An indestructible Captain, a very friendly lion, the ring-a-ding-a-ling-a-ling king, Zebedee and TC

The death of children's telly stalwart John Noakes has put me in rather a nostalgic mood.

All day I have been humming various themes from long-lost programmes of yore.

Including these [and I wonder whether anyone else out there remembers any of them?]...

Arthur and the Square Knights Of The Round Table(1968)

Magic Roundabout closing credits (1965)

Batman intro (1966)

Parsley sings The Friendly Lion (1968)

Top Cat TC (1961)

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967)

The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968)

Hector's House (1965)

Happy memories.

Gayest superhero?

As far as I can see, they've outed the wrong one...

DC announces which of its superheroes is gay

"Nobody gets more applause than Catwoman!"

Even Bank Holiday Mondays can be tacky! Today there's a neat coincidence, too - for yesterday was the 64th birthday of none other than Miss Lesley Gore, purveyor of bad bubblegum pop.

So what better to feature than this wonderfully kitsch little vignette from her appearance (alongside the marvellous Miss Julie Newmar) in Batman?

Lesley Gore on Batman