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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sad Heads*. A poem. *I'm not sure if sad heads is a phrase, but I gave up thinking of something else and used it as the title to make it seem like it is. #poem #poetry

White text on a black background.
My poem called Sad Heads.
It goes like this:

Dear internet
I'm writing yet
I keep getting
distracted,
and all I see
on all my feeds
are people being
sad heads.

Write a joke
internet folk
at least make this
less pointless.
If I must faff,
make me laugh
or a smile will
do I guess.

All I want is
for all of this
not-writing to
be valid.
Dear internet
I'm writing yet
I keep getting
distracted.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Are you struggling with your script? Need some fresh eyes and some contructive feedback? I've been reading scripts and giving notes for a few years now and would love to help more people. I'll give notes on your script on a pay what you feel basis up to 60 pages. www.markgranger.com/script-consu...

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Hi. I'm Mark Granger. I write stuff. Jokes. Scripts. Stories. Poems. Comics. I work hard, fast, and well. I write alone and with others. I want to write more stuff, so if you think I'd be a good fit for your thing, get in touch.

A picture of me surrounded by things I have wrtitten including The Weakest Link, The News Quiz, The Skewer, Breaking The News, DMs Are Open, Newsjack, Qualia Nous Vol 2, Secrets of the Majestic, Behind The Revolving Door, Fumptruck.
Hey! Hope I've done a good job of this, I never know what to put.
Hope you're having a good day.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Very proud to have written a joke for The Weakest Link that got this reaction out of Johnny Vegas.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Sometime I wish I knew how to use social media so people would engage with my stuff and maybe hire me for work. But then I realise I hate social media. Anyway. This is me. www.markgranger.com

A picture of me at the beach.
I'm wearing a blue cap and a dark blue hoodie.
I'm almost certainly wearing trousers and shoes too but they aren't in the photo.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Behind the Revolving Door: An Anthology of Choices Vol 2 is coming out December 1st. My story 'The Valley That Wasn't There' will be in it. So that's cool.

Cover art for Behind the Revolving Door: An Anthology of Choices Vol 2.
A grey revolving door against a blue wall.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Isn't it lovely when you take you're library book back and you see that @robinince.bsky.social is going to be doing a talk there in the next couple of weeks.

A blackboard set up in the entrance of my local library adverting a book talk from Robin Ince for his book Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

In another world I ran a No Context @bufferingcast.bsky.social account. I put too much effort into it. (See picture) The second round of @kristinnoeline.bsky.social & @jennyowenyoungs.bsky.social watching Buffy is, if anything, even more unhinged and I wish I still had the time to run one on here.

A quote from Jenny Owen Youngs from Buffering The Vampire Slayer (and various other things) that says "That's not my Sarah Michelle Gellar." With a picture of the Usborne touchy-feely kids book called That's Not My Bunny, except Bunny has bee changed to Bunny and the Bunny's face has been replaced with Kristy Swanson, i.e. the Buffy that is not SMG. I don't even know if the touchy-feely books are as well known elsewhere in the world so it might be too niche a reference.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Why not get this book I wrote? Sure the jokes are awful, but it's free (for now). Here's an example of what it looks like inside. amzn.eu/d/0U6leou

A picture of Elon Musk jumping with two jokes:
What does Elon Musk put around the fireplace at Christmas? A dark magarland.
What is Elon Musk's favourite Christmas present? A dumb jumper.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

In a fit of insanity I have released a Christmas joke book called Bad Christmas Cracker Jokes 2024. It's free as an e-book on Amazon for the next few days, so why not get it and sigh at the punchlines over the next week or so. amzn.eu/d/0U6leou

The cover for Bad Christmas Cracker Jokes 2024.
There's a Christmas pud and the title.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Accidentally made Murray Gold my top Spotify artist this year.

My Spotify wrapped with a picture of Doctor Who Series 5 soundtrack.
Top Artists: Murray Gold, Joe Hisaishi, Caroline Polacheck, Bjork, Soft Play.
Top Songs: Twin Flame, Lunch, Here's The Thing, Children Of The Empire, Punk's Dead.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Here's me being less than self deprecating & showing you what I do. I'm a writer who's written for radio & tv, whose sci fi drama 'Theories' came in the top 9% of this year's BBC Open call. I also write poetry, fiction, and comics. For a more on what I've done, visit my website. www.markgranger.com

A picture of me with two thumbs up surrounded by the things I've written:BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, BBC Radio 4's The Skewer, BBC Radio 4's DMs Are Open, BBC Radio Scotland's Breaking The News, BBC Radio Scotland's Noising Up, BBC Radio 4 Extra's Newsjack, Secret Of The Majestic comic anthology, Qualia Nous Vol. 2, The Molotov Cocktail.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Cheese! is funny, fun and full of great artwork. If you have kids in your lives this is a perfect Christmas/birthday/(fill in appropriate celebration) present. My copy has already arrived because I backed the Kickstarter, if you want a copy it's available to pre-order now.

A picture of the children's book Cheese! by Chris Douch and Johnny Schumann
The cover is a picture of the character Cheese who is a cheese slice holding up a camera made out of a cheeseboard.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Doctor Who day, is it? Here's me revisiting a police box 30 years after my first visit. (Ncuti is there to obscure my kid.)

Here's me revisiting a police box 30 years after my first visit.
With Ncuti pasted in to obscure my kid.
Oh, yeah and my labradoodle is with me.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

What the hell? That night was amazing. One of my musical heroes in a small room in Nottingham. And getting to meet and chat to Mike Viola in The Bodega was like meeting James Hetfield in a Wetherspoons.

Mike Viola and his band at The Bodega in Nottingham

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Ah. Just googled it. We have Mr Freeze.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Without thinking, retweet with the first Simpsons joke that comes into your head.

A screen shot from The Simpsons episode Lisa The Iconoclast.
Lisa Is standing awkwardly and saying "Just when I was getting over my "Chester A. Arthritis."

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

This is the real spooky season.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

Zuckerberg: That scratch and sniff sticker I got off that one Buster comic in the 90s that makes me feel sick every time I think about it.

Mark Zuckerberg on a surfboard with SO MUCH sun block on his face.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

Musk: Like that pair of jeans you wore when you cleaned out the drain and something got stuck and splatted up your leg and you forgot to wash them and put them in a bag under the sink for some reason.

That famous picture of Elon Musk pre hair transplant leaning on a monitor.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

How I imagine Billionaires smell: Bezos: The smell of your house after you've been away two weeks and left the milk out.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Feel sad that this niche quote tweet joke was only on the other place, so here you go.

Screengrab of a twitter post:
Original tweet from Sophie Hall says, "What the absolute fuck truly?"
My quote tweet has a down pointing emoji and says, "Compo in Last of the Summer Wine Uncut."

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

I was lucy enough to see the Northern Lights over my house.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 27/04/2024

Chortle just shitting in the face of the creatives they are meant to support by using AI.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 23/04/2024

Congratulations to Katy Perry, the latest winner of Touch The Truck.

Twitter post from Katy Perry saying "thx for the delivery @elonmusk #idol" with a photo of her standing with her hand on a cybertruck.

Still of the late great Dale Winton, presenter of Channel 5's Touch The Truck.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 20/04/2024

Got these two fantastic albums through this week. Bob Vylan and George Boomsma. You should listen to both.

CD's of George Boomsa's The Promise of Spring album and Bob Vylan's Humble As The Sun album.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

I liked the insane characters the most. I mean this guy...

Fused Zumasu from Dragon Ball Super being intense.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

Hi. Here's a low quality photo of a high quality book I've been excited about for ages. Be Funny Or Die by @gralefrit.bsky.social

A terrible quality photo of Be Funny Or Die by Joel Morris.
It's a book about "How comedy works and why it matters".
I am very much looking forward to reading this.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 01/03/2024

Might as well have called it [Insert Sci-Fi Name Here].

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

Steve Hackett looks like an AI Tony Iommi. Tony AIommi

Steve Hackett looking like an AI Tony Iommi.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

When I walk past this sign I always sing that one Beatles song in my head. I know it's not Penny Lane, but it's close.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

Just finished reading this brilliant graphic novel by Scarlett and Sophie Rickard. Mann's Best Friend is well worth your time. rickardsisters.com/product/mann...

The front cover to the graphic novel Mann's Best Friend by Scarlett and Sophie Rickard.
The main character Terry Mann is walking his massive dog, Eric, down a rainy street at night.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 02/12/2023

Was watching Pokémon with the kids today, when this scene came up I had to stop myself making a joke about Ash's Poké Balls.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

Was about to repost this when another rejection came through.

Meme of Ross from Friends that says, "I'm fine! Everything is fine!"

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

And so the snake eats its own tail.

Screenshot of the BBC News website with the headline 'Ex-PM David Cameron appointed foreign secretary in shock return to government'

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

I've submitted 15 things this weekend.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

Can't believe you have actually gone through with this. This is going to be an absolutely ridiculous magazine and I can't wait to read it.

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

My contributor copy of Qualia Nous Vol 2 has arrived. This book is full of so many great writers, but I can't get over seeing my name in the table of contents on the opposite page to one of my absolute writing heroes Stephen King.

Photo of the front cover of Qualia Nous Vol 2

Photo of the back cover of Qualia Nous Vol 2

Photo of some of the table of contents of Qualia Nous Vol 2

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Mark Granger @markgranger.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

The Fizz album is out today. Everyone should listen. open.spotify.com/album/49Ysmu...

Photo of my copy of the new album by the band Fizz called The Secret To Life.

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