Bare cheek: Brighton bus names explained

We explain the connections to Brighton of those names emblazoned on the front of local buses…

Ferris Bueller (No. 10C) – dialogue from the short-lived TV spin-off from the 1986 comedy film was sampled on the B-side of local resident Fatboy Slim’s 1999 hit ‘Praise You’.

Linzi Drew (No. 88) – The British adult film actress’s 1985 film Electric Blue 4 makes novel use of a stick of Brighton rock.

Moe (No. 15B) – The great-grandfather of the least funny of the Three Stooges was born in Portslade.

Zoltar (No. 73) – A mural featuring the Battle Of The Planets villain graced the wall of the gents’ toilet of The Shakespeare’s Head in Chatham Place during its Zel period between 1993 and 1994.

Marcus Horatius Pulvillus (No. 101) – Artefacts discovered during a recent archaeological dig suggest that the 509 BC consul of Rome pioneered the notion of “gay pride”.

Nik Kershaw (No. 59) – The diminutive 80s pop idol was the Dolphin Derby world champion between 2002 and 2007.

Colin Mochrie (No. 97) – The Canadian Whose Line Is It Anyway? stalwart is the current owner of the Volk’s Electric Railway.

Candyman (No. 119) – The hook-handed, African-American fictional urban legend and horror movie bad guy was guest director of Brighton Festival in 2003.

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CAN’T REMEMBER THE NAME OF A SONG, BOOK, FILM, TV SHOW, OR WHATEVER? MIKE HUNTER IS THE MAN WITH THE ANSWERS

Dear Mike,
Here’s the thing, my sister’s 40th birthday is coming up, and there’s this character I know she likes, but I can’t remember his name. We’re talking detective stories, probably written some time ago, and featuring a short, plump, bald, Belgian detection genius with a moustache, who solves crimes with the help of his sidekick, a very stiff-upper-lipped British ex-army officer. Many of these crimes take place in English stately homes or onboard cruise ships and I seem to recall one takes place on a famous train. Any ideas? I’d like to try and organise a “murder weekend” for my sis based on this character, so any help would be very useful.
Yours hopefully,
Granville Sparks, Hove

Dear Granville,
Don’t worry, mon ami, by utilising my “little grey cells” I am able to tell you that the detective in question is, of course, Spender, who was portrayed on BBC TV by actor
Jimmy Nail.

Please keep those queries
flooding in,

Mike XXX

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