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In 1997, Marc Riley (aka 'Lard'), former bassist with (irrelevant) and Mark Radcliffe, already an established broadcaster, took over the afternoon slot on Radio 1. For six and a bit years bedlam ensued, the likes of which we'll never hear on afternoon radio again.

The sketches were stupid. They had '', a parody so thiny veiled only one letter needed changed. He'd drench the airwaves in sleaze, dropping double entendres so blatant an unborn child would get the 'joke'.Ìý

Ditto the Ìý- 'entered' almost exclusively by a ludicrous Irish man who rang in moments after Lard left the studio on an errand. Listen to that clip - could you make these type of gags in the pub without feeling incredible wick? These two did it every day at around 2pm.

Features like 'Classic cuts', during which Lard would play an old piece of vinyl from his collection that just happened to have cuts and skips in the right places to turn the airwaves blue. Check out and tell me you didn't laugh, albeit as you rolled your eyes to heaven.

Then there was the just.... pure random. '', during which Ìýthe former Oasis drummer's collaborates with The Ö÷²¥´óÐã Philharmonic - well, it had me in tears.

Mark Radcliffe is about to make the move from Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio 2 to 6music on which he'll continue to present with his current sparring partner Stuart Macone. So Mark and Lard are back on the same station at least. But they'll never present together again. No one's quite sure how they 'got away with' what they did during those glory years, but the bottom line is there's zero chance a show like Mark and Lard's could exist in 2011.

Which, while entirely understandable, is a mammoth shame.