Through the Square Window
@squarewindowpod.bsky.social
A podcast guiding you through the UK TV we watched in decades gone by
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The Through the Square Window Christmas episode is now out, wherever you get your podcasts! Mark Gatiss joins @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social to talk about the best and worst of Christmas TV over the years. For more info: www.squarewindow.co.uk
Lovely and very generous appraisal of our podcast in The Guardian, courtesy of @nickabadzis.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Lovely and very generous appraisal of our podcast in The Guardian, courtesy of @nickabadzis.bsky.social
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Your NY resolution is to discover @squarewindowpod.bsky.social & in latest ep learn why @gkw.bsky.social thinks the Star Wars holiday special is a bit like an ‘Allo’Allo! episode but not as good. And why I am perturbed by the number of knives in Minder On The Orient Express & the Woolies’ Xmas ads..
The Through the Square Window Christmas episode is now out, wherever you get your podcasts! Mark Gatiss joins @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social to talk about the best and worst of Christmas TV over the years. For more info: www.squarewindow.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Your NY resolution is to discover @squarewindowpod.bsky.social & in latest ep learn why @gkw.bsky.social thinks the Star Wars holiday special is a bit like an ‘Allo’Allo! episode but not as good. And why I am perturbed by the number of knives in Minder On The Orient Express & the Woolies’ Xmas ads..
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It’s lovely to hear national treasure Mark Gatiss talk about The Ghosts of Motley Hall…
The Through the Square Window Christmas episode is now out, wherever you get your podcasts! Mark Gatiss joins @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social to talk about the best and worst of Christmas TV over the years. For more info: www.squarewindow.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It’s lovely to hear national treasure Mark Gatiss talk about The Ghosts of Motley Hall…
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Watching Candleshoe again because of Gatiss' rant on @squarewindowpod.bsky.social What is interesting that though the exteriors are proper US, the interiors are clearly UK - Michael Balfour and Mildred Shay as her guardians, but it still feels more American than British.
December 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Watching Candleshoe again because of Gatiss' rant on @squarewindowpod.bsky.social What is interesting that though the exteriors are proper US, the interiors are clearly UK - Michael Balfour and Mildred Shay as her guardians, but it still feels more American than British.
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I love the fact that this very weird show has been covered by the mighty Phil and the excellent @squarewindowpod.bsky.social in the same week. It fills me full of Christmas cheer.
Russel Harty Goes Upstairs, Downstairs (known colloquially as "Russell Harty Fucke Uppe An Interviewe"): a Boxing Day treat nobody asked for, as Harty attempts to chat to the UD cast both in and out of character at the same time. It gets confusing.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I love the fact that this very weird show has been covered by the mighty Phil and the excellent @squarewindowpod.bsky.social in the same week. It fills me full of Christmas cheer.
If you're so inclined, please do tell The Guardian about our podcast: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
December 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you're so inclined, please do tell The Guardian about our podcast: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Christmas came early for @gkw.bsky.social and me. Thankyou to @thetimes.com for making @squarewindowpod.bsky.social Pick of the day today!
December 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Christmas came early for @gkw.bsky.social and me. Thankyou to @thetimes.com for making @squarewindowpod.bsky.social Pick of the day today!
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Enjoyed this - Gatiss on charmless 70s Disney live action films chimed.
The Through the Square Window Christmas episode is now out, wherever you get your podcasts! Mark Gatiss joins @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social to talk about the best and worst of Christmas TV over the years. For more info: www.squarewindow.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Enjoyed this - Gatiss on charmless 70s Disney live action films chimed.
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If you haven’t caught @gkw.bsky.social and my Christmas special @squarewindowpod.bsky.social here’s a lovely reason you should.. praise from, @paulkirkley.bsky.social is highly valued! 🎄🎄🎄
What a lovely, Christmassy nostalgia blast of an ep. Particularly delighted by the love for Minder on the Orient Express (also my favourite Christmas TV memory). Hadn't realised, until I wrote a thing about it a few years ago, how big a story the pre-match rivalry with OFAH had been at the time.
December 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
If you haven’t caught @gkw.bsky.social and my Christmas special @squarewindowpod.bsky.social here’s a lovely reason you should.. praise from, @paulkirkley.bsky.social is highly valued! 🎄🎄🎄
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Get your @squarewindowpod.bsky.social comments in on the new Christmas special with Mark Gatiss asap for our "postbag" delivery. As we're recording Jan Ep this Sunday...
Fresh ep of @SquareWindowpod.bsky.social is a fab celebration of good and awful Christmas TV past. Featuring Mark Gatiss’s time-haunted pick of The Ghosts of Motley Hall. And me & @gkw.bsky.social celebrating the Woolworths adverts as a document of social history. podfollow.com/1838296345
Through the Square Window
A podcast guiding you through the UK television we watched in decades gone by, presented by cultural journalist Samira Ahmed and TV journalist Graham Kibble-White.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Get your @squarewindowpod.bsky.social comments in on the new Christmas special with Mark Gatiss asap for our "postbag" delivery. As we're recording Jan Ep this Sunday...
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1/2 HELLO! @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social are recording a new ep on, Sunday looking at shows from Jan 2000: Coronation Street's New Year's Eve special; Blue Peter (digging up the 1971 time capsule); Castaway 2000 and Trigger Happy TV. If you've any comments, get in touch!
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December 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
1/2 HELLO! @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social are recording a new ep on, Sunday looking at shows from Jan 2000: Coronation Street's New Year's Eve special; Blue Peter (digging up the 1971 time capsule); Castaway 2000 and Trigger Happy TV. If you've any comments, get in touch!
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It's the Christmas Creamguide! open.substack.com/pub/creamgui...
CHRISTMAS CREAMGUIDE WEEK ONE: 20th-26th December 2025
Pulling the rabbit of verbal spontaneity from the hat of immediate circumstance
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December 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It's the Christmas Creamguide! open.substack.com/pub/creamgui...
1/2 HELLO! @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social are recording a new ep on, Sunday looking at shows from Jan 2000: Coronation Street's New Year's Eve special; Blue Peter (digging up the 1971 time capsule); Castaway 2000 and Trigger Happy TV. If you've any comments, get in touch!
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December 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
1/2 HELLO! @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social are recording a new ep on, Sunday looking at shows from Jan 2000: Coronation Street's New Year's Eve special; Blue Peter (digging up the 1971 time capsule); Castaway 2000 and Trigger Happy TV. If you've any comments, get in touch!
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The Through the Square Window Christmas episode is now out, wherever you get your podcasts! Mark Gatiss joins @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social to talk about the best and worst of Christmas TV over the years. For more info: www.squarewindow.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The Through the Square Window Christmas episode is now out, wherever you get your podcasts! Mark Gatiss joins @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social to talk about the best and worst of Christmas TV over the years. For more info: www.squarewindow.co.uk
In case it works better for you, here's our new episode on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzMB...
EPISODE 4: Christmas special 2025
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December 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In case it works better for you, here's our new episode on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzMB...
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Fresh ep of @SquareWindowpod.bsky.social is a fab celebration of good and awful Christmas TV past. Featuring Mark Gatiss’s time-haunted pick of The Ghosts of Motley Hall. And me & @gkw.bsky.social celebrating the Woolworths adverts as a document of social history. podfollow.com/1838296345
Through the Square Window
A podcast guiding you through the UK television we watched in decades gone by, presented by cultural journalist Samira Ahmed and TV journalist Graham Kibble-White.
podfollow.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Fresh ep of @SquareWindowpod.bsky.social is a fab celebration of good and awful Christmas TV past. Featuring Mark Gatiss’s time-haunted pick of The Ghosts of Motley Hall. And me & @gkw.bsky.social celebrating the Woolworths adverts as a document of social history. podfollow.com/1838296345
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Ghosts of TV Christmas Good and Bad arrive on @squarewindowpod.bsky.social Mark Gatiss is the festival spirit. And I love that Graham and I discussed the Woolworths Christmas ads as a social history document. Do you have a listen wherever you get podcasts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m_0...
Woolworth (UK): Have a Cracking Christmas: 1981
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December 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Ghosts of TV Christmas Good and Bad arrive on @squarewindowpod.bsky.social Mark Gatiss is the festival spirit. And I love that Graham and I discussed the Woolworths Christmas ads as a social history document. Do you have a listen wherever you get podcasts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m_0...
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The Through the Square Window Christmas episode is now out, wherever you get your podcasts! Mark Gatiss joins @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social to talk about the best and worst of Christmas TV over the years. For more info: www.squarewindow.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The Through the Square Window Christmas episode is now out, wherever you get your podcasts! Mark Gatiss joins @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social to talk about the best and worst of Christmas TV over the years. For more info: www.squarewindow.co.uk
1/3 Our Through the Square Window Christmas podcast is out today! With @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social, plus special guest Mark Gatiss, who picks his least favourite and favourite things about festive TV. So, what are they?...
December 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
1/3 Our Through the Square Window Christmas podcast is out today! With @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social, plus special guest Mark Gatiss, who picks his least favourite and favourite things about festive TV. So, what are they?...
1/2 Another look ahead at our Christmas podcast - hosted by
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social
- out tomorrow, looking at the best and worst of festive TV. And let's begin with Graham's least-favourite Christmas show...
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social
- out tomorrow, looking at the best and worst of festive TV. And let's begin with Graham's least-favourite Christmas show...
December 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
1/2 Another look ahead at our Christmas podcast - hosted by
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social
- out tomorrow, looking at the best and worst of festive TV. And let's begin with Graham's least-favourite Christmas show...
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social
- out tomorrow, looking at the best and worst of festive TV. And let's begin with Graham's least-favourite Christmas show...
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2/3 "I've got a bad feeling about this..." Here's
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social's least favourite.
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social's least favourite.
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
2/3 "I've got a bad feeling about this..." Here's
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social's least favourite.
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social's least favourite.
1/3 Through the Square Window's Christmas special is out on Wednesday (available wherever you get your podcasts). With guest Mark Gatiss! In this episode, we're picking our favourite and least favourite festive specials. So, let's find out what
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social has selected...
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social has selected...
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
1/3 Through the Square Window's Christmas special is out on Wednesday (available wherever you get your podcasts). With guest Mark Gatiss! In this episode, we're picking our favourite and least favourite festive specials. So, let's find out what
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social has selected...
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social has selected...
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The motley Ghosts of Square Window convene..
Advent countdown 8 days till it arrives.🎄https://podfollow.com/through-the-square-window/view
Advent countdown 8 days till it arrives.🎄https://podfollow.com/through-the-square-window/view
Pics or it didn't happen. Here's @gkw.bsky.social and @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social meeting up with Mark Gatiss to record the Through the Square Window Christmas special. It's out on Weds 17th. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
December 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The motley Ghosts of Square Window convene..
Advent countdown 8 days till it arrives.🎄https://podfollow.com/through-the-square-window/view
Advent countdown 8 days till it arrives.🎄https://podfollow.com/through-the-square-window/view
Pics or it didn't happen. Here's @gkw.bsky.social and @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social meeting up with Mark Gatiss to record the Through the Square Window Christmas special. It's out on Weds 17th. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
December 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Pics or it didn't happen. Here's @gkw.bsky.social and @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social meeting up with Mark Gatiss to record the Through the Square Window Christmas special. It's out on Weds 17th. Available wherever you get your podcasts.