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Siobhan Synnot

@siobhansynnot.bsky.social
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Film, TV and current affairs wumman. Print/Broadcast and Hall of Fame on 5Live Views my own, mainly influenced by how early it is. BAFTA, CriticsCircle, FIPRESCI medium.com/@SiobhanSynnot

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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I'm hoping he's going on Love Island
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
So proud of Ross on #Mastermind and such an honour to be asked to take him to the #Trainspotting pub to talk about his specialist subject, the films of Danny Boyle.
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Happy Easter. Every year my mother knits egg covers for the family. This year, we've been visited by the Easter Traitors
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
End of a busy week but I love Geoff Norcott's Hard Recommend slot, so am thrilled he's asked me on. I'll be making the case for clearing his diary for Hacks, Sparks and Lossiemouth
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Remembering my interviews with James Van Der Beek with the BBC later this afternoon: shaving three times a day to play Dawson, the director who wanted to torch his scenes, and why he got frustrated being "typecast as a sheep, when I wanted to play a velociraptor."
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Not one of the classic episodes of Space 1999
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
#Bafta film nominations announced this lunchtime. No KPop for these guys (not eligible), spaces for I Swear, Wallis Island, Pillion, H is for Hawk and The Choral alongside expected frontrunners like Sinners, One Battle and Hamnet.
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Just discovered I've been murdered by the dog. #Traitors
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Will Nigella dive into the Great British Bakeoff box as enthusiastically as Prue Leith?
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This week: Bafta film screenings, #Oscar nomination chatting, then #Traitors preview/reviews
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
So tonight at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, we learnt why Graham Norton would not do Celebrity Traitors. The tasks 'I would do the round table, but I am not carrying shit up a hill'
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Cosy late afternoon at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Lovely cheery audience 15 minutes away from Ian McKellen's Equinox
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Del Boy's empire went bust, and he got a two-year suspended sentence for tax evasion. I'll stick with my childhood hero
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Enjoyed the ingenious reworking of Cinderella at the @lyceumedinburgh into a celebration of parrots and practical footwear, rather than pumpkins and posh frocks.
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
2 non-surprises, 2 nazi-driven plots, lots of directors called Robert, no Bells of St Mary's. And Ordinary People - because it is set in Chicago, the Pope's hometown: he could have picked Ferris Bueller's Day Off. (More of this sort of thing on @timesradio at 1220)
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
RIP Lee Tamahori, who once thrilled me by explaining the nightmare of making The Edge with Bart, a million-dollar bear, & a card-carrying member of the Screen Actors Guild Lee's film starred Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin as two men trapped in the wilderness and stalked by a bear. THREAD! 1/3
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Previewing #CelebrityTraitors, discussing the leak, plus Celeb Race Across the World for @bbcnews in an hour
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Allan Carr trying to play it innocent on #Traitors Haven't seen anyone sweat this much since Nixon
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This may be the funniest series of #Traitors to date Which is doubly welcome after the intensity and WEEPING that went on earlier this year
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Booked to review the first episode of #celebritytraitors on @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social tonight. #BaldingasTraitorplease
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Chatting with Jane Horrocks this afternoon on BBC Radio Scotland to resolve the pressing issue of pumpkins vs neeps
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Big shoutout to the queen who sent me this Paul & Paulette promotional. It's on point, the lemon and rosemary smells fab, film critics can use it to scrub down their brains after seeing Thursday Murder Club, and it won't end up as landfill
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Gearing up to review Platonic Series 2, the real who dares winners of Celebrity SaS and the Caribbean game of pass the parcel that is Fortune Hotel in five mins, live with real studios and microphones #notapodcast
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Joining BBC News to talk Spider-Man in Glasgow and what happens when a blockbuster comes to town
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Smashing weekend incoming TV reviews in five mins - and we have JOHN WARK in for the sporting hall of fame tomorrow at 1130 to chat about Escape to Victory with me and @colinmurray1.bsky.social
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Up to talk Frank Drebin Jr and Naked Gun all over the place. Fun, but even at under 90 mins, it feels stretched.
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Telly reviews of Unforgiveable, Mandy and The Narrow Road to The Deep North in ten minutes
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Another busy day: reviewing the week's films at 1245, and before that joining BBC Radio Scotland to discuss the decline in children's TV. Then it's time to dig into some viewing for my weekly TV review.
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Chatting with another film critic, we got to talking about The Moving Finger & how peculiar it is that a small community can't identify the author of spiteful messages. LOL dude: when it's a small group, they KNOW.
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Joining @bbc5live.bsky.social in a few minutes for the highs and lows of inflight entertainment
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Live and Let Fly: joining @BBCPM after 1700 to talk about the long haul of inflight movies
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Emmy analysis and what the shortlists mean for nominees close to home coming up on BBC radio in 30 mins
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Gearing up for @bbc5live.bsky.social live chat about the greatest movie antiheroes. Give us names...
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Joining Patrick Maguire of @thetimes.com to natter about effective political telly
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Love doing this!
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
The weather is horrible this weekend, so if you are in Edinburgh on Sunday, come see #HARVEST at the Filmhouse. A mystical period folk horror shot in Scotland, it stars Caleb Landry Jones and a local cast. We have director, producer, and cast afterwards: www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/harves...
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Harvest + Q&A
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Athina Rachel Tsangari, producer Rebecca O’Brien and cast member and local cast member Emma Hindle, hosted by Siobhan Synnot. All screenings of ...
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
The weather is horrible this weekend, so if you are in Edinburgh on Sunday, come see #HARVEST at the Filmhouse. A mystical period folk horror shot in Scotland, it stars Caleb Landry Jones and a local cast. We have director, producer, and cast afterwards: www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/harves...
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Harvest + Q&A
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
This week's Hall of Fame with @colinmurray1.bsky.social on @bbc5live.bsky.social is Raging Bull! Do post your insights - or even where and when you first saw it. Anyone do it as a date movie? We're on the ropes Sunday, 1130
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
In for reviews at the Scotsman this week www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
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Film reviews: Elio | Red Path
It’s funny, inventive and packs an emotional punch, but Pixar’s new space adventure could do with a bit more soul, writes Siobhan Synnot
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Join @colinmurray1.bsky.social and me today where our @bbc5live.bsky.social film is.....Moneyball [points to board] Moneyball: is it a baseball film, or is it maths? And what don't we say? [Raises hand]: Baseball is just rounders in pyjamas Baseball is just rounders in pyjamas
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
I've really missed him and our lovely radio gang, so am thrilled to be back with @colinmurray1.bsky.social from this Sunday morning on @bbc5live.bsky.social for chat, fun and special guests. Wonder Years? No regrets
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
I regret very much that Hugh Grant won't be giving a #Bafta2025 Best Actor speech, because it would have been FUN
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Is that a Westwood plaid suit David Tennant has changed into now? #bafta2025
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
#Bafta2025 Outstanding British Film: lots of worthy films in this category. And Gladiator II
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Oh Simon Pegg, we have missed ye #BAFTA2025 Enjoyed the smooth transition to reading glasses there
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
When Zoe Saldana rocks up, everyone asks, yet again, "why is she nommed for supporting actress when it's clearly a lead role in Emilia Perez" #BAFTA2025
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Joining @alexisconran in a few minutes to ask if James Bond Will Return
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
BBC Reporting Scotland is bringing strong tree game to #StormEowyn
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Or 'FuglyTelly'
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Siobhan Synnot @siobhansynnot.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Reviewing the Oscar nominations for BBC News ramorra
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