Nicholas Meiklejohn
@nmeiklejohn.bsky.social
Writer | WGGB and BBC Audio Drama Awards nominee | Most recently SCHISM on BBC Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0028zy8?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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Drama on 4 - Life Rights - BBC Sounds
An unusual request sparks contradictory memories about the past.
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My audio drama LIFE RIGHTS is still available on BBC Sounds. It had the very good fortune to be directed by Gaynor Macfarlane and performed by Robert Jack and Sandy Grierson. Have a listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Three billion streaming services in the UK and not a single one showing The Pitt.
Let’s get this remedied - stat!
Let’s get this remedied - stat!
As I wrote in my review of Max’s The Pitt, it feels as if the collective bingeing of shows like ER and House during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic has finally paid off in a resurgence of the medical genre on television.
The 10 Best Medical Shows of All Time, Ranked
As I wrote in my review of Max’s The Pitt, it feels as if the collective bingeing of shows like ER and House during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic has finally paid off in a resurgence of the medical genre on television.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Three billion streaming services in the UK and not a single one showing The Pitt.
Let’s get this remedied - stat!
Let’s get this remedied - stat!
Big fan of Carol’s whiteboard penmanship.
November 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Big fan of Carol’s whiteboard penmanship.
Summerwater.
Channel 4.
Pleasingly strange.
Channel 4.
Pleasingly strange.
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Summerwater.
Channel 4.
Pleasingly strange.
Channel 4.
Pleasingly strange.
To Kill a Mockingbird at the Glasgow King’s was staggeringly good. Electrifying performances. Sorkin’s best in years.
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
To Kill a Mockingbird at the Glasgow King’s was staggeringly good. Electrifying performances. Sorkin’s best in years.
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The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
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RIP Drew Struzan
A master.
A master.
October 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
RIP Drew Struzan
A master.
A master.
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Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of "Annie Hall," the "Godfather" films and "The First Wives Club," among many others, has died. Watch her light up the screen in a few of her most iconic performances. Read more about her life and legacy: bit.ly/471G72Z
October 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of "Annie Hall," the "Godfather" films and "The First Wives Club," among many others, has died. Watch her light up the screen in a few of her most iconic performances. Read more about her life and legacy: bit.ly/471G72Z
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#REMtop30
#MusicChallenge
In addition to great album openers REM also have some absolutely wonderful album closers. This is one of their finest…
9. Find The River (Automatic For The People)
youtu.be/KIJGlTu5sEI?...
#MusicChallenge
In addition to great album openers REM also have some absolutely wonderful album closers. This is one of their finest…
9. Find The River (Automatic For The People)
youtu.be/KIJGlTu5sEI?...
R.E.M. - Find The River (Official Music Video) [Parallel Video Version]
YouTube video by remhq
youtu.be
September 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
#REMtop30
#MusicChallenge
In addition to great album openers REM also have some absolutely wonderful album closers. This is one of their finest…
9. Find The River (Automatic For The People)
youtu.be/KIJGlTu5sEI?...
#MusicChallenge
In addition to great album openers REM also have some absolutely wonderful album closers. This is one of their finest…
9. Find The River (Automatic For The People)
youtu.be/KIJGlTu5sEI?...
What Interstellar Fleet fan could resist this definitely officially licensed merch, featuring the famously one-engined ship at the heart of its adventures?
September 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
What Interstellar Fleet fan could resist this definitely officially licensed merch, featuring the famously one-engined ship at the heart of its adventures?
Is this a bit from a new Verhoeven movie?
Fox News host on mentally ill people who commit crimes: “Just kill them”
www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...
www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...
September 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Is this a bit from a new Verhoeven movie?
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If you STILL cannot hear Sia’s “Breathe Me” without bursting into tears, you might have one very specific television finale on your mind. Twenty years ago today, we bid farewell to the Fisher family as Alan Ball’s masterful SIX FEET UNDER wrapped up its five season run.
August 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
If you STILL cannot hear Sia’s “Breathe Me” without bursting into tears, you might have one very specific television finale on your mind. Twenty years ago today, we bid farewell to the Fisher family as Alan Ball’s masterful SIX FEET UNDER wrapped up its five season run.
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RIP George Wendt
Cheers | S08E14 cold open | "They've even changed the panelling"
YouTube video by JHew
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May 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
RIP George Wendt
Bit harsh, MUBI.
May 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Bit harsh, MUBI.
Never met a mix of this song I didn’t like.
📡 Broadcasting a new signal
On the eve of #WorldPressFreedomDay, R.E.M. is proud to announce Radio Free Europe 2025—a five-track benefit EP saluting 75 years of RFE/RL’s fearless journalism. Watch the full Dispatch video + learn more about Jacknife Lee and Mitch Easter RFE remixes
ffm.to/remrfe2025
On the eve of #WorldPressFreedomDay, R.E.M. is proud to announce Radio Free Europe 2025—a five-track benefit EP saluting 75 years of RFE/RL’s fearless journalism. Watch the full Dispatch video + learn more about Jacknife Lee and Mitch Easter RFE remixes
ffm.to/remrfe2025
May 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Never met a mix of this song I didn’t like.
JUST ACT NORMAL.
Funny. Sad. Weird. Unsettling. Brilliant.
Mesmerising performances. Magnificent script from @janiceokoh.bsky.social. A tone all of its own.
Funny. Sad. Weird. Unsettling. Brilliant.
Mesmerising performances. Magnificent script from @janiceokoh.bsky.social. A tone all of its own.
Just Act Normal - Series 1: Episode 1
Tiana, Tionne and Tanika try to live life under the radar after their mum seemingly disappears, but when her drug dealer arrives demanding money, their secret risks being exposed.
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April 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
JUST ACT NORMAL.
Funny. Sad. Weird. Unsettling. Brilliant.
Mesmerising performances. Magnificent script from @janiceokoh.bsky.social. A tone all of its own.
Funny. Sad. Weird. Unsettling. Brilliant.
Mesmerising performances. Magnificent script from @janiceokoh.bsky.social. A tone all of its own.
My audio drama LIFE RIGHTS is still available on BBC Sounds. It had the very good fortune to be directed by Gaynor Macfarlane and performed by Robert Jack and Sandy Grierson. Have a listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Drama on 4 - Life Rights - BBC Sounds
An unusual request sparks contradictory memories about the past.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
My audio drama LIFE RIGHTS is still available on BBC Sounds. It had the very good fortune to be directed by Gaynor Macfarlane and performed by Robert Jack and Sandy Grierson. Have a listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Reposted by Nicholas Meiklejohn
An important piece in today’s Observer from Katie Hims on why cuts to audio drama are so damaging - to writers, audiences and the wider cultural ecosystem in the UK
We continue to campaign to Save Audio Drama at the BBC #SADatTheBBC
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
We continue to campaign to Save Audio Drama at the BBC #SADatTheBBC
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
BBC radio drama is in grave danger. Without it we may lose the next generation of writing talent
Hundreds of hours of original plays have been cut from the corporation’s programming in recent years. If the trend continues, a valuable training ground for writers will be lost
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
An important piece in today’s Observer from Katie Hims on why cuts to audio drama are so damaging - to writers, audiences and the wider cultural ecosystem in the UK
We continue to campaign to Save Audio Drama at the BBC #SADatTheBBC
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
We continue to campaign to Save Audio Drama at the BBC #SADatTheBBC
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...