Oct 4, 2026 · 16 min · 10 segments
Sunday 23 June 1991. Sonic the Hedgehog hits UK Mega Drive shops, Jason Donovan holds Official Chart number one with Any Dream Will Do, and Hyacinth Bucket is keeping up appearances on the BBC. Lee…
Mark WebbHostIt's from Andrew Lloyd, uh, Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and it climbed from two to one on the official chart dated the 23rd of June.
Color Me Badd had been knocked off, and half the country was humming a Bible story musical.
Here's the start of it.
Drew back the curtain to see for certain what I thought I knew.
I love that Britain chose a musical theater number one in the same week a cartoon hedgehog started sprinting through living rooms.
Someone somewhere was practicing Joseph, uh, while their kid was collecting rings next door.
And no, Mark, I'm not putting on the Technicolor coat for this bit.
That's a pity, Lee, because I had a whole coat twirl lined up, and I'd even cleared a path between the chairs.
It's from Andrew Lloyd, uh, Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and it climbed from two to one on the official chart dated the 23rd of June.
Color Me Badd had been knocked off, and half the country was humming a Bible story musical.
Here's the start of it.
Drew back the curtain to see for certain what I thought I knew.
I love that Britain chose a musical theater number one in the same week a cartoon hedgehog started sprinting through living rooms.
Someone somewhere was practicing Joseph, uh, while their kid was collecting rings next door.
And no, Mark, I'm not putting on the Technicolor coat for this bit.
That's a pity, Lee, because I had a whole coat twirl lined up, and I'd even cleared a path between the chairs.
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