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Pete Prodge

@peteprodge.com
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Comedian. Retrogamer. Runner. Writer. Film maker. Billionaire. I am all but one of these things. (My BlueSky retrogaming profile is @reheatedpixels.com )

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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 16h
The old thing turned extremely faulty on Friday, the day before its tenth birthday. It's driveable, just (and extremely noisy in 1st-3rd gear because the gearbox is about to collapse), but its next journey is me taking it to be scrapped. To repair it costs substantially more than what it's valued.
My old car, seen here in the area of Loch Ness.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 02/10/2026
Of course, being a champion of the Tiswas side of things, I can confidently say that B1 2JP would definitely never be home to any racism whatsoever. None at all. No sirree.
Chris Tarrant and wife beater Jim Davidson on Tiswas.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 25/09/2026
It's never a good sign when BC turns his back on your vegan retrogaming cafe.
BC - 'Birthday Club'. This is the tiger puppet mascot from Anglia Television's "send us a birthday card in and we'll read their name out on air" slot, a la Gus Honeybun/Puffin's Place. BC still sits in the window of ITV Anglia in Norwich.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 23/09/2026
A German rally of Ayran supremacists in 1938. Or "anti-migrant activists", as modern BBC News would say.
Colour photograph of a Nazi rally in 1937
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 21/09/2026
Indeed.
Ed Sheeran at a stadium in Philadelphia, recently.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 18/09/2026
Gianni Infantino has let himself go.
Me with liberal intelligencia alternative comedian Stewart Lee.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 18/09/2026
You twat.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 17/09/2026
Wise up, suckers, it's #bandtshirtday.
Me in a PWEI.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 16/09/2026
"But the demands of the billionaire venue owner are far more important than those dead children..."
Ginger Wine
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 16/09/2026
That kid, today.
Jay from The Inbetweeners.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 16/09/2026
We now go live to Piddington.
The ending of the Wicker Man
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 11/09/2026
Ha, stopped using it nearly a decade ago. That'll teach them to cease airing David Diddy Hamilton's soothing tones.
Diddy David Hamilton.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 11/09/2026
I love New York.
Me (with hair!) on Brooklyn Bridge in early September 2000.Me on Brooklyn Bridge in January 2026.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 10/09/2026
He (or she?) is fantastic.
The cat of the Seven Stars, in a ruff...
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 08/09/2026
That said, I've done a good job. Recorded in around 3K resolution, shot on a new DJI Pocket 3 and properly safe-area captioned for social media. And yes, Baird era television was portrait. Which was one of many reasons why it was shit.
The Baird Televisor, and yes, I respect John Logie Baird for what he did, but jeez, he was very wrong-footed about the whole medium. No wonder he got trounced.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 08/09/2026
I was going to buy the Fame Academy Bubble Gum or the How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria? pork scratchings, but no, this wins the day for me.
The Traitors chews. Really.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
Pheee-ew.
A Google maps timeline screenshot of how I went from the southern bank of the River Forth down into a Northamptonshire market town.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
Also, if you are ever at Wellingborough railway station, the cute micropub nearby might feel like a nice stop to visit, but it is run by a racist woman, in a partnership with a man who was the town's first (and thankfully only) BNP candidate. Avoid it. It was only good under the previous two owners.
The Little R'Ale House micropub in Wellingborough is a place to avoid.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
The train pulls in at the final stop at 17:55, almost nine hours after stepping on that first train in Queensferry. There. My longest rail experience is over. And hopefully the tail end of privatised rail in the UK. It's been disappointing.
Me at Wellingborough railway station
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
Now on the final stretch. Can I down this on the last eight miles?
A can of Zwiec on a train leaving Kettering.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
Kettering railway station has been redesigned by an absolute tossweasel who has decided no seating for platform 1. You have to go back through the ticket barriers to the ticket office for some limited seating. In December, EMR's service may become nationalised.
​Affected Services: East Midlands Railway (EMR) Intercity and Connect routes to and from London.
​Dates of Action: Sunday 30 and Bank Holiday Monday 31 August.
​Operating Hours: Reduced timetable with trains running only between 07:00 and 19:00 (starting from 08:00 on Sunday).
​Service Impact:
​Essential travel only is advised.
​No First Class service will be available.
​Other EMR Regional routes remain unaffected.
​Future Dates: Additional strikes planned for 16 and 17 September.
​Contact & Updates: Scan the QR code, visit eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/rail-strike, or call National Rail Enquiries at 03457 484950
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
Now some disruption. The train that should be taking me home here from Kettering has been cancelled, so the next one is 30 minutes later. This does at least allow me to buy a cheap beer from the nearby corner shop.
Me at Kettering railway station
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
Now at Market Harborough, world famous for being the birthplace of my comedy night promoting career, which began at Beerhouse. Apart from that, there is nothing the town is notable for.
Market Harborough railway station.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
Another changeover. I'm here at Leicester's bland railway station. Elephant Man aside, nothing has really happened here. All the cool people are down Firebug.
Leicester railway station.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
Crewe Power Box. A railway management simulation for the ZX Spectrum by homebrew programmer and Brexit idiot Ashley Greenup.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
All change for Loughborough International Airport.
East Midlands Parkway railway station.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
The one thing keeping peace between rivals Derby and Nottingham? The cooling towers.
Those cooling towers
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
It's adios to CrossCuntery as I change at Derby for the East Midlands Railway service. It's a rather bland featureless station but it does have a Greggs, meaning I have now eaten for the first time since 10am.
Me at Derby railway station with a Greggs cheese and onion pasty.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
Yes, I know it's not visible in that photo, so...
Twisted spire.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
Chesterfield. Twisted spire starter.
Chesterfield railway station
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
Sheffield, home of the famous band, Bring Me The 17 Def Human Monkeys' Pulp. I first visited the city to meet a guy off of Paramount Comedy's cult teletext letters page, Mailbox and got a personal tour.
Sheffield railway station
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
This is Wakefield Westgate railway station. I have never properly visited Wakefield. However, I'm sure it's the surname of a dodgy sports teacher at my old school. Which one? Well, they were all dodgy.
Wakefield Westgate railway station.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
Would never have happened to Smeaton.
Leeds railway station
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
We now come to the Rolls Royce of railway stations in northern England. This is York. (I've been to Crewe, but, hmm, just outshined by York.)
York railway station
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
I have never properly visited Darlington. Yes, I know the most famous legend about it. I believe there is now a tribute band there to Bobbie Gillespie's outfit. They're called Primate Scream. No, you shut up.
Darlington railway station.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
This dilapidated train station belongs to Durham. I've driven up there, it's quite a nice historic city with good pubs and a thriving quirky indoor market.
Durham train station
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
That's taken so long that I have already entered and left Durham and Darlington. In Newcastle/Gateshead, I've run every pedestrian-accessible bridge. Obviously not the one this train is on.
Newcastle has a bridge fetish
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
Oh, fuck the ALT text, just post it.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
I reach Alnmouth, a place I've never visited before but I have been to Alnwick, where I once drank gold (yes, actual gold) with vodka.
Alnmouth (for Alnwick) railway station
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
Anyway, I am now officially in England, as we've hit Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is a bit of Schroedinger for its Anglo/Scot status. On my only visit there (a mere half hour), a crowd of kilted bagpipers all in tartan walked on to the beach where we and played. Incredibly stereotypical.
Berwick upon Tweed railway station
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
I had doubts about whether I could squeeze in a Fringe show in the 90 mins I had spare in Edinburgh Old Town. I did! Alex Prescot's loosely retrogame-themed show Cellars And Serpents started at 10. Very good, like a camp musical nod to John Robinson's Dark Room. Also, bumped into comedian Mark Row!
Flyer for Alex Prescot - Serpents And Cellars, playing at the City Café in Blair StreetAlex Prescot performing in the Las Vegas karaoke room of City CafeYes, this looks all a bit WWE.Me with comedian Mark Row on the Royal Mile.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
And I'm in yer Edinburghs. These are not altered images.
Edinburgh WaverleyMe at Edinburgh Waverley Me on the Royal Mile, not performing
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
On the way into the capital...
DalmenyEdinburgh GatewaySouth GyleHaymarket
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 30/08/2026
Dolly Parton sang about working nine to five. But can our railway network work from 09:05 to 17:26 as I head from the southern banks of the River Forth down into Northamptonshire? Join me here as I angle for a gig on U&Yesterday or 5Select or something, about a long railway journey.
Me at Dalmeny (it's pretty much South Queensferry, near Edinburgh... the southern part just before you go north on one of those famous bridges across the River Forth) railway station.Look, it's the Forth Bridge. This is what I woke up to this morning.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 28/08/2026
Cerise Fine-Fare
"Your posh girl name is an obscure colour and a defunct high-street shop.
Go!"
Photo of an ITV News report where a woman called Indigo Rumbelow is being interviewed.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 27/08/2026
A tourist cliché for anyone visiting Ireland, but what the hell, it's genuinely good unlike Scotland's Irn Bru, England's Carling or Wales's Brains. (An exception to my snark for Liberation Ale from Jersey, superb stuff. I have not been to Guernsey or Isle of Man. Yet.)
A foamy pint of Guinness.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 27/08/2026
I'm in Tullamore, an Irish Midlands town with a population of around 16,000 and I walked past the local newspaper office which was like a small semi-detached house in terms of office space. The newspaper is 64 pages and is actually produced DAILY. No fluff either. Puts my local to shame.
The Tullamore Tribune in a local pub.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 27/08/2026
What is point?
Caffeine free Coca Cola Zero.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 26/08/2026
Earlier today I met Ireland's harp. Yes, that one. The one used for their passports, their Euro coins and of course, adapted by Guinness as a logo. Really chatty and very down to earth. He signed all my merchandise and we even swapped numbers.
Me with the Trinity College harp.
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Pete Prodge @peteprodge.com · 26/08/2026
When Geri left the Spice Girls, which of the remaining four was your favourite?
A pro-United-Kingdom flyer from the early 20th century, shown at the GPO Museum. It is distinctively against Irish nationalists' idea of "Home Rule". All of Ireland was under control of the British at the time.
A drawing depicts four stereotypes of the constituent countries.
'Pat' represents Ireland, smiling wearing a farmer's hat and green waistcoat.
'John Bull's represents England, a fat guy in a top hat and red and blue clothing.
'Sandy' is an old man representing Scotland, no surprise to see him decked in tartan and a kilt.
'Taffy' is... well, you know. Wearing those very tall hats that Welsh people are always wearing. Subs, please check.
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