Buggernation Street Annual 1975

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No explanation was forthcoming beyond the bullshit stated inaccurately in the death warrant on the left. And what probably signed my YT death warrant was a video that mocked all they hold dear, a spoof BBC1 trailer for ‘Wokeday Evening’.

Satire at it's best, top notch and merciless, aiming right for the jugular and centred around the mid 1970s which is my era.The first episode proper once Granada had given the go-ahead for a regular series, this one sees Len Fairclough attempting to bribe various residents to provide him with an alibi as he prepares to embark upon one of his ‘swimming lessons’ down at Weatherfield Baths. Meanwhile, Jerry and Mavis make a ‘sex film’, something that necessitates late nights, leading to tensions between Mavis and Rita in the Kabin the following morning. Views shot through the roof as it was tweeted by numerous media personalities not exactly beloved by the Woke mafia, and I would imagine a sizeable number of complaints were registered with the YT upholders of online standards, double and otherwise. It was a shame because much of his stuff was genuinely witty and that narrow demographic of 70s British childhood tv nostalgia was really resonant for me. At the end of the episode, the regulars gather round Ena Sharples on the piano, who leads them in a medley of traditional festive numbers such as ‘All I Want for Christmas is a Dirty Shag’.

YT must have missed the money they made from cramming ads into my videos during my absence, but they’ve made a hell of a lot more from me over the last twelve months. Meanwhile, Albert persuades Ken to let him give a lecture at the Community Centre about his centuries serving Queen, Country and Empire; he doesn’t realise the audience receiving his talk on how he defeated the ‘fuzzy-wuzzies’ might not be particularly receptive. One of the funniest parts for me is the argument between Annie Walker and Bet Lynch when Annie confronts Bet about being a transsexual. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.It had originally been published on Vimeo a couple of years ago and attracted virtually no attention at all; remixed and expanded, I decided to temporarily shelve my ‘Buggernation’-only principles when it came to YT uploads and enabled ‘Wokeday Evening’ to be seen by the widest possible audience. Annie is a snooty widow who nevertheless craves a vibrator to enliven lonely evenings; her son Billy is a pimp who runs several brothels in Accrington, but has persuaded his girlfriend Deirdre Hunt to work on the streets of Weatherfield, a move that proves to be a profitable venture for both of them. Described by the Guardian TV critic Digby Smugg as ‘The Archers directed by Derek and Clive’, ‘Buggernation Street’ featured the everyday stories of decadent folk living on a terraced street in the fictional Lancashire town of Weatherfield. Available now, it’s Johnny Monroe’s first-hand account of living through the pandemic of 2020/21, lifted from the posts of the Winegum Telegram blog. Len is in a foul mood as a swimming contest featuring the under-14s in bikinis is relocated from Weatherfield Baths to the lido - a venue he’s barred from.

Just in case I mistook YT for CBeebies, I always ticked the box stating my videos were for adults only, YT’s equivalent of the old-fashioned X certificate.Hilda discovers Annie Walker is planning a Rovers day-out at Buggerton Hall; rightly convinced Annie didn’t want her and Stan there, Hilda books herself on the trip, despite Stan’s assertion that stately homes are for working-class masochists. Jerry has his hopes dashed when Mavis bottles out of a Christmas Day dinner-orgy at a swingers’ club, Stan dreads Hilda’s festive role-playing (involving a truncheon), and Maggie is confronted by several disturbing Christmas requests. Ken, on the other hand, has a successful crack at Rita before he decides to spend a night with the missus instead of making Rita a more permanent fixture. A campaign to get the show taken off the air began the day after the pilot episode was broadcast, but Granada milked and ignored the outrage in equal measure, arguing so few people were watching that they may as well leave it where it was - whilst simultaneously promoting the programme by ensuring Peter Adamson (AKA Len Fairclough) was present at the premiere of every new Mary Millington movie as well as carrying out public functions such as opening the children’s pool of Salford Baths in 1974. Meanwhile, Betty decides to go for it with Bet, even though her memories of sharing a bed with a fella are a little rusty.