Tom Gutteridge direct the BBC's General Election coverage. In 1980 Gutteridge moved to Music & Arts department as Executive Producer, where he was responsible for the twice-weekly Russell Harty chat shows. In 1982, he produced and directed the comedy sketch series "A Kick Up the Eighties", which first discovered the talents of Rik Mayall (as Kevin Turvey) and Tracey Ullman, and which won a Scottish BAFTA. In 1983 and 1984, he produced and directed the popular BBC1 dance series "The Hot Shoe Show", starring Wayne Sleep and Bonnie Langford, which in 1984 was nominated for a BAFTA as Best Light Entertainment Series.
A Kick in the Mouth song by Farnborough band Floor, who became Hundred Reasons. It was the first cover the band had ever recorded, and intended as the first in a series of covers by local bands who have long since disappeared in the hope of pointing fans towards their musical roots (see also liner notes of Very Fast Very Dangerous. The videos for 'A Kick in the Mouth' and follow up single 'Keep It to Yourself' were filmed back to back in one weekend and were the most expensive videos recorded so far as they were both shot on film. The 'A Kick in