What a fantastic character he is. How many kids has he turned on to astronomy? I'd love if the BBC turned The Sky at Night into a weekly, peak time show but that's maybe just me.

Where does he get his suits? Every time I see him his waistband is higher. At the moment it's just under his armpits.

Here's to you Patrick. Cheers.

Did you see the two programmes last night?

Good grief, when I first saw the thread title I thought you were going to announce his death!

So did I.

Amd me

Me too.

Ditto. How old is he? does anyone have a clue? He seems to have been the same all my life - and I'm 54!

Isn't Ths Sky at Night the longest running tv programme of all time? Anywhere?

Patrick Moore is 497 years old. During a live SaN, a fly once flew into his mouth.

He ate it.

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Originally posted by Tarquin Maynard-Portly:
Patrick Moore is 497 years old. During a live SaN, a fly once flew into his mouth.

He ate it.

Those acid flashbacks are a killer aren't they Mike...

I was doing some very late surfing (as coincidentally I'm doing just now) and I came across one of the 50th anniversary Sky at Night programmes on cable.

He's a national treasure. Let's hear it for him.

Aren't all these repeats on because he's retired?

Bob

He hasn't retired. The Sky at Night is still on every month and just recently celebrated its 50th anniversary.

I admire his inspirational enthusiasm but I did read an interview with him quite recently which revealed him to have political views that would have made Enoch Powell blanch. I wish I'd not read it as it has rather spoiled my opinion of someone I took to be an amiable eccentric.

Bruce

I heard him give a very interesting lecture on manned space flight a few years back. But it's true, his politics do temper my view of him somewhat.


regards,

Tam

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I did read an interview with him quite recently which revealed him to have political views that would have made Enoch Powell blanch.
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Yes, this is true. I believe he was also friendly with the McWhirter brothers of 'Record Breaker' and 'Freedom Organisation' fame. A right wing organisation which supported aparthied in South Africa, for example.

Well that's an eye opener. I remember reading about McWhirter and the antics of the Freedom association whilst studying politics at college many years back.

What a shame Moore's views are apparently so similar.

Chaps

Everyone is entitled to a political opinion.

Regards

Mick

He also wrote the book "Bureaucrats and how to annoy them" under the pseudonym R.T.Fishal

Some choice bits of advice were:-

• in the space "For Official Use Only" rub it with the base of a white candle.
  
• When complaining to a jobsworth always give a reference number to your letters e.g. tax01, tax 02 etc. Then cause chaos by asking in tax07 why they did not reply to tax06 which was never sent.
  
• Get two tax offices talking to each other

Well worth a read for a giggle if you can find a copy

A very strange man indeed, in my opinion. Probably not a man with whom to leave adolescent boys.

G