Gavin Whenman
@gavinwhenman.bsky.social
Screenwriter, script consultant, recovering journalist
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I will restate my modest proposal to save the BBC: ban the BBC from covering itself.
Every BBC scandal goes huge, because every BBC News show wants to assert its independence by covering it prominently, even if several other shows already did. So it gets blanket headlines.
Every BBC scandal goes huge, because every BBC News show wants to assert its independence by covering it prominently, even if several other shows already did. So it gets blanket headlines.
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I will restate my modest proposal to save the BBC: ban the BBC from covering itself.
Every BBC scandal goes huge, because every BBC News show wants to assert its independence by covering it prominently, even if several other shows already did. So it gets blanket headlines.
Every BBC scandal goes huge, because every BBC News show wants to assert its independence by covering it prominently, even if several other shows already did. So it gets blanket headlines.
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Trump Threatens To Sue BBC Over Misleading Edit Of ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’ https://theonion.com/trump-threatens-to-sue-bbc-over-misleading-edit-of-the-vicar-of-dibley/
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Trump Threatens To Sue BBC Over Misleading Edit Of ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’ https://theonion.com/trump-threatens-to-sue-bbc-over-misleading-edit-of-the-vicar-of-dibley/
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Look, this isn't performative reading. The guy I went to undergrad with who used to lie on a wall outside the english faculty in a velvet jacket reading poetry - that's how you do it
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Look, this isn't performative reading. The guy I went to undergrad with who used to lie on a wall outside the english faculty in a velvet jacket reading poetry - that's how you do it
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It also has the best comment under its YouTube video.
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
It also has the best comment under its YouTube video.
oh god, I'm up at US baseball o'clock and now can't understand half my feed
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 AM
oh god, I'm up at US baseball o'clock and now can't understand half my feed
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YES.
And it was always depressing to point this out to people and have them respond with some version of "Tarantino doesn't spell everything right!"
Bitch, if you were Tarantino, your script would be on my boss's pile and not mine. In that stack, you get no benefits of the doubt.
And it was always depressing to point this out to people and have them respond with some version of "Tarantino doesn't spell everything right!"
Bitch, if you were Tarantino, your script would be on my boss's pile and not mine. In that stack, you get no benefits of the doubt.
Unsolicited advice: please read through your own script before you send it to readers
A screenplay that’s riddled with typos, grammar errors, flip-flopping character names, references to deleted scenes etc is a surefire way to ensure your reader tunes out and skims it at best, nopes out at worst
A screenplay that’s riddled with typos, grammar errors, flip-flopping character names, references to deleted scenes etc is a surefire way to ensure your reader tunes out and skims it at best, nopes out at worst
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
YES.
And it was always depressing to point this out to people and have them respond with some version of "Tarantino doesn't spell everything right!"
Bitch, if you were Tarantino, your script would be on my boss's pile and not mine. In that stack, you get no benefits of the doubt.
And it was always depressing to point this out to people and have them respond with some version of "Tarantino doesn't spell everything right!"
Bitch, if you were Tarantino, your script would be on my boss's pile and not mine. In that stack, you get no benefits of the doubt.
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Zohran Mamdani: “I'm not a Republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I imposed sharia law 35 minutes ago”
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Zohran Mamdani: “I'm not a Republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I imposed sharia law 35 minutes ago”
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"They're looking for someone with a thick skin and recent experience of flagship BBC news programming."
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"They're looking for someone with a thick skin and recent experience of flagship BBC news programming."
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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If Funko goes down, Forbidden Planet goes down btw
Funko admits “substantial doubt” it can continue as a going concern amid crashing sales and mounting debt.
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
If Funko goes down, Forbidden Planet goes down btw
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And they say there are no new sitcom ideas
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
And they say there are no new sitcom ideas
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I guess I need to apologize to the writers of Alien: Prometheus. it turns out scientists really do touch everything like that
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I guess I need to apologize to the writers of Alien: Prometheus. it turns out scientists really do touch everything like that
Nuclear Edging: The Movie
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Nuclear Edging: The Movie
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He put a semicolon on a plate.
November 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
He put a semicolon on a plate.
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Great to see *checks notes* two time Emmy nominee Nick Mohammed finally breaking through.
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Great to see *checks notes* two time Emmy nominee Nick Mohammed finally breaking through.
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Just saw an advert for Stranger Things 5. It's mad how much the boys have aged.
Season 1 Season 5
Season 1 Season 5
November 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Just saw an advert for Stranger Things 5. It's mad how much the boys have aged.
Season 1 Season 5
Season 1 Season 5
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This is what they took from you
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This is what they took from you
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Also, you can't change a lot of these settings if you (like me) haven't verified yourself yet
I didn’t know that Bluesky has automatic moderation that hides stuff you might not want/need hidden
Go To Settings, Moderation, then click this purple Advanced button to make your own choices — some of this might be very welcome, but some of my settings were too prudish
Go To Settings, Moderation, then click this purple Advanced button to make your own choices — some of this might be very welcome, but some of my settings were too prudish
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Also, you can't change a lot of these settings if you (like me) haven't verified yourself yet
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It's an ALLEGED murder until the crows get a fair trial.
October 28, 2025 at 6:27 AM
It's an ALLEGED murder until the crows get a fair trial.
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Big naturals is BBC exec slang for any new David Attenborough series
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Big naturals is BBC exec slang for any new David Attenborough series
The only ending explained I'll accept:
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The only ending explained I'll accept:
The signature of Guy Fawkes both before and after logging on to OnlyFans
November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The signature of Guy Fawkes both before and after logging on to OnlyFans
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"did you even read the article???? the headline is bad but the article is good!!!" buddy if I see a restaurant called Dan's Fecal Stew i am not gonna go in there to see if maybe they printed the sign wrong
September 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"did you even read the article???? the headline is bad but the article is good!!!" buddy if I see a restaurant called Dan's Fecal Stew i am not gonna go in there to see if maybe they printed the sign wrong
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Being a Brit on BlueSky means seeing 1000x more messaging about an election in New York than your local council. Might as well message Zohran about my bin collection.
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Being a Brit on BlueSky means seeing 1000x more messaging about an election in New York than your local council. Might as well message Zohran about my bin collection.