by John Glover
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Episode 24: Back to 'Like Chips In The Night' (May 18th 5.15pm)

Yaxley Farcett and Brian (Bunter) Worthington were bouncing along at a reasonably high speed in Farcett's Ford Escort towards the roadside diner that Farcett had been to that morning. It was there that he had received the call on his mobile, telling him to go to Cauliflower Drove. They passed by the outskirts of Ealham and continued for another ten miles until they reached the Fried Food Haven. Since Yaxley's all day breakfast at nine o'clock that morning he had only had biscuits with Brian while watching 'Columbo' and Daisy Worthington's 'Hairy Cake From Hell'. The Diner liked to pride themselves on their fast service. Underneath the purple neon sign for 'Like Chips In The Night' it said in brackets 'Greased Lightning'.

They pulled into a parking space and Yaxley waited for Candi Statton to stop singing 'Young Hearts run free'. He had heard that song one summer while on holiday and it had been his 'Summer Record' that year. It had stuck with him ever since. It was one of those songs he didn't like to stop. In fact sometimes if he arrived at a place and if the song was just starting, he would have to sit in his car for the next three minutes twenty four seconds until it finished before he could get out of the car. As the last note faded he quickly switched off the tape, for if another of his 'unswitchoffables' came on, he could have been there another five minutes. Yaxley had about twenty such songs; 'Farcett's Greatest hits'. However, the twenty songs were fairly fluid depending on what mood he was in. His latest compilation tape (featuring Candi Statton) he had called 'More Gasboard'. Brian was staring at the cassette box as the car fell silent.