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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A new episode of Through the Square Window is now available wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted by @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social, it's looking at four shows from October 1990: The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Watchdog, Knightmare and Twin Peaks
Gadzooks! Our podcast is out tomorrow, looking at TV from Nov 1984, including the last-ever episode of Rentaghost. Former Blue Peter editor and now author Richard Marson joins @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social to talk about it.
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Gadzooks! Our podcast is out tomorrow, looking at TV from Nov 1984, including the last-ever episode of Rentaghost. Former Blue Peter editor and now author Richard Marson joins @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social to talk about it.
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The first episode of this rather wonderful podcast takes a look at what launched on the BBC, 50 years ago this year.
Yes, that BBC.
Yes, that BBC.
The first two episodes of our podcast - hosted by @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social - are now available to listen to on YouTube. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The first episode of this rather wonderful podcast takes a look at what launched on the BBC, 50 years ago this year.
Yes, that BBC.
Yes, that BBC.
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1984 was an absolutely fantastic year for TV..📺
We've a new episode arriving on Wednesday, with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social kw looking at shows from November 1984, including...
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
1984 was an absolutely fantastic year for TV..📺
We've a new episode arriving on Wednesday, with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social kw looking at shows from November 1984, including...
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
We've a new episode arriving on Wednesday, with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social kw looking at shows from November 1984, including...
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Looking forward to it. My only complaint about them so far is the wait between eps is unbearable 😀
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Looking forward to it. My only complaint about them so far is the wait between eps is unbearable 😀
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Features a young Tim Roth!
"Started out this morning as usual..." Coming up in next Wednesday's podcast, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social look at Ray Davies' 1984 Channel 4 film, Return to Waterloo.
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Features a young Tim Roth!
"Started out this morning as usual..." Coming up in next Wednesday's podcast, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social look at Ray Davies' 1984 Channel 4 film, Return to Waterloo.
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"Started out this morning as usual..." Coming up in next Wednesday's podcast, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social look at Ray Davies' 1984 Channel 4 film, Return to Waterloo.
Our podcast, Through The Square Window, returns next Wednesday, hosted by @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social . Looking at TV from Nov 1984, including Bob's Full House! (And remember, our doors are always open for you!)
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Our podcast, Through The Square Window, returns next Wednesday, hosted by @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social . Looking at TV from Nov 1984, including Bob's Full House! (And remember, our doors are always open for you!)
NEW EP OUT WEDS 12 NOV! Featuring TV director, producer and former Blue Peter editor Richard Marson discussing the last-ever Rentaghost with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social, and his ace new book from @tenacrebooks.bsky.social, Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children's Television
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
NEW EP OUT WEDS 12 NOV! Featuring TV director, producer and former Blue Peter editor Richard Marson discussing the last-ever Rentaghost with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social, and his ace new book from @tenacrebooks.bsky.social, Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children's Television
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Go Through The Square Window via your own Square Window! (Well, 16:9 anyway) 📺
The first two episodes of our podcast - hosted by @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social - are now available to listen to on YouTube. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Go Through The Square Window via your own Square Window! (Well, 16:9 anyway) 📺
The first two episodes of our podcast - hosted by @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social - are now available to listen to on YouTube. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The first two episodes of our podcast - hosted by @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social - are now available to listen to on YouTube. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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We're counting down to the release of our new book Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children's Television, Richard Marson's immersive 500-page history. Here's a first look at the full cover, illustrated by @gkw.bsky.social. Available in paperback and limited edition hardback from tenacrebooks.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We're counting down to the release of our new book Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children's Television, Richard Marson's immersive 500-page history. Here's a first look at the full cover, illustrated by @gkw.bsky.social. Available in paperback and limited edition hardback from tenacrebooks.co.uk
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A show I definitely taped on the family video recorder… A future ep of @squarewindowpod.bsky.social beckons..
October 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A show I definitely taped on the family video recorder… A future ep of @squarewindowpod.bsky.social beckons..
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Reviving Play For Today? Time to call in @squarewindowpod.bsky.social ‘s TV superbrain @gkw.bsky.social to explain its past & its future.. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Media Show - Play for Today relaunch, diversity in advertising, streaming consolidation, Bettany Hughes and Treasures of the World - BBC Sounds
Nigel Havers and Anita Dobson on the relaunch of the drama series Play for Today.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Reviving Play For Today? Time to call in @squarewindowpod.bsky.social ‘s TV superbrain @gkw.bsky.social to explain its past & its future.. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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PS OMG those whirring blades on Knightmare are absolutely horrific on audio! @squarewindowpod.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
PS OMG those whirring blades on Knightmare are absolutely horrific on audio! @squarewindowpod.bsky.social
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Listening to this GREAT episode now & can confirm I have NOT gone back to the pilot of TMEW since it was transmitted. I am getting sudden and horrific flashbacks to the casual sexism of the early 90s though; my god, there's a reason my feminism is so entrenched. What a brilliantly revealing episode.
A new episode of Through the Square Window is now available wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted by @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social, it's looking at four shows from October 1990: The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Watchdog, Knightmare and Twin Peaks
October 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Listening to this GREAT episode now & can confirm I have NOT gone back to the pilot of TMEW since it was transmitted. I am getting sudden and horrific flashbacks to the casual sexism of the early 90s though; my god, there's a reason my feminism is so entrenched. What a brilliantly revealing episode.
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Friends, we need your nominations please. What were the worst/most inappropriate "big films" shown on TV during Christmasses of yore? Please share your suggestions.
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Friends, we need your nominations please. What were the worst/most inappropriate "big films" shown on TV during Christmasses of yore? Please share your suggestions.
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BBC1's Christmas night premiere in 1981 was Loophole, an Albert Finney/Martin Sheen bank heist film (25% on Rotten Tomatoes) that was only released in cinemas that February and legend has it ITV assumed was a codename to cover something huge when they saw the schedule.
October 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
BBC1's Christmas night premiere in 1981 was Loophole, an Albert Finney/Martin Sheen bank heist film (25% on Rotten Tomatoes) that was only released in cinemas that February and legend has it ITV assumed was a codename to cover something huge when they saw the schedule.
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The Temple of Doom after the Queen’s Speech in 1987. Monkey brains and hearts ripped out of chests, all with the tone of an angry writer working through his divorce.
October 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The Temple of Doom after the Queen’s Speech in 1987. Monkey brains and hearts ripped out of chests, all with the tone of an angry writer working through his divorce.
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Jagged Edge on Christmas Eve in 1988. There was a deluge of complaints about its lack of festivity on the next edition of Open Air.
October 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Jagged Edge on Christmas Eve in 1988. There was a deluge of complaints about its lack of festivity on the next edition of Open Air.
Friends, we need your nominations please. What were the worst/most inappropriate "big films" shown on TV during Christmasses of yore? Please share your suggestions.
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Friends, we need your nominations please. What were the worst/most inappropriate "big films" shown on TV during Christmasses of yore? Please share your suggestions.
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Really enjoyable! Thanks!
My GCSE Chemistry lesson always started 10mins late cos half of us were discussing Twin Peaks and the other half discussing the under 18s night at Tramps Nightclub. I got a C at GCSE Chemistry, didn’t miss a Twin Peaks, didn’t go to Tramps til well into my 20s.
My GCSE Chemistry lesson always started 10mins late cos half of us were discussing Twin Peaks and the other half discussing the under 18s night at Tramps Nightclub. I got a C at GCSE Chemistry, didn’t miss a Twin Peaks, didn’t go to Tramps til well into my 20s.
October 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Really enjoyable! Thanks!
My GCSE Chemistry lesson always started 10mins late cos half of us were discussing Twin Peaks and the other half discussing the under 18s night at Tramps Nightclub. I got a C at GCSE Chemistry, didn’t miss a Twin Peaks, didn’t go to Tramps til well into my 20s.
My GCSE Chemistry lesson always started 10mins late cos half of us were discussing Twin Peaks and the other half discussing the under 18s night at Tramps Nightclub. I got a C at GCSE Chemistry, didn’t miss a Twin Peaks, didn’t go to Tramps til well into my 20s.
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A highly recommended listen. Anything that sends me back to the first episode of ‘Twin Peaks’ is a Good Thing.
October 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A highly recommended listen. Anything that sends me back to the first episode of ‘Twin Peaks’ is a Good Thing.
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I never knew there was so much in it!
Huge thanks to Total TV Guide magazine for interviewing @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social about our podcast. The issue is out today.
October 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I never knew there was so much in it!