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Gemma Arrowsmith

@mmaarrow.bsky.social
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Comedy writer & actor. Doctor Who, Tracey Ullman’s Show, Beyond a Steel Sky, Justin’s House, Bravest Warriors, Horrible Histories linktr.ee/gemmaarrowsmith

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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"THEY CHAMBERS EXTRA TOILET!"
Youtube shorts. 5 clips from Big Train. The single word subtitle visible makes the sentence SCREAM THEY CHAMBERS EXTRA TOILET
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RAMON FEAR'S TERROR TAPES @terrortapespod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
MEET OUR LIVE SHOW CAST @cheerfulearful.bsky.social Fresh out of Beef & Dairy, Crowley Time and Leyline High - it's distilled podcast royalty and the essence of audio brilliance @atomcrowley.bsky.social and @mmaarrow.bsky.social in their Ramon Fear Live Debut!
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
RIP Stephanie Cole. Here’s my Stephanie Cole story: I was at a sitcom readthrough where I was filling in for all the roles that weren’t cast yet & for any actor who couldn’t make the readthrough. Often, at these events, you’re the only person in the room who won’t ultimately be working on the show
the wonderful Stephanie Cole wearing a black coat and hat.
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Eddie from Bottom
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Oh my GOD I’ve just clocked that this character from Family Ness is called Eye Wit-Ness.
A Eye Wit-ness from Family News, with his eyepatch and waistcoat. He’s grabbing musical notes out of the air.
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Obviously everyone remembers Leyline High so we knew a lot of nostalgic fans would tune into our rewatch podcast. But we’re over the moon about this! Thank you, Leyliners!
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The increasingly exhausted cast of Beef & Dairy Live on our 2 show day at the London Podcast Festival on Saturday 🐄 @beefanddairy.bsky.social
4 photos of the cast of Beef & Dairy live.  Before and after each show. They are smiling and full of energy in the first 3 photos and then exhausted in the 4th.
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
But how can Star Trek exist as a franchise within the For All Mankind universe, when Trip is clearly a descendant of Gordo.
Gordo Stevens from For All MankindTrip from Star Trek Enterprise
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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 13/09/2026
No Brian Butterfield sitcom either.
Brian Butterfield, chock full of bon bon bons.
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
So no Muppet Show revival, no Falconhoof sitcom and no Clinton Baptiste TV show. All of those things were on the table & we don’t get to have them. Thanks a bunch, telly.

DiscussingFilm ® @discussingfilm.net
There are currently no active conversations for a full 'MUPPET SHOW" series revival.
Disney, The Muppets Studio and Point Grey Pictures have had difficulties with deciding on a premise for the series that they can all agree on.
(Source: Deadline)
Image of Sabrina Carpenter with the MuppetsFalconhoof from Limmy’s ShowClinton Baptiste, in a black and white outfit. Hand raised to camera.
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
iPhone Duo looking good
A hand holding an iPhone duoImage from An American Werewolf in London. The transformation scene where his hands are stretching.
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Seen this weird thing outside. Going to check it out.
Still of the probe from Star Trek The Inner Light.
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Fun goings-on at Kings Cross St Pancras today. Please keep Tribbles off the moquette. #startrek60
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy 60 years, Star Trek! During my school years my alarm clock was a model of the Enterprise D that woke you up by shouting at you in Klingon. A warrior’s alarm clock.
Spock and Kirk in The Man TrapPicard in the Inner LightBashir and Sisko in Past TenseTuvix and Janeway in Tuvix
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I got my hopes up way too high.
Sign reading Elton John EYEWEAR
New collection exclusively at
SpecsaversMassive hoopy glasses on Elton Orate golden specs on EltonA nice but rather tame pair of glasses in the Elton John eyewear range.
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Tom Crowley @atomcrowley.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
What a treat this was, although the talk backstage was mostly about the disconnect between the obvious enthusiasm in the crowd versus broadcasters’ total lack of interest in commissioning and supporting scripted comedy. Have a piece of the pie, you dummies! 🤷🏼‍♂️
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It’s cheating if you say the Crankies or Mr Blobby.
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“I don’t need a brolly, you wally!” Scotty in the Enterprise-D Engineering with the extras walking around in astronaut space suits. Wonderfully bonkers.
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
💔
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Tim Curry Says SPACE!
Alt: Tim Curry Says SPACE!
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Review of Coyote vs Acme:
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Loney Tunes: Bugs Bunny in Love
Alt: Looney Tunes: Bugs Bunny in Love. Bugs with heart eyes surrounded by red hearts.
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
youtu.be/egN7l793DyU?...
youtu.be
Dolly Parton & Kermit The Frog – “Everyday People” Extended/Remixed | 'Dolly' Episode 5 (1987)
YouTube video by ddolIly
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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has gifted over 150 million books (yes, 150 million) around the world. This is what goodness looks like. She ALSO brought us Buffy. She ALSO funded the Covid vaccine. She ALSO wrote “Jolene”. The most remarkable person. donate.imaginationlibrary.com
donate.imaginationlibrary.com
Home
Make a donation and support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in communities around the world and help put more books into the hands of more children.
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Noooo! Not Dolly. youtu.be/6wsToL30-RE?...
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Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle Playing Their Acrylic Nails (1987)
YouTube video by Back to the Past
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Tom Crowley @atomcrowley.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
IT’S BACK! 👔💀🌀
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We’re back! With more chat about everyone’s favourite long-running spooky kids TV show set on the intersection of two ley lines. 👻
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
Richie and Eddie from Bottom.
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Tom Crowley @atomcrowley.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
THANKS FRONGE! And thanks to all the lovely people who turned up to see it! And thanks to @lordhurk.bsky.social for the gorgeous show artwork, exhibited at the @pleasance.co.uk all month!
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Tom Crowley @atomcrowley.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This Wednesday at the Edinburgh Fringe, it’s the final performance of the live radio theatre sci-fi comedy romp Crowley Time Live: Link’s Gambit, guest starring Kieran Hodgson and Freya Parker at the @pleasance.co.uk Courtyard! live.crowleytime.com
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
New “I remember when all this were fields”: I remember when the Fringe guide was staple bound.
The massive square bound Fringe guide.
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Scared the shit out of me.
The traffic warden with a bandaged face from Threads
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John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 13/08/2026
So tonight, not only did BBC Two introduce the Red Dwarf episode "Holoship" using the same symbol used in 1992, but it also used most of the original continuity script. Your 1992 network announcer: Halyna Kozak www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jV6... Your 2026 network announcer: Nicola Phoenix
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Matt Rosser @matt.cymru · 13/08/2026
And if you're watching BBC Two Wales you'll hear the very same announcer who introduced it in 1992 😊
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John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 13/08/2026
Red Dwarf, "Holoship" is on BBC Two tonight at 10pm. The beginning of this video has the original continuity from the episode's first broadcast back in 1992. If you watch it, you may enjoy the introduction to tonight's episode even more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jV6...
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BBC2 - continuity around Red Dwarf inc BBC Video ads - from 1992
YouTube video by 625tvroom
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Red Dwarf series 5 is repeating from tonight on BBC Two! Yes, I could watch the blu-rays but what a lovely bit of nostalgia to tune in on a Thurs night. Series 5 was the first one I watched go out live & I went physically cold w excitement waiting for it to come on. reddwarf.co.uk/news/2026/07...
reddwarf.co.uk
Back on the Beeb
Series V returns to BBC Two this autumn.
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Tom Crowley @atomcrowley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I say, what's all this? Why, it's Jack Bernhardt, one of the key figures behind the latest Crowley Time episode (Faces of Conquest 1 with @jackbern.bsky.social and @tobiwilsonline.bsky.social, at crowleytime.com) and he's found evidence of next week's Edinburgh show! COR! live.crowleytime.com
Cheeky little Jack Bernhardt points at the events board for the Upstairs venue at the Pleasance Courtyard, which says that Crowley Time will be appearing there on the 19th.
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Bought a beautiful looking book in a charity shop & found a little hidden gem inside when I got it home. (And it hails from Brum, like me.)
Cover of A Short History of the World Revised Edition by H. G. Wells. A colourful abstract below the title. A burgundy piece of card with a black and white image of a pair of eyes. The card opened up to reveal text: DURAN DURAN invite their friends to join them for a get together on Wednesday, 1st December 1982 at the Rum Runner Club
273 Broad Street • Birmingham • B1 2DP. Telephone: 021-643 6642
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Advert casting breakdowns always start "the contents of this breakdown are extremely confidential. Do NOT share any of the details" Then you read it & it's like: A cartoon otter offers you a yoghurt & you're like whaat? Do NOT play the comedy. GERI HALLIWELL VO: Mlünken yoghurt. It's proper bonkers
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Last week I chased up a commissioning decision which was supposed to have gone out by the end of July. This morning I found out it was a no, but nobody had passed the result on to me. Such a respectful industry, isn’t it? Really makes you passionate to continue writing up projects unpaid. Lovely.
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Alternative titles for The Adam & Joe Show. Which is your favourite? I think mine might be “Men Behaving”.
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I’ve been rereading a lot of Bradbury recently & noticed the date of There Will Come Soft Rains was coming up. It tells the story of an automated house that continues to make breakfast & clean, long after its inhabitants have succumbed to nuclear fallout I’d not seen this adaptation before! 👇
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Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
WE’RE BACK FOR A SPECIAL AWARDS EPISODE! What was your favourite award-winning episode of Leyline High? Was it the after school special about bullying that the director was fired from because he punched a camera operator? Let us know!
A mic in front of a computer screen. On the screen is a sound wave and the Leyline High Rewind graphic.
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Me watching anything: All these characters could have been played by Jeffrey Combs. What was the casting director thinking?
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I often discover hidden gems on iPlayer via ppl I like mentioning them on social media. So I'm trying to return the favour here: The BBC has put up a season of British & Irish theatre on iPlayer. Some real smashers, too! More info: www.bbc.com/mediacentre/... Watch: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/grou...
iPlayer tiles. 

Titles in the Season:

    A Taste of Honey
    Absurd Person Singular
    An Inspector Calls
    The Birthday Party
    Black Watch
    The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black Oil
    Copenhagen
    Cyprus Avenue
    The Deep Blue Sea
    Elmina's Kitchen
    The Entertainer
    My Night with Reg
    Not I
    Salt
    Top Girls
    Under Milk Wood
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Ah, it's time for the annual rewatch. Seems to come round earlier every year.
Press Gang title screen. The background is the Junior Gazette newspaper. The title in red overlaid with "written by Steven Moffat" underneathSpike (Dexter Fletcher) outside a set of double doors. A sign on the door reads "Junior Gazette - Trespassers will be exterminated"Julia Sawalha and Angela Bruce in Press Gang
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Tom Crowley @atomcrowley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The Crowley Time improvised summer spin-off is here and it's FACES OF CONQUEST! A billionaire seeks out other achievers (bastards) and interviews them. Episode 1 comes via my old Sad Faces sketch buddies @jackbern.bsky.social and @tobiwilsonline.bsky.social and BOY did we have fun! crowleytime.com
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Giving a eulogy: “He was a very verbose and gregarious man. And that’s not only a rarity in the modern world — it’s a gift. Let me know if you want me to make it sound more sad.”
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
But Live at the Apollo will be replaced by other platforms for newer acts to reach a TV audience, right? Right??
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Tom Crowley @atomcrowley.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Meet the pocket nano pug. From Crowley Time Episode 44: Art (with Molly Beth Morossa). crowleytime.com
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Adrian Edmondson @adrianedmondson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Bill Oddie, what a lovely bloke. He wrote us a letter when we started making The Young Ones, wishing us the very best, and warning us against interference from higher up. He didn’t know anyone in the cast personally. It just came out of the blue. Lovely thing to do.
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