If you were a fan of the seventies show Multicolored Swap Shop you will be interested in this story.
I was waiting on Reading train station the other morning when I was tapped on the shoulder and asked if I’d like to pass on any comments to the new boss of First Great Western. I turned round to find that the question was being asked by one Maggie Philbin. Now this might not mean much to people, but growing up in the seventies Multi Coloured Swap Shop was essential viewing, and Maggie Philbin and Keith Chegwin were as much part of this as Noel Edmonds. Who can forget the Brown Sauce number ‘I Wanna Be Winner’, which got to number 11 in the charts? Well, I answered her questions, mutt...
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