Tim Johns
@timoncheese.bsky.social
Producer, BBC Radio 2, Jeremy Vine.
News bloke. Audio nerd. Cynic.
Prone to occasional camping.
News bloke. Audio nerd. Cynic.
Prone to occasional camping.
Pinned
Tim Johns
@timoncheese.bsky.social
· Nov 28
The woman helping council tenants carpet their homes
Pia Honey is campaigning for social housing to come with flooring as standard.
www.bbc.co.uk
I wrote this - about the fact that social housing is typically let with bare floorboards, and about the brilliant woman from St Albans who's on a mission to help people on low incomes carpet their homes.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cool guys don’t look at explosions
#CelebrityTraitors
#CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Cool guys don’t look at explosions
#CelebrityTraitors
#CelebrityTraitors
This Radio 2 listener sent us proof of their stress-inducing unread emails.
But then listener Claire from Edinburgh took the gold medal with a staggering 523,321 unread. Beat that!
But then listener Claire from Edinburgh took the gold medal with a staggering 523,321 unread. Beat that!
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This Radio 2 listener sent us proof of their stress-inducing unread emails.
But then listener Claire from Edinburgh took the gold medal with a staggering 523,321 unread. Beat that!
But then listener Claire from Edinburgh took the gold medal with a staggering 523,321 unread. Beat that!
Happy 60th birthday to Thunderbirds. Here you go. A PDF instruction manual of how to create your very own Tracy Island: www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic...
www.bbc.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Happy 60th birthday to Thunderbirds. Here you go. A PDF instruction manual of how to create your very own Tracy Island: www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic...
A vital plea from the BBC, along with news agencies AFP, AP and Reuters, to allow journalistic access to Gaza.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cVK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cVK...
The BBC Calls For Access To Gaza
YouTube video by BBC
www.youtube.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A vital plea from the BBC, along with news agencies AFP, AP and Reuters, to allow journalistic access to Gaza.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cVK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cVK...
Reposted by Tim Johns
If you’re a uk politics/transport/urban policy person (you’re on Bluesky) then the winter timetable on east coast mainline will be such an interesting mess. The public in mid-sized towns slowly realising they’ve been sacrificed for faster London > Edinburgh trains. www.thecomet.net/news/2544425...
MP says Stevenage 'paying the price' as LNER set to stop trains to and from London
Stevenage MP Kevin Bonavia says residents are "paying the price" for LNER's new timetable which is set to stop passengers from Stevenage…
www.thecomet.net
September 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
If you’re a uk politics/transport/urban policy person (you’re on Bluesky) then the winter timetable on east coast mainline will be such an interesting mess. The public in mid-sized towns slowly realising they’ve been sacrificed for faster London > Edinburgh trains. www.thecomet.net/news/2544425...
Loo scroll
www.newscientist.com/article/2494...
www.newscientist.com/article/2494...
Smartphone scrolling on the toilet could increase risk of haemorrhoids
People seem to spend longer on the toilet if they use a smartphone while sitting there – and all that scrolling may be boosting their likelihood of getting haemorrhoids
www.newscientist.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Loo scroll
www.newscientist.com/article/2494...
www.newscientist.com/article/2494...
Love the effort to make it local
September 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Love the effort to make it local
That’s the first time I can ever remember a guest getting a parking ticket live on air
August 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
That’s the first time I can ever remember a guest getting a parking ticket live on air
M8 GET OUTTA THERE
August 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
M8 GET OUTTA THERE
Might start a petition to make it illegal to tag @ everyone in Facebook groups.
August 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Might start a petition to make it illegal to tag @ everyone in Facebook groups.
Bit tricky with hooves
August 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Bit tricky with hooves
This dude landed on my hand and even hung around for a photo!
July 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This dude landed on my hand and even hung around for a photo!
For radio journalists, the iPhone’s built-in call-recording facility (since iOS 18.1) is incredible.
Today I called a contributor on FaceTime Audio and hit the record button, then emailed it to myself and it was on air shortly after.
There have been other ways to do this for years but this is better
Today I called a contributor on FaceTime Audio and hit the record button, then emailed it to myself and it was on air shortly after.
There have been other ways to do this for years but this is better
July 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
For radio journalists, the iPhone’s built-in call-recording facility (since iOS 18.1) is incredible.
Today I called a contributor on FaceTime Audio and hit the record button, then emailed it to myself and it was on air shortly after.
There have been other ways to do this for years but this is better
Today I called a contributor on FaceTime Audio and hit the record button, then emailed it to myself and it was on air shortly after.
There have been other ways to do this for years but this is better
Reposted by Tim Johns
🧵 In February, I got a message from Anna*, a female police officer. She was a domestic abuse specialist, responding daily to calls from women abused by their partners.
But she was also in an abusive marriage herself, for more than a decade - and her abuser was another officer.
But she was also in an abusive marriage herself, for more than a decade - and her abuser was another officer.
June 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
🧵 In February, I got a message from Anna*, a female police officer. She was a domestic abuse specialist, responding daily to calls from women abused by their partners.
But she was also in an abusive marriage herself, for more than a decade - and her abuser was another officer.
But she was also in an abusive marriage herself, for more than a decade - and her abuser was another officer.
Chapter #1329 in expensive rail travel.
We're a family of four planning a three hour journey next month.
Return trip fuel cost by car ~£40 (plus car wear and tear etc).
Return trip by rail - if booked with advance fares over a month in advance: £242.
Sustainable travel, unsustainable pricing.
We're a family of four planning a three hour journey next month.
Return trip fuel cost by car ~£40 (plus car wear and tear etc).
Return trip by rail - if booked with advance fares over a month in advance: £242.
Sustainable travel, unsustainable pricing.
June 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Chapter #1329 in expensive rail travel.
We're a family of four planning a three hour journey next month.
Return trip fuel cost by car ~£40 (plus car wear and tear etc).
Return trip by rail - if booked with advance fares over a month in advance: £242.
Sustainable travel, unsustainable pricing.
We're a family of four planning a three hour journey next month.
Return trip fuel cost by car ~£40 (plus car wear and tear etc).
Return trip by rail - if booked with advance fares over a month in advance: £242.
Sustainable travel, unsustainable pricing.
Waiting to board a ferry and spotted this excellent passenger nearby
May 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Waiting to board a ferry and spotted this excellent passenger nearby
I have a lot of followers in America. If that’s you - why?! Am I on some random list somewhere?
May 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I have a lot of followers in America. If that’s you - why?! Am I on some random list somewhere?
My niece hand-stitched this birthday card for my daughter and it’s 👌👌👌
I think she should sell them!!
I think she should sell them!!
May 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
My niece hand-stitched this birthday card for my daughter and it’s 👌👌👌
I think she should sell them!!
I think she should sell them!!
I’m open to roast potato pictures in return, thanks.
April 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I’m open to roast potato pictures in return, thanks.
Someone’s getting great value for money from their delivery driver.
April 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Someone’s getting great value for money from their delivery driver.
Reposted by Tim Johns
It never fails to bring me joy that one of London's top guitar repair/maintenance people is called Kevin, has a workshop on an upstairs floor, and so has called his business "Stairway to Kevin".
March 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It never fails to bring me joy that one of London's top guitar repair/maintenance people is called Kevin, has a workshop on an upstairs floor, and so has called his business "Stairway to Kevin".
We took the decision today to voice up and read out, on Radio 2, every word of John Hunt's victim impact statement. At ten minutes precisely it must be the longest monologue we've ever broadcast. We did so with good reason - give it a read if you haven't: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kyle Clifford jailed: John Hunt's victim impact statement in full
The racing commentator directs his victim statement to the man who murdered his wife and two daughters.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We took the decision today to voice up and read out, on Radio 2, every word of John Hunt's victim impact statement. At ten minutes precisely it must be the longest monologue we've ever broadcast. We did so with good reason - give it a read if you haven't: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nerd fact of the day: the ship and the tanker in the North Sea sea technically 'allided'. It's simpler to say it was a collision but some seafarers would say 'allision'.
It's a nautical term to indicate a moving ship striking a stationary object - such as another ship.
It's a nautical term to indicate a moving ship striking a stationary object - such as another ship.
March 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Nerd fact of the day: the ship and the tanker in the North Sea sea technically 'allided'. It's simpler to say it was a collision but some seafarers would say 'allision'.
It's a nautical term to indicate a moving ship striking a stationary object - such as another ship.
It's a nautical term to indicate a moving ship striking a stationary object - such as another ship.
Some people take recreational drugs and others get high off jet washing their patio.
March 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Some people take recreational drugs and others get high off jet washing their patio.
Right who's in charge of the PR for mice, please? Because they're having a quite incredible week and it's only Tuesday.
(At this rate I guess the whole PR outfit is run by the mice themselves).
(At this rate I guess the whole PR outfit is run by the mice themselves).
March 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Right who's in charge of the PR for mice, please? Because they're having a quite incredible week and it's only Tuesday.
(At this rate I guess the whole PR outfit is run by the mice themselves).
(At this rate I guess the whole PR outfit is run by the mice themselves).