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Andy Murray

@mrgeetsromo.bsky.social
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Hairy ne'er-do-well. Would-be good egg. Pillock. Nigel Kneale / Russell T Davies biographer. New social media platform, same great content. Est. 1972.

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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yes, that inspired the line, but it’s not where it *comes* from.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tonight in Manchester - you really should go and see comedian @stuartgoldsmith.bsky.social at Fairfield Social Club. Here's why... www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/cult-co...
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Cult comedy pick of the month: climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith comes to Manchester.
Climate comedy? Stuart Goldsmith is the ultimate warm-up man.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
With a salute to @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social in passing
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"This is Manchester, we do things differently here." We all know the quote, but where did it *really* come from - and what's it got to do with esteemed British character actor Cyril Shaps? Read on and find out... www.northernsoul.me.uk/24-hour-part...
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 30/09/2026
'The Victor’ Winsor Mccay, 1914
skeleton holding a sword aloft as it stands on a corpse strewn field
a bat flies past the moon behind
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Paul Frightlaw Meets the Wolf Man Uptown @paulwhitelaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here'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...
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BBC One - Play for Today, Series 4, Schmoedipus
A strange young man turns up on Elizabeth’s doorstep and makes a frightening claim.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
GENESIS OF THE HULA HOOPS
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David Nolan @nolanwriter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pips. It was behind the cathedral but ahead of its time… www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/i-want-...
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‘I want those human stories of what it meant to them… and how it changed their lives.’ The legendary Pips nightclub is finally getting the recognition it deserves.
Pips - the legendary nightclub that was 'behind the cathedral' in Manchester - never got the credit it deserved. Until now.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It might not be who you think. Actually, it was Brentford-born actor John Bardon - then a regular face on stage and screen, later best known as Jim Branning, Dot Cotton‘s other half, in EastEnders. He died in 2014.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Happy 50th anniversary, @rxtheatre.bsky.social! But who delivered the first line in their production of Sheridan’s The RIvals back in September 1976..?
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Shada: That's Plenty
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
That time I spoke to customers in my local record shop but just missed Stewart Lee
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8bitnorthxstitch @8bitnorthxstitch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Do you want to see how @funkysi.bsky.social tackled Smash Hits biscuit tin Qs? Or how well @stephenhanley6.bsky.social @hanleypa.bsky.social know each other in a Mr & Mrs-style quiz? All this & more in issues 1 & 2 of Load o Bloody Nowt @routebooks.bsky.social www.route-online.com/blog/post/bl...
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We are all straungeres. We are all lost. But we nevir are alone. Helpe somebodye. Give somebodye a kynde worde. Take comfort yn goode wordes and music and art from the past or present. And be kynde to thyselfe too. Thou art doinge thy best.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Been down the shops
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Tonight! Clock's a-tickin'...
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Route @routebooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
After missing the Free Trade Hall out of his top ten list of Manchester venues for Cult Manchester, Paul Hanley has returned with an extended history of the venue that sits right at the heart of the city's own history.
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Hallé-lujah! Hanley on the Free Trade Hall.
'The very ground the Free Trade Hall is built on is woven into the fabric of Manchester history.' Paul Hanley on the Free Trade Hall.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
(I suspect this piece should end 'early 2027' rather than '2010'...)
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
We were *excited*!
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I had a letter printed in the Radio Times saying it looked set to be Robert Holmes’ finest work.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If you‘re free and in the vicinity of Manchester this Tuesday night, you should make haste to @xsmalarkey.com - here’s why!
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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Join me for a skeetalong-a- #PendasFen this Wednesday night when BBC4 reruns it from 10.15pm. Behind the scenes stories, pics and things to spot. If you've seen the play before, then follow live. If it's new to you, give it proper attention and then join the # on catch up. Link in bio to the book.
Title screen for Play for Today: Penda's Fen (1974)Close up on Dictionary of Place Names reading "Penda's fen" with Penda in italics.Cover of Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene (Ten Acre Books 2025)
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm launching a new horror fiction course for Comma Press later this month - a leap into the dark, if you like. Why not come along for the ride?
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
You’ll never guess what we called my eldest son.
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David Nolan @nolanwriter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Tea. Toast. Sunday morning read from @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
That’s very much what she’s saying.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I know it’s probably way too early to be speculating, but Jamie Bisping as the next Doctor, please.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
New on @cultmanchester.bsky.social… www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/the-tal...
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The Tale of Harvey’s Rabbit.
'Morrissey walked into the pub, heard us and walked out.' Harvey's Rabbit tell their tale to Cult Manchester.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
My first monthly comedy pick for @cultmanchester.bsky.social - the weird and wonderful delights of Molly & Paul Try Heron Foods. www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/cult-co...
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Cult comedy pick of the month: Molly & Paul Try Heron Foods. Various venues - Manchester and Edinburgh.
Molly & Paul. Off their trolleys, aisle have a bit of that etc etc...
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Back in the olden days, a solar eclipse would be the closest they had to a watercooler moment, except they didn’t have water coolers
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Cult Manchester X CULTPLEX @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social talks to the new boss at @cpxmcr.bsky.social www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/we-re-a...
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‘We're a group of film fans putting on films for film fans - by any means necessary!’
What's next for CULTPLEX? We talk to Rob Jones, boss of Manchester's coolest cinema.
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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
NEW COURSES! ✍️📚 🌎Worldbuilding w/ @davidhartley.bsky.social 🗓️Aug 28📌 @levyoldlibrary.bsky.social 🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/worldbuild... 🦉Folktales w/ Sophie Parkes 🗓️ Sep 1📌Online 🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/folktales-... 👻 Horror w/ @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social 🗓️Sep 30📌Online 🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/classic-ho...
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Cult Manchester is live… Sex Pistols at Piccadilly Radio Hannah Platt Cult Classic comedy Paul Hanley’s Top 10 Mcr venues And more… www.cultmanchester.co.uk
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Home | Cult Manchester
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
What’s going to be on the new Cult Manchester site? Well, I’ll tell you…
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Here on Bluesky too…
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I’m running another online short story course for Comma Press - details here…
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Yf you spye a fadid signe at the syde of the roade that saith 'V short leagues to the Shack of Love'
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
But here's the nifty thing. I'm not off to Edinburgh, but I've already seen all of these fine, fine shows in Manchester, mostly courtesy of @xsmalarkey.com, with a bit of help from @alovelytime.bsky.social. Hats off to them!
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
If I were off to Edinburgh this year I'd be making a bee-line for comedy shows by Elf Lyons, Andrew Doherty, Hannah Platt, Frankie Monroe, Heron Foods (Molly McGuinness and Paul Campbell), Chris Cantrill, Rob Auton, Tom Neenan, Adam Riches...
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
For anyone looking to get hold of Nigel Kneale’s 1976 anthology series Beasts, this might be your best bet - express your interest to the revived archive label Network. archive.networkonair.com/title/100465...
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Beasts: The Complete Series – Network Archive
Beasts: The Complete Series — archived entry in the Network Distributing catalogue, available on DVD.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Enjoy!
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Adapt THIS Nolan you coward
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Ten Acre Books @tenacrebooks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A new printing of The Quatermass Experiment is now in stock, @tobyhadoke.bsky.social's immersive account of the making of TV's first sci-fi classic, illustrated with rare photographs from the archives of writer Nigel Kneale. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk
Cover of The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic
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Paul Kirkley @paulkirkley.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
My original article (from November), rounding up all those existential threats to UK broadcasting:
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We’re seeing the future of British TV – and it’s American
From Netflix to Comcast, the US takeover of UK broadcasting now looks unstoppable  Marking its 70th birthday two months ago, ITV talked with justifiable pride of “seven decades at the for…
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I should very much like a tall glass of Tawny Owl ice tea: t-wit t-woo! T-wit t-woo!
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Delighted to have contributed to this a fair bit. Should be worth hunting down. hammerfilms.com/products/the...
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The Abominable Snowman Limited Collector's Edition
Re-teaming Quatermass creator Nigel Kneale and BAFTA-winning director Val Guest, this thrilling fantasy horror has been painstakingly restored by Hammer in 4K from the best available film elements.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Good enough to inspire a Twitter / BS handle.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I’ve wrote a couple of interview pieces for the fanzine. Enjoy!
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