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John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 2h

I’m deep in the weeds with the always disconcerting Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. I’ve never taken Ketamine but I imagine it’s a similar experience.

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James Cooray Smith @ Midday Matinées / Psychic Paper @cooraysmith.bsky.social · 4h

I am one (ONE) paid sub off a nice round number, so why not come in for £1 a month and make a happy man very old?

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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In danger of getting overlooked, what with airing at just after midnight this coming Sunday, an absolutely brilliant Omnibus film from 1988 about Caryl Churchill. I believe the only time anyone's ever attempted to film Fen and those sequences are unforgettable. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Four - Omnibus, Caryl Churchill

Portrait of Caryl Churchill, one of Britain's most prolific and versatile playwrights.

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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Happy birthday Brian Blessed. Had a very enjoyable phone interview with him once. Ninety minutes and I spoke three times.

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Neil Perryman @neilperryman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Please put yourself through this if you haven't already (I promise you that it's a laugh a minute) because it's doing ridiculously badly on YouTube: youtu.be/pFPP6FjpGOI?...

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World of Telly Episode 23: Threads

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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Introduced on Radio 3 in September 1992 as Nightwaves, pioneering Arts and Ideas podcast, rebadged as Free Thinking in January 2014, then after a purge of speech programming moved to Radio 4 in April 2024. Successfully transformed from magazine to extended discussion. A remarkable legacy. RIP.

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John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is spot on. Every strategic move the BBC has made over the last few years has been beyond dumb and is incrementally stripping it of the kind of programming that only it will make in favour of producing stuff that every other company churns out.

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Nick Hilton @nickfthilton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I hate this so much. The BBC should be providing good quality, good value programmes that the private market won't cover. You and Yours (which I kind of hate), Thinking Allowed and Free Thinking are exactly the sort of programming that the BBC is i) good at, ii) not haemorrhaging money to make.

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BBC to cut raft of Radio 4 programmes including You and Yours

The corporation said it would be investing in a new consumer programme, while announcing more cuts.

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John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm very sorry to hear that Matthew. There were times when Night Waves/Free Thinking was the Platonic idea of an arts show. I loved it and will miss it hugely.

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John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Going back to its days as Night Waves, and through all its subsequent iterations, Free Thinking was the best arts and ideas programme on the air, and I think in its pomp was the best arts programme ever made by the BBC. At least we have the archive.

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John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is bad news. It's a bit on the nose that both Free Thinking and Thinking Allowed are being dropped, strongly implying that thinking is no longer highly prized by the BBC. They are two shows I've listened to for years, and I'll miss them both.

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John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is great and also makes me want to watch Mork and Mindy again but I DON'T HAVE THE TIME JOHN!

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John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 07/10/2026

Brand new on Dirty Feed: even more on Raquel Welch's appearance on Mork & Mindy. This time: unwanted erections, sexy entrances, and the cut material which tried to solve a plot issue, and ended up making it worse. It's your call as to which part is more exciting. www.dirtyfeed.org/2026/10/raqu...

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Iain Hepburn @iainhepburn.me · 07/10/2026

This was, as you’d expect, properly excellent. God knows how @neilperryman.bsky.social could sit through ten consecutive viewings in short order… 😬 If you’d like to know more about The Day After (and the shit it got from Hesseltine etc), I did this for the old FTS iainhepburn.me/2026/09/04/t...

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World of Telly @world-of-telly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just in case you missed this yesterday. We tried to keep it light! youtu.be/pFPP6FjpGOI?...

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World of Telly Episode 23: Threads

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Ben Baker (Actually Dead The Whole Time) @benbaker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What TV programme do Jackie readers (and Dave Hill from Slade) hate the most in 1976? The answers may shock you! Assuming you're very easily startled by the word "Crossroads".

Which TV Do You Hate The Most Article from Jackie comic in 1976. Its mostly Crossroads.

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James Cooray Smith @ Midday Matinées / Psychic Paper @cooraysmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This week's MM is deep-ish dive taking in a Canadian Prime Minister called Trudeau and a David Cronenberg film about cars, neither of which are the ones you're expecting. Probably.

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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As Nick Ferrari launches into a potted biography of Jeffrey Archer, I have put a post-it note on the kitchen radio with "[sic]" written on it.

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World of Telly @world-of-telly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The video version of our latest episode about Threads is now on YouTube. You can also watch it ad-free via our free to join Patreon. Please like, subscribe and share this video if you enjoy it. youtu.be/pFPP6FjpGOI

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John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That's about five minutes away from my house!

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Phil Norman @mrphilnorman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just seen a professional critic use the phrase "soap opera" as a derogatory term for bad drama. You'd think we'd have moved on from this sort of thing by now.

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John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 04/10/2026

Brand new on Dirty Feed: how did some dirty jokes in a famous episode of Mork & Mindy change between the shooting script and the final show? www.dirtyfeed.org/2026/10/the-...

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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Another bundle of Hidden Treasures coming up on 4 Extra this week: all ninety-minute single plays in peaktime, including this 1981 piece from Peter Terson www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Rundle Gibbet by Peter Terson

Eccentric Francis wants to fight corruption in his community by setting up a newspaper.

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ItIsStevenRhodes @400footghost.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I bought Justin's book last year and loved it, so I bought it for my brother for Christmas and he loved it too. If you grew up with / are interested in 80s pop music, the trivia and the stories around it, you'll love it. Or if that describes a friend or relative - Christmas sorted :)

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Neil Perryman @neilperryman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Feeling down? Why not cheer yourself up by listening to two middle-aged men talking about Threads for an hour. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Just search for World of Telly.

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 01/10/2026

They’re doing free access at newspapers.com all this weekend if anyone has any rabbit holes they’d like to disappear down. www.newspapers.com/go/freeacces...

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Free Access! Through October 5th.

Limited time free access to view and search pages in our newspaper archive for obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, social pages, and much, much more.

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John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Kind words from Frank about the latest @world-of-telly.bsky.social newsletter which accompanies our Threads podcast. It contains links to the AMSR archive which is an excellent resource for those interested in television audience analysis.

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John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thanks Frank. The AMSR is a great resource that I only found out about a few weeks ago. I‘m looking forward to seeing what other stuff it might have in it.

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World of Telly @world-of-telly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A new episode of World of Telly is now available wherever you get your podcasts. This time we take a look at Threads (1984). A video version of this episode will be released over the weekend.

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John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m currently reading Lear’s autobiography again ahead of doing MHMH for the podcast and he’s certainly the world’s biggest fan of himself, but I suppose he does have a lot to be immodest about.

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Midday Matinées @middaymatinees.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A new piece on a much newer film than Napoleon, and one relevant to one of this week’s cinema drops. For paid subscribers, but you can become one for £1.00 a month, at Midday Matinées. Or more, if you want badges. www.patreon.com/MiddayMatine...

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Welcome to Collinwood (2002) | Midday Matinées with James Cooray Smith

"Money comes. Money goes. What's important is to have someone to walk with." Something I want to do occasionally on here is dig out a review

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Postmodern pranks and outrageous fantasy art: the new Monstrosities Mon Amour with Will Wiles is half an hour of cheery excess podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

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Monstrosities Mon Amour: Onyx House, Mile End, with Will Wiles

Podcast Episode · Monstrosities Mon Amour · 23 September · 29min

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Paul Hayes @paul-hayes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This evening in 1956, at 7.55pm, BBC TV ran a trail for a drama they'd be showing the next day - a recording of the CBC play Flight into Danger. So it seems appropriate, exactly 70 years on, to trail that tomorrow I'll be putting out an extended edit of my audio doc on Flight - now 66 minutes long!

A partial screen capture from a computer screen, showing an Adobe Audition audio editing session, with many dozens of clips split over four different tracks.

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John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My ongoing attempt to bring order to the chaos in my office results in some strange bedfellows. Noele's head is strong though. I think she can take it.

A teetering pile of Blake's 7 books on top of a Crossroads DVD boxset with a Noele Gordon cover.

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World of Telly @world-of-telly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I know you are all on tenterhooks so just to let you know that our AVPP appeals were successful. Always appeal!

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So tonight I went to an exhibition of the work of the late BBC Costume Designer, Joyce Hawkins, covering her 3 decade long career from 1958 to her retirement in 1988. She died in May this year, aged 95. Well done on all that, Joyce

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John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"You must have scanned the magazine twice" she said. "No, I've bought two copies because I'm in it" I replied. She paused, looked at me like I was Dennis Nilsen, and slowly backed away. Hopefully they won't ban me from the shop.

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John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I just bought two copies of Total TV Guide while doing our shop at the M&S. We were at the self-service till but the woman had to intervene to clear the non-alcoholic prosecco. Then she stared at what else we bought..

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John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm available to do signed copies in Fags and Mags, Ashington for the rest of the week.

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World of Telly @world-of-telly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Were in the latest Total TV Guide!

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Ten Acre Books @tenacrebooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

63 years ago this week, Doctor Who was in studio, recording for the first time. Read about the show's journey from concept to first broadcast in Pull to Open, the definitive account of those early days by @paul-hayes.bsky.social. Available now from tenacrebooks.co.uk

Pull to Open: The Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched Doctor Who.

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Illuminations @illuminations.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I have been away, on a trip to Warsaw, Tallinn and Helsinki, and so have neglected the links for the past two Sundays. So here is a catch-up selection. The image is from the fascinating Neon Museum in Warsaw, which I will discuss more in a future post. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/a-catch-up-d...

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A catch-up dozen (or so) - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: I have been away, on an excellent trip to Warsaw, Tallinn and Helsinki, and so have neglected the links for the past two Sundays. Here is a catch-up selection of stuff that has rece...

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