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Radio Bloke - both sides of the glass! Studio Director- BBC World Service / Radio 4 / 5 Live - knob twiddling and clock watching! Salisbury Radio πŸ“» Sat & Sun 7am BBC Radio Solent - could happen again I guess?

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RIP Rob Grant. πŸ˜”

Co-creator of Red Dwarf with Doug Naylor, wrote for Spitting Image with Doug in its early years including The Chicken Song and wrote on the excellent Carrott's Lib. That's not just a career, that's a legacy. ganymede.tv/2026/02/rob-gr…

26.02.2026 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant dies - British Comedy Guide Rob Grant, the co-creator of Red Dwarf, has died suddenly.

Rob Grant, the co-creator of Red Dwarf, has died. "A great loss to his family, friends and comedy fans across the world".

www.comedy.co.uk/people/news/...

26.02.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 179    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 45

Properly gutted to hear this. Red Dwarf WAS my teenage years - I still know every line of every episode of the Grant Naylor originals!

I'm so sad he and Doug apparently never reconciled.

26.02.2026 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You won't believe what Wizbit is doing now.

20.02.2026 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

There's a lot of news around today but THIS is the bit I'm most excited about.

19.02.2026 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, bloody nora! #TheArchers πŸ€•πŸΎ

12.02.2026 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch The Muppet Show | Disney+ "The Muppet Show" is back in the original Muppet Theatre with special guest star Sabrina Carpenter!

2 things that cheered me up today - some sunshine after the endless deluge and the return of the Muppets - loved it!

(Also my Sertraline kicking in!)

www.disneyplus.com/browse/entit...

04.02.2026 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Sir Clive Sinclair in a C5, looking pleased

Sir Clive Sinclair in a C5, looking pleased

I liked it better when tech entrepreneurs looked like this.

30.01.2026 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 306    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 6

Absolutely SAME.

20.01.2026 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Just the pod.

15.01.2026 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I just went on the iPlayer and there it was.

13.01.2026 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
No-one told me they greenlit my sitcom

No-one told me they greenlit my sitcom

No-one told me they greenlit my sitcom

13.01.2026 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good god - like an AI fever dream!

28.12.2025 08:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak (06.01.1986) First episode
YouTube video by UzumakiPlayroom Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak (06.01.1986) First episode

Saw Larry Grayson on BBC4 the other night and it sent me down a Generation Game rabbit hole on YouTube leading to THIS!
Quite surreal watching Brucie work a US Hollywood crowd!
youtu.be/z9QddKFqlTA?...

27.12.2025 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great to be on a list with such great broadcasters- Tommy was a dream guest for me.

23.12.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A brilliant bit of work - Im chuffed my one with Tommy Tiernan was captured.

23.12.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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t.trainpal.com/Nm9QdFM?ch=M...

23.12.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Losing local radio β€” and my mum Merseyside stations soundtracked David Lloyd’s relationship with his mother. Now he’s grieving a double loss

Every single word of this is true, heartfelt and powerful. *This* is why I grieve for the radio we've lost, the radio we used to have. I'm proud to have worked in radio when radio mattered

Please read this closely. I feel it deeply

Losing local radio β€” and my mum

www.livpost.co.uk/losing-local...

14.12.2025 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Alex Horne’s 24-Hour LIVE Endurance Challenge for Stand Up To Cancer! YouTube video by Channel 4 Entertainment

Well this is the best thing I've ever seen. #StandUpToCancer #SU2C
www.youtube.com/live/Xnz6os7...

11.12.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

7 driving tests Paul? Pah! Try 11! #TheArchers

11.12.2025 09:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.

08.12.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1126    πŸ” 303    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 6

Ha ha love it.

06.12.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reminded of this for some reason. #WorldCupDraw

05.12.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At last, now my pitch for THE LOONEY TUNES SQUID GAME can be greenlit.

05.12.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So this essentially means Netflix becomes the most powerful purveyor of what comes through your screens - big or small - on the planet. Huge doesn't cover it.

05.12.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Me at one of the radio desks at the BBC.

Me at one of the radio desks at the BBC.

As a radio guy I always feel the wireless is overlooked in debates about the future of the licence fee. Phil Riley's analysis predicts 'ruinous' consequences if advertising or subscription is the future of BBC funding - in the commercial sector too. Good read.
radioriley.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

26.11.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a close up of a person wearing glasses and a red coat ALT: a close up of a person wearing glasses and a red coat

Hang on hang on did I hear that right? Leonard and Jill are.....SWINGERS?!? #TheArchers

24.11.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Line of Duty season 7 finally confirmed by the BBC At long last, Martin Compston, Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar are back!

I didn't hate the end of the last one as much as some people......BUT.....either way this is BRILLIANT news!!!

18.11.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
I look surprised next to the BBC logo in Broadcasting House.

I look surprised next to the BBC logo in Broadcasting House.

First day back at work after a week off - have I missed much?

12.11.2025 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0