Michael Dennis
@michaeldennis.bsky.social
Timid but capable of sudden rabbit courage. Modest, with plenty of normal desires.
Writer & Company Stage Manager.
Writer & Company Stage Manager.
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Michael Dennis
@michaeldennis.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Who am I? I’m two small boys with a frivolous disregard for the important things in life
#Strictly is excessive about Blackpool, because it’s intrinsically excessive these days, but I forgive it because it feels SO important that telly acknowledges - celebrates! - somewhere in the country that isn’t London
November 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
#Strictly is excessive about Blackpool, because it’s intrinsically excessive these days, but I forgive it because it feels SO important that telly acknowledges - celebrates! - somewhere in the country that isn’t London
Target novelisations on Antiques Roadshow is existentially disturbing.
October 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Target novelisations on Antiques Roadshow is existentially disturbing.
If you want a highly enjoyable 45 mins - and who wouldn’t want that? - you could do far worse than listen to this, which I thought a delight:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Drama on 4 - High Cockalorum - BBC Sounds
Jeremy Dyson's original comedy drama about a humble man and a Hollywood star.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
If you want a highly enjoyable 45 mins - and who wouldn’t want that? - you could do far worse than listen to this, which I thought a delight:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
It’s a niche complaint, I know, but I’m upset by the cheapness of the logo of this 1983 documentary.
September 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It’s a niche complaint, I know, but I’m upset by the cheapness of the logo of this 1983 documentary.
It’s just coincidence but I live alone so I want to tell someone that as I was reading the word ‘lobster’ on this app just now the singer of the song I was listening to also sang the word ‘lobster’ (nb The song was not Rock Lobster).
August 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It’s just coincidence but I live alone so I want to tell someone that as I was reading the word ‘lobster’ on this app just now the singer of the song I was listening to also sang the word ‘lobster’ (nb The song was not Rock Lobster).
Reposted by Michael Dennis
"Have Tim Henman killed"
July 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Have Tim Henman killed"
For all the talk of distinction and eminence my main conclusion, from the cutaways to the Royal Box, is that there are a lot of men who need to be taught how to tie a tie. #Wimbledon
July 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
For all the talk of distinction and eminence my main conclusion, from the cutaways to the Royal Box, is that there are a lot of men who need to be taught how to tie a tie. #Wimbledon
Something I find genuinely wonderful about Glastonbury is watching an artist I don’t know singing a song I’ve never heard then indicating to the crowd who immediately start singing it word-perfect. It’s really lovely.
June 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Something I find genuinely wonderful about Glastonbury is watching an artist I don’t know singing a song I’ve never heard then indicating to the crowd who immediately start singing it word-perfect. It’s really lovely.
Exchange of the Day
June 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Exchange of the Day
‘You’re not dressing me in Mr. Fish!’
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace (1967)
Paul McCartney wearing a NASA Mercury spacesuit with Jean Shrimpton in a series of images shot by Richard Avedon in April 1965 for Harper’s Bazaar.
June 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
‘You’re not dressing me in Mr. Fish!’
Nice to see Lesley Standring’s still in work
June 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Nice to see Lesley Standring’s still in work
I’ve started watching McCartney 3,2,1 and can’t help feeling that if I was going to spend a protracted amount of time in Paul McCartney’s company, or even just say hello to him, I might well put my socks and shoes on
March 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I’ve started watching McCartney 3,2,1 and can’t help feeling that if I was going to spend a protracted amount of time in Paul McCartney’s company, or even just say hello to him, I might well put my socks and shoes on
Every Target book comes with a memory and mine for this is of the woman in Boots saying ‘£1.60? That’s a funny price for a book, isn’t it?’
On This Day in 1986, 'The Time Monster' was first released in paperback, with cover art by Andrew Skilleter.
February 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Every Target book comes with a memory and mine for this is of the woman in Boots saying ‘£1.60? That’s a funny price for a book, isn’t it?’
I blink repeatedly and my imaginary bowler hat shoots into the air as I hear Georgia Mann casually use the term ‘BDSM harness’ on Radio 3 just now
February 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I blink repeatedly and my imaginary bowler hat shoots into the air as I hear Georgia Mann casually use the term ‘BDSM harness’ on Radio 3 just now
I’m selling this Douglas Camfield mag, amongst some other things, if anyone fancies a gander:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11643014...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11643014...
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December 29, 2024 at 4:33 PM
I’m selling this Douglas Camfield mag, amongst some other things, if anyone fancies a gander:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11643014...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11643014...
I do feel for #Strictly that their format doesn’t really work as a one-off for Christmas Day… but then which of us can say our own format does?
December 25, 2024 at 4:15 PM
I do feel for #Strictly that their format doesn’t really work as a one-off for Christmas Day… but then which of us can say our own format does?
Christmas is saved! By which I mean The Repair Shop is doing a secret Santa after the DEBACLE of omitting it from last year’s Christmas episode
December 24, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Christmas is saved! By which I mean The Repair Shop is doing a secret Santa after the DEBACLE of omitting it from last year’s Christmas episode
“Yesterday I called John Rutter the King of Christmas but then I received a text saying that actually Jesus Christ is the King of Christmas” - Georgia Mann on Radio 3 just now proving it is possible to hear a thousand yard stare
December 24, 2024 at 9:55 AM
“Yesterday I called John Rutter the King of Christmas but then I received a text saying that actually Jesus Christ is the King of Christmas” - Georgia Mann on Radio 3 just now proving it is possible to hear a thousand yard stare
I’m always unsure whether Margo & Jerry’s perplexity at the company not delivering their order on Christmas Day is a narrative conceit or a real expectation one could have in the ‘70s
December 23, 2024 at 8:32 PM
I’m always unsure whether Margo & Jerry’s perplexity at the company not delivering their order on Christmas Day is a narrative conceit or a real expectation one could have in the ‘70s
@chrischapman81.bsky.social I’ve just watched the Box of Delights documentary, which is exemplary. The number of contributors is thrilling and the whole thing is wonderful. Thank you - and bravo!
December 23, 2024 at 6:31 PM
@chrischapman81.bsky.social I’ve just watched the Box of Delights documentary, which is exemplary. The number of contributors is thrilling and the whole thing is wonderful. Thank you - and bravo!
Corporate Christmas card arrives from the accountant. Murky picture of everyone from the firm on the roof of the office. At night. The expectation can’t be that I’ll display it - can it? But, if not… then… what?
December 23, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Corporate Christmas card arrives from the accountant. Murky picture of everyone from the firm on the roof of the office. At night. The expectation can’t be that I’ll display it - can it? But, if not… then… what?
One of the loveliest days of the season today, taken round the continent with Radio 3. To feel connected to the world and yet also to shut everything else out and just - be.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radio 3 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to BBC Radio 3 on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 1:17 PM
One of the loveliest days of the season today, taken round the continent with Radio 3. To feel connected to the world and yet also to shut everything else out and just - be.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
That the George Michael/Andrew Ridgeley/Pepsi/Shirley friendship seems so authentic in the videos then, and is proved to be so still, 40 years later, could be almost banal, were it not for George’s death. His absence makes their continuing friendship joyful and really rather affecting
December 14, 2024 at 10:12 PM
That the George Michael/Andrew Ridgeley/Pepsi/Shirley friendship seems so authentic in the videos then, and is proved to be so still, 40 years later, could be almost banal, were it not for George’s death. His absence makes their continuing friendship joyful and really rather affecting