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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Sadly not, although funny you say that, I do a spoof comedy history podcast that was inspired by TRIH, called History For You with Douglas and Hugh. Give it a listen!

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Ahh, thank you so much! Glad you’re enjoying it!

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Watching new Stranger Things. I’ve seen every episode since the beginning and yet I have no idea who half these people are or what’s going on. That can’t be good, right?

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I was lucky enough to attend an evening with both T and M to promote the release of the whole thing on DVD box set, which I gladly bought. So I’m watching them all on that. But I’m not sure how easy to get it these days. It’s not on any streaming service that I can see.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Inspired by reading the lovely Terry Jones biography by Robert Ross to revisit Ripping Yarns. It’s comedy perfection start to finish, so well written and performed by Jones and Palin. Easily up there with the best of Python. Every episode is great but Tomkinson’s Schooldays is a masterclass.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I’ve never got on with this sort of platform. I’m shit at it. See also Threads and Twitter. And Facebook is a complete washout. So I stick pretty much exclusively to Instagram, although that’s gone south recently. I can’t wait until all of social media collapses under its own shittification.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I’m barely on here and forgot all about this. Nope, it’s former Doctor Who wife Sandra Dickinson. Superman III montage and she was the Wayne Foundation secretary in The Batman.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Had a lot of fun being a part of this, recorded in almost a single take.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

RIP Joe Caroff, much overlooked graphic designer who gave us some fantastic movie posters. He also designed the iconic 007 gun logo. #film #graphicdesign

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Pretty sure this is how the #trump #putin meeting went down…

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

We are proud of it. I’m currently doing some digging to see if I can unearth the lost episodes…

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

There were so many, including the original incarnation of Show & Tell. Comedy Central had no interest nor respect for this series even though we got millions of downloads back in the day. They buried it. So it goes.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Once upon a time, before podcasts were ubiquitous, I produced a series called Utter Shambles for @robinince.bsky.social and @josielong.bsky.social We had brilliant guests, but a lot of episodes are lost. Around 25 still exist out there, they were really fun to do and I recommend you seek them out.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

I hadn't seen it in literally decades. I was so pleased to discover how well it stands up. Like that cactus.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Thoroughly enjoyed chatting about this underrated gem starring Jeff Goldblum, Emma Thompson and Rowan Atkinson. Written by Richard Curtis before he descended into sentimental guff, Mel Smith’s directorial debut is far from perfect but utterly charming.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

This was a joy to witter on about. Thanks so much for having me on.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Really? I thought you designed them too!

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Do you really? What you want, A BISCUIT?! Now put yer knickers on and make us a cuppa tea.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

First Ozzy, now the Hulkster…soon there will be no one left to make amusing cameos in cult comedies.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

One day, I will actually read all of these. Christ knows when…

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Right now the world seems more fragmented and polarised than ever in my lifetime. But I think we can all agree there is no better music genre for a balmy May evening in the garden than yacht rock.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Wrote this while in a bad mood yesterday. I’ve calmed down today, but I stand by it.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

It’s just something you have to get through…

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Had a lovely day at home with the kids today. And because we m a masochist, I thought I’d end it by rewatching Up. Jesus this first ten minutes…

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Isn’t it though! Like Joel it was a gap in my Carol Reed knowledge. It’s everything the Third Man isn’t, while sharing the cinematic strengths of that work. For such a small film, it’s so impactful and really lingers in the mind, doesn’t it?

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Thank YOU. It’s a cracking little pod. It’s like Desert Island Discs - you can’t help but be drawn in and utterly captivated by the deeply personal confessional intimacy of each episode, while at the same time, working out what yours would be as you listen. Splendid stuff.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Catching up on #ComfortBlanket. This episode is gorgeous. I’d not seen Fallen Idol before so it prompted me to seek out this slice of postwar British Noir. It’s classy, smart, thoughtful, warm and fascinating. So just like this ep then. Bravo @robinince.bsky.social and @gralefrit.bsky.social

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The Fallen Idol - with Robin Ince

Podcast Episode · Comfort Blanket · 14/11/2024 · 1h 3m

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

So far the Trump administration has been the plot of The Phantom Menace and now Trading Places. Somewhere there’s a CIA operative in a gorilla suit trapped in a crate.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I’m 47. And I’ll never be not furious when the tv I enjoy get bumped for sport. My family were all getting ready to enjoy Gladiators this morning, only to discover it wasn’t on last night cos of the fucking football. Fuck you, football. I wanted to watch Gladiators. I’m 47.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Here’s a bit of fun trivia. One actor has been in both a Christopher Reeve Superman film and the Robert Pattinson Batman film. Any guesses without jumping online?

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Aside from everything else, Trump’s legacy will also be normalising the word cunt. The most offensive word in the English language is now being used by just about everyone. I hear it every single day. Because it’s the only word that best describes what Trump is.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Ha! And they cruelly bleeped out that stranger’s roadside directions…the little teases.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Finally got round to this and it was totally worth it. Hurtles out the gate with a REALLY eldritch opening episode. A must listen for fans of the uncanny, with a twist of suburban dread.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

🎧It’s here! 🎧 The audiobook version of Death and the Victorians is now available for your listening pleasure from Audible - read by yours truly. Download it, save to wish list, rate it, leave a review, help it outsell the Bible. Thank you. Get it here: www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0DY2F4X1Y

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Still. Can’t help but feel that even if (that’s a big if) Amazon did deliver a cracking Bond tv series, no matter how good, it would dilute and smudge the whole Bond thing forever. I like how he’s exclusively a hangover from a golden age of cinema…

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Got a sinking feeling…they’ve been so protective, keeping Bond away from telly and in cinemas etc. then again, there hasn’t been a great Bond film since CR, so fresh blood is required. But I think Craig having too much input is the reason for the recent, dour, joyless Freudian slogs.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

It’s like proper telly now. You need a full-blown production company and marketing department behind you to cut through.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Not enough to go on to tell if it's any good. Not a fan of that bloody dog. There's no need for a super dog. But it looks suitably comic booky, which we all need from Supes right now. Cautiously optimistic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhUh...

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Superman | Official Teaser Trailer

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

And from the third category: Superman, any Bond, any of the original Star Wars.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

My favourite from the second category are Gremlins, Batman Returns and Lethal Weapon.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

So my top three in the first category would be Scrooged, Christmas Vacation and White Christmas.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

There are three types of Christmas films. Those explicitly about Christmas, those that happen to take place at Christmas, and those that remind you of Christmas.

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Adrian Mackinder @adrianmackinder.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Yeah I still watch it. Living abroad gives it an extra layer where it reminds me of home and it’s become a cosy chum that has reliably never changed. Hislop is still great at laying into just about anyone and the tone of each episode still seems to depend entirely on Merton’s mood that day.

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Stephen Grant @stephengrant.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

As most standup comedians coming into the Christmas season will tell you, assisted dying has existed for quite some time in this country

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