Every year, Blackpool's famous Illuminations are switched on by a famous personality: in past years Wilfred Pickles, Stanley Matthews, George Formby, Gracie Fields, Ken Dodd, Tony Blackburn, Tom Baker, Les Dawson, Frank Bruno and even 3-time National winner Red Rum have been called upon to pull the famous switch. However, since BBC Radio Two got involved in 1997, a number of "non-entities" have been lined up, leaving us with the strange choice this year of...
DALE WINTON!
Why? They invited Peter Kay along as well: surely he would have been a far better choice.
Then again, Chris Evans did it last year, so they couldn't sink much lower.
2006-09-25
05:28:20
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david4thelord
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