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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Delighted to say that I’m joining Birmingham City University next month as a full time Lecturer in Filmmaking. Today I’ve been getting a little head start with a cheeky campus visit. Bring on Birmingham and working with some future and developing filmmakers.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Beyond honoured to be asked to speak at We Have Ways Fest 2025. And amongst some absolutely incredible company!

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

When you’re co-writing a book about Mission Impossible, it’s only fair to see the new instalment with your writing partner! So @ericanela.bsky.social and her lovely husband left their native Nailsea and @amyclarke83.bsky.social and myself left London, to meet in the middle at Oxford.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I keep forgetting Bluesky exists. Is there a better way to remember and interact with others on here?

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

In F1 chat…how has Helmut Marko still got a job with Red Bull Racing?

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Now the season is going again, loving @dirtysidepod.bsky.social. Great racing chat. But just for Brian, here is David Coulthard hiding his Scottishness…

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Does anybody have advice as to how to remember Bluesky? Moving from the other app to here has done something to my brain where I literally forget about this app and posting on it. But when I’m here I enjoy it.

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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Just a reminder its ALWAYS a good time to rewatch Band of Brothers.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

At this point Drive To Survive is so fabricated with out of sequence editing, misleading narratives and staged discussion scenes, it’s less F1 documentary and more Keeping Up With The Car-dashians.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

True. It also protects him if he gets over keen being near the front for the first time and gets caught up in some first corner drama. ‘A rookie error there sees Liam into the gravel’

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

But, he’s been a full time teacher, but he had to take over mid-term because the predecessor was not delivering the syllabus how the school wanted. How far can we stretch this metaphor?

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Lawson is one of those outliers. I wouldn’t say he’s a rookie because of having half a season full time plus varied guest drives before that.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Wading into the @dirtysidepod.bsky.social debate. If it’s your first full season of F1 you are a rookie in my own opinion. You’ve not had the day to day of being an F1 driver which includes engineering side, media, improving your car because it’s your car etc etc. Ollie Bearman is 100% a rookie.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

In our latest episode, we explore The Hartenstein Hotel, Divisional HQ of the British Airborne. Such an amazing place to look around. And, as per the clip here, historian James Holland asks the questions that some leaders wouldn’t… Watch full episode now: youtu.be/0x_snEV-KiQ

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Finally catching up on the new @dirtysidepod.bsky.social. Let’s see what we’ve got…. (If you love F1 or are just getting to grips with the sport give it a listen)

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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Looking forward to talking #AgentZo at the @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social in the beautiful North Cotswolds, & meeting everyone when I sign copies at the festival bookshop, run by @borzoibookshop.bsky.social Tickets 👉: chippingcampden.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Thanks to Royal Holloway, University of London for having me in to speak at their Creative Industries and Media Week. Such good questions from the students. Met the resident Careers office cat, so double win!

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Week 3 out of 11 of teaching at Birkbeck, University of London complete. What a brilliant experience it has been so far. The students have been really motivated and engaged. Next week they pitch the projects that they will be doing as the final assessment. Excited to see what they bring.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

‘The pair are a testament to the power of hard work, with Georgia fighting her way up from the mean streets of a £23,000 per year private school and her future husband from an impoverished family with a net worth of £12m’ @heraldscotland.bsky.social nailing James Watt and Georgia Toffolo’s privilege

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

So glad to hear that @dirtysidepod.bsky.social are as annoyed by Big Brother Mohammed Ben Sulayem and his dictatorial rules as I am. #F1

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

It will be mentioned in the Prologue along with the 1980s two season revival. And the later movies will get a light nod in the Epilogue.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Thanks to the brilliant @ericanela.bsky.social, I've joined her as co-author of the book 'The Making of Mission Impossible' (working title) with Pen and Sword Books. Hardback out in 2026 ready to celebrate 30 years since the first film hit cinemas.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to co-write a book about a 1996 film that kicked off a franchise that ran for 3 decades. If you or your co-writer are captured or suffer writers block, the Publisher will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This post will self destruct in 5 seconds

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Yes! My wife and I love a retro choc-sweet. Although Munchies rank a place higher on the list.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

My office…my classroom. Someone did sort the chairs out before the students arrived.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Remember when you had a Nokia and how little you had to charge it? I’m pretty sure I have a 3210 that’s been left powered up in a drawer since 2002 which still has around 52% battery left.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I'm going to miss my daily dose of after work Squid Game. Who doesn't like their dinner with a side order of sweaty palms and tension??

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Last year I worked hard to pivot the paid part of my career as a content producer into writing and teaching. And this year has started strong...I'm now Associate Lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, and I'm just waiting on the contract for my first non-fiction book deal.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Amazing picture. Is the one of the left a KdF-Wagen? Something about the shape of the bottom of the car at the front suggests it may be.

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Britt Allcroft was truly one of a kind. When I was 12, she gave me a chance to be part of something that millions of children — as well as adults — love. Warm-hearted, funny, and kind, the English grandmother I never had. May her memory be a blessing. ❤️

Britt Allcroft holding a model of Thomas the Tank Engine.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Car people. Do motoring influencers erode real automotive journalism? I’ve started following some and I can’t get over the fact that they are all super bouncy and positive all the time, spouting extremely questionable ‘facts’. #carsky

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Amy @amyclarke83.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Before the rain washes it away…

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Basic Apple Guy @basicappleguy.com · 31/12/2024

Happy 25th Anniversary to those who remember...

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Carry-On is such a blast of 80s inspired genre joy. Jason Bateman is clearly having the most fun as the villain. Plot holes aplenty but it’s moving along at such a pace and having so much fun you ignore them (until after). Highly recommend.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

007: You need me to fight a Doctor? M: No. 007: Oh, he’s not a doctor? M: No, he’s Doctor No 007: okay, so what’s his name M: Doctor No 007: I KNOW he’s not a doctor!

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl is the shot of wholesome I think we all needed on Christmas Day. Packed with film references, puns and sight gags, it should be on the syllabus for comedy directors.

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Tom Crowley @atomcrowley.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

I’ve waited too long to say this but Vengeance Most Fowl was an absolute peach as expected and a beautiful addition to Christmas Day, and I think special credit has to go to Ben Whitehead taking over as Wallace. Like Peter Sallis was still with us!

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Joe Barton @joebarton.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

(Walking in on Nick Park hunched over the modelling table) What’re you doing Nick? (Nick Park jumping up, flustered) Nothing! Nothing. Making a… a character. For a… new Wallace and Gromit movie

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

@jemmaforte.bsky.social After listening to your last episode, I’ve just heard another podcast refer to the gap between Christmas and New Year as the ‘Merrynium’.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Starting in January as an Associate Lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London. Teaching on the Principles of Digital Video module to begin with.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

For my work I have to keep popping over to Twitter (I've deleted my personal account) and it feels like Alternate 1985 from Back to the Future 2. A real dystopian vibe of unrelentingly stupid people venting their dumb views whilst waiving a 'free speech' banner.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Also, I see Williams, Aston Martin, Sauber and Haas going backwards over the year as they switch their budgets and focus to the 2026 rule changes. Alpine and Racing Bulls will stay about where they are. McLaren and Ferrari head to head development race. Red Bull will realise what Newey did for them!

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

My F1 predictions for next year: - Norris drivers champion - Ferrari constructors champion - Lawson dropped mid season, replaced by Tsunoda who does well - Bearman, Bortoleto and Hadjar impress, Antonelli and Doohan underwhelm - Hamilton wins a race for Ferrari

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Joe Barton @joebarton.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

There’s lots we want to do for series 2 but above all else we plan to occasionally get the geography of London slightly wrong to really annoy men in their mid 40s on the internet. That is our North Star. That is what drives us. www.digitalspy.com/tv/a63247137...

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Netflix teases Black Doves season 2 after show success

Ben Whishaw and Keira Knightley star in a festive new teaser.

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

We have a new episode of Walking The Ground which looks at the road into Arnhem and why a feature called The Bottleneck caused misery for the British Airborne. Watch now: youtu.be/d-Iapunp2I0?...

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Mike Beddoes @mikebeddoes.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

What are people's thoughts on the movements at Red Bull Racing today? Right moves? Wrong moves? How was it handled?

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