channels at 7pm, and then by Talking Pictures TV as a late-night repeat. The programme is a pop music countdown of videos and live performances from veteran acts, such as Chesney Hawkes and Tight Fit, based on the chart broadcast on a number of community radio stations in the UK and abroad. Song-writing In 1979, Read wrote and performed the pop-punk song "High Rise" (upon which his Radio 1 intro jingle was subsequently based) under the guise of The Trainspotters, following this in 1980 with "My Town", by his next studio group, The Ghosts. Read then wrote lyrics to the theme (composed by Simon May) for the TRIC Award-winning Trainer; the resulting UK Top 30 single, "More to Life", was performed by Cliff Richard. In 1991, Read also provided a guest rap on "Radio Wall of Sound", UK Top 30 hit for Slade. After his appearance on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Read recorded a charity single when he lyrically re-worked the Hank Mizell hit "Jungle Rock" and – as the Jungle Boys (with fellow I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! contestants Neil 'Razor' Ruddock and Lord Brocket) – had a UK Top 30 hit single. The follow-up, which made the Top 75, was a new version of Mungo Jerry classic "In the Summertime". In 2005, Read's song "Grief Never Grows Old" featured on a charity recording in aid of victims of the 2004 tsunami. Performed by an ensemble of artists named One World Project, the single reached No. 4 in the UK singles chart. Read has written music to accompany many poems written by John Betjeman. Thirty of these songs were recorded by artists including Cliff Richard, David Essex, Gene Pitney and Marc Almond for the 2006 various artists' album Words/Music, and subsequently re-released in 2008 as a double CD titled Sound of Poetry. On 19 October 2011, Read was presented with a BASCA Gold Badge Award in recognition of his contribution to music. In 2014, Read wrote and recorded "UKIP Calypso" in support of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). It was criticized for being racist; Read subsequently apologised and withdrew it from sale. Musicals Read has staged a number of musicals, including Young Apollo (a musical about the life of Rupert Brooke); Oscar (a 2004 production about Oscar Wilde, which was derided by critics and closed after one performance); Great Expectations; A Christmas