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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 52m
This Week! Sunday 11th Oct at 5pm. THE FOOTAGE DETECTIVES have EXCLUSIVE access to the personal archive of SPIKE MILLIGAN in this special episode! Wait till you see the lost footage they’ve uncovered! Plus two of Spike's daughters Síle and Jane are our special guests #TPTVsubtitles
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Fourfoot @fourfoot.bsky.social · 4h
All of it or just a boner part?
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Grumpenstein’s Monster @maxwellshabbsby.bsky.social · 4h
New £10 note design released!
£10 note with Cuddles the Mo key on it and Sweep as King
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nicola @gleanniucha.bsky.social · 1h
🤦‍♀️ Police accept Andrew search warrants were unlawful
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Andrew search warrants were unlawful, court hears
Andrew search warrants were unlawful, court hears
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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · 3h
Introduced on Radio 3 in September 1992 as Nightwaves, pioneering Arts and Ideas podcast, rebadged as Free Thinking in January 2014, then after a purge of speech programming moved to Radio 4 in April 2024. Successfully transformed from magazine to extended discussion. A remarkable legacy. RIP.
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Matthew Kilburn @matthewkilburn.bsky.social · 4h
Ironic really. You and Yours emerged from Tony Whitby's rationalisation of 1970, and passes with another one. Very sorry to see Thinking Allowed and Free Thinking go, particularly the latter so soon after it was cast out from Radio 3.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 6h
“To say Margaret Hamilton was… ahead of her time would be a dramatic understatement. She was a software engineer at a time when it was in its infancy, & not only developed advanced code but also led a team using that nascent technology to develop [a] complex system” #RIP news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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Joe Scaramangaaaarrrggghhh!!! @joescaramanga.co.uk · 9h
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 17h
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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Nostalgic Things that go bump in the night @nostalgicthing.bsky.social · 7h
Thursday
Thursday
 THE MALIBU WORLD DISCO DANCING CHAMPIONSHIP 1983
 CONVERSATION PIECES
 MOVEMENTS!
 FILM ON FOUR: THE PLOUGHMAN'S LUNCH
 WHAT THE PAPERS SAY
 IAN DURY
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 7h
deep insight into the British id contained in this banknote poll result www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nick Walker @nickwalker.bsky.social · 6h
You need to see Wayne Rooney talking about the Whitney tweet.
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Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 6h
Sorry to inform to you that Free Thinking has been axed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BBC to cut raft of Radio 4 programmes including You and Yours
The corporation said it would be investing in a new consumer programme, while announcing more cuts.
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 19h
Choose your fighter.
Alan Sugar, AmstradSir Clive Sinclair Jack Trammel, AtariNick Bessey, Commodore UK
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Stuart Millard @franticplanet.bsky.social · 18h
ITV have stuck all the Hammer House of Horrors up on YouTube. Absolutely disgusting graffiti in Rude Awakening. Vile language. No wonder Denholm Elliott looked so shocked.
Very upsetting graffiti reading 'RUMPY PUMPY'
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Reuters @reuters.com · 19h
Exclusive: Britain's BBC and Channel 4 held preliminary talks with the government about a broader tie-up of some operations, two people with direct knowledge of the discussions said, in a potential shake-up of the country's public broadcasters reut.rs/3VsSFyx
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Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 19h
40 YEARS AGO TODAY: Keith Floyd heads back to the West Country for a series of Floyd On Food, finding a Navy field kitchen where bread is baked in a dustbin, once he's popped by a chippy and the fish kitchen of a prestigious hotel.
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Floyd On Food - Episode 1 - Devon & Cornwall
Keith visits the field kitchen at HMS Raleigh in Cornwall, where he cooks Portuguese Man of War. He also cooks fish and chips in Chagford and tries a dish of red mullet.
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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 23h
Next Week! Classic Sci-Fi Saturday 17th Oct, 4pm: THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) #MichaelRennie #PatriciaNeal #HughMarlow Directed by #RobertWise #TPTVsubtitles
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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 23h
Channel 4 have confirmed David Brindley is its new head of programmes, taking over from Ian Katz.
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Saturday Mornings @saturdaymornings.co.uk · 07/10/2026
Here's Andi explaining (or trying to...) how they've made it easier for you to use that new fangled Email to get in touch with Live & Kicking. Letters and faxes seem a lot simpler... #saturdaymornings
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Old British Telly @oldbritishtelly.co.uk · 07/10/2026
[1979] Arena - BBC multi award-winning arts series. This is "Who Is Poly Styrene?", a portrait of the late New Wave singer-songwriter, Poly Styrene. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi6ps5vx5-k
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Poly Styrene documentary Arena BBC 1979
Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the copyright act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, sch...
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Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Frankie Howerd hated being interviewed or talking seriously, so Good Afternoon sent in the big Mavis to enquire about his issues with interviews, which is a brave start, staying away from politics and how he can't avoid his fame. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oUK...
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Frankie Howerd interview | British comedian | Comedy | Good Afternoon | 1976
Some extracts from Thames Televisions 'Good Afternoon' Mavis Nicholson speaks to British comedy legend Frankie Howerd. In these extracts, Frankie talks about his dislike of interviews and what one…
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Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
something very funny about the Bayeux Tapestry getting 5 stars after 940 years, as if Bishop Odo of Bayeux has been sat at home all this time waiting for the review, absolutely raging - "I gave that Guardian journalist a press comp on OPENING NIGHT for god's sake"
Poster of The Bayeux Tapestry with a bunch of 5 star reviews
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Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
20 YEARS AGO TODAY: day one of the surprisingly long lasting - ten years! - BBC1 circle idents. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igf9...
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BBC One - First day of Circle idents (7th October 2006)
Every ident from 10am to 9pm on Saturday 7th October 2006, the first day of a new look for BBC One that lasted the next ten years. Six idents were shown that day - 'Kites', 'Hippos', 'Ring-a-Roses',…
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Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
20 YEARS AGO TODAY: circles are coming so one last day for BBC1's Rhythm & Movement dancers, ending at 1.10am with, what else, a loving montage from 16:44. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do-i...
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BBC One - 6th October 2006 (last day of Rhythm & Movement idents)
Almost every ident from the last day of the BBC One 'Rhythm & Movement' idents, Friday 6th October 2006, recorded onto VHS from analogue TV at the time. All edits are from the original tape so I…
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Ian Wade @wadeywade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Here's a Rod Temperton playlist. He was a famously private man but left five houses in his will. Honey, the man wrote Thriller. That alone probably bought the houses, never mind Boogie Nights, Rock With You, Yah Mo Be There, Baby Come To Me and Give Me The Night open.spotify.com/playlist/2eL...
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HOT RODS
Rod Temperton bangers in order of appearance
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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Give Us A Clue (6th October 1981). Kenneth Williams has come all the way from Great Portland Street to mime Flash, Bang, Wallop.
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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Illegal Wheel of Fortune den found in Cardiff industrial estate
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Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
20 YEARS AGO TODAY: series one of Not Going Out is about the only time you could imagine an unemployed unambitious layabout being able to live in a Docklands flat. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Not Going Out - Series 1: 1. Serious
Sitcom. Lee tries to find his serious side by going on a date with an author, while Kate attempts to lighten up at clown school. Kate's ex-boyfriend Tim apologises.
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Russty Russ @russtyruss.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#OnThisDay 2001 : 25 years ago today, the first edition of Pop Idol was first broadcast on ITV.
Pop Idol title
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RedScharlach @redscharlach.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NO. DO NOT DO THIS. Do NOT think about The Event and under NO circumstances attempt to relive The Event. This may cause DISTRESS and CONFUSION. REMAIN INDOORS.
A double decker London bus with a poster on the side of it, saying “Relive the Event”. The poster is advertising Disney+ and the event in question is the Oasis reunion tour.
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Eddie Robson will be at Fantasycon @eddierobson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I almost didn't bother with this season of Bake Off, can't believe I would have missed Paul Hollywood learning what a throuple is on national TV
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Al Campbell @diralcampbell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Getting it Back - The Story Of Cymande is a brilliant documentary about a brilliant band made my good friend @deadpankenna.bsky.social and it finally debuts on BBC4 this Friday 9th Oct at 22:40. Good vibes, nostalgia and great music youtu.be/grfyPFvFhRI?...
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Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande trailer | In cinemas 16 February | BFI
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Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
30 YEARS AGO TODAY: Clive Anderson takes the kind of knowing rudeness that will get him into trouble in just over a year's time to the Beeb on Clive Anderson All Talk, where one of his first guests is Eddie Murphy, pre-recorded on a very stripped down set. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2tQ...
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Clive Anderson interviews Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy talks about The Nutty Professor, and gets confused by jokes about BSE and Dixon of Dock Green. From 6th October 1996
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Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is fun: at 07:54 you'll hear John Witty, the voice of T-Mat, testing out mid-range tape recorders that Dr Who fans were very likely using to audio record the programme off-air in the mid-1960s. youtu.be/k01-lnUe2WU?...
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1965: The Best Tape Recorders on the Market | Choice | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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Alison Eales, Nerves of Steel @alisoneales.com · 06/10/2026
Indie Rock 12”
A photo of Russ Abbot’s genre-defying 1985 single All Night Holiday, which has been categorised under Indie Rock 12” for reasons best known to the proprietor of this somewhat idiosyncratic record shop
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Chris Orton @chriso1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So, there’s a Talking Toaster? “Do you want some toast?”
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Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
40 YEARS AGO TODAY: "'ello!" The first of forty visits to the cellar of the monster's castle that features The Trap Door, by association the glory of a Willie Rushton voiceover, and the stop-motion skill of future Wallace & Gromit co-director Steve Box.
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The Trapdoor - Breakfast Time
Watch more Cartoons here :https://bit.ly/37L30II Berk is busy preparing his master's breakfast - from worms and other vile concoctions, when a strange yellow creature comes out of the trap door in the kitchen floor and eats the breakfast, closely followed by a large Big Red Thing which chases Berk u
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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Gutted to learn that the composer George Fenton has died. I worked closely with him on the latest Newsnight theme arrangement. He was a lovely man and leaves behind so much wonderful and iconic music. BBC News - The secret to writing a TV theme tune www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-4...
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The secret to writing a TV theme tune
As Newsnight unveils a new look and sound, the man behind the theme tune shares his composing secrets.
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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Anyway. RIP George Fenton. Others have shared Bergerac and Newsnight and Films but there’s this one also. m.youtube.com/watch?v=99BC...
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Shoestring Intro / Outro (1980)
YouTube video by Jonathan Davies
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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
RIP George Fenton, forget the prestigous movie themes and Oscar nominations. You gave us moody guitar noodling and accordians as our sunday evening soundtrack. youtu.be/1y5E63jGT2I?...
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Bergerac theme
YouTube video by UK Tune Archives
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Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
RIP George Fenton. youtu.be/xSFu9g10vGw?...
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Intro BBC Six O'Clock News (1984-1993)
YouTube video by duper!
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Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FINALLY! Starts 20th October on U&GOLD. (I don't know why they don't just call it UK Gold again. The ampersand even looks a bit like a K.)
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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Jeffrey Archer’s death narrows the competition to be the last surviving real person mentioned in “Hello” youtu.be/l3F2z4UPwQI?...
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The Beloved - Hello (Official Video)
YouTube video by TheBelovedVEVO
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Dave Pumpkin 🎃 @davebrockman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I've just been answering "Biggus Dickus" to them all. #Mastermind
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Dave Pumpkin 🎃 @davebrockman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pamp ap the... #CallMyBluff
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Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
30 YEARS AGO TODAY: Crossing The Floor satirises both the failing Major government and New Labour in one go. Neil Pearson is Blair, Douglas Henshall Mandelson, James Fleet the flailing PM, Helen Baxendale subject of an affair. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWcR...
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Screen Two Crossing the Floor (1996)
Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join the opposition Labour Party, at a time when the…
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Sham Mountebank @shammountebank.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I was browsing back copies of THE STAGE when I found this article about Red Dwarf in the 14 November 1991 issue. The photo of Rob Grant and Doug Naylor reimagined as Zaphod Beeblebrox caught my eye. #RedDwarf
WRITE ATTITUDE
By SUZAN LEAVY
NOW in its fifth series, Red Dwarf is BBC 2's longest-running sitcom and probably the channel's most successful with the last series being watched by 4.8 million viewers.
Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, creators and writers of Red Dwarf, established Grant and Naylor Productions in 1990 and became executive producers of the show.
The company also has a development deal with franchise winner Carlton Television for comedy, recently appointed Kathleen Hutchinson as head of development and is currently discussing new projects with other comedy writers for 1992.
It sounds like the sort of success story most young writers can only dream of. Grant and Naylor have been friends since the age of nine. Born and bred in Manchester, both attended Liverpool University to study psychology and both were thrown out after spending their second year, not on psychology, but writing their first sitcom together.
Their first script was rejected by the BBC but the fact that someone there said that the dialogue flowed quite smoothly convinced them that writing was the right career move.
Writing stints for Radio Manchester were followed by their first television work on A Kick Up The Eighties. Via Three of a Kind and Carrott's Lib, they went to Spitting Image as script editors and senior writers. After the first series, the duo created the pilot for Red Dwarf but it took producers Paul Jackson and John Lloyd three years to get it onto the screen through BBC North West.
So, Grant says "the only advice I can offer new writers is to be prepared to wait a long time. Keep on writing and generally good work will sur- face.
Grant explained that, despite their success, the pair still had to face the fact that on many television productions, writers tend not to be listened
to.
It is a situation which was quickly rectified once they became producers on Red Dwarf even though this meant extra work in pre-production and post-production.
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dominos meme
First domino: Tsar Nicholas losing the Russo-Japanese war
Last Domino: His Grandniece being handcuffed to DJ Fat Tony on Channel 4
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