Gavin Culloty
@gculloty87.bsky.social
Music, TV, Film, Comedy, Football and anything else to do with Popular Culture.
The Sweeney - Thou Shalt Not Kill (24th November 1975). A hostage situation spirals out of control.
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
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November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
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FACT OF THE DAY. 24 November 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald, charged with the murder of President John F Kennedy, was shot and killed by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby live on national TV in the basement of Dallas Police Headquarters. Speculation now arose as to whether Oswald was being silenced.
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
FACT OF THE DAY. 24 November 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald, charged with the murder of President John F Kennedy, was shot and killed by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby live on national TV in the basement of Dallas Police Headquarters. Speculation now arose as to whether Oswald was being silenced.
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Remembering the late great Freddie Mercury who passed away on this date in 1991 😇🙏
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Remembering the late great Freddie Mercury who passed away on this date in 1991 😇🙏
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50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Carry On Laughing, the attempted ATV franchise of the spluttering films, spoofs Lord Peter Wimsey with Jack Douglas, Kenneth Connor and Sylvia Sims from the usual brigade, Sherrie Hewson with a German accent and Johnny Briggs as a handyman.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Carry On Laughing, the attempted ATV franchise of the spluttering films, spoofs Lord Peter Wimsey with Jack Douglas, Kenneth Connor and Sylvia Sims from the usual brigade, Sherrie Hewson with a German accent and Johnny Briggs as a handyman.
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23/11/1989; the date Happy Mondays ft. Kirsty MacColl and Stone Roses both appear on the same edition of #TOTP #KirstyMacColl #Mani
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November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
23/11/1989; the date Happy Mondays ft. Kirsty MacColl and Stone Roses both appear on the same edition of #TOTP #KirstyMacColl #Mani
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddVC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4H4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddVC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4H4...
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Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
This is the Observer's coverage of the Reform Russian Spie Scandal... 600 words on page 22 of the printed newspaper.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
More MEPs investigated in Russian bribe probe | The Observer
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November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
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On this day in 1978, Morecambe & Wise teamed up with Thaw & Waterman (The Sweeney - Hearts and Minds)
November 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
On this day in 1978, Morecambe & Wise teamed up with Thaw & Waterman (The Sweeney - Hearts and Minds)
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Well this is a rare treat. Filthy Rich & Catflap is actually being aired on TV! Starts tomorrow night on That’s TV 3 (Sky channel 183) at 11:05pm.
#RememberingRik #RikMayall #AdrianEdmondson #NigelPlaner #FilthyRichAndCatflap
#RememberingRik #RikMayall #AdrianEdmondson #NigelPlaner #FilthyRichAndCatflap
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Well this is a rare treat. Filthy Rich & Catflap is actually being aired on TV! Starts tomorrow night on That’s TV 3 (Sky channel 183) at 11:05pm.
#RememberingRik #RikMayall #AdrianEdmondson #NigelPlaner #FilthyRichAndCatflap
#RememberingRik #RikMayall #AdrianEdmondson #NigelPlaner #FilthyRichAndCatflap
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62 years since Radio Fab’s Michael Smash uttered the immortal line, ‘Ello Ello Ello, what’s here going on then?’
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
62 years since Radio Fab’s Michael Smash uttered the immortal line, ‘Ello Ello Ello, what’s here going on then?’
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Coming soon! Premiere Saturday 13th December, 9pm #JoanneWhalley #JohnHurt #BridgetFonda #IanMcKellen SCANDAL (1989) dramatisation of the 60s Profumo affair #TPTVsubtitles
Scandal Talking Pictures TV Sky 328 Freeview 82 Virgin 445 Freesat 306
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November 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Coming soon! Premiere Saturday 13th December, 9pm #JoanneWhalley #JohnHurt #BridgetFonda #IanMcKellen SCANDAL (1989) dramatisation of the 60s Profumo affair #TPTVsubtitles
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Vaccines don’t cause Autism.
Pass it on.
😌👋
Pass it on.
😌👋
Vaccines don’t cause Autism.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
Vaccines don’t cause Autism.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Vaccines don’t cause Autism.
Pass it on.
😌👋
Pass it on.
😌👋
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NEW! #FirstLastAnything Episode 34: As a big fan of the album Pearlies by Emma Anderson (@emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social), I was delighted that Emma joined me on my music textcast to discuss it, her career in Lush and Sing-Sing, and some favourite recordings. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/23/f...
FLA 34: Emma Anderson (23/11/2025)
As a first-year university student, one of the first songs of the 1990s I cherished was ‘De-Luxe’ by the London-based quartet Lush, who were signed to the independent record label 4AD. I was in the…
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November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
NEW! #FirstLastAnything Episode 34: As a big fan of the album Pearlies by Emma Anderson (@emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social), I was delighted that Emma joined me on my music textcast to discuss it, her career in Lush and Sing-Sing, and some favourite recordings. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/23/f...
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FACT OF THE DAY. 23 November 1963. BBC1 broadcast the 1st episode of science fiction series Doctor Who with William Hartnell in the title role. The 1st episode deals with Ian and Barbara’s discovery of the Doctor and reveals his time-space ship TARDIS which is disguised as a police box.
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
FACT OF THE DAY. 23 November 1963. BBC1 broadcast the 1st episode of science fiction series Doctor Who with William Hartnell in the title role. The 1st episode deals with Ian and Barbara’s discovery of the Doctor and reveals his time-space ship TARDIS which is disguised as a police box.
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It was 62 years ago #OnThisDay in 1963 that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Breaking news - November 1963
BBC History recalls one of the first truly global news stories of the modern multi-media age
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November 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
It was 62 years ago #OnThisDay in 1963 that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
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25 years after her tragic death, RTÉ producer @rorycobbe.bsky.social remembers his friend and 'No Disco' colleague Uaneen Fitzsimons www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
A wee word for Uaneen Fitzsimons
In this personal reflection, RTÉ producer Rory Cobbe remembers his friend and colleague, the late broadcaster Uaneen Fitzsimons, 25 years after her death.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
25 years after her tragic death, RTÉ producer @rorycobbe.bsky.social remembers his friend and 'No Disco' colleague Uaneen Fitzsimons www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
Red Dwarf-JFK Assassination www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6na...
JFK Assassination | Red Dwarf | BBC Studios
YouTube video by BBC Studios
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November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Red Dwarf-JFK Assassination www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6na...
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On this day in 1975, Roy Castle stood in for the indisposed Bruce Forsyth.
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On this day in 1975, Roy Castle stood in for the indisposed Bruce Forsyth.
When Harry met Harold - Comedy Chronicles www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...
November 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
When Harry met Harold - Comedy Chronicles www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...
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Remembering Michael Hutchence today
1-22-60 - 11-22-97
1-22-60 - 11-22-97
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Remembering Michael Hutchence today
1-22-60 - 11-22-97
1-22-60 - 11-22-97
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FACT OF THE DAY. 22 November 1963. 1:00 PM. John F Kennedy (aged 46), was officially pronounced dead at Parkland Hospital by Dr. William Kemp Clark who felt the damage caused by the fatal shot to the head was the ultimate cause of death. Kemp put 12:50 PM as the actual time of death.
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
FACT OF THE DAY. 22 November 1963. 1:00 PM. John F Kennedy (aged 46), was officially pronounced dead at Parkland Hospital by Dr. William Kemp Clark who felt the damage caused by the fatal shot to the head was the ultimate cause of death. Kemp put 12:50 PM as the actual time of death.