John Williams
@worldoftelly.bsky.social
I like telly and I talk about it here https://www.youtube.com/@WorldofTelly and write about it here https://worldoftelly.beehiiv.com/
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Big day today! Nico is eight! Happy birthday to the loveliest dog in the world.
January 24, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Big day today! Nico is eight! Happy birthday to the loveliest dog in the world.
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The #Blakes7 Production Diary Series C will be published on 31st March, 46 years to the day since the broadcast of ‘Terminal’. Cost/ordering details will be posted on the day. No need to pre-order as it's a print-to-order book. Keep an eye out for more updates. www.cultedge.art
January 20, 2026 at 7:19 PM
The #Blakes7 Production Diary Series C will be published on 31st March, 46 years to the day since the broadcast of ‘Terminal’. Cost/ordering details will be posted on the day. No need to pre-order as it's a print-to-order book. Keep an eye out for more updates. www.cultedge.art
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When they recorded one of these at Pebble Mill in the late 90s, the cast popped in to the BBC Social Club where the barman (me) served them a few rounds. Delightfully, they each chose a drink perfect for their characters (Servalan: white wine, Avon; G&T, Tarrant: pint of Fosters, etc)
January 19, 2026 at 8:45 PM
When they recorded one of these at Pebble Mill in the late 90s, the cast popped in to the BBC Social Club where the barman (me) served them a few rounds. Delightfully, they each chose a drink perfect for their characters (Servalan: white wine, Avon; G&T, Tarrant: pint of Fosters, etc)
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I've just switched over to this and witnessed the penalty finally being taken 25 mins into injury time and it was like watching a nervous breakdown. And now extra time!
Absolute scenes at #AFCON2025 final where a last minute penalty favouring Morocco has resulted in managers on the pitch and the Senegal team walking off
January 18, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I've just switched over to this and witnessed the penalty finally being taken 25 mins into injury time and it was like watching a nervous breakdown. And now extra time!
THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT!
January 18, 2026 at 8:07 PM
THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT!
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Just watching an old ep of “Man About the House”, really enjoying their scrabble board
January 18, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Just watching an old ep of “Man About the House”, really enjoying their scrabble board
Morning all. I'm sitting in Long Eaton Costa, staring at the rain, and contemplating the episode of UFO I watched in my hotel room this morning.
January 18, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Morning all. I'm sitting in Long Eaton Costa, staring at the rain, and contemplating the episode of UFO I watched in my hotel room this morning.
Here I am again in the impossibly glamorous surroundings of the Novotel just off Junction 25 of the M1 where the white wine flows like water.*
*I am availing myself of the tea and coffee making facilities.
*I am availing myself of the tea and coffee making facilities.
January 17, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Here I am again in the impossibly glamorous surroundings of the Novotel just off Junction 25 of the M1 where the white wine flows like water.*
*I am availing myself of the tea and coffee making facilities.
*I am availing myself of the tea and coffee making facilities.
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Episode five of our podcast is out now! This month, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social look at the TV shows that greeted the new millennium: Blue Peter, Coronation Street, Trigger Happy TV and Castaway 2000. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Episode five of our podcast is out now! This month, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social look at the TV shows that greeted the new millennium: Blue Peter, Coronation Street, Trigger Happy TV and Castaway 2000. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Absolutely extraordinary - and hugely welcome: a great archive collection of Ibsen productions and docs coming to BBC Four and iPlayer; the earliest is the 1953 (!) Lady from the Sea with Irene Worth and Robert Harris, produced by Harold Clayton.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Four - Ibsen - Episode guide
All episodes of Ibsen
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Absolutely extraordinary - and hugely welcome: a great archive collection of Ibsen productions and docs coming to BBC Four and iPlayer; the earliest is the 1953 (!) Lady from the Sea with Irene Worth and Robert Harris, produced by Harold Clayton.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@unamccormack.bsky.social Happy Birthday!
January 13, 2026 at 9:50 PM
@unamccormack.bsky.social Happy Birthday!
No new pictures where are you mentally?
January 13, 2026 at 9:02 AM
No new pictures where are you mentally?
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There's a very good account in Humphrey Carpenter's Radio 3 history The Envy of the World.
January 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
There's a very good account in Humphrey Carpenter's Radio 3 history The Envy of the World.
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‘Hans Keller invented a composer, Piotr Zak, and transmitted one of his pieces. In fact, “Mobile for Tape and Percussion” was created by Keller walking around a studio striking a collection of musical instruments at random.’
Susannah Clapp on musical hoaxes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Susannah Clapp on musical hoaxes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Susannah Clapp · Not Quite Music
For Rimsky-Korsakov, the key of A was clear pink; for Scriabin, it was green. Duke Ellington read the flight patterns of...
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January 12, 2026 at 12:50 PM
‘Hans Keller invented a composer, Piotr Zak, and transmitted one of his pieces. In fact, “Mobile for Tape and Percussion” was created by Keller walking around a studio striking a collection of musical instruments at random.’
Susannah Clapp on musical hoaxes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Susannah Clapp on musical hoaxes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...