Simon Dunn
LightNews LightNews
banner
sighdone.bsky.social
Simon Dunn
@sighdone.bsky.social
230 followers 250 following 570 posts
Scriptwriter, Author, and Comedian. Done a podcast with Iszi Lawrence called setisoppO - buy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/sighdone
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
sighdone.bsky.social
Simon Dunn @sighdone.bsky.social · Nov 14
Proctology: A Bottom Examination.

www.simondunn.me.uk?p=12000
Proctology: A Bottom Examination
For a long time now I've been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom ...
www.simondunn.me.uk
Reposted by Simon Dunn
madeofstone1.bsky.social
Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
sighdone.bsky.social
The Newsradio Ghost

(a blog from the archive)

www.simondunn.me.uk?p=7967
The Newsradio Ghost
There's something odd going on in this clip from Newsradio. https://twitter.com/sighdone/status/1193172818860617728?s=20 It's from the end of the season three episode The Trainer, notable for ...
www.simondunn.me.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
sighdone.bsky.social
An excellent post by the always great @dirtyfeed.org

What Can They Do, Fire Me?

www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/11/what...
“What Can They Do, Fire Me?”
If you’re the kind of person who reads this site, it’s very likely that you have childhood memories of Bob Monkhouse. Mine? Definitely his Central game shows of the 1990s, such as The $…
www.dirtyfeed.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Reposted by Simon Dunn
davehone.bsky.social
Proper thread time! Today marks the publication of my fourth book, Spinosaur Tales, this one written with and illustrated by @markwitton.bsky.social. It's out now in the UK (hardback, audiobook, ebook) and will be out elsewhere in Jan 2026. It covers all things spinosaurian, including Spinosaurus.
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Reposted by Simon Dunn
davis.social
10/10 take. No notes.
divergentcoachkelly on Threads * 2h ADHD is knowing exactly what you need to do then watching yourself not do it like you're a scientist observing a very dumb experiment
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Reposted by Simon Dunn
couchtripper.com
A topic about die-cast models from British sitcoms? It's going to be quite limited. But here's a start.
November 6, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Reposted by Simon Dunn
sighdone.bsky.social
I wrote a book about Bottom, and I reckon it's worth a good old read.

www.amazon.co.uk/Proctology-B...
Proctology: A Bottom Examination
Buy Proctology: A Bottom Examination by Dunn, Simon (ISBN: 9798355472771) from Amazon's Book Store. Free UK delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Reposted by Simon Dunn
sighdone.bsky.social
The Lamentable Passing Of Brighton Belles Into Lore

(a blog from the archive)

www.simondunn.me.uk?p=12138
The Lamentable Passing Of Brighton Belles Into Lore
The Golden Girls was one of the most watched US sitcoms for every season it ran between 1985 and 1991. We've looked at some of the international remakes of the show before, but let's take a closer pee...
www.simondunn.me.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Reposted by Simon Dunn
sighdone.bsky.social
Bun Ultoon – The Clips From Auntie

(a blog from the archive)

www.simondunn.me.uk?p=12161
Bun Ultoon - The Clips From Auntie
It pains me to admit it, but it was only recently that I realised the title of Ben Elton's show The Man From Auntie was a play on the 60s TV show The Man From UNCLE. I just went with the notion of him...
www.simondunn.me.uk
November 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Reposted by Simon Dunn
sighdone.bsky.social
Vyvyan Ate His Bacon Sandwich

(a blog from the archive)

www.simondunn.me.uk?p=8439
Vyvyan Ate His Bacon Sandwich
I love stumbling across hidden jokes in things that I've watched over and over again. Seeing something new, something fresh, in something so familiar is always a thrill. Such a thing happened to me...
www.simondunn.me.uk
November 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Reposted by Simon Dunn
sighdone.bsky.social
Juat cracked open After Henry. Not sure I've seen it seen it was first broadcast.
November 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
sighdone.bsky.social
Juat cracked open After Henry. Not sure I've seen it seen it was first broadcast.
November 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
sighdone.bsky.social
Vyvyan Ate His Bacon Sandwich

(a blog from the archive)

www.simondunn.me.uk?p=8439
Vyvyan Ate His Bacon Sandwich
I love stumbling across hidden jokes in things that I've watched over and over again. Seeing something new, something fresh, in something so familiar is always a thrill. Such a thing happened to me...
www.simondunn.me.uk
November 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
sighdone.bsky.social
Bun Ultoon – The Clips From Auntie

(a blog from the archive)

www.simondunn.me.uk?p=12161
Bun Ultoon - The Clips From Auntie
It pains me to admit it, but it was only recently that I realised the title of Ben Elton's show The Man From Auntie was a play on the 60s TV show The Man From UNCLE. I just went with the notion of him...
www.simondunn.me.uk
November 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Reposted by Simon Dunn
bloomsburyed.bsky.social
🎃 Celebrate all things spooky this #HalfTerm with
PoetryJoe’s deliciously eerie poem Halloween Crumble! 🍇👻

A tasty treat from A. F. Harrold's Midnight Feasts collection: bit.ly/474JDer
#MidnightFeasts #Poetry @afharrold.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Reposted by Simon Dunn
claresdraws.bsky.social
The Worlds We Leave Behind by @afharrold.com is brilliantly unsettling. Highly recommend. Plus Levi Pinfold's illustrations are spectacular.
Cover of The Worlds We Leave Behind. Pale green forest with a small river running through it. Some young people are balancing their way along the river bank, their backs to us.
October 31, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Reposted by Simon Dunn
archivetvmusings.bsky.social
Bob Monkhouse (31st October 1983). Ronnie Barker discusses character voices and comedy heroes.
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Reposted by Simon Dunn
bowiegod.bsky.social
The right night to watch this, the greatest magic show ever broadcast in Britain

youtu.be/q5R0YfIbv9o?...
Paul Daniels: Live at Halloween with guest magician Eugene Burger - 1987
YouTube video by MagicWeek
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
sighdone.bsky.social
The Lamentable Passing Of Brighton Belles Into Lore

(a blog from the archive)

www.simondunn.me.uk?p=12138
The Lamentable Passing Of Brighton Belles Into Lore
The Golden Girls was one of the most watched US sitcoms for every season it ran between 1985 and 1991. We've looked at some of the international remakes of the show before, but let's take a closer pee...
www.simondunn.me.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Reposted by Simon Dunn
brokentv.uk
Happy Halloween, 80s kids!
Film poster for "The Wicker Mannequin", featuring a grinning Andrew McCarthy leaning on a motorbike, being cradled by The Wicker Man.
October 31, 2025 at 8:48 AM
sighdone.bsky.social
Honestly, I'm rather proud of my book about 1990s (and much more) television, and I don't push it enough.

www.amazon.co.uk/Nineteen-90s...
Amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
sighdone.bsky.social
I wrote a book about Bottom, and I reckon it's worth a good old read.

www.amazon.co.uk/Proctology-B...
Proctology: A Bottom Examination
Buy Proctology: A Bottom Examination by Dunn, Simon (ISBN: 9798355472771) from Amazon's Book Store. Free UK delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Reposted by Simon Dunn
bbcentury.bsky.social
Next The British Broadcasting Century Podcast coming soon.
Our latest covers the launch of the 8th BBC station in Oct 1923
+ a chat with James Cridland, who launched the first phone app to stream a radio station AND UK radio's first daily podcast. Fancy!
bbcentury.podbean.com/e/106-6bm-bo...
#106 6BM Bournemouth: The End of the Beginning at the BBC... and James Cridland | The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa
"6BM Bournemouth sends hearty greetings to the world... We do hope you can smell the pines!"   On 17 October 1923 (oh and look at the date this podcast landed - 102 years apart), the BBC opened its ei...
bbcentury.podbean.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Reposted by Simon Dunn
andrewtsmith.bsky.social
The first episode of 'Keeping Up Appearances', "Daddy's Accident", premiered on BBC1 36 years ago today on 29/10/1989. A lot is very economically established in these opening moments. #ClarkeADay
October 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM