Simon Welton
@swelton.bsky.social
Maker of silly things - Horrible Histories, Horrible Science, Big Brother, The Big Breakfast, Sexy Beasts, Soccer Aid, News at 10. OK one is a lie.
This is such a good listen and something of a tonic. Would love to hear the two chatting again 👇
New #StrongMessageHere is up on #BBCSounds and indeed everywhere. Special guest Stewart Lee and I discuss politicians telling jokes and making TikTok videos attacking ‘weird Turkish barbers.’
June 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
This is such a good listen and something of a tonic. Would love to hear the two chatting again 👇
PSA - Prime has the original Miami Vice TV series. Blissful rewatch beginning now…
May 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
PSA - Prime has the original Miami Vice TV series. Blissful rewatch beginning now…
Horrible Science is up on the iPlayer in full for you now! We’ve been describing it as Horrible Histories’ weird little cousin - go take a look, laugh at some very silly things, absord some science!
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Horrible Science
Hilarious new characters, mind-boggling science facts, and Sir Isaac Newton on terrifying rollercoasters - science is about to get very horrible indeed!
www.bbc.co.uk
May 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Horrible Science is up on the iPlayer in full for you now! We’ve been describing it as Horrible Histories’ weird little cousin - go take a look, laugh at some very silly things, absord some science!
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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HORRIBLE SCIENCE DAYYYYYY!!! 15 episodes, here for you! Ave It! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Horrible Science
Hilarious new characters, mind-boggling science facts, and Sir Isaac Newton on terrifying rollercoasters - science is about to get very horrible indeed!
www.bbc.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
HORRIBLE SCIENCE DAYYYYYY!!! 15 episodes, here for you! Ave It! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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🚨 Update: The local elections are tomorrow, and Reform UK is trying hard to convince voters it’s a normal, mainstream party. But we’ve found yet more extreme candidates 👇
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🧵Reform UK is trying to convince voters ahead of the local elections that it is now “professional”. Farage has condemned union members who, he said, were “telling kids that Reform is a racist party”.
So we looked into some of Reform's candidates and here's what we found 👇
So we looked into some of Reform's candidates and here's what we found 👇
April 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🚨 Update: The local elections are tomorrow, and Reform UK is trying hard to convince voters it’s a normal, mainstream party. But we’ve found yet more extreme candidates 👇
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Katy Perry got into space but I can’t get to Norwich | Stewart Lee
Katy Perry got into space but I can’t get to Norwich | Stewart Lee
The pop star is back on Earth, the tech bros are wrecking everything, and my tour isn’t visiting that fine city of the east. Surely doomsday is nigh
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Katy Perry got into space but I can’t get to Norwich | Stewart Lee
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Done. Sneaky fuckers.
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April 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Done. Sneaky fuckers.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social can you help me out with this mystery bird that made its way onto the feeder for a second or so today, please? Is it a (tree) Pipit or a Dunnock, do you think? Many thanks for any wisdom!
March 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social can you help me out with this mystery bird that made its way onto the feeder for a second or so today, please? Is it a (tree) Pipit or a Dunnock, do you think? Many thanks for any wisdom!
What a fabulous bit of stuff this is?! #horriblehistories nominated for #baftatvawards and #baftacraftawards ! Incredibly proud of our amazing team, cast and crew who work so hard on it, and thanks to all at CBBC. Huzzah!
March 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
What a fabulous bit of stuff this is?! #horriblehistories nominated for #baftatvawards and #baftacraftawards ! Incredibly proud of our amazing team, cast and crew who work so hard on it, and thanks to all at CBBC. Huzzah!
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Reform UK leader has made at least nine trips abroad, incl eight to US, since elected Clacton MP in July, with many funded by donors or by paid employment like speeches.
Story by @rowenamason.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Story by @rowenamason.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Nigel Farage to speak at Trump fundraiser after 800 hours of non-MP work since election
Reform UK leader accused of neglecting Essex constituents, with eight trips to US since being elected MP in July
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Reform UK leader has made at least nine trips abroad, incl eight to US, since elected Clacton MP in July, with many funded by donors or by paid employment like speeches.
Story by @rowenamason.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Story by @rowenamason.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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NEW: Nigel Farage is once again in America to fundraise for Donald Trump’s Republican party, with latest data showing he’s spent more than 800 hours - the equivalent of 2.5 days a week - on outside employment since election.
March 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
NEW: Nigel Farage is once again in America to fundraise for Donald Trump’s Republican party, with latest data showing he’s spent more than 800 hours - the equivalent of 2.5 days a week - on outside employment since election.
@georgecaulkin.bsky.social listening to the Pod now - I’ve always viewed the Isak celebration name as ‘Jog On’? Kind of goes with the dismissive expression on his face he does at the same time? Like you, I’m also still figuring out how we react to Sunday, but wow!
March 20, 2025 at 7:49 AM
@georgecaulkin.bsky.social listening to the Pod now - I’ve always viewed the Isak celebration name as ‘Jog On’? Kind of goes with the dismissive expression on his face he does at the same time? Like you, I’m also still figuring out how we react to Sunday, but wow!
Today at 5.30pm on CBBC it’s another new #HorribleHistories - this time about “Enormous Empires”. Mid-battle diarrhoea, Genghis Khan teaching in a school, Golden noses, general relentless conquering and terrible, despotic behaviour - it’s all in there. Timely.
March 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Today at 5.30pm on CBBC it’s another new #HorribleHistories - this time about “Enormous Empires”. Mid-battle diarrhoea, Genghis Khan teaching in a school, Golden noses, general relentless conquering and terrible, despotic behaviour - it’s all in there. Timely.
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With only four people to whip, Lee has still managed to lose party discipline.
On the plus side, they'll all be able to fit in one taxi now.
On the plus side, they'll all be able to fit in one taxi now.
March 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
With only four people to whip, Lee has still managed to lose party discipline.
On the plus side, they'll all be able to fit in one taxi now.
On the plus side, they'll all be able to fit in one taxi now.
Another new #HorribleHistories at 5.30 today for you on CBBC - a look at Twisted Technology. Mobile phones, vibrating platforms that make you poop yourself, and the Nirvana x Thomas Edison collab you’ve been waiting for (in which I got to fulfill my teenage drum fantasies…)
March 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Another new #HorribleHistories at 5.30 today for you on CBBC - a look at Twisted Technology. Mobile phones, vibrating platforms that make you poop yourself, and the Nirvana x Thomas Edison collab you’ve been waiting for (in which I got to fulfill my teenage drum fantasies…)
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🚨 NEW from @dlhnh.bsky.social and me.
We have identified the man known as "Zoomer Historian", a Hitler-apologist content creator and Homeland Party activist with over 171,000 subscribers on YouTube.
Meet Sam Wilkes:
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/03/03/z...
We have identified the man known as "Zoomer Historian", a Hitler-apologist content creator and Homeland Party activist with over 171,000 subscribers on YouTube.
Meet Sam Wilkes:
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/03/03/z...
"Zoomer Historian" Unmasked: We name the Hitler apologist with a huge online following – HOPE not hate
HOPE not hate can reveal the identity of the “Zoomer Historian”, the extremist behind one of the largest Hitler apologist channels on YouTube, as the...
hopenothate.org.uk
March 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🚨 NEW from @dlhnh.bsky.social and me.
We have identified the man known as "Zoomer Historian", a Hitler-apologist content creator and Homeland Party activist with over 171,000 subscribers on YouTube.
Meet Sam Wilkes:
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/03/03/z...
We have identified the man known as "Zoomer Historian", a Hitler-apologist content creator and Homeland Party activist with over 171,000 subscribers on YouTube.
Meet Sam Wilkes:
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/03/03/z...
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The "reporter" asking why Zelensky never wears a suit is a propagandist by the name of Brian Glenn with "Real America's Voice TV", one of the propaganda outlets now front-and-centre in the White House press shop. More on Brian here: inews.co.uk/news/world/t...
Trump’s latest outrage against the media is right out of Putin’s playbook
Trump is punishing media that do not do his bidding - and killing America’s free press
inews.co.uk
February 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The "reporter" asking why Zelensky never wears a suit is a propagandist by the name of Brian Glenn with "Real America's Voice TV", one of the propaganda outlets now front-and-centre in the White House press shop. More on Brian here: inews.co.uk/news/world/t...
Another new #HorribleHistories today at 5.30pm on CBBC, this time looking at the History of our Terrible Transport. Contains one of my favourite Henry VIII sketches, some very cool old machines, and some very silly business.
February 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Another new #HorribleHistories today at 5.30pm on CBBC, this time looking at the History of our Terrible Transport. Contains one of my favourite Henry VIII sketches, some very cool old machines, and some very silly business.
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🚨Nigel Farage’s US Trip to Meet Elon Musk Was Partly Funded by a Convicted Felon.
The Reform UK leader also accepted £91,000 for four hours work as a “brand ambassador” for a Mayfair-based gold bullion firm
Here's my latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social ⤵️
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/26/n...
The Reform UK leader also accepted £91,000 for four hours work as a “brand ambassador” for a Mayfair-based gold bullion firm
Here's my latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social ⤵️
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/26/n...
Nigel Farage's US Trip to Meet Elon Musk Was Partly Funded by a Convicted Felon
The Reform UK leader also accepted £91,000 for four hours work as a "brand ambassador" for a Mayfair-based gold bullion firm
bylinetimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🚨Nigel Farage’s US Trip to Meet Elon Musk Was Partly Funded by a Convicted Felon.
The Reform UK leader also accepted £91,000 for four hours work as a “brand ambassador” for a Mayfair-based gold bullion firm
Here's my latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social ⤵️
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/26/n...
The Reform UK leader also accepted £91,000 for four hours work as a “brand ambassador” for a Mayfair-based gold bullion firm
Here's my latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social ⤵️
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/26/n...
These are great, btw 👇
New #StrongMessageHere is up, on #BBCSounds and all podcast platforms. This week: JD Vance, Europe, and ‘The threat from within.’
February 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
These are great, btw 👇
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A wonderful opportunity for two young people who don't have much by way of cash or connections to get started in (digital) media. I'm a trustee of the charity, founded to commemorate my great mate Andy, who wanted us to help kids like the one he used to be.
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our work | andytaylorfoundation.org
our work. DIGITAL INNOVATION BURSARY. We are proud to partner with the Royal Television Society on their Digital Innovation bursary scheme. We'll suppo ...
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February 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A wonderful opportunity for two young people who don't have much by way of cash or connections to get started in (digital) media. I'm a trustee of the charity, founded to commemorate my great mate Andy, who wanted us to help kids like the one he used to be.
andytaylorfoundation.org/our-work/?fb...
andytaylorfoundation.org/our-work/?fb...
One of my favourite eps of #HorribleHistories goes out today at 5.30 on #CBBC - a show all about some of History’s most ridiculous Rules. Peak silliness and factual idiocy, plus one of our best final songs…
February 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
One of my favourite eps of #HorribleHistories goes out today at 5.30 on #CBBC - a show all about some of History’s most ridiculous Rules. Peak silliness and factual idiocy, plus one of our best final songs…
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Good work George.
“there are Neville Chamberlain’s in every generation”
George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt
George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt
February 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Good work George.
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The new series of Horrible Histories started on Friday! I have written a sketch for the first episode about Alan Turing, one of the greatest minds of the 20th century, where his trousers keep falling down. Sorry Alan
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0027p7b
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0027p7b
Horrible Histories - Series 11: 1. Brilliant Brains
From taking man to the moon to figuring out how to get rid of a poo in a submarine, Mark Labbett joins Rattus for a look at some of history’s most brilliant brainboxes.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The new series of Horrible Histories started on Friday! I have written a sketch for the first episode about Alan Turing, one of the greatest minds of the 20th century, where his trousers keep falling down. Sorry Alan
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0027p7b
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0027p7b