@cameronyardejnr.bsky.social
The same nonsense that was on X but in fewer posts.
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
Exactly 75 years ago today, BBC Television began regular broadcasting at Saturday teatimes with the very first episode of Whirligig, one of its first well-known, long-running childrenβs shows.
To mark the occasion, Iβve written a feature for the BBC website.
But if youβd like to know moreβ¦ (1/3)
My son (who hasn't watched #EastEnders since Christmas): Why is that blonde one STILL in hospital?
26.11.2025 19:40 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0Shows like Whirligig seemed lost to ancient history even when people wistfully mentioned them in the eighties, so it's always a thrill to watch a documentary that makes them feel just that bit closer to the world as we still know it now. Hugely entertaining. Plus Stranger From Space content!
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Exactly 75 years ago, BBC Television had just begun regular broadcasting at Saturday teatimes, with the opening episode of Whirligig at 5pm.
We all know what happened 13 years later - but how does this story begin...?
Here's my first ever YouTube TV history video - The Story of Whirligig:
Four articulated buses blocking each other in a roundabout making them stuck.
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
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BBC reportedly developing reboot of classic children's drama #GrangeHill. More details:
www.tvzoneuk.com/post/grangeh...
Much as I used to love Grange Hill, the revival of Waterloo Road is now doing this job. Really well, I have to say.
24.11.2025 19:47 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 4 π 0@cameronyardejnr.bsky.social A new series of Grange Hill is going to be made. Apparently...https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/iconic-bbc-kids-tv-series-36301821
25.11.2025 13:29 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0WHAAAAAAAT!?! π€―π€―π€―π€―
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Was sent this on Instagram and I now want to see this version of An Inspector Calls with RenΓ© from 'Allo, 'Allo! The only thing that would make this better is if the inspector calling was Crabtree the policeman! π
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Was sent this on Instagram and I now want to see this version of An Inspector Calls with RenΓ© from 'Allo, 'Allo! The only thing that would make this better is if the inspector calling was Crabtree the policeman! π
23.11.2025 16:27 β π 41 π 7 π¬ 2 π 0They heard you! π
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Happy Doctor Who Day! - wish we had more to get excited about tho.....a missing episodes announcement wouldn't go amiss? Or even a release date for the series 10 soundtrack? #GettingDesperate
23.11.2025 09:47 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Red Dwarf night.
22.11.2025 21:54 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0That Friday night comedy zone on BBC2 at the time was:
Not the Nine O'Clock News compilations / special Day Today bits as a five-minute filler / Coogan's Run / Have I Got News for You.
And there was Frasier and Clive Anderson Talks Back on Channel 4 as well.
Get Stuffed - negative-budget small hours camera-bigger-than-room ITV filler with roster of students showing how to smash instant noodles, Primula and Schwartz chilli con carne seasoning together into something allegedly edible and still have change from 20p.
timworthington.org/2019/10/03/l...
Your reminder that actual adults calling it βThe Premβ without any hint of embarrassment are basically
22.11.2025 21:30 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0When Frank Muir died some of the obits were obnoxious about him for no clear reason. The Frank Muir Book is lovely and he clearly spent a lot of time in the London Library putting it together.
22.11.2025 09:59 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Mitch Benn joins me for a chat about Stars by Hear'n'Aid, Into Infinity, The Humanoid, A Man Called Sloane, BusyBodies, bands that only seemed to exist on children's television and more.
timworthington.org/2023/10/30/l...
Not this season.
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Warren
Weekend catch-up: The writer behind one of the most slated sitcoms in recent times has told of the βhorrendousβ abuse he received β including death threats. http://dlvr.it/TPPvsd
22.11.2025 15:07 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 4I BLOODY SAID ON TWITTER AT THE TIME THAT IT SHOULD HAVE HAD A STUDIO AUDIENCE, AND THE WRITER AGREES
22.11.2025 15:38 β π 12 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0The last time an Ashes test finished in 2 days was 1921!
22.11.2025 10:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Throwback to when I added more sound fx to make this worse.
22.11.2025 10:40 β π 352 π 109 π¬ 20 π 12Over already. What a madness!
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