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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 03/10/2026

Thanks. I have such a disconnect with modern telly and its ways that it stuck out like a sore thumb to me.

Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 03/10/2026

Genuine question - the credits lists lots of producers and executive producers. Why does modern telly need so many? Are they different roles to what 60s and 70s producers were?

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 03/10/2026

Isn't red invisible to Daleks? So the red Daleks is effectively in camouflage. That's why the background Dalek is looking - he's wondering who the Black Dalek is talking to

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 03/10/2026

Just finished a rewatch of Life On Mars / Ashes To Ashes. Minor spoilers ahead. The final episode is both satisfying and unsatisfactory. I don't like seeing Gene helpless. A lot happens without full explanation - just implication. Should have been ambiguous? Makes me pine for another series

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Ashes To Ashes Gene Genie

Alt: Ashes To Ashes Gene Genie

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 03/10/2026

The pitch impressed me so much I wanted Victor Kiam to come on To support him. youtube.com/shorts/s-pNy...

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Is This An Eggcellent Idea? | Dragons' Den #shorts

YouTube video by Dragons' Den

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 03/10/2026

I often wonder what happened to the chap who went Dragons Den with his prototype

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 02/10/2026

Just imagine if that had been his costume instead.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 01/10/2026

It's depressing. I spent ages walking round trying to find their newspapers. Stansted about four years ago - was told that today's newspapers don't go on sale before 8am.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 28/09/2026

@cameronyardejnr.bsky.social What do you get when you get two banging theme tunes in one handy number? Not A Band have this little treat for you... youtu.be/fyWsDr2ER6Y?...

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Not A Band - “The Fresh Prince Of Grange Hill”

YouTube video by Not A Band UK

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Cheeselogs @cheeselogs.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Touring tribute show Bye Bye Baby heads to @thehexagon.bsky.social on Saturday, 3 October, celebrating the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons with a live four-piece band. Read more on Cheeselogs: cheeselogs.co.uk/2026/09/25/b... #RdgUk #LiveMusic #frankieValley #FourSeasons

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Bye Bye Baby brings Frankie Valli tribute show to The Hexagon – Cheeselogs

Hits from Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons will fill The Hexagon next month when the touring tribute production Bye Bye Baby returns to Reading. The ever-popu

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Cheeselogs @cheeselogs.co.uk · 28/09/2026

@readifolk has revealed its autumn and winter programme at Watlington House in Reading, featuring guest artists such as Hunter Muskett and Tim Edey alongside regular singers' nights. Read the full schedule on Cheeselogs: cheeselogs.co.uk/2026/09/24/w... #RdgUk #FolkMusic

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What’s on at Readifolk: autumn and winter programme in Reading – Cheeselogs

Reading's long-running folk song and music club, Readifolk, has confirmed its schedule of guest artists, singers' nights, and themed sessions running throughout

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 27/09/2026

I give you K9 and Company from 1981.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 27/09/2026

He doesn't look a day over 45... back in 1969, this is what the Daily Mirror thought Prince Charles would look like when he was middle aged.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 27/09/2026

They are cheap for a reason...they won't last long. I'm currently wearing Superdrug's entry level specs - bit more expensive but better quality. I might get six months out of these, some Pound shop ones haven't even lasted a weekend.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 26/09/2026

Amazing how this was like a mayfly - massively popular, ended the Generation Game and then ... Faded quickly. IIRC the final series was 45 minutes on Sunday (a scheduling decision that provoked concerns)

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 25/09/2026

If you want to know why TGJones is closing stores and struggling, just look at this mess. You can't reach the top shelf, or see what is being sold. Then you can't see what is on the bottom shelf as it's hidden from view. Its USP is treated so badly. Madness #TGJones #WHSmith

Badly merchandised magazines on sale in TG Jones

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 24/09/2026

Came here for university, fell in love with the place, got a job on the local newspaper, never wanted to be anywhere else. Although I'm gutted I missed the Boozy Blues Bar.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 24/09/2026

Having grown up with the feudal ITV system, having good people on the ground creating amazing stuff can only be a good thing. The world would be a poorer place without Fred Dinenage learning his trade on Southern before heading to World of Sport.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 24/09/2026

I sometimes wonder what I'm missing. The Beeb should be local up: strong local radio with local programming made by local talent. Best gets networked/ on Sounds. That generates new content for nationals, which in turn creates a steady supply for TV and radio ... relatively cheaply. Why the opposite?

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 24/09/2026

The first demonstration of television as moving pictures came in 1925 and Stooky Bill. The first TV station was in the US in 1928. The BBC didn't start TV transmissions in 1936. So the idea that TV is a public service and needs a licence fee has always been baked into the UK's ecosystem.

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Opening Night: November 1936

Vision and sound were on, the station was ready to go on the air. But were the magic rays of light ready?

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 24/09/2026

Was reflecting last night on the ongoing validity of the #licenceFee and the need for us to pay for #PublicServiceBroadcasting: something struck me ... the BBC is older than television. Auntie started in 1922, the licence fee started in 1923 and is based on the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1904.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 23/09/2026

You're buying into the need for the nation to have public service broadcasting. Having visited countries where TV is a free-for-all, I know which setup is superior. And it's definitely not the US where the viewer is treated with contempt.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 23/09/2026

The public service remit and purpose of the BBC are explicitly set out within the BBC Royal Charter. I'm sorry if that is an inconvenient fact for you, but a fact it is.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 23/09/2026

It's still a public service. There is no better way to fund it than the licence fee: those that want to watch TV pay it, those that don't don't. Without the BBC we lose so much - from soft power across the globe to cultural enrichment from stuff like the Proms and schools programming.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 23/09/2026

I love BBC Four, but it's time to go. When BBC Two is showing repeats in prime-time during peak autumn season something is very wrong. Bring back Def Two strand, use daytime for BBC Four repeats and stick TOTP on Fridays after NewsNight.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 23/09/2026

Massively popular campaign. Surprised it's never been revived.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 23/09/2026

I've said this a few times this week - the Beeb needs to adopt an Ally Pally mentality. Find studio space and give people permission to create in it. Low budget, rough around the edges, theatre, comedy, plays, drama, lectures, book at bedtime ... Just make stuff and see what sticks.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 23/09/2026

The licence fee is a common good. It enables us to have public service broadcasting which includes radio as well as TV. I only use a fraction of what the Beeb provides but I know my contribution benefits the wider population.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 23/09/2026

If it was made by Meridian, it would have made sense for it to be made from their Southampton base.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 20/09/2026

Absolute pain. I resent a two-year contract, with two years of in-contract price rises, coupled with the penalty fees for leaving/letting the contract become a rolling one. I cannot wait for the full fibre rollout to be completed in our road so we can leave at the next opportunity.

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Aurahear @aurahear.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Big Sky Audiology Clinic has donated an #Auracast transmitter to Billings Studio Theatre in Montana. This streams directly to hearing aids and earbuds for its latest production – Come From Away Read on Aurahear: aurahear.com/2026/09/audi... #Audiology #Accessibility #BluetoothLEAudio #Montana

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Auracast Billings Studio Theatre: Big Sky Audiology gift | Aurahear

Big Sky Audiology Clinic donates an Auracast system to Billings Studio Theatre in Montana, boosting accessibility for patrons

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 16/09/2026

As a journalist I find the whole thing fascinating. Channel 4 has a German language series a while ago, but it has gone and wasn't as satisfying. Seen 'Faking Hitler'? Watch it here on Channel 4: www.channel4.com/programmes/f...

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Faking Hitler

Sparkling German drama set in the 1980s from Walter Presents based on a real-life scandal

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 16/09/2026

I do recommend Robert Harris' factual book - the TV adaptation is a little slow to start but terrific once it gets going. It was released on DVD. youtu.be/LHO_F32NNew?...

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1/5 Selling Hitler - The Hitler Diaries Scam 1/5

YouTube video by Humorius Vartinius IV

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 15/09/2026

I was a regular buyer; losing the sports results and lower league reports, coupled with a focus on news features rather than a mixture (I need my NIBs!) means am now an irregular customer. Like you, I want it to succeed; many talented people write for it, but results & tables is a Sunday essential

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 15/09/2026

The @davegorman.bsky.social look is coming to Lidl's #SpecialBuys this week. Just in time for Hallowe'en costume planning. Goodish, I think.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 14/09/2026

I have no recollection of the change, but did watch both. Thought the revival was excellent. I'd revive it in the post-Grandstand slot. Fantasy schedule: 5.30 Crackerjack > 6.10 Gladiators > 7 Dr Who > 7.45 Gameshow > 8.15 Ann Droid > 8.45 Casualty > 9.30 Comedy > 10 News > 10.15 MOTD

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 14/09/2026

Should never have moved. Provided a perfect buffer for the watershed and allowed films/dramas in the 9.30pm slot to be whatever length was needed. Beeb would have a stronger line-up if they'd kept it.

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Then in our month of astronomy you've got me on inflation on the 23rd September (www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/cos...) and then on the 25th a Festival of Astronomical Ideas (www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/fes...), with @helenczerski.bsky.social and other friends. All free. Come along if you can!

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Cosmology’s Mad Idea: Inflation & the Creation of Our Universe

Our expanding Universe only makes sense if, early on, it expanded rapidly in a period of cosmic inflation. In this lecture, we consider the evidence for this apparently arbitrary idea, and asks whethe...

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 13/09/2026

Final episode of last Dr Who series?

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 13/09/2026

Did he sing for his supper?

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 13/09/2026

Secondary one, next to the boot cupboard?

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 12/09/2026

Absolutely loving the sheer bonkerness of the #LastNightOfTheProms. It's always a joyous celebration of the Proms concert season - one of the best things the licence fee gives us.

Nicky Spence singing Rule Britannia at the Last Night of the Proms with a Nessie toy on his shoulders

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 12/09/2026

Absolutely loving the sheer bonkerness of the #LastNightOfTheProms. It's always a joyous celebration of the Proms concert season - one of the best things the licence fee gives us.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 11/09/2026

Absolutely love this story. The magic of two incredible leads, given time to build up a rapport, a great guest cast, sets, and direction. Magic!

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