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As Smokie tuned their guitars, Chris Norman found a scrap of paper near the catering table. It wasn't lyrics; it was a script. "Boom! Boom!" it read.

The audience, a mix of kids and parents, went wild. Basil started conducting the violin section with his tail, accidentally knocking over a jar of HP sauce that had been part of his "Bedtime Story" props. The Grand Finale smokie_ill_meet_you_at_midnight_bbc_basil_brush...

The year was 1976, and the BBC’s Television Centre was a hive of activity. —the band with the gravelly-voiced Chris Norman—were in the studio to perform their hit "I'll Meet You at Midnight." Little did they know, their scheduled appearance on The Basil Brush Show was about to become the stuff of legend. The Midnight Rendezvous As Smokie tuned their guitars, Chris Norman found