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Elfyn excepted, a bruising night for Welsh sport. So here’s Gordon Burns’ finest hour (fairly sure this got him the NWT gig…)

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So…would you rather be Danny Ward or Gerwyn Price tonight?

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Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

How is it still nil-nil? Incredible work from Danny Ward. #WALDEN

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30 YEARS AGO TODAY: BBC1 Wales' fondly recalled Satellite City takes sitcom small town surrealism to the Rhondda Valley, Boyd Clack co-writing and starring as the barely hanging on son of the Price family and their American new age lodger.

Satellite City S01E01 - The Lodger

An american lodger by the name of Randy, comes to stay with the Price family to learn about Wales. I do not own this video, Copyright goes to BBC Wales.

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John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 04/10/2026

‘Gunston for Governor General!’ (see also his BBC2 one-off and brief run on early Channel 4)

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If BBC Three are going to drag out Hyperdrive of all things, they can repeat Mongrels.

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Jeremy Rogers @jezmrogers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In 1958 the weekend choice for a non major. ITV company was to either follow ATV or ABC or do your own thing.

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John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 04/10/2026

OK, I am quite impressed with the official HIGNFY YouTube account posting a video featuring loads of the custom trails made for the show over the years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EL0...

The Best of The Trailers! | Have I Got News For You

YouTube video by Have I Got News for You UK

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At ease. The sky hasn’t caved in after all. Warrington Wolves, letting the trophy cabinet gather dust since 1955. #itsalwaysouryear

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Grand Final’s going…as well as can be expected for Wolves. #itsalwaysouryear

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England 4-0 up against Croatia ‘behind closed doors’. Which in this case means the attendance is mostly taken up by local schools. You can’t win anything with kids.

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Ten Acre Books @tenacrebooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’ve only seen the trailer for Youth and am pretty convinced it’s exactly the same plot, characters and even dialogue as Sharon Horgan’s other sitcoms. Probably a bigger budget, mind.

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It's 50 years since the debut of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop. Read about the show's creation and how it set the template for two decades of live Saturday morning TV in our book Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children's Television. Available now from tenacrebooks.co.uk

In studio for the final edition of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop in 1982

Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children's Television cover

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Phil Edmonds @philedmonds.uk · 03/10/2026

Lunch and Bauer Media studio tour time. I may have just taken far to many pictures of technical bits...... #CMAFestival2026

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Jonathan Bufton @jonabuft.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ten out of ten, no notes

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John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 03/10/2026

I love that when Raquel Welch appeared on Mork and Mindy, there is an entire page of end credits dedicated to who made her look good.

Mork and Mindy end credits
FOR MISS WELCH
Make-Up by TOM LUCAS
Hair Stylist CAROL MEIKLE
Costumer LINDA BISHOP

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Gareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Aww, this is sweet. Though I can't help wonder if part of its appeal was the sheer Young Ones-esque passive aggressiveness of it all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Hc...

Tots HD TV: Whose fault was it?

YouTube video by Momshagger420

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Andrew Bowden 🐀 @andrewbowden.me.uk · 02/10/2026

Shocked I am at this news, shocked I tell you...

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UKPRES @ukpres1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wanted a quizzical look at the weeks news? In 1990 BBC Two had you covered with " Have I Got News for You" with Angus Deayton, Ian Hislop and Paul Merton

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Saturday Mornings @saturdaymornings.co.uk · 02/10/2026

Don't forget to have a look inside the 50th Anniversary Selection Box! 50 programmes to celebrate 50 years of BBC Saturday morning television. #saturdaymornings www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe6P-shcle5c

50th Anniversary Selection Box - YouTube

Our selection box of 50 programmes from across the 50 years of BBC Saturday morning television.

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Jeremy Rogers @jezmrogers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I came across a VHS recording of an early Granada Good Life programme. A half-hour tasting and appraisal of supermarket mince pies. A mainstay of newspaper features leading up to Christmas, it didn't really work on TV. Lots of dead air while they were being eaten.

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Gareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh, we won. Now turn over to Sky Sports News of 67 hours of opinion and comment about how a distracted Erling Haaland’s career was probably ruined in Cardiff tonight. If only.

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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 01/10/2026

⚽️ Mae Cymru wedi ennill eu gêm gyntaf yng Nghynghrair Cenhedloedd UEFA eleni ar ôl sicrhau buddugoliaeth o 2-1 dros Norwy yn Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd: newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/cyng...

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Gareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In t’pub. Let me know when Celebrity Don’t Get Murdered has finished.

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

To get you excited for Swap Shop's 50th anniversary tomorrow, here's an edition which ended with Noel covering the corpse of John Craven with a shroud.

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Andrew Bowden 🐀 @andrewbowden.me.uk · 01/10/2026

When BBC Radio 6music Indie Forever was announced, one of the shows that intrigued me was City Soundtracks - a two hour deep dive into music from a particular area. Listened to the Greater Manchester and Wrexham editions over the last few days, and it's great. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

bbc.co.uk

BBC Sounds - City Soundtracks - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of City Soundtracks on BBC Sounds.

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Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

30 YEARS AGO TODAY: the Granada Sky Broadcasting channels launch - Plus, Good Life, Men & Motors and the most fascinating, Granada Talk TV. It closed within a year, having given the world Sasha Baron Cohen having a fight and Natasha Kaplinsky kissing a dog.

Granada Talk TV | October 1996 to September 1997 | A Tribute

Granada Talk TV ceased broadcasting at the end of August 1997. This video was produced as a farewell / tribute. I don't know whether this was broadcast or was for internal use only

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Gareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh to be a Manchester City PR / in-house meeja type right now...

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Gareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Littler didn't fancy spending the week in Leicester, then (and the crowd weren't even that rowdy, either) Take a bow, Luke Woodhouse.

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Mark GJ @brokentv.uk · 28/09/2026

FAO COMEDY SCHOLARS: Can anyone confirm or disprove my vague memory that in the throw-any-idea-at-the-wall era of The Jack Docherty Show on C5, there was at least one new Callum Gilhooley sketch? As advance payment, here's Jack's slightly awkward Vic & Bob interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXYR...