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Helen Randle 💙💛
@helenrandle.bsky.social
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Television archivist. Will talk too much about Doctor Who and Blue Peter.
Enjoys comedy, drinking tea and eating cake. Occasional beekeeper.
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If you see this, post a TV ident.
August 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Everything stops for tea
Frame from Asterix in Britain, where the moustached red-headed Britons have stopped fighting the Romans to drink hot water (tea having not yet been discovered in Europe) at 5 o'clock.
July 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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*Starts looking at relocating to Shetland*
News headline which reads "Extreme weather is the UK's new normal, says Met Office"
July 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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similar results
July 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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A screen grab from Death Valley with Baxter, the pathologist, wearing a white crime scene suit with the hood up so just her face is visible. She's talking to DS Mallowan (who's out of shot) about the victim (also out of shot) who was a famous actor. The subtitles show Baxter's comment "Sounds wrong to say it, but I thought he was already dead".
July 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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No, love the Daleks!
July 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.
June 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Not as near as I'd like. Seems to be taking ages today. 😕 But the view is pretty.
June 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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What's your sign?
A rectangular bronze plaque with white writing that reads "on this site in 1897 nothing happened".
June 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Can someone please teach Channel 4 news about proper forms of address please?

It's Sir David, or David Attenborough. Never Sir Attenborough.

(But, yes to the ban destructive fishing methods.)
Screen grab of BlueSky post by Channel 4 News. Text reads: Sir Attenborough's new film calls for ban on destructive fishing methods
June 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Always listen to Billie
Screen capture of white text on a black background written about AI which says "Why memorize facts, write code, research anything - when a model can do it". At the side is two lines, written in orange, of the lyrics to a Billie (Piper) song - "Because we want to! Because we want to!"
April 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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It's a real thing
April 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Blimey! Brum's had some work done!
A cute little yellow soft-top vintage car with eyes instead of headlights
April 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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It's horrendous that attacks like this can happen to our trans community in Manchester. I thought this was a more tolerant city.
We had hoped today to be sharing news of a joyous day spent at our Trans Picnic in the Park community event, and whilst we were exceptionally glad to see everyone join us in sharing the sunshine and lovely food, we cannot ignore what also occurred yesterday. Two separate times during our picnic, sat peacefully in Platt Fields Park, we were approached by groups of young men, intent on harrassing, intimidating, and threatening our friends and picnic-goers. The first pair tore down a Progress Pride flag we had raised to show where we were to people coming to the event, and after threatening to violently assault one of our members with a knife, had his partner burn the flag infront of our group, before leaving. In the second incident another group of three men approached our picnic area, shouting abuse, and tore down the remaining Trans and Non-Binary pride flags that we had next to us, and ran off with them out of the park. Both of these incidents were reported immediately to the Police, but we do not expect any positive outcome from this. Whilst thankfully no one in our community was physically harmed, thanks in part to the intervention of several of our members, this blatant attack on our right to feel safe as a community is a disgusting display of the impunity and hatred with which parts of our society treat their trans siblings. This was an obvious attack on our community, perpetrated by those who know they will face no reprecussions for their attack, and Trans Mutual Aid Manchester cannot strongly enough condemn this sort of violent intimidation. To those outside the Trans community, we hope this can be something of a wake-up call to know the kind of rampant abuse we face by those who know they can attack us freely. Trans Mutual Aid Manchester will not stand for this, and we call on those outside our community to take steps to defend us, and to those within our community we promise that we will be taking increasing steps to ensure the safety and security of our ev…
April 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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But everyone knows *that* elephant episode was pre-recorded!

Do they not teach checking facts in journalism school?
Screen grab of a story from the Guardian with the headline "Farewell pooping elephants! Goodbye Shep on the spoons! It’s the sad end of an era for Blue Peter" and the text "After 67 years and many wild incidents etched on Britain’s collective memory, the world’s longest-running children’s TV show will stop going out live. Will it ever go viral again?". The story is illustrated with a black and white photo of presenters Peter Purves, Valerie Singleton and John Noakes in the Blue Peter studio with three elephants, none of whom are pooping on the floor.
March 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Do you think Boden's designer might be a fan of the Sixth Doctor?
March 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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I've never eaten a kebab. Does that mean I'm winning?
Headline from The Guardian saying "UK urged to act now on net zero - and skip two kebabs' worth of meat a week" below a picture of a kebab that's stuffed with half meat and half with limp looking lettuce.
February 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Spring is on the way. I have bought antihistamines.
February 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Have you ever seen this version of the story?
Poster for the film "Mrs 'arris goes to Paris" with an image of Omar Sharif and Angela Lansbury standing in front of the Eiffel Tower.
February 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Thinking of @janeygodley.bsky.social today. Thanks for being such an inspiration.
January 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Peter O'Toole in a very Doctor Who like outfit of a tweed jacket and a red bowtie and longer hair.
January 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Unless it's a partwork to build this Dalek, I'm not interested!
Black and white photo of Blue Peter presenter Christopher Trace with a not very accurate, but wearable child-sized Dalek model made out of cardboard and eggboxes.
January 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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For me it would have to be a Dalek story - Aardman clearly love them, as they keep popping up in Shaun the Sheep!
An image from the Shaun the Sheep episode Party Animals. One of the sheep has come to a fancy dress party as a Dalek, with a costume made out of bits of junk. Only the eyes of the sheep can be seen under a colander 'head'. The Dalek is trying, unsuccessfully, to go up some stairs.
January 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Just sharing this so in future I don't need to send messages to say I'm going to be late because of the train!

(From this article www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...)
Text from an article on train cancellations which reads "Of the 100 railway stations in Britain ranked busiest by the ORR, three of the five worst for cancellations were in Manchester: Manchester Victoria (9.5%), Manchester Oxford Road (8.1%) and Manchester Piccadilly (6.7%)."
December 20, 2024 at 11:25 AM
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Let's try #ReverseWhamageddon this year. Because it's a great song, and it still raises money for charity so deserves to be played more, not less.
Image detailing the rules of Reverse Whamageddon - basically the more you hear it in December, the more points you score
December 1, 2024 at 3:04 PM