Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I turned it off after only 30 seconds. Takes a lot to achieve that. 100
Reposted by Adam TandyJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My most precious possession, aged 10. The first Judge Dredd annual, signed by The Gods Who Walked Amongst Us, at the newly opened Forbidden Planet. I had never been so excited to be in a room with anyone ever. #DayOfDredd 4844
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Absolutely loved this, Simon. Huge respect for selecting the subject matter. You are already missed. 020
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The same joke, every time. But also: pretending to get electric shocks off contactless payment terminals when I use my phone to pay. Irresistible. 040
Reposted by Adam TandyJulia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Free to read now, my review of The Swan: Behind the Mirror on Disney/Hulu. America’s cruelest reality show came out in 2004, but how much has reality tv really changed since then?juliaraeside.substack.comThe Swan: Behind the MirrorTV Review - Hulu has its cake and eats it in this deeply disturbing delve into one of America’s cruelest ever reality shows. 043
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Beware of people who feed your habit. I’ve been given a lot of expensive pens (what else do you buy a producer, right?) and I confess to gifting people notebooks and binders anonymously to avoid having to store them in my guilty secret stationery cupboard. 000
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We had noticed… I’m in recovery myself, having calculated that I now have more than a lifetime’s supply of pencils, sharpeners, envelopes, slip files, fountain pen ink, sharpies, highlighters, coloured A4 paper, bookbinding tulle, sealing wax, staples, script brads, springback binders, paper clips, 140
Reposted by Adam TandyMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Most TV is just this now. 17272071975
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I wish they’d managed to crowdfund their next series. 110
Reposted by Adam TandyDanny Robins @dannyrobins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Uncanny fans! The countdown has begun! Less than 12 hours from now you can be part of an Uncanny first, as we share a recording of the live show for the first time ever! Join me as we watch and share theories in the chat forum. Get a ticket to watch here: tinyurl.com/5arvkf28 1173
Reposted by Adam TandySimon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...whatson.bfi.org.ukBuy cinema tickets for Preview: Ghosts: The Possession of Button House + Q&A with guests | BFI Southbank 182
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I reluctantly leased an Audi for three years. Hated the pressure to behave like an oik on the road, and have now down-shifted to a Spanish hatchback. Much happier. 111
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Here’s our composer Drew being non-diagetically diagetic in the recording studio. 3/3 130
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026…and there are a lot of other genre chase jokes in that sequence. Gratuitous slow motion, urban music, gratuitous stunts, deliberately taking the hard route, etc. 2/3 120
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Jim and I had a detailed conversation about how close we could shoot on the stunt double to make it obvious without making it Obvious. One is funny, one less so… 120
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Ros Little’s garden shed is the costume design version of Stark Industries… 020
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I think there are different versions of the same joke that would work on film; Mel Brooks, ZAZ, etc. My first note on Cloth was not to do cinematic clowning gags too often, because we were spoofing TV. 120
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026All those beats are pure Clowning 101. But would probably look terrible done as a pre-record. 110
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Very much this. Single-camera comedy drama should be able to achieve about 6 minutes per day, 25-30 setups on average. Obvs SNL is a multicamera audience gig, where the secret is not to do retakes. Live instantly obviates that. 110
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I think this is a good lesson to learn. The fact is that money is not really the issue here - it’s time. Don’t try and build and dress a massive new set in a week. Instill a vibe that allows you to look good without needing to engage massive resources. Also: prosthetics. 130
Reposted by Adam TandyJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Wrote something about SNL:UK and what I learned by going to see it being made… joelmorris.substack.com/p/live-from-...joelmorris.substack.comLive from London, it’s SATURDAY NIGHT!What seeing this week’s episode of SNL UK taught me about comedy. 3723872
Reposted by Adam TandyNaomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026My new novel The Strangers is published today in the UK! Next week in the US 🥰 www.penguin.co.uk/books/469678... 6559
Reposted by Adam TandyAl Campbell @diralcampbell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Feels like it’s been ages since I had something come out, more in the pipeline, but first up- first look at new Cunk! variety.com/2026/tv/glob...variety.comPhilomena Cunk to Quiz Michael Bay and Benedict Cumberbatch in ‘Cunk on Cinema’ as Latest Outing for Diane Morgan’s Character Gets First LookThe first look from Cunk of Cinema, the latest outing from Diane Morgan's beloved TV idiot, has been revealed 0197
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I think they’ve earned their two-hander judging by the bits I’ve heard over the last few months. Hope it doesn’t end nastily for Harrison at Christmas… 010
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Originally in PAL (because: Saxons) but then converted to SECAM. 020
Reposted by Adam TandyCarrie Quinlan @carrieq.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Total badges and stickers fest at the @nincompoopspod.bsky.social show at the London Podcast Festival this coming Sunday. A few tickets still available! www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/pod... 1107
Reposted by Adam TandyPaul Hayes @paul-hayes.bsky.social · 10/09/202670 years ago today a staff of 14 opened up the BBC's first ever East Anglian broadcasting HQ at St Catherine's Close on All Saints Green in Norwich, and what would later become known as BBC East was born.bbc.co.ukBBC East celebrates 70 years of broadcasting from NorwichThe BBC set up its first East of England regional service in a converted Georgian mansion in 1956. 12712
Reposted by Adam TandyJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026OUT TODAY! Part one of the Comfort Blanket look at Star Wars. (Just Star Wars. That’s what it’s called.) Part two tomorrow. It’s a good ‘un! LISTEN exclusively on Substack and Patreon… 6184
Reposted by Adam TandyPhilip Ralph @philralph.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The ‘managed decline’ continues… and yet if you attended the Edinburgh TV festival you’d be forgiven for thinking UK TV was in rude health… it astounds me that the leaders of the industry are so accepting of this disaster without seeking proactive creative ways forwards. 🤷♂️🤦♂️🤬 144
Reposted by Adam Tandynincompoopspod.bsky.social @nincompoopspod.bsky.social · 05/09/2026WHY DON'T TREES GROW ON TREES? Find out in the new episode of Ask the Nincompoops with @andystanton15 and Carrie Quinlan. It's ready for you Right Now, on your podcast thing of choice! 012
Reposted by Adam TandyJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026COMING THIS WEDNESDAY Comfort Blanket’s exclusive subscriber series on the TOP TEN SCI FI MOVIES Reaches the big lad… STAR WARS! 1141
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026These prestige projects can often get postponed or even cancelled, so I am delighted and relieved that it’s been confirmed and launched. All those people that complained about the blu-rays being discontinued after S4 had better buy one. 010
Reposted by Adam TandyJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Possibly my favourite piece of art in any medium. It’s only PENDA’S FEN! On the actual TV! Join @greavesian.bsky.social on Wednesday night, BBC4. 54512
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Oh, and we shot one episode to Rec.601 on Digibeta, but had to convert to HD (via analogue PAL VT) for final post and delivery. 010
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I think a couple of episodes might have been shot (not filmed!) at 4k (on Sony Venice), or possibly 3.2k (using Arri Alexa Minis) for particular technical reasons (and I think one or two episodes were shot at 2k by “mistake”), but we only ever post-produced to Rec.709, as our delivery format was HD. 110
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026*blu-ray HD quality obvs 🙄 Still, that’s 6x more data in the pictures, and vastly better sound quality, than you might expect off of iPlayer with a decent broadband connection. I suppose this is why blu-Ray is still a Thing. 330
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Apparently I’ve written an introduction for this. A huge blu-ray box set of Inside No. 9, a collectors’ edition no less. Amazing artwork, and every episode in full HD quality. 1135
Reposted by Adam TandyCarrie Quinlan @carrieq.bsky.social · 02/09/2026THREE SLEEPS UNTIL THE NEW SERIES OF NINCOMPOOPS! 032
Reposted by Adam TandyJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Not to blow my own trumpet, but I’ve just listened back to the edit of the climactic 2-part Star Wars episode of this series - out next week - and it’s something I’m so proud of. Hard to find something new to say, and I think this is good stuff. Big theories on why Star Wars and story works… 3173
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Shockingly exploitative, JR. This week I have already been reminded of both Casualty (turning 40) and Armando’s sketch show (turning 25). Have some mercy. 000
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It is rooted in humanity and self-doubt. Leaving the camera on Gareth and Norman but from the other side of Chiswick High Road makes the whole thing observational rather than constructed. Very simple but full of delight in the mundane. 020
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026… and nearly 27 years since we started working on it. By the end, I was stapling scenery together in my own back garden, and re-editing shows as they went out in the aftermath of 9/11. Favourite sketch: Ike and Tina Turnergram. (getting Spector to say yes was a nightmare) 140
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Maybe we should rename measles as American Measles to differentiate it from the German kind; keep DJT happy. 093
Adam Tandy @adamtandy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Feeling very nostalgic after a listen to this. There’s no revisionism here about the production team’s mission to make an overtly political drama about the struggle of the NHS under Thatcher. Hugely rewarding (but long) days in TC6.bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - The Reunion, Casualty 40th AnniversaryEveryday life in a UK hospital, or left wing propaganda? The 1986 launch of Casualty. 040
