Ian Potter
@ianzpotter.bsky.social
Writes, talks, listens, reads. Not always in that order.
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Bold early pitch for next director general of the BBC here
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Bold early pitch for next director general of the BBC here
To begin at the beginning, no one would have believed in the last limping years of the lulled and dumbfounded nineteenth century that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of Bible black Space...
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
To begin at the beginning, no one would have believed in the last limping years of the lulled and dumbfounded nineteenth century that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of Bible black Space...
Good morning, new followers. Welcome to my circus of inadequacy. Prepare for disappointment.
November 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Good morning, new followers. Welcome to my circus of inadequacy. Prepare for disappointment.
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
Author Nancy Friday was often frustrated in her attempts to collect women's sexual fantasies for publication by her husband Joe repeatedly butting in to say "Just the facts, ma'am."
#OneForTheTeenagers
#YesIKnowHeNeverQuiteSaidItAndThatShortVersionWasStanFreberg
#OneForTheTeenagers
#YesIKnowHeNeverQuiteSaidItAndThatShortVersionWasStanFreberg
a black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie
Alt: It's Joe Friday from TV's Dragnet.
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Author Nancy Friday was often frustrated in her attempts to collect women's sexual fantasies for publication by her husband Joe repeatedly butting in to say "Just the facts, ma'am."
#OneForTheTeenagers
#YesIKnowHeNeverQuiteSaidItAndThatShortVersionWasStanFreberg
#OneForTheTeenagers
#YesIKnowHeNeverQuiteSaidItAndThatShortVersionWasStanFreberg
Me perpetually: Oh that sounds an interesting read. Oh, it's a podcast.
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Me perpetually: Oh that sounds an interesting read. Oh, it's a podcast.
Breaking news- The World Service, BBC Alba, The Third Programme and Radio 5 Olympics Extra all now remember having a totally innocent sports massage one night after Squash 'round at Jeffrey's.
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Breaking news- The World Service, BBC Alba, The Third Programme and Radio 5 Olympics Extra all now remember having a totally innocent sports massage one night after Squash 'round at Jeffrey's.
I should like some good news.
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I should like some good news.
As one becomes older, the rage about uPVC windows and inaccurate military uniform buttons in period dramas, that you once mocked Points of View correspondents for, finds its way into your heart, only now you're angry that Barry Noble's Roxy night club has been badly misrepresented on BBC TWO.
Pippa Durham, 38, was looking forward to a new six-part series billed as a bodice-ripping retelling of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. However, she spotted a 20th-century doorknob in the background of one of the shots and has been livid ever since.
Autistic woman watching period drama driven to madness by inauthentic doorknobs
An autistic woman watching a period drama has been driven to distraction after catching several glimpses of a modern doorknob, it has been reported. Pippa Durham, 38, was looking forward to a new…
thedailytism.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
As one becomes older, the rage about uPVC windows and inaccurate military uniform buttons in period dramas, that you once mocked Points of View correspondents for, finds its way into your heart, only now you're angry that Barry Noble's Roxy night club has been badly misrepresented on BBC TWO.
This morning, Sunday, Radio 4's religiously inclined cousin to the Today programme casually revealed the 1970s post boy charged with handling the rats in formaldehyde that the Boomtown Rats wanted to distribute across the US as a publicity stunt is now Pope Leo XIV. I'm sure I didn't dream this.
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
This morning, Sunday, Radio 4's religiously inclined cousin to the Today programme casually revealed the 1970s post boy charged with handling the rats in formaldehyde that the Boomtown Rats wanted to distribute across the US as a publicity stunt is now Pope Leo XIV. I'm sure I didn't dream this.
Recently, of a bedtime I've been idly flicking through Richard Marson's JN-T book. It's a big sad saga...
There's no way Marson doesn't have a shrewd idea of who the untraceable person Eric gives the initials AW to (who John later remembers as AR) might be. He just wants us to say it.
There's no way Marson doesn't have a shrewd idea of who the untraceable person Eric gives the initials AW to (who John later remembers as AR) might be. He just wants us to say it.
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Recently, of a bedtime I've been idly flicking through Richard Marson's JN-T book. It's a big sad saga...
There's no way Marson doesn't have a shrewd idea of who the untraceable person Eric gives the initials AW to (who John later remembers as AR) might be. He just wants us to say it.
There's no way Marson doesn't have a shrewd idea of who the untraceable person Eric gives the initials AW to (who John later remembers as AR) might be. He just wants us to say it.
I learned about Watson and Crick from a 1979 radio comedy sketch by Marshall and Renwick "Watson and Crick at the BBC" which satirised the BBC showing old Morecambe and Wise compilations to diminish the impact of their defection to Thames TV. It was exactly as tantalisingly oblique as you'd hope.
I learned about Watson and Crick and DNA in the 9th grade...But I learned about the double helix first from "Doctor Who", and "Kinda".
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James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97
Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died. He was 97.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I learned about Watson and Crick from a 1979 radio comedy sketch by Marshall and Renwick "Watson and Crick at the BBC" which satirised the BBC showing old Morecambe and Wise compilations to diminish the impact of their defection to Thames TV. It was exactly as tantalisingly oblique as you'd hope.
Tony Harrison is effing, jeffing and crucially ceffing on my Radio 4 right now.
November 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Tony Harrison is effing, jeffing and crucially ceffing on my Radio 4 right now.
Loved Pauline Collins. The Aldertons, full stop in fact.
So sad.
So sad.
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Loved Pauline Collins. The Aldertons, full stop in fact.
So sad.
So sad.
Today, I read of "the planet Vapuron, the land of mists" for, I think, the first time and felt a pang of sadness at never getting to mock it before.
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Today, I read of "the planet Vapuron, the land of mists" for, I think, the first time and felt a pang of sadness at never getting to mock it before.
Social change moves slowly and unevenly here in the sticks.
Old lady in wheelchair choosing Xmas cards.
"Sister and Sister-in-law..."
Her adult daughter, "Well, that's daft!"
Old lady in wheelchair choosing Xmas cards.
"Sister and Sister-in-law..."
Her adult daughter, "Well, that's daft!"
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Social change moves slowly and unevenly here in the sticks.
Old lady in wheelchair choosing Xmas cards.
"Sister and Sister-in-law..."
Her adult daughter, "Well, that's daft!"
Old lady in wheelchair choosing Xmas cards.
"Sister and Sister-in-law..."
Her adult daughter, "Well, that's daft!"
One for stand ups, and for people who aren't stand ups, and for men and for women and anyone else.
A little short story from me. Miss Havisham's Bathroom.
vocal.media/fiction/miss...
vocal.media/fiction/miss...
Miss Havisham's Bathroom
A Forgotten Room
vocal.media
November 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
One for stand ups, and for people who aren't stand ups, and for men and for women and anyone else.
I don't know if you've read the new report on confirmation bias yet, but it's pretty much what you'd expect.
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I don't know if you've read the new report on confirmation bias yet, but it's pretty much what you'd expect.
@blackbrighttheatre.bsky.social Enjoyed Birdwatching last night and thought you might enjoy this version of your intro song Hares on the Mountain by the great Sheffield duo Summerisle... :) summerisleuk.bandcamp.com/track/hares-...
Hares on the Mountain, by Summerisle
from the album Circle
summerisleuk.bandcamp.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
@blackbrighttheatre.bsky.social Enjoyed Birdwatching last night and thought you might enjoy this version of your intro song Hares on the Mountain by the great Sheffield duo Summerisle... :) summerisleuk.bandcamp.com/track/hares-...
Current Christmas advert scores:
Carrot wedding- horror,
Grinch shopping- horror,
Wise child supermarket thingummy with Beach Boys soundtrack- skin rash,
Cheapo jewellery with Beach Boys soundtrack and schmaltzy sentiment- actually quite sweet.
Carrot wedding- horror,
Grinch shopping- horror,
Wise child supermarket thingummy with Beach Boys soundtrack- skin rash,
Cheapo jewellery with Beach Boys soundtrack and schmaltzy sentiment- actually quite sweet.
November 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Current Christmas advert scores:
Carrot wedding- horror,
Grinch shopping- horror,
Wise child supermarket thingummy with Beach Boys soundtrack- skin rash,
Cheapo jewellery with Beach Boys soundtrack and schmaltzy sentiment- actually quite sweet.
Carrot wedding- horror,
Grinch shopping- horror,
Wise child supermarket thingummy with Beach Boys soundtrack- skin rash,
Cheapo jewellery with Beach Boys soundtrack and schmaltzy sentiment- actually quite sweet.
I've had a ridiculously good morning. I thought you should know someone has.
#RunBore Shorter run but I got to 9.9kmph which I normally don't. Top running tune- Yes Sir, I Can Boogie by Baccara, a paean to unbridled female desire with a pinch from Don't Leave Me This Way with extra moans at the top.
#RunBore Shorter run but I got to 9.9kmph which I normally don't. Top running tune- Yes Sir, I Can Boogie by Baccara, a paean to unbridled female desire with a pinch from Don't Leave Me This Way with extra moans at the top.
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I've had a ridiculously good morning. I thought you should know someone has.
#RunBore Shorter run but I got to 9.9kmph which I normally don't. Top running tune- Yes Sir, I Can Boogie by Baccara, a paean to unbridled female desire with a pinch from Don't Leave Me This Way with extra moans at the top.
#RunBore Shorter run but I got to 9.9kmph which I normally don't. Top running tune- Yes Sir, I Can Boogie by Baccara, a paean to unbridled female desire with a pinch from Don't Leave Me This Way with extra moans at the top.
Does "God Only Knows" play hardball with its various suitors, setting one against the other, when deciding which adverts to be in, or do Mr Telly Provider and Mr Supermarket do all the running, waltzing in with massive cheques and boxes of chockies behind their backs?
November 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Does "God Only Knows" play hardball with its various suitors, setting one against the other, when deciding which adverts to be in, or do Mr Telly Provider and Mr Supermarket do all the running, waltzing in with massive cheques and boxes of chockies behind their backs?
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If you enjoyed this chair, then you should check out @thetimdickinson.bsky.social’s fantastic blog.
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November 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If you enjoyed this chair, then you should check out @thetimdickinson.bsky.social’s fantastic blog.
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Dear Reality- remaking Kind Hearts and Coronets but with a stupid lead you can't root for is an absolutely terrible idea.
October 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Dear Reality- remaking Kind Hearts and Coronets but with a stupid lead you can't root for is an absolutely terrible idea.
Anyway, I was at university with the partner of someone who's recently been on telly. Didn't know them beyond reputation (friend of a friend stuff), but I did know they seemed to have made a number of pretty unwise decisions... to which I fear I must now add their partner.
October 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Anyway, I was at university with the partner of someone who's recently been on telly. Didn't know them beyond reputation (friend of a friend stuff), but I did know they seemed to have made a number of pretty unwise decisions... to which I fear I must now add their partner.