she was joined by Janice Long. By then Nightingale was granted her request to broadcast her show in the evenings, which gave her more scope to play emerging underground and experimental music. Early in the 1970s Nightingale hosted a documentary film series for BBC 1 TV entitled Before The Event. The series was filmed all over the UK in locations such as The Lake District and Derbyshire. The series recorded the build-up to major events in the British sporting calendar such as The Hennessy Gold Cup steeplechase and the Formula 1 British Grand Prix motor race at Silverstone UK A little later she appeared in her first feature film Home Before Midnight, starring James Aubrey and Chris Jagger, brother of Mick. Nightingale played a talk show TV host and was billed as playing the part of herself. Later, Nightingale moved to a Sunday afternoon slot on Radio 1, hosting a request show from 1975 till 1979. This proved to be such a success that it was brought back in 1982 and continued to run for a further 12 years. In the interim (1979-1982) Nightingale hosted a breakthrough Radio 1 Friday night music chat show, featuring live studio guests such as Clive James, Rowan Atkinson, Michael Palin, Sting, Duran Duran and The Who. Then came a schedule change, reviving the Request show, which was broadcast at 7 pm on Sundays, immediately following the mammoth Top 40 show. This request show became a cult listen. Nightingale believed she had found her audience with this show slot, which lasted from 1982-94. Nightingale credited Bernie Andrews, the producer for the team for his success with this show, and later Pete Ritzema. When Nightingale was away, guest star ‘deps’ such as Annie Lennox and Paula Yates were brought in to present and feature on the show. Andrews was a visionary, assisting the Beatles to gain greater exposure on BBC Radio before Radio 1 was launched. He was also hugely influential in producing live sessions for the greatest names of the era, including Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd. Andrews notably launched the career of John Peel on Radio 1. During this period, Nightingale presented another Radio 1 show, a current affairs Wednesday evening show called Mailbag. Mailbag concentrated on issues for young people, and politics. Nightingale's live studio guests included the government minister for Nuclear Procurement, and the budding comedians Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. At