Loudon Wainwright on prime time British TV, national BBC 1, 9pm, the Jasper Carrott show in the winter of 1986. For eight weeks, Loudon guested on the comedian's show and sang one song, sometimes written to order for what was news that week.

The eight songs were -

1) Surfer Queen - (unrecorded)
2) Talkin' President (about Ronald Reagan) (unrecorded)
3) You don't Wanna Know (about the cold weather)
4) Superbowl Sunday (unrecorded)
5) Nocturnal Stumblebutt
6) Unrequited to the Nth Degree
7) IDTTYWLM (I don't think that your wife likes me)
8) Harry's Wall (wry song about the 'fame' from being on the show)