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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 20h

Never get bored of seeing stuff I've written appearing in prominent places, and being the voice of iPlayer

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The One Show is always really good at their full-length obit shows. So great to have a half hour live programme in the schedule that can react to things like this properly.

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

To get you excited for Swap Shop's 50th anniversary tomorrow, here's an edition which ended with Noel covering the corpse of John Craven with a shroud.

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One of The Cardigans' biggest champions on national radio was Chris Evans, and very early on in his breakfast show stint he guest presented the Evening Session and was raving about them

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just to say, I know I'm the last person on the planet to have seen this, but I did enjoy the Day Today reunion in the first episode of the latest series of Ludwig with Rebecca Front and Doon MacKichan playing sisters

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sylvia Patterson was my favourite writer in Ver Hits and her U2 review here is exactly right

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This reminds me of my first job l, on a youth lifestyle website that like all of them at the time had a lifespan of a mayfly, as one of my colleagues interviewed her and she had such a strong Yorkshire accent they could barely understand her

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sad news about Tony, who did lots to support TV Cream in its early years and whose Radio Times Story is a right riveting read

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Still love the concept of Bond on Border, like they had anything to do with it

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MrPaulRobinson @mrpaulrobinson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One day I'm going to be watching a TV crime drama and a mock-up newspaper will appear with a headline that actually fits the space on the fucking page. Friends, thanks to the otherwise perfectly acceptable Moonflower Murders, today is not that day

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Less keen on the episodes of Not Going Out where it's not Lee's fault but he gets all the blame

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As ever we go into a new series wondering if anyone is going to beat Quentin Willson's record low score, but I get the feeling it will never happen as the current judges aren't as miserable as Arlene #strictly

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The "pop news" on that 1980 #totp was a thriller, the story about Alan Minter's walk on music being released as a single must be the most tenuous piece of "pop news" ever reported

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Neil Miles @neilsmiles.com · 25/09/2026

A "special live acoustic version" #totp

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Neil Miles @neilsmiles.com · 25/09/2026

Somewhere else in that room the Pythons are arguing with Malcolm Muggeridge about Life of Brian #totp

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Neil Miles @neilsmiles.com · 25/09/2026

He'll be going into the studio next week to record that one #totp

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I have a vivid memory of the episode Pip Schofield appeared on, because the announcer introduced it over the globe so as to suggest he was on his way to see Scragtag and not spoil the illusion it was live

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Darted down the stairs this morning and disappointed it isn't on

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Schofield's Europe a rare example of a CBBC production in primetime

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Well, fancy that www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p0...

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Well, fancy that www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p0...

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Callum May @callummay.co.uk · 22/09/2026

ROYAL FACTS: the venue that Prince William visited in west London today used to be the swimming pool where this was filmed. youtu.be/ob1rYlCpOnM?...

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The Day Today - Pool Supervisor

YouTube video by Apsi Witana

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RedScharlach @redscharlach.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I think it was originally part of the Great Eastern Hotel, like the Wetherspoons that's above it.

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The other general point is that Liverpool Street WH Smith is such a bizarre shop with chandeliers and gold leaf everywhere, and I have no idea what it used to be and why nothing else in the station has kept this design

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Absolutely brilliant question in the final round on Pointless today

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Been undercharged for Doctor Who Magazine at WH Smith two months running, as the barcode doesn't scan on the self service tills and on the proper tills the price doesn't match what's on the cover. Did point it out, but the guy just shrugged his shoulders and charged me what it said

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wrote something about SNL:UK and what I learned by going to see it being made… joelmorris.substack.com/p/live-from-...

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Live from London, it’s SATURDAY NIGHT!

What seeing this week’s episode of SNL UK taught me about comedy.

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This was the night before I went to university, and also the night I saw the Perfect Day Beeb promo for the first time, I think it might have been its first showing

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just watched this now and could guess what this was referring to even before I checked what time it was sent. Thought that was the weakest episode so far

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Nice to see Gyles Brandreth books abounding in the replies, I always loved his kids books and these two were my big favourites

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John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 20/09/2026

Hands up who wants some fun research into The Young Ones? Brand new on Dirty Feed: the truth about Colin Baker's appearance, or rather non-appearance, on the show. www.dirtyfeed.org/2026/09/evil...

Rick with his hands in the air, from The Young Ones, "Bambi"

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

There's a great discussion on Reddit with Gen-Zedders trying (and failing) to interpret the phrase "You're wallied, you can't answer this" www.reddit.com/r/AskABrit/c...

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Simon was one of my absolute heroes growing up and it's great to see him doing brilliant work

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This was a really great show, albeit as mentioned Jane Horrocks isn't in it as much as you'd think

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Two double basses on the 1981 #totp, like the golden age of skiffle. Worst job in showbiz is being the bloke who has to hold the double bass for the bloke in The Tweets while he goes off to dance

Some luckless bloke holding a double bass for head Tweet

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One thing I have realised from this era of #totp is that Steps' songs are all really quite long

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Neil Miles @neilsmiles.com · 18/09/2026

Me by the end of a 2000 edition of #totp

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Work PERMIT. He wasn't on work experience

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I remember Kristian actually being pretty good on the one episode of Going Live he presented, he was no Pip of course but was likeable enough. Interesting to think how he'd have progressed if he'd actually got a work placement and carried on

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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Both modern Mastermind and classic Mastermind tonight had the same question about the camelopard.

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Great British Railways train in the wild

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

As I mentioned in Creamguide, tonight might be the chance to see if this show really is easier than it used to be as someone's specialist subject on the 1977 episode is George Orwell - a week after it was a specialist subject on the current series

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Would be fascinated to know what happened behind the scenes here, it was on the shelf for ages, shown in a slot they had never used for comedy before or since, in a weird forty minute duration and clearly very heavily edited to the extent they didn't say hello at the start or goodbye at the end

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The launch of Fast Forward was huge news, it really was the talk of the playground. The house style is a bit wearing after a while but it was incredibly distinctive at the time

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