Blake
@blakeconnolly.bsky.social
Makes sport appear on the telly.
Comedy nerd, Britpop aficionado, TV geek and Spurs fan.
The following are not the views of anyone, ever.
Comedy nerd, Britpop aficionado, TV geek and Spurs fan.
The following are not the views of anyone, ever.
Loved this one, one of my favourites over the years.
Christmas Ident Calendar Day 13. The 1st Christmas for BBC2's iconic '2' in 1991. Based on Georges Méliès classic 1902 silent film 'Le Voyage dans la Lune' aka 'A Trip To The Moon'. This is my favourite '2' era Christmas ident. Was blown away the moment I saw it. STUNNING!
December 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Loved this one, one of my favourites over the years.
A walk in Central London at this time or evening, at this time of year is one of the great pleasures. Love the electricity in the air.
December 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A walk in Central London at this time or evening, at this time of year is one of the great pleasures. Love the electricity in the air.
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What the heck is in those mattresses?
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my 47 ronin are dying
December 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
What the heck is in those mattresses?
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[Hammers fist down on the Underwhelming Christmas Wonderland KLAXON]
WE GOT ONE!!!
WE GOT ONE!!!
'it just felt like it was just some port-a-cabins with festive lights in them'
'My 11-year-old told me I’d been scammed'
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
[Hammers fist down on the Underwhelming Christmas Wonderland KLAXON]
WE GOT ONE!!!
WE GOT ONE!!!
Lovely to have something we can all watch as a family as well. Such a great, well-produced show.
Amazing finale on Race Across The World - it’s been a brilliant series, and the emotional development of the contestants was so beautiful to watch
December 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Lovely to have something we can all watch as a family as well. Such a great, well-produced show.
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Absolutely tremendous stuff from this week's Popbitch
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Absolutely tremendous stuff from this week's Popbitch
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[12hrs into my ice interrogation]
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
Want to travel to the US? You might have to give the Trump administration the last five years of your social media history.
US wants five years of some tourists' social media to enter the country
Digital rights advocates say it’s an affront to civil liberties.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
[12hrs into my ice interrogation]
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
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just found out that Lee Ryan of Blue fame voices a character in the Ice Age films. But specifically the Italian dubbed versions of the Ice Age films.
December 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
just found out that Lee Ryan of Blue fame voices a character in the Ice Age films. But specifically the Italian dubbed versions of the Ice Age films.
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Got the Radio Times today and already can’t wait for Christmas WILTY.
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Got the Radio Times today and already can’t wait for Christmas WILTY.
In Thailand, they type "555" because the Thai word for five is haa.
Back on Twitter, you knew it was a good joke when it started getting the jajas and the xaxaxas.
...mdr???
December 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In Thailand, they type "555" because the Thai word for five is haa.
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This won't be done by people, of course - it'll be farmed out to a badly-prompted AI which will scrape your history and get you locked up for using "trump" to mean "fart"
December 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This won't be done by people, of course - it'll be farmed out to a badly-prompted AI which will scrape your history and get you locked up for using "trump" to mean "fart"
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This is a great example of the @gralefrit.bsky.social observation that the funniest joke is the one told between family members in the front row of a funeral.
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is a great example of the @gralefrit.bsky.social observation that the funniest joke is the one told between family members in the front row of a funeral.
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Very excited to announce this. I hope you can join me then.
December 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Very excited to announce this. I hope you can join me then.
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Reminder that Channel 5 acquired the rights to Home & Away in 2000 by agreeing to an extraordinary lifetime deal with the Seven Network in Australia meaning they are locked into a contractual obligation to keep paying for Home & Away for as long as it exists.
First Neighbours, now Home & Away.
Australian soap reportedly moving to 5Star, and won't be shown on Channel 5
www.backtothebay.net/news/2025/12...
Australian soap reportedly moving to 5Star, and won't be shown on Channel 5
www.backtothebay.net/news/2025/12...
Home and Away dropped from Channel 5's main channel in schedule shakeup
For the first time since Home and Away moved to Channel 5 in July 2001, the soap will no longer air on the broadcaster's main channel.
www.backtothebay.net
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reminder that Channel 5 acquired the rights to Home & Away in 2000 by agreeing to an extraordinary lifetime deal with the Seven Network in Australia meaning they are locked into a contractual obligation to keep paying for Home & Away for as long as it exists.
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Made a 2026 World Cup schedule, with both local and UK fixture times on it. If that sort of thing is helpful to people.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
World Cup Schedule
docs.google.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Made a 2026 World Cup schedule, with both local and UK fixture times on it. If that sort of thing is helpful to people.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Huge news. 007 job share.
December 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Huge news. 007 job share.
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Now THAT is going down in a blaze of glory... just watch the last few minutes/seconds of this stream as the eruption gets closer and closer until eventually it kills the camera.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
December 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Now THAT is going down in a blaze of glory... just watch the last few minutes/seconds of this stream as the eruption gets closer and closer until eventually it kills the camera.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
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Channel 5 just showed a clip of Jimmy Tarbuck presenting ITV's All Star Comedy Carnival and not paying attention I thought I'd stumbled across a Christmas edition of In Bed With MeDinner
December 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Channel 5 just showed a clip of Jimmy Tarbuck presenting ITV's All Star Comedy Carnival and not paying attention I thought I'd stumbled across a Christmas edition of In Bed With MeDinner
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The mess is extraordinary, and has to be seen to be believed, but if you don't have any particular need to believe it, then don't go and look, because you won't enjoy it.
December 6, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The mess is extraordinary, and has to be seen to be believed, but if you don't have any particular need to believe it, then don't go and look, because you won't enjoy it.
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Lee Nelson couldn't make this worse.
December 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Lee Nelson couldn't make this worse.
This is one of the most embarrassing things to happen in football. And a LOT of embarrassing things have happened in football.
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is one of the most embarrassing things to happen in football. And a LOT of embarrassing things have happened in football.
I get the sense that, at least in my corner of the industry in the UK, of the three potential buyers of WBD Paramount would have been a bit more BAU, Comcast could have been a boost for Sky (and ITV?) but Netflix is a bit more worrying.
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I get the sense that, at least in my corner of the industry in the UK, of the three potential buyers of WBD Paramount would have been a bit more BAU, Comcast could have been a boost for Sky (and ITV?) but Netflix is a bit more worrying.