Dr Tom May
dreamcargoes.bsky.social
Dr Tom May
@dreamcargoes.bsky.social
Television historian, writing a book about Play for Today (BBC1, 1970-84). Associate Lecturer, Northumbria University. Book Reviews Admin for Critical Studies in Television journal.
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Hmmm….or because a far right agenda suits wealthy media owners as a vehicle for protecting their money?
November 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This all reminds me how the BBC remains a cultural portal for the good, introducing me to unfamiliar music, voices and sounds. All life is here, including a Suffolk hip hop song sagely referencing Sir Bobby Robson! :
#pluralism #BBC
open.spotify.com/playlist/1AP... (2)
Later... with Introducing Unclassified
open.spotify.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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No matter how far right some politicians drift, the BBC continue to court them, it’s incomprehensible to me. Michael Gove never seems to be off their guest list. I’ve heard him twice this week alone and he’s never asked awkward questions about approving racist articles like these. #r4today #bbcpm
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Did it even end 'The Largest Theatre in the World' intra-national TV experiment on its own?! Pure speculation, of course, but I haven't really ever got to the bottom of that one...

And I'm assuming there weren't (m)any other iterations of this in other countries & languages?! (so, unlike The Lie)
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Utterly baffling, but well, that epic monologue that Ackland delivers to a worm is never really going to entirely leave my noggin!
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Catchpenny Twist (w Stewart Parker, 1977)
Two Belfast songwriters work their way up from penning sectarian martyrdom ballads, through jingles for frozen chicken meals, to the giddy heights of Eurovision.
August 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM