Reposted by The Girl Who Was Deatharchivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 7hThe first edition of Alexei Sayle's Stuff was originally broadcast on this day in 1988. 111835
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathJim Lynn @jimlynn.uk · 12/10/2026Watching the new series of Mock the Week, and for some reason, I just felt a little twinge of happiness noticing that Mykola Pawluk is still working. One of those names that seems to have been around forever. 5358
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathTilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I try not to indulge in the GenX "that was how long ago?", but being roughly as far away from Look Around You as the stuff it was parodying gives one pause. 2357
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The “Beats off” Chronicles day one hundred and fifty-six: If you don’t know, urban dictionary is your friend* * a filthy and disturbing friend who you avoid in public places 3476
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathF.L. Everett @fliceverett.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is fine. Nothing could go wrong. 23110
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathBuckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 10/10/2026If you’ve ever wondered what our jobs involve, we’re running two free online talks that introduce you to the world of archives! Come along and find out how archives began, and learn about some of the strangest parts of our collection. Book your free space by heading to histfestbucks.co.uk 03111
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Judi Dench on working with Frances Barber 331873
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathSte Gordon @sgordonthe87.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Did TVS get their pictures of famous people from the guy who does caricatures on Brighton Pier? 149430
The Girl Who Was Death @bohaynowell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Judging from the full-throated, West-Country-accented “Oh, SHIT!” I just yelled after I pressed the wrong button on the remote, I have definitely turned into my late mother, god rest her sweary soul. 030
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Overheard train chat between two tough-looking youths: Youth one: “I got déjà vu, man. I saw this dog and felt like I’d seen it before.” Youth two: “That’s not déjà vu. You just saw a dog twice.” 828743
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathChairman Moët @chairmanmoet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026What a fortnight in British politics. Also love the idea that someone mounting a coup to overthrow the third biggest party's leader goes completely unnoticed until it's an exclusive splash in the FT 2305
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathKate Bevan @katebevan.com · 09/10/2026#CelebrityTraitors and indeed civilian Traitors is such an insight into how groups can be driven by pure vibes and strong voices 4651
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Zack Polanski : 3am 9/10/2026 #CelebrityTraitors 17611
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathLissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Happy 90th Birthday to the one and only Brian Blessed! I wrote a book for children called 'Wed Wabbit', and based the Green Wimbley Woos (you'll just have to read it) on Mr Blessed. They're freedom-fighting commandos who inadvertently give away all their plans because they CANNOT WHISPER. 1112
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathPip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Your new favourite GIF has landed #CelebrityTraitors 537776
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathJohn J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 08/10/2026OK, I could honestly write about Mork & Mindy all day, but here's just one more tiny piece. A particularly dirty joke, cut from "Mork vs the Necrotons": www.dirtyfeed.org/2026/10/magi... 21610
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathThat’s Not Quite All Folks: A Looney Tunes Podcast @thatlooney.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The person in charge of the mothership is still in charge of the mothership that provides Warner Archive with the approval and financial go-ahead on projects. This is really good news, on and upward on upcoming projects! 65726
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathRhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 08/10/2026Local Tesco currently unable to take contactless payments for some reason. Stern announcements over the in store PA, shoppers (including me) wandering around holding our phones with confused looks on our faces, desperately trying to remember what cash and cards look like 5404
The Girl Who Was Death @bohaynowell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I’ve put a long-sleeved top on today, lads, so I think you can put the heating on if you want. It IS October. 240
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 08/10/2026This is a good example of why I am not a fan of the pivot to podcasts/audio articles. It says it takes 6 minutes to read (actually about 3 mins max), but 9 minutes to listen to. Audio is just such a SLOW way to consume words. 109616
Reposted by The Girl Who Was Deathbryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 102144074736
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathMark @worgztheowl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It's the same one that churns out useless over-confident vampire henchmen in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 1123
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathJohn J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 07/10/2026Evening repost for this! 033
The Girl Who Was Death @bohaynowell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I’ve just had an email asking me if I’m ‘too busy to pension’ and I think this modern trend of verbing nouns has GONE TOO FAR. 050
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The five habits of highly successful opposition leaders: 169313
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"Nick will deliver an extra 50,000 prison places, a Bob The Builder of the next government" some may ask why he didn't do this when he was chief of staff to THE ACTUAL PM IN AN ACTUAL GOVERNMENT #CPC26 3567
The Girl Who Was Death @bohaynowell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The whole thing is an exercise in trying to meet someone else’s fantasy, which you have to guess at. Much sympathy. 110
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathGoon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Not difficult to see why they banned A Clockwork Orange 4499
The Girl Who Was Death @bohaynowell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026MRIs are typically 40 mins or so. Do push for an open MRI as it’ll be the only way you’ll be able to tolerate it. We had to go to a Harley St clinic, so you may need to travel outside of your local hospital. Good luck with it x 010
The Girl Who Was Death @bohaynowell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026John went to the normal MRI and refused it due to his claustrophobia (I didn’t blame him). He got referred for an open MRI machine, which helped. 110
The Girl Who Was Death @bohaynowell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It hasn’t occurred to me to do it any other way in my 48 years of life! 0100
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathRich @rich-bryant.uk · 06/10/2026I don’t want to come straight out and say it looks like some sort of postmodern slipper but… it does. 571
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathDuncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“If the wife is fit, you must acquit” 9452129
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathBen @cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026RIP Jeffrey Archer, not a day goes by when I don't think about the judge in his 1987 libel case (which Archer "won" by doing a bunch of perjury) summing up for the jury by going "would a guilty man have such a hot wife". one of the most insane legal moments of all time 1726576
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathAdam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Just as a counterpoint to some of the obituaries this morning, here's the start of the Archer chapter in my history of political lying, The Lies of the Land: 31403105
Reposted by The Girl Who Was Deathukjarry.bsky.social @ukjarry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026@dirtyfeed.org A fun discovery of this piece from the Harrow Observer giving a fairly full account of the recording of Monty Python's Money Programme / Argument Clinic episode. And all almost a full year before it was broadcast. 1207
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathJohn J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 05/10/2026Just watched the pilot of Mork & Mindy for I think the first time, and Pam Dawber really is amazing in it. She manages to ground the show without being dull, hold her own against Williams' nonsense, and plays her wide-eyed delight in meeting Mork perfectly. 2152
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathAdam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Mind you, we called it two issues ago: 2429
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathJohn J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 05/10/2026It's vaguely weird that the BBC statement says "the cheeky canine gets his own show", when he a) had Hacker Time for years, and b) they were full half hour shows, not, erm, four minutes. I am, of course, still pleased about this. 3143
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathDr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 05/10/2026RIP George Fenton, forget the prestigous movie themes and Oscar nominations. You gave us moody guitar noodling and accordians as our sunday evening soundtrack. youtu.be/1y5E63jGT2I?...youtu.beBergerac themeYouTube video by UK Tune Archives 813341
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathPaul Kirkley @paulkirkley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The time Jeffrey Archer called me a pathetic worm. 36110
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathThomas Penny @thomaswpenny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Me and Jeffrey Archer, as I try to earwig his conversation after he was let out of jail to attend his Mum's funeral. They milked as much publicity out of it as they possibly could, it was a very odd day. 7346
The Girl Who Was Death @bohaynowell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Blimey, he’d been all over the media this past week; I wonder if his appearance on Broadcasting House on Sunday was his last…! 040
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathAndy Ledger @lowfeller.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Bit of a mixed message there, Mr Estate Agent 13110
Reposted by The Girl Who Was DeathMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video.  1375117508
