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They're Gonna Take Your Time Away: A (Not So) Brief History of Parallel 9 - Part 1 Between 1992 and 1994, the prestigious Children's BBC's Saturday morning slot was occupied during the summer months by a programme called Pa...

A few updates to my Parallel 9 blogs with the upload of a high quality stereo version of show 1 without a timestamp across the top. All screengrabs and links are now updated. There’s also a few new clips from CBBC continuity that have popped up on YouTube. jonabuft.blogspot.com/2022/09/they...

I love reading things that make me think I've had a bang on the head while watching Look Around You

DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…

Mark’s passion and precision is spot on. And so very vital. The WAC is a *stunning* resource. It must be allowed — empowered — to thrive. SHARE.

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Not sure about these new World of Sport titles

Oh, Harold Robb-ins! I thought you meant that dreadful fellow, what's his name, er... Harold Robinson!

Have you read any Harold Robinson? Oh, shocking!

(Sorry, auto-response...)

Why am I thinking of Ray Von #totp

When you go to a dinner party and it's blindingly obvious the couple have been fighting just before you all arrived...

I know that, were the bomb ever to drop, I would spend my last few moments on this planet reciting this sketch.

And probably copying Nye Bevan

This sounds like the first half of a Two Ronnies desk joke

It's still great and suffers in some ways from its popularity: being shown out of order in a continuous loop on Gold, or cut to ribbons on DVD, does it no favours

I agree. Those survey forms he handed out to his audiences were cringe inducing

I can only think of Eric Idle in door-to-door salesman mode doing this
"Poetry, Sir?"
And a sign in the window that says 'No Poets'
"Just a quick ode?"

Exactly what I was thinking!

John Major

Honest Johnny Wogan, the coconut shy King, said people were finding it all too easy to knock off my coconuts. So I've replaced them with BLANKS.

Is that @lordshortcake.bsky.social putting out a small fire there? #totp

Grimsby Pilchards as displayed by Tony Hancock

Manchester United are...

It wasn’t just me who noticed this in the monthly OFCOM radio update, was it?

I know how it feels

YouTube video by Marxist Media Cassetteboy - Jungle Wars of '65

The improved version of Camouflage #totp

The band U2 could have been #totp

Shaky's attempt at 'Boys Town Disco' 😳 #totp

This is the logic that brought us the Fast Show

I have the same effect on bookshops

I answer '4291' while holding a small dog to my ear

'Prison notepad to tv scripts. That's Tony Hoare'. Middlesex County Times (7th July 1972).