"Tales from a very minor celebrity"
Is it possible for someone with very little self confidence and who is also very shy to go on to become a radio and TV presenter?…Hosting their own live radio show, interviewing royals, Oscar winning actors and musical superstars as well as hosting shows in front of 20,000 people and even moving to another country to start a new career….Well I’m here to tell you that it is, because I did just that. My name is Simon Baldock and this podcast is called, “Tales from a very minor celebrity”….this is the story of how I overcame my insecurities and shyness and went on to have a 35 year career in broadcasting both in the UK and in Spain. You’ll hear some of my most memorable celebrity interviews and all the adventures I’ve had both in the UK and Spain and the stories behind them…like the time I delivered half a carcass of beef to Margaret Thatcher at 10 Downing Street! “Tales from a very minor celebrity”, a weekly podcast from me Simon Baldock.
Episodes
30 episodes
My Favourite Interviews - John Motson
On the 23rd February, 2023 is was announced the football commentating legend John “Motty” Motson had died at the age of 77.He started working on Match Of The Day in 1971, and covered 10 World Cups, 10 European Championships and 29 FA Cu...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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7:21
My Favourite Interviews - Uri Geller
I’m a bit short of time this week so I’m just going to okay you the interview without all the preamble that usually comes with my weekly podcast.As you’re well aware I’m sure the World Cup has started and this week you can hear an...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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3:11
My Favourite Interviews - Jane Birkin
Hi everyone, and welcome to episode 7 of this new season of Tales From a very minor celebrity, a delve into my celebrity archive a look back at some of my very favourite interviews from my career in radio and TV….This week you’ll hear an...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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10:19
My Favourite Interviews - Jade Goody
Hi everyone….we’re up to episode 6 of season 2 of tales from a very minor celebrity, a look back at some of my favourite interviews during my 35 year plus media career.Now Jade Goody was born 5 June 1981 and died 22 March 2009.&n...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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10:58
My Favourite Interviews - Michael Barrymore
Hi everyone, and welcome to episode 5 of this new season of Tales From a very minor celebrity, a delve into my celebrity archive a look back at some of my very favourite interviews from my career in radio and TV…. Michael Ciaran Par...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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10:40
My Favourite Interviews - Ford GT 40
Hi everyone, and welcome to episode 4 of this new season of Tales From A Very Minor Celebrity, a delve into my celebrity archive and a look back at some of my very favourite interviews from my career in radio and TV…. and as I always say ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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9:42
My Favourite Interviews - Tandile Mandela
Hi everyone, and welcome to episode three of this new season of Tales From A Very Minor Celebrity, a delve into my audio archive and a look back at some of my very favourite interviews from my career in radio and TV…. I hope you will like...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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10:59
My Favourite Interviews - Ruby Wax
Hi everyone, and welcome to episode 2 of this new season of Tales From A Very Minor Celebrity, a delve into my celebrity archive and a look back at some of my very favourite interviews from my career in radio and TV…. I hope you will like...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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10:55
My Favourite Interviews - Michael Palin
Hi everyone, and welcome to a new season of Tales From A Very Minor Celebrity. Yes I’m back and this time I’ll be delving into my celebrity archive and looking back at some of my very favourite interviews from my career in radio and TV….now to ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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9:28
‘Taking The Lead’ Judith Durham / Marti Pellow / Tony Hadley / Martin Fry / Richard Clayderman
Hello once again and thank you for once again joining me for another edition of ‘Tales From A Very Minor Celebrity’, a look back at my life in TV and radio and a delve into my celebrity archive looking back at some of the many interviews I have...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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33:44
‘Light My Fire’ Jose Feliciano / Ralph McTell
Hola Todos, that’s hello everyone in Spanish just in case you didn’t know…and welcome to another edition of Tales From A Very Minor Celebrity…a look back at my career in radio and TV and a delve into my celebrity archive looking back at some of...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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26:54
‘Everybody Needs Good Neighbours’ Alan Price / Tom Oliver / Neighbours
Hello everyone and thank you for joining me for another edition of Tales from A Very Minor Celebrity… now in this weeks episode you’ll be hearing again from one of the many musical stars that I interviewed over the years…today Alan Price the or...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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22:37
‘Unforgettable’ Natalie Cole / Petula Clark
Hi there..and thank you all once again for tuning in for another edition of tales from a very minor Celebrity. This week you’ll be once agin hearing from two musical greats…a two part interview with Petula Clark and also a chat I had with the l...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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25:57
‘Mc Madness’ McFly / Steve Hackett
Thanks for joining me again for another edition of tales from a very minor celebrity…a look back at my life in the media, specifically radio and TV and the many celebrities I’ve interviewed and adventures I’ve had during that time…and continue ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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13:55
‘Addicted to Love’ Robert Palmer / Roger Mcguinn
Welcome to anther episode of my podcast Tales From a Very Minor celebrity, a delve into my celebrity archive, a look back at some of the very famous people who I have interviewed over the years and the stories behind those interviews…we continu...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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14:47
‘Lady Marmalade’ Patti Labelle / Marie Osmond
Thanks for tuning into another episode of ‘Tales From A Very Minor Celebrity’, and the second in a series looking back at some of the very famous singers and musicians who I’ve spoken to during my broadcasting career…this week you’ll be hearing...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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15:37
‘Essex girl’ Alison Moyet
This week it’s the start of another series of interviews with a common thread running through them…these are all musicians and singers I have been lucky to chat to over the years…and we start with a lady who comes from my neck of the wood...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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22:49
‘M.A.S.H up’ Mike Farrell / Robert Vaughn
In this week Tales From A Very Minor Celebrity it’s the final two stars from shows which I grew up watching and which were huge hits during their time; coming up Robert Vaughn who played Napoleon Solo in the TV series The Man From Uncle a...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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16:48
‘Royal special’ Lord Litchfield/ Ralf Little
Hello and welcome again to another episode of tales From A Very Minor Celebrity…..now I know I said last week that you’d be hearing from the man from Uncles Robert Vaughn and Mike Farrell from M.A.S.H…the final two stars of another couple progr...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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13:33
‘One of the Best’ James Best / Antonio Fargas
Hello again and thank for downloading this weeks episode of Tales From a Very Minor Celebrity…I must say that this short series of podcasts featuring the stars of programmes from my youth are proving very popular..programmes from the 70’s, 80’s...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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18:36
‘A Stargate team’ Amanda Tapping / Dirk Benedict
This is episode nine of Tales From A Very Minor Celebrity and another in the short series of recordings looking back at some of the stars of American 70’s sci-fi programmes, and classics from the 80’s and 90’s as well….this week you’ll hear int...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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16:35
‘To boldly go’ William Shatner / George Takei
This weeks episode of Tales From a Very Minor Celebrity is another of a short series of shows that Im currently doing looking back at some of the interviews I carried out from stars from programmes which I followed when I was a youngster. I was...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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15:18
‘It’s child’s play’ Billy Mumy / Butch Patrick
I’m back…and so is my voice…welcome to another edition of tales from a very minor celebrity and thank you for your patience…I’ve spent a lovely few weeks back in Spain where I lived for 6 years and got over a throaty infection which I’m sure I ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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14:28
‘Pick of the week’ Fatima Whitbread / Carol Smillie
Now this week you’re going to hear two very different interviews from my archive, one serious and one very frivolous …the first is with champion javelin thrower Fatima Whitbread and the second with Carol Smillie, the former presenter of Changin...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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17:18
‘A week to remember’ Bill Wyman
In this weeks episode of Tales From A Very Minor Celebrity I’ll tell you about a trip of a lifetime when in 1982 I went to Spain and saw a World Cup semi final, World Cup final and the Rolling Stones in concert and you’ll also hear an interview...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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15:46