Matthew Broughton
@broughton500.bsky.social
Martin Parr RIP
December 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Martin Parr RIP
"all just laws condemn cruelty"
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"all just laws condemn cruelty"
As an aspiring Playwright, when I was 15, i wrote to Tom Stoppard and then had a correspondence with him - he couldn't have been more charming and supportive to someone who he didn't know. He was a great man. And then there's this:
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
As an aspiring Playwright, when I was 15, i wrote to Tom Stoppard and then had a correspondence with him - he couldn't have been more charming and supportive to someone who he didn't know. He was a great man. And then there's this:
"I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like."
November 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like."
I was staring at a crumbling ancient brick wall with wooden stops holding it up - and the words 'flying buttress' came into my head - words i haven't heard, used, or thought about for years - and yet they're words lurking in my subconscious ready to surprise. Language is an incredible facility.
November 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I was staring at a crumbling ancient brick wall with wooden stops holding it up - and the words 'flying buttress' came into my head - words i haven't heard, used, or thought about for years - and yet they're words lurking in my subconscious ready to surprise. Language is an incredible facility.
this is brilliant: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0it...
1969: Marty Feldman - What is Comedy? | One Pair of Eyes | Comedy Icons | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
this is brilliant: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0it...
Enjoying the double bill of vintage comb over quizzes on bbc four
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Enjoying the double bill of vintage comb over quizzes on bbc four
THE DAGENHAM PORKCHOP
- is on at 2.15pm today on BBC Radio 4. (And on BBC Sounds afterward.)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- is on at 2.15pm today on BBC Radio 4. (And on BBC Sounds afterward.)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, The Dagenham Porkchop
Drama by Matthew Broughton. Ronny 'The Porkchop' is an old wrestler with a painful past.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
THE DAGENHAM PORKCHOP
- is on at 2.15pm today on BBC Radio 4. (And on BBC Sounds afterward.)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- is on at 2.15pm today on BBC Radio 4. (And on BBC Sounds afterward.)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Reposted by Matthew Broughton
New drama: The Dagenham Porkchop by @broughton500.bsky.social 1415 today @BBCRadio4 Ronny 'The Dagenham Porkchop' is an old wrestler with a painful past. Stars Robert Glenister, Ron Cook, Holli Dempsey & Lisa Palfrey. Sound by Nigel Lewis. Directed by John Norton www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, The Dagenham Porkchop
Drama by Matthew Broughton. Ronny 'The Porkchop' is an old wrestler with a painful past.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
New drama: The Dagenham Porkchop by @broughton500.bsky.social 1415 today @BBCRadio4 Ronny 'The Dagenham Porkchop' is an old wrestler with a painful past. Stars Robert Glenister, Ron Cook, Holli Dempsey & Lisa Palfrey. Sound by Nigel Lewis. Directed by John Norton www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Saw The Weir tonight (25+ years after last seeing it on its premier.). Recommended.
November 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Saw The Weir tonight (25+ years after last seeing it on its premier.). Recommended.
the forbidden portal
October 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
the forbidden portal
The Chair Company is making me laugh a lot
October 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The Chair Company is making me laugh a lot
Last night’s dream - scuba diving in a small muddy pond
October 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Last night’s dream - scuba diving in a small muddy pond
In Cardiff BBC Studio - day one of recording
September 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
In Cardiff BBC Studio - day one of recording
The Mall tonight
September 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The Mall tonight
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
There's a 6-part drama series in this.
September 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
There's a 6-part drama series in this.