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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Begging any of the middle-aged men pontificating on forums about the CBeebies Dr Who series to sit down and watch an hour of CBeebies output. Genuinely. It'll only take an hour.

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I think it's fair to say the people in my household (mixture of kids and adults) found the Sabrina Carpenter special pretty limp (apart from the bits with SB and Miss Piggy tbf) and got far more enjoyment out of the Muppets Now series from a few years back.

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

CYRIL CONNOLLY: * avoids 11th Sept gig*

A tour itinerary for the band Pram. 4th Sept St Leonards The Piper, 9th Sept Newport Le Pub, 11st Sept Hexham Allendale Village Hall, 13th Sept Norwich Voodoo Daddy's, 5th Sept Corsham Pound Arts, 10th Sept Todmorden Golden Lion, 12th Sept Nottingham Billy Bootleggers

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

CYRIL CONNOLLY: * avoids 11th Sept gig*

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Congratulations chaps! I've been a listener since 2008 and have got a lot out of your podcast over the years. Re your discussion of 'Baby Doctor Who' I just wanted to quote something I posted on GB a few weeks ago, in response to someone musing that a lot of DW fans haven't seen much CBeebies...

Yes, and I think this works both ways. OK, a CBeebies Dr Who series isn't going to have the same depth/scope as the main show has. But equally plenty of shows on the channel which have a similar runtime (ie 11 mins) manage to pack a lot of story, characterisation and nuance into each ep. I feel like some people, who quite understandably haven't seen much/any CBeebies, think of it as wall-to-wall Teletubbies and In The Night Garden whereas it's also home to Bluey, Old Jack's Boat, Go Jetters, Kiri and Lou*, Clangers etc.

I feel/hope we're going to be pleasantly surprised by what this version of the show is capable of.

*which, granted, is an import but still fits very well within CBeebies' offering.

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It honestly pains me to say this, as LH was one of my favourite artists for a long time, but his last handful of albums have just been No Good. I think the last one I enjoyed was the woodland animals one (and the one before it, the wrestling one, was fab).

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Then I became father to a newborn baby and it was exactly as you describe above. 'So I have to do all this stuff /every/ day? And there's no exceptions? ALL this needs doing EVERY day?'

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Before our daughter came along, I was* stepfather to my wife's son, who I met when he was four and was with us 50% of the time (and at his dad's the other 50%). 'This parenting lark's not so hard!' I thought to myself. 'I seem to be doing pretty well at this!' *I mean, I still am

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Hi John - I thought your name rang a bell and then realised it's because we have a copy of Tricycle at home - my wife was at Liverpool at same time as you and used to be involved in the poetry nights at The Egg.

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Was reading in a book about tube moquettes how that particular moquette is unique to the cable cars. www.safehavenbooks.co.uk/seats-of-lon...

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

individually sold version. I think.

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I had each album on individual CD in the early nineties. Then the boxset (mentioned below) came out, containing each album with bonus tracks tacked on the end of each disc. A few years after that the boxset version of each album (ie full album then bonus tracks) seemed to become the default

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I think it's really important to remember that excommunication is a very serious sanction which the church only imposes on people who've done something heinous like *checks notes* marrying a divorcee.

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

It's funny, I bought this on cd years ago after some magazine recommended it. Listening to it all the way through While Properly Trying To Take It In I didn't get much out of it. But just a few weeks ago they played it on R3 and hearing it drifting in the background I felt I finally GOT it.

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

'EVERYONE KNOWS MORSE CODE!'

A David Hockney-designed cover for Tales Of The City. The man depicted is the image of Pat off Ghosts.

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I mean there was quite a well-known song on a really successful children's TV show which goes into some detail about the suffragettes' actions... 'Burned down churches, smashed up shops Attacked MPs, the result we were thrown in jail...' www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV9p...

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The Suffragettes' Song 🎶 | Potty Pioneers | Horrible Histories

YouTube video by Horrible Histories

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

It's been interesting to see how my 9yo daughter, who was initially vehemently against the new version*, has now warmed to it. *Not generally a fan of change, God love her.

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A-3440 @redlester.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Quote post with a fictional band that is not Spinal Tap.

The “French Beach Boys”, Les Garçons de la Plage, from The Rutles.
(I could also have had Arthur Hodgson & The Kneecaps, Crosby Stills Nash Young Gifted & Black or indeed the Rutles themselves!)

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

DOCTOR: Couple of deep breaths... ME: *deep breaths* DOCTOR: Cough, please... ME: *coughs* DOCTOR: Let me hear you say O-V-HOE... ME: what?

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Yes! So much yes. Delighted to learn you're a fan of DHMIS - I had actually wondered if you were. Death is my favourite ep in that series. Just flawless.

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

BTW I lurked/posted very occasionally on CaB for years and years, then left because of the unpleasant environment a number of posters had created. I looked in on the forums a few months ago and was delighted to see the change. You deserve great praise for changing the culture there. Thank you.

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Ken Russell ~ Run Kessel

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I’m a fan of the other two eps obviously, and if I had to include them in the ranking they’d be Electricity in fifth place (I’ve never been all that arsed about the mythos) and Transport in sixth place (I don’t like the train thing).

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Laughs, horror, great songs and even a bit of pathos. Fave Bit: Duck’s uncontrollable pissing. Or his heart rolling across the floor. Fave Line: ‘Goodbye to you…David.’ Or: ‘I made it myself. On the computer!’

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Fave: Death. One of the best half hours of sitcom ever made. Up there with The Poetry Society, The Contest and Communication Problems. If I had any reservations about the transition from short YouTube videos to sitcom, they were obliterated here.

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

2nd Friends: Great to see the Computery Guy again, love Warren The Eagle. Some of the Brain Friends sections go on a bit. Fave Thing: Yellow Guy’s face when he notices Shy Imaginary Elder Brother during the final song. Fave Line: The entirety of the Brain Worm song. And ‘Freelancers deserve to die!’

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Third Place: Family: Given that much of it is based around a trope I’m really bored of (creepy family w/ a ‘secret’) there’s so much I love here. Everything from when Yellow Guy wakes up to the end of the ep is just mighty. Fave Thing: the paper plate chicken mask. Fave Line: ‘THAT one’s the DAD???’

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Fave eps from the Channel 4 version of Don't Hug Me I'm Scared... Fourth Place: Work: A great season-opener, giving a gentle (by comparison with some of what comes after it) introduction to the series for new viewers. Fave Thing: ‘The Ultimate Forgiveness’ Fave Line: Mr Peterson’s ‘Whatta guy!’

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I never listened to DTL at the time (or possibly listened to an episode or two but didn't get on with it) but am listening now having read the CaB thread and NOW I see what all the fuss is about. Amazing stuff.

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

All well here - hope things good for you and yours.x

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

'OMFG IT'S MAGGIE RODRIGUEZ OFF AUTOTUNE THE NEWS!!!'

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

@gregorybrothers.bsky.social I remembered something this morning: in 2008 I unexpectedly got the chance to go to this Ringo Starr tv recording in Liverpool (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag1M...). While a big part of me was obviously 'OMFG IT'S RINGO!' another big part of me was also

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Ringo Starr Rocks In Liverpool (CBSNews.com)

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Interesting to see that when James makes a guest appearance in this (last?) week's Dangerous Dan strip he's still drawn in the original character design.

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

www.argos.co.uk/product/7628...

argos.co.uk

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I bet deep down Damon Albarn is fucking /mortified/ that his multiple albums of interesting, occasionally wonderful, music with Gorillaz have to be accompanied by those fucking third-rate cartoons.

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Love to rely on tools that work 'sometimes'.

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I (living in St Helens) got canvassed by a Labour councillor a few weeks ago. I said I couldn't vote Labour due to the proposed policy of taking valuables off asylum seekers. His response: 'The thing is...it's us or Reform.'

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Marc @kipsaunders.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Interesting (and very concerning, obvs) - do you have any further info on this, ie a source? Thanks.

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