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/
Get in quick and order these excellent books if you haven't already.
The Saturday Morning Press shop will be closing at the end of the month and the associated email address will also eventually disappear. The Substack will continue - I'm in the middle of The Monsters, another lost BBC serial. A monster may turn up - eventually. shop.saturdaymorningpress.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Get in quick and order these excellent books if you haven't already.
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The Saturday Morning Press shop will be closing at the end of the month and the associated email address will also eventually disappear. The Substack will continue - I'm in the middle of The Monsters, another lost BBC serial. A monster may turn up - eventually. shop.saturdaymorningpress.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 10:32 AM
The Saturday Morning Press shop will be closing at the end of the month and the associated email address will also eventually disappear. The Substack will continue - I'm in the middle of The Monsters, another lost BBC serial. A monster may turn up - eventually. shop.saturdaymorningpress.co.uk
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The Sunday dozen
Laurel and Hardy, Errol Flynn and Ealing, action scenes and 'Happy Feet', Dolly Parton and the Boss, Jacques-Louis David and modern Gothic, Mark Carney and John Carey and more...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/the-sunday-d...
Laurel and Hardy, Errol Flynn and Ealing, action scenes and 'Happy Feet', Dolly Parton and the Boss, Jacques-Louis David and modern Gothic, Mark Carney and John Carey and more...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/the-sunday-d...
The Sunday dozen - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: As the world turns, every week can seem more extraordinary, and more distressing, than the last. As a tiny antidote to the hideousnesses elsewhere, here’s a selection of stuff that ...
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January 25, 2026 at 7:40 AM
The Sunday dozen
Laurel and Hardy, Errol Flynn and Ealing, action scenes and 'Happy Feet', Dolly Parton and the Boss, Jacques-Louis David and modern Gothic, Mark Carney and John Carey and more...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/the-sunday-d...
Laurel and Hardy, Errol Flynn and Ealing, action scenes and 'Happy Feet', Dolly Parton and the Boss, Jacques-Louis David and modern Gothic, Mark Carney and John Carey and more...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/the-sunday-d...
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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!