grace Kennedy - Strong 36 (New) Honeyz - Butterflies 37 (New) Mungo Jerry - Pick It Up 38 (New) Howard Jones - Stand Up 39 (New) Johnny Altman - Satnav Girl 40 (New) The Real Thing - Raining Through My Sunshine

Mark's Album Chart - 21/08/2026 1. (01) The Darling Buds - Same Sun - Same Sky 2. (02) Ella Langley - Dandelion 3. (03) Madonna - Confessions II 4. (04) Shania Twain - Little Miss Twain 5. (05) Sienna Spiro - Visitor 6. (06) Haircut 100 - Boxing The Compass 7. (07) Suzette Charles - Suzette Charles 8. (08) Perrie - Perrie 9. (09) Mariah Carey - Here For It All 10. (10) Jessie Ware - Superbloom 11. (11) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 12. (12) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 13. (13) Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature 14. (14) Louise - Confessions 15. (15) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Perimenopop 16. (16) Olivia Dean - The Art Of Loving 17. (17) Jessie J - Don't Tease Me With A Good Time 18. (18) Taylor Swift - The Life Of A Showgirl 19. (19) Belinda Carlisle - Once Upon A Time In California 20. (20) Kim Wilde - Closer

Got an e-mail to say date has been changed to TBC (To Be Confirmed) Update - date 28th August is still scheduled

This year's Christmas and New Years specials have been cancelled due to Brendon O'Carroll breaking his jaw and needing an operation. It will be back in 2027. BBC NewsMrs Brown's Boys Christmas specials cancelled after star...The sitcom's creator says he requires "immediate" surgery but hopes the show will return in 2027.

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 14th August 2026 1 (02) Shona McGarty - Mr Anxiety 2 (01) Perrie - Passenger Princess 3 (New) Madonna And Kylie - Love Sensation 4 (03) Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 5 (06) B*Witched - Firefly 6 (08) Natasha Hamilton - Garden Of Eden 7 (04) LeAnn Rimes - Wild Things Run 8 (05) Ariana Grande - Hate That I Made You Love Me 9 (11) Take That - Sweet July 10 (08) Madonna - Danceteria 11 (12) Paul Heaton - Sad Songs And Lawsuits 12 (15) Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun 13 (10) Pixie Lott - Dance Like No One's Watching 14 (09) Shania Twain - Dirty Rosie 15 (33) Stella Lefty - Boston 16 (14) Ella Langley - Be Her 17 (13) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Dancing Without You 18 (17) Carly Simon - Peaches 19 (New) Lulu - I'm In Love Again 20 (16) Madonna And Sabrina Carpenter - Bring Your Love 21 (21) Alyssa Grace - Bloodstream 22 (22) Yell feat. Daniel James - Stand Up 23 (18) Dexys Midnight Runners - My Life In England 24 (27) Paul Heaton And Rianne Downey - Favourite Kind Of Idiot 25 (23) Olivia Rodrigo - Drop Dead 26 (26) Gracie Abrams - Hit The Wall 27 (28) Taylor Swift - I Knew It, I Knew You 28 (29) Becky Hill - More! More! More! 29 (30) Natalie Imbruglia - Just Drive 30 (37) Katseye - Animal 31 (25) Olivia Rodrigo - The Cure 32 (20) Delta Goodrem - Hologram 33 (19) Sienna Spiro - Material Lover 34 (38) Audrey Hobert - Sue Me 35 (24) Role Model - High Hopes 3000 36 (35) Calvin Harris And Jazzy - Satisfy 37 (39) Adela - Ain't In L.A. 38 (40) Luke Combs - Where The Wild Things Are 39 (New) Inner City - Turn Me On 40 (31) Chaka Khan And Snoop Dogg - Boogie's In My Soul

Mark's Album Chart - 14/08/2026 1. (01) The Darling Buds - Same Sun - Same Sky 2. (02) Ella Langley - Dandelion 3. (03) Madonna - Confessions II 4. (04) Shania Twain - Little Miss Twain 5. (05) Sienna Spiro - Visitor 6. (06) Haircut 100 - Boxing The Compass 7. (07) Suzette Charles - Suzette Charles 8. (08) Perrie - Perrie 9. (09) Mariah Carey - Here For It All 10. (10) Jessie Ware - Superbloom 11. (11) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 12. (12) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 13. (13) Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature 14. (14) Louise - Confessions 15. (15) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Perimenopop 16. (16) Olivia Dean - The Art Of Loving 17. (17) Jessie J - Don't Tease Me With A Good Time 18. (18) Taylor Swift - The Life Of A Showgirl 19. (19) Belinda Carlisle - Once Upon A Time In California 20. (20) Kim Wilde - Closer

10th August 2026 From HMV, Merry Hill SWV - It’s About Time (Vinyl) And the Michael Jackson film on DVD

The late 90s/early 00s girl group have dropped this new single "Butterflies" also available to vote in the Heritage Chart http://www.heritagechart.co.uk