All the jingles on the Tommy Body Show were live - almost. 

At the end of each hour the listener would hear Tommy read out the weather over the sound of 'the boys' singing the weather jingle (known in the radio industry as a 'bed')in the studio next door. This was actually pre-recorded, multi-tracked and sung by Stevo and used week in, week out.  

Here is the complete Southern Sound weather theme Stevo a'capella version available for the first ever time! Maybe read your own weather forecast over the top as you listen ;-)

Stevo's Weather Bed (Jingle)

They've been off for 3 weeks and are back to celebrate their 1st anniversary of Sunday nights on Southern!

Major Briggs and Jason Foster call in to welcome them back! 

This show was originally broadcast on Sun 14th Sept 1986 from 10pm to 1.07am the following morning. 

Sun 14th Sept 1986 - The Tommy Boyd Show

Tommy and the Sunday Night Gang (along with regular callers Major Briggs, Jason Foster and Dixie) are back for another 3 hours of radio to make you think once and laugh twice.

It's Jason Foster's house party and Tommy and the gang are invited!!! This is a legendary show! 

The show ends with another infamous close down!

This show was originally broadcast between 10pm and 1.08am on Sunday 28th Sept 1986. 

Sun 28th Sept 1986 - The Tommy Boyd Show - JASON FOSTER'S PARTY!!!

Sun 5th Oct 1986 - The Tommy Body Show

The Sunday Night Gang are back!!!

After a prank on fellow presenter Jeremy Beadle the previous week (sadly not taped) the team are on full alert in case Beadle casts his revenge!

To add to the mayhem Major Briggs and Jason Foster ring in with their unique take on the world. 

Sun 19th Oct 1986 - The Tommy Boyd Show

Get ready for another 3 hours of radio genius from Tommy and the gang as they make you laugh twice and think once. 

Sun 26th Oct 1986 - The Tommy Boyd Show

It's time to gather round the campfire for the Southern Sound Bonfire Party. Enjoy the aural delights of the Roman Door handle and many more!!!

This one is a classic!!!

Sun 2nd Nov 1986 - The Tommy Boyd Show  - SOUTHERN SOUND BONFIRE NIGHT

The gang are back for another Sunday night classic!

Sun 23rd Nov 1986 - The Tommy Boyd Show

Tommy and the Sunday Night Gang are back!!!

It's the last show of November but already the Christmas Carol singers have arrived on Major Briggs' front door. Jason Foster is still blaming David Legge's blue knickers for scaring his cat. And he even has a few fireworks left over from his party back in September! 

Sun 30th Nov 1986 - The Tommy Boyd Show

It's Christmas 1986!!!

Stevo takes the reigns as he presents a selection of some of the funniest moments from the year as well as some festive fun and Leggo's really awful records!

21st Dec 1986 - The Tommy Boyd Show CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

With Christmas out the way Tommy and the Sunday Night Gang are back for their last show of the year.

Tommy catches up with Major Briggs and Jason Foster to find out how their Christmas has been. Will there be a late whispered phone call from Major Briggs' houseboy Dixie?

Sun 28th Dec 1986 - The Tommy Boyd Show

It's 1987 and Tommy and the Sunday Night Gang are back for the first show of the new year!!!!

Sun 4th Jan 1987 - The Tommy Boyd Show

For those of us living in Sussex the Sunday night Tommy Boyd Show on Southern Sound was the highlight of the weekend. Listening with the radio under the pillow this show was far from your usual phone-in. With all the jingles sung live the gang of Tommy, Leggo, Stevo, Mary, Kath and Nicky helped us think once and laugh twice.

Regular callers Major Briggs, Jason Foster and Dixie entertained us along with trips to the Southern Sound health spa and a visits to newly opened nightclub the 'Fruity Cockatoo'. And, of course, there was Jason Foster's party...

Back in 1986 I intended to record just one show for posterity - I ended up recording almost 30. I knew it wouldn't last forever and once it was gone it was gone.

Transferred from old cassettes I've now put each show together as one continuous 3 hour broadcast. Just as it was. The adverts, and in some cases the news, have been left in.

So put your iPod under the pillow and tune in again to one of the most innovative pieces of radio ever to be made.

I'll be releasing the shows in broadcast order. Feel free to add people to the group. Enjoy :)

Have an old Tommy Boyd Sunday Night show on Southern Sound show that you recorded?

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Cover banner from http://www.thisisilr.co.uk - well worth checking out!

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