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· Sep 14
On your telly stand two ladies: The Liver Birds - Comedy Rewind - British Comedy Guide
One of the most popular sitcoms of the 1970s, The Liver Birds is often overlooked today, but played a significant, boundary-breaking role in representing women in television comedy.
www.comedy.co.uk
Wrote an article about The Liver Birds for the British Comedy Guide: www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...
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We really have reached peak Pres Cafe
December 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
We really have reached peak Pres Cafe
I put on an episode of Late Junction last night and while the music was mostly not gr8 it did make me nostalgic for a time not so long ago when I had any patience at all for experimental music.
December 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I put on an episode of Late Junction last night and while the music was mostly not gr8 it did make me nostalgic for a time not so long ago when I had any patience at all for experimental music.
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
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The “Person who wants a political party to lose describes what that political party must do to win” genre of article is just incredibly insulting to everyone’s intelligence yet it will persist until the end of time
November 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The “Person who wants a political party to lose describes what that political party must do to win” genre of article is just incredibly insulting to everyone’s intelligence yet it will persist until the end of time
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Before you say it I know I've written the card upside down.
October 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Before you say it I know I've written the card upside down.
I've started re-watching Hammer House of Horror and I always love the combination of this title sequence, and all its dread and melancholy, with how stupid the programme is.
October 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I've started re-watching Hammer House of Horror and I always love the combination of this title sequence, and all its dread and melancholy, with how stupid the programme is.
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'I never speak behind people's backs. If I've anything nasty to say, I pop it on a postcard.' RIP Patricia 'Kitty' Routledge.
October 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
'I never speak behind people's backs. If I've anything nasty to say, I pop it on a postcard.' RIP Patricia 'Kitty' Routledge.
Every day of September I watched an episode of Horizon. These were the best ones: www.imdb.com/list/ls41501...
Best episodes of Horizon
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October 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Every day of September I watched an episode of Horizon. These were the best ones: www.imdb.com/list/ls41501...
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The War on Science
YouTube video by Shaun
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September 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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It was a pleasure to be asked by Stewart Lee and producer Miles Warde to sit in as the 'expert' on Great Lives this coming Monday at 3pm on BBC Radio 4, to celebrate Derek Bailey.
Our chance to honour him. No idea how it will come out, but we did our best.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Our chance to honour him. No idea how it will come out, but we did our best.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
September 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It was a pleasure to be asked by Stewart Lee and producer Miles Warde to sit in as the 'expert' on Great Lives this coming Monday at 3pm on BBC Radio 4, to celebrate Derek Bailey.
Our chance to honour him. No idea how it will come out, but we did our best.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Our chance to honour him. No idea how it will come out, but we did our best.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Wrote an article about The Liver Birds for the British Comedy Guide: www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...
On your telly stand two ladies: The Liver Birds - Comedy Rewind - British Comedy Guide
One of the most popular sitcoms of the 1970s, The Liver Birds is often overlooked today, but played a significant, boundary-breaking role in representing women in television comedy.
www.comedy.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Wrote an article about The Liver Birds for the British Comedy Guide: www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...
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A new episode of World of Telly is out now! It's a rabies special featuring the 1983 BBC drama The Mad Death, as well as some sidesteps to Doomwatch, Survivors and Z-Cars. Available now wherever you get your podcasts.
September 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A new episode of World of Telly is out now! It's a rabies special featuring the 1983 BBC drama The Mad Death, as well as some sidesteps to Doomwatch, Survivors and Z-Cars. Available now wherever you get your podcasts.
@skillagesteve.bsky.social The last 30 seconds of this programme is repeated after it ends (I tried the iPlayer 'contact us' page but it says the programme transmission date needs to be from this year?) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Horizon - 1982-1983: Killer in the Village
First transmitted in 1983, Horizon traces the spread of a newly identified disease, AIDS, across America. It asks if the seeds of a spreading epidemic had already reached London.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
@skillagesteve.bsky.social The last 30 seconds of this programme is repeated after it ends (I tried the iPlayer 'contact us' page but it says the programme transmission date needs to be from this year?) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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In an extract from a new essay collection exploring the inglorious cultural lives of Sir Keir Starmer KC, Joe Kennedy examines how the Labour leader’s background has been used to foreground bogus notions of class identity.
Son of a Toolmaker
In an extract from a new essay collection, Joe Kennedy examines how Keir Starmer's background has been used to foreground bogus notions of class identity.
tribunemag.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
In an extract from a new essay collection exploring the inglorious cultural lives of Sir Keir Starmer KC, Joe Kennedy examines how the Labour leader’s background has been used to foreground bogus notions of class identity.
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A new episode of World of Telly is out now. This week we look at Lynda La Plante's 1998 techno thriller, Killer Net: youtu.be/moaOgpeA9LY (Audio version available where you get your podcasts).
World of Telly Episode 8: Killer Net
YouTube video by World of Telly
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July 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A new episode of World of Telly is out now. This week we look at Lynda La Plante's 1998 techno thriller, Killer Net: youtu.be/moaOgpeA9LY (Audio version available where you get your podcasts).
