New! Georgy Jamieson (@georgyjamieson.bsky.social) is back for a chat about the EKCO Hostess Trolley, Terry’s Spartan, A Sharp Intake Of Breath, John Cleese’s How To Win Holes By Influencing People, Charlie Chester’s Sunday Soapbox and more...

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New! It's 1984, and for Doctor Who it's a year of two Doctors - and they're starting to look at risk of outnumbering the viewers...

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The wait is almost over. We kick off series seven on Wednesday with the Stephen Merchant directed Fighting with my Family.
Joining @robertcheath.bsky.social and @guy-e-walker.bsky.social is one half of @thehouseofsplain.bsky.social
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Will all three of us be on the same...Paige?

Watch - BBC Schools factual miscellany outlining scientific concepts, geographic expansion and putative historical veracity of myths and legends through the medium of songs, films, dramatised segments and - usually - cutting up paper plates with scissors.

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Skirrid, you say?

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I should take advantage of the opportunity here to say that I have a book. It’s sold considerably more than 106 copies but I would definitely like to sell some more and if you hate everything Braverman stands for, you’ll enjoy it. geni.us/BreakingMicW...

From Kenneth Williams spoofing arts documentaries to Armando Iannucci's interval talks, it's The Larks Ascending - a guide to comedy on BBC Radio 3. Paperback or Kindle from here!

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My favourite playground urban myth was always the purported existence of 'bloodsuckers' - worms that would drain your body in contact, causing en masse clambering on walls if one was 'spotted'. What unlikely rumours did the rounds at your school?

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Staggering now to think just how MASSIVE the early nineties Thunderbirds (and Stingray - Joe 90 never quite took off) revival was, inspired by little more than opportunistic repeats. The Blue Peter Tracy Island alone could probably never happen in the same way now.
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You don't seem to hear David Essex's big seventies hits on the radio very much any more - which is a shame as they are, as the young people would have it - 'proper bangers'.

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Army And Navy Sweets - the harsh-tasting cough-loosening hardcore choice of anyone who wants to test their Pick'n'Mix tolerance to the limits. Probably a safer option to stick with Flying Saucers.

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What else was on television - and radio - on the same evening as the third episode of 1965 Doctor Who story Galaxy 4? I had a look here, and it turns out there was WAY too much politics on even back then...

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VisionQuest starts this week and it looks like it's going to pick up on a few plot strands from Agatha All Along. If you want to refresh your memory without having to watch the whole thing again, here's me and @unamccormack.bsky.social on The Coven Of Chaos...

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