Reposted by Mark GriffithsMark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Kickstarter is now live for Share & Enjoy, the graphic novel I’ve written about the improbable life and times of Douglas Adams, creator of The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. With illustrations by the mighty Martin Geraghty! www.kickstarter.com/projects/roo... 21314
Reposted by Mark GriffithsCutaway Comics @cutawaycomics.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New kickstarter! SHARE AND ENJOY is our definitively innacurate graphic novel about Douglas Adams. With words by @markauthor.bsky.social and art by Martin Geragthy, this is a must for all Douglas Adams and Hitchhikers fans! www.kickstarter.com/projects/roo...kickstarter.comSHARE & ENJOY. A definitively inaccurate Douglas Adams storyA definitively inaccurate graphic novel celebrating the life of the absurdly talented and much missed Hitchhikers creator Douglas Adams 065
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Kickstarter is now live for Share & Enjoy, the graphic novel I’ve written about the improbable life and times of Douglas Adams, creator of The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. With illustrations by the mighty Martin Geraghty! www.kickstarter.com/projects/roo... 21314
Reposted by Mark GriffithsPaul Frightlaw Meets the Wolf Man Uptown @paulwhitelaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Here's something: Dennis Potter's rarely seen Play for Today from 1974, Schmoedipus, will be repeated on BBC Four on Wednesday 7th October at 10pm. It's their tribute to Tim Curry, who stars alongside Anna Cropper and Bob Hoskins. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...bbc.co.ukBBC One - Play for Today, Series 4, SchmoedipusA strange young man turns up on Elizabeth’s doorstep and makes a frightening claim. 313962
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Miracles were the original Jackass stunts. “Hi, I’m Jesus Christ and this is the walking on water challenge.” 010
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Have finally got around to framing this sketch of Douglas Adams by the legendary Rod Lord, used as the basis of a picture in one of the animated sequences in the 1981 TV series of The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. (I bought it from Rod last year, hence the 2025 date on the signature sticker.) 150
Reposted by Mark GriffithsBoo lettuce @lettuce.bsky.social · 03/07/2023[library] hi do you have any books about when a guy is really mad at one specific whale 171728365
Reposted by Mark GriffithsHG2G Scrapbook @hg2g-scrapbook.bsky.social · 23/08/202616th April 2019 We Apologise for the Inconvenience Vinyl LP | 5064 Productions | @markauthor.bsky.social 022
Reposted by Mark GriffithsTim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Mark Griffiths (@markauthor.bsky.social) on forgotten Frankie Goes To Hollywood Songs, BBC Records' Off Beat Sound Effects, Runaround, the Blackpool Doctor Who Exhibition, Five Minutes by Mainframe and, erm, The Bloke Who Pulled His Pants Down On Kilroy... timworthington.org/2017/11/12/l...timworthington.orgLooks Unfamiliar: Mark Griffiths – It Was Definitely An Audience Member, If You’ll Pardon The PunLooks Unfamiliar with Mark Griffiths talking to Tim Worthington about Five Minutes by Mainframe, Disneyland by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Charles Hawtrey as a vampire on Runaround, BBC Records And … 042
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 17/08/2026That wah-wah pedal in the Yes, Minister theme creates an expectation of car chases and gun-toting pimps the show is in no position to deliver. 131
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money. Except those chocolate coins you get at Christmas. They’re amazing. 111
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026She was so good last Sunday in Manchester. As indeed were Devo, et al… 010
Reposted by Mark GriffithsHG2G Scrapbook @hg2g-scrapbook.bsky.social · 26/06/202621st, 22nd & 25th November 2017 'We Apologise for the Inconvenience' The infinitely improbable one-act play by @markauthor.bsky.social debuts at the Renshaw Street Theatre in Liverpool (21st-22nd) and the Three Minute Theatre in Manchester (25th). 051
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Enjoyed Mary Beard’s ‘Talking Classics’ but disappointed to find not a single reference to The Robots of Death. 000
Reposted by Mark GriffithsTom Jamieson @tomjam.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Hearing that Russell T Davies stepped aside so Andy Burnham could save Doctor Who 625659
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Posing with the Gower Street Dalek. The Doctor Who anthology featuring my story “The Boy and the Dalek” is now available in paperback. 020
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 08/06/2026A light sprinkling of Dalek urine in your garden will deter Cybermen from going through your bins at night. 221
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 29/05/2026If Manchester were always this sunny Joy Division's songs would have been a lot more cheerful. 130
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Reservoir Dogs except instead of them all listening to K-Billy’s Super Sounds of the Seventies, it’s The Food Programme with Derek Cooper. 021
Reposted by Mark GriffithsPaul Kirkley @paulkirkley.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Science fiction story Man goes to a friend, reveals that he is in fact an alien (they have known each other for many years). He must now leave the Earth which is threatened with extinction, and offers to take his friend with him. (Notebook in Douglas Adams Collection, St John's College) #TowelDay 315459
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 10/05/2026If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...you should probably pop it back in the oven for a bit. 010
Reposted by Mark GriffithsTim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 09/05/2026With @lisaandandrew.bsky.social on Animal Kwackers, @markauthor.bsky.social on Noggin The Nog, @adamsleslie.bsky.social on Mysterious Cities Of Gold, @pablovich.bsky.social Transformers, @skepticcanary.bsky.social Blockbusters, @gralefrit.bsky.social on Scooby Doo. timworthington.org/2025/03/04/t...timworthington.orgThe Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “The Grasshopper That Barely Moved”Watch with Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge on Animal Kwackers, Mark Griffiths on Noggin The Nog, Adam S. Leslie on Mysterious Cities Of Gold, Paul Abbott on Transformers, Tom Williamson on Blockb… 0105
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Yes to both. Proto-Blessed, though. “Especially if I hit him!” 120
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 04/05/2026“LOVE YOUR ENEMY!” Revisiting Potter’s ‘Son of Man’ after our visit to the Forest of Dean and Colin Blakeley’s furious, subversive Christ is still breathtaking. 140
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I was looking at the handwritten manuscript of this on Wednesday in the Potter archive at the Dean Heritage Centre. Extremely moving to read those beautiful lines in Potter’s tiny, meticulous handwriting. 050
Reposted by Mark Griffithswaltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I've just been made aware of the fact that The Singing Detective is still up in its entirety on iPlayer. One of the BBC's many best things ever. Put aside a few nights and be *astonished*. Available for a month. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...bbc.co.ukThe Singing Detective - 1. SkinDennis Potter's classic drama serial with music about pulp thriller writer Philip Marlow, in hospital with psoriasis, tormented by his past and threatened by his future. 34614
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Out now in paperback! This collection features Doctor Who stories by me, Paul Magrs, Katy Manning, Janelle McCurdy and others. Run, slither or teleport to your local independent bookseller to order one today. 0122
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I like to imagine Paul McCartney’s singing “In this ever changing world in which we’re living” in Live and Let Die instead of the actual grammatical car-crash he uses in the song. It gets me through the night. 1123
Reposted by Mark GriffithsTim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Fun At One - the story of comedy at BBC Radio 1. If you spent your evenings listening to Mark Radcliffe, Lee And Herring and Collins And Maconie's Hit Parade, this book is for you! Paperback (15% off code EARTHDAY15) or Kindle from here. timworthington.org/books/fun-at...timworthington.orgFun At OneFun At One by Tim Worthington – the story of comedy at BBC Radio 1, from Kenny Everett to Chris Morris and beyond. 0166
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Today I’m visiting the Dennis Potter archive at the Dean Heritage Centre, seeing incredible handwritten manuscripts for works like The Singing Detective, Traitor, A Beast with Two Backs and Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton. 040
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026What’s that double c in desiccate all about? 010
Reposted by Mark GriffithsJonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 18/04/2026What is the true destination of Speedbird Concorde One Nine Two? 1101
Reposted by Mark GriffithsMark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye. Hold the mayo. Wheat toast. 264
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye. Hold the mayo. Wheat toast. 264
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Was listening to Hit the North by the Fall and the fire alarm went off and I genuinely thought it was part of the song. 000
Reposted by Mark GriffithsMark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 13/03/2026It’s like a little holiday for the TV remote when you absentmindedly take it into the kitchen, isn’t it? 051
Reposted by Mark GriffithsMark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Research/inspiration for my new play Hair of the Dog. See it at the Seven Oaks, Manchester 24-29 March. Tickets: www.fatsoma.com/p/room-5064-... 052
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 13/03/2026It’s like a little holiday for the TV remote when you absentmindedly take it into the kitchen, isn’t it? 051
Reposted by Mark GriffithsTrevor Henderson 🍉 (commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 13/03/2026please read books 232564835
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Research/inspiration for my new play Hair of the Dog. See it at the Seven Oaks, Manchester 24-29 March. Tickets: www.fatsoma.com/p/room-5064-... 052
Reposted by Mark GriffithsJenny @bluebox99.bsky.social · 10/03/2026A brand new play ‘Hair of the Dog’ written by @markauthor.bsky.social and produced by @garethothevworp.bsky.social and 5064 Productions is being staged at ‘Upstairs at the Oaks’ Manchester 24th March 2026 to 29th Match 2026. It stars Jonathon Carley @richardunwin.bsky.social and Adam Gardiner 021
Reposted by Mark GriffithsRichard Unwin @richardunwin.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Coming later this month from Room 5064 Productions - 'Hair of the Dog' - the new play from @markauthor.bsky.social. Featuring Jonathon Carley, Adam Gardiner, and myself. Opens on Tuesday 24th March at the Seven Oaks, Manchester. Tickets here: www.fatsoma.com/p/room-5064-productions 041
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Mr Men are really into brogues, aren’t they? Had the range published a year or two later they might all have been drawn wearing Adidas three stripes. 032
Reposted by Mark GriffithsMark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 30/03/2024“For Ringo, press the star key.” 022
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 04/03/2026When Lana Del Rey sings about her boyfriend playing video games I like to imagine he’s playing Chuckie Egg on a Spectrum. 0267