John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I'm trying to put together a RadMac Teatime Themetime of "songs mentioning Bruce Forsyth gameshows". Sparks - Beat the Clock, St Etienne - You're in a Bad Way (Gen Game). Struggling with Takeover Bid. Not sure Play Your Cards Right is any easier though. 100
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I've never watched any version <hands in Doctor Who fan badge> so also interested in the answer 002
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 26/08/2026www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-...bbc.comSir Billy Boston: 'A world-class athlete, whose story deserved to be told'Rugby league commentator Matt Newsum says Sir Billy Boston was a "world-class athlete, whose story deserved to be told". 000
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Also Rugby League legend Billy Boston. Unlike my dad (who wanted to name me William after him) I'm not really a rugby man but as a Wigan native I was sad to hear of his passing. 000
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Hammerite's scrapyard-based take on Any Old Iron. "Stick it on your drainpipe - alright!". Bonus points for gratuitous inclusion of Police Box (not iron). 000
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Ah, 100% nylon t-shirts; the static sparks when taking one off could power a small village for a week. 000
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 07/07/2026"...and best of all I don't pay property tax!" 110
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 12/02/2026...with a quick trip down to the bins outside BBC Enterprises in your lunch break? 110
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 01/01/2026You have a woman's legs, Doctor Frankenstein! And a different woman's body. And another woman's brain etc. etc. 100
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 26/12/2025This explains why I come out of pubs feeling like my brain patterns have been rewritten. 000
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Leclerc, 9am. Not too bad. Also Lidl for cheap booze. Chap behind us at the checkout was buying a lazy susan and a soldering iron. Which of those did he actually go in for? 110
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 01/12/20251st December - Hans Gruber begins his slow descent from the top of Nakatomi Tower 020
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Hannah Peel - Sunrise through the Dusty Nebula 040
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Are you sure you're not my daughter? She's watched 'Nativity' about 50 times in the last month #misterpoppy 110
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 27/09/2025It's Sunday Night at the London Palladium, not Saturday afternoon! No wonder you've never met Tommy Trinder (or have you?) 100
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Did it also show you a video of your house exploding? 110
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 20/09/2025I reckon he prefers it - gets to hang out upstairs with Claudia on Saturdays without all the training and competition nonsense. 100
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 29/07/2025"If your train's on time I'll give you the money myself" 010
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 19/07/2025youtu.be/ErOo_m5hMTc?...youtu.beTubby Hayes – Voodoo Session - 1964 (2009 - 7" vinyl - Session Recording)YouTube video by 2666 - The Art Of Listening 010
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Frank Spencer, Eddie Waring, Harold Wilson. Mike Yarwood's act, basically. 010
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 19/07/2025"Looks like my mother-in-law!" So much to love in that segment. I used to be able to recite Roy and Kenny Lynch's middle-eight banter by heart (probably still could - "don't forget the double-breasted lid!"). Also love Roy stumbling into the Dr Terror film poster as he struggles home. Lovely stuff. 110
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 27/06/2025The photo of buckets, spades and fishing nets is so evocative of childhood holidays. Just needs the Beezer summer special. 110
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 27/06/2025At the age of 55 I am finally a man with a shed. #lifegoals #arthurjackson #shedcast #shedshedsheds 020
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Cry from the Aspinall kitchen: "we've run out of ramekins!" #middleclasscrisis 010
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Did you post this from your mobile telling bone? 010
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 10/04/2025You know Spring is really here when the cats start building their nests. 020
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 08/04/2025"Successful" is an odd choice of adjective. Usually it would be "major" or "hit". Successful feels just one step up from "adequate". 000
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Missed the last episode. Bought the book. Not sure I ever actually read it. 100
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 29/03/2025"Can I take you up the adjoining Scandinavian gift shop?" 000
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 29/03/2025"Lene" "just arrived from Denmark" "speciality: cutting" - is this some kind of Oxonian polari? 200
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 16/03/2025A "Talking Heads" reboot? I can picture you as a latter-day Thora Hird. 120
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 04/03/2025It's practically compulsory in France. My daughter has just had two with Nutella, folded into triangles. Triangles! I looked on disapprovingly as I ate my sensible British rolled-up lemon and sugar pancake. 100
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 06/02/2025There aren't enough cars named after Pipkins characters. I'd happily drive a Vauxhall Topov. 010
John Aspinall @johnaspinall.bsky.social · 26/12/2024That reminds me - the Outnumbered special is on tonight 110