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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 2d

Last couple of days have been reading Dark Gallifrey 5 and 7 for different reasons. Very happy with how wide ranging and weird this series is.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 9d

Glad you enjoyed - very fond of that one!

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Philip Ralph @philralph.bsky.social · 13d

My keynote is here -
www.linkedin.com/pulse/common...

COMMON PEOPLE: RECLAIMING THE NARRATIVE ON CLASS IN TV AT A TIME OF CRISIS…

Here is the full text of my opening keynote address given at the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) 'What’s Class Got to Do With It?' symposium on class and the UK TV industry at the School o...

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Philip Ralph @philralph.bsky.social · 13d

I highlighted this issue in my keynote on class in TV last week. Our TV channels can no longer afford to make ltd series at HETV budgets... so why not stop competing with streamers with endless resources and try making modest shows with more risk?
www.c21media.net/news/the-hac...

The Hack producer claims there’s no longer enough money to make limited dramas for UK broadcasters

The executive producer behind Mr Bates vs The Post Office and new ITV drama The Hack says that he will no longer develop limited series because there simply isn’t enough money available in the UK to f...

www.c21media.net

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Tim Foley @verbatimfoley.bsky.social · 24d

The first few dates of our 2026 Tour of IT WALKS AROUND THE HOUSE AT NIGHT have been announced! www.thickskintheatre.co.uk/itwalks/

3 to 6 February - Chichester Festival Theatre
13 February - Watford Palace Theatre
18 & 19 February - ARC, Stockton Arts Centre

Links in the thread below...

It Walks Around The House At Night

A ghost story by Tim Foley, brought to life with haunting tricks, chilling twists, and a generous dose of dark humour.

www.thickskintheatre.co.uk

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 27d

All these flags, where the fuck are the Morris dancers? Where are the scones? Where are the poets, the singers, the playwrights? Where is this English Culture they claim to love?

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · 27d

I found myself stuck in central London yesterday. The level of emboldened hatred surrounding me was repellent and deeply upsetting.

On the tube people got off at King’s Cross, presumably for trains home. And I realised there’s only one type of person I wanted to go back where they came from.

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The Rocky Hannah Picture Show 🦭 🖤🩶🤍💜🇵🇸 @tooriekep.bsky.social · Sep 3

metro.co.uk/2025/09/03/g... The Metro going against the grain at least. Good on Crystal for writing this.

Graham Linehan is an anti-trans obsessive, not a free speech martyr

What has happened to Linehan is a predictable outcome for someone who becomes radicalised, obsessive and chronically online.

metro.co.uk

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · Sep 3

When I was announced as the lead in a Doctor Who spinoff in 2023 Graham Linehan tweeted about me for TWO DAYS, tagging the BBC and others to say that I am pro-child abuse and they shouldn't work with me.

newspaper article about glinner. Headline is "I was treated like a terrorist for my tweets, says Linehan"

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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · Sep 3

Since we're sharing examples of Linehan's scummy behaviour

Sam Whyte
The fact JK regards the appointment of a lifelong Sutton fan to manager of a regional women's team as a "plum job" betrays here level of understanding. She doesn't know shit about women's sport, she's an idiot. Solidarity to Lucy.

Graham Linehan 🎗️

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May 13, 2024
Another woman serving men at the expense of other women. Don't you get on with your mum?

Sam Whyte

We've been a bit distant since she died when I was 13, Graham. Still better company than a frothing transphobe, though.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · Sep 3

Idris Elba playing the Prime Minister of the UK and the US president in the same year just makes me think of this youtu.be/zNAc6V--z6g?... via @YouTube

Idris Elba Can Do Anything | Famalam Series 3 On iPlayer Now

YouTube video by BBC Three

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Best Pick @bestpickpod.bsky.social · Aug 27

Who's In The Mood for Love? Wong Kar-wai's modern classic is a very recent film to be so high up the Sight & Sound list. Will we fall for its cool charms or be left unmoved? pod.fo/e/31ec6f @johndorney.bsky.social

The Best Pick movie podcast: BP321 In the Mood for Love

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 321: In the Mood for Love Released 27 August 2025 For this episode, we watched the Wong Kar-wai’s modern classic In the Mood for...

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · Aug 23

It requires an estuary accent (or others) I’ll accept.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · Aug 21

I’ve always assumed that one was deliberate to be honest.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · Aug 21

Just realised that the song Maria from West Side Story can sound like a man singing a celebration of his own bum (‘my rear’). Not sure I’m ever going to hear it the same way again.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · Aug 19

Working my way through Bergerac and finally reached @louisejameson.bsky.social Huzzah!

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · Aug 18

So we’ve decided that Predator should be called Alien and Alien should be called Parasite. Can we complete the circle?

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Madeley @madeley.bsky.social · Aug 15

Can't wait for the wall-to-wall media coverage of What This Means, the endless thinkpieces about Green Party dominance in a working class community meaning Labour has to take their concerns seriously and pivot towards them, you know like we'd get if Reform had won.

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · Aug 15

Grangetown (Cardiff) Council By-Election Result:

🌍 GRN: 24.0% (+5.5)*
🌹 LAB: 22.7% (-24.8)
🌼 PLC: 18.7% (+0.2)*
➡️ RFM: 14.5% (New)
🐉 PRO: 9.6% (+0.1)
🙋 Ind: 4.6% (-2.1)
🌳 CON: 4.1% (-8.4)
🔶 LDM: 1.8% (-2.1)

No Ind (-1.4) as previous.
*joint cand. in 2024.

Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · Aug 17

I suppose this is the point when I should say again that:

the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*

what this country is really good at is producing culture

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · Aug 17

yes. yes yes.

the UK is (not just the originator but) the setting for some of the most popular culture in the world. there is a whole genre of videogames that are set in an imagined Britain. 'soft' power is real economic and even political power.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Aug 16

Agree. One thing that I really liked about @jpspencer.bsky.social’s Labour Together report is it included culture in “growth spending”. So much policy about regional development in the UK basically regards culture, tourism, etc. as distractions from the real work of building trains to nowhere.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · Aug 15

I script edited the Hallowe’en set. Some absolute crackers here.

Big Finish Insider @bigfinish.bsky.social · Aug 15

🚨 NEWS! 🚨 Two brand-new Doctor Who specials are coming this Halloween and Christmas. Click https://bgfn.sh/specials25 to find out more and to pre-order the box sets on download to own and collector's edition CD.

Sean Longmore's cover artwork for Doctor Who: Halloween, featuring the TARDIS, standing in a field in dark, foreboding weather. It has been heavily clawed and scratches glow red all over its surface.

Sean Longmore's cover artwork for Doctor Who: Christmas. A Dalek stands in a snowy cave among Christmas trees. In the background are docks. In the foreground are red and green crystals matching the Dalek's livery.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · Aug 12

Oh the delight of seeing Alixion (or Alison as we came to calling it due to autocorrect) on the new DWM. Brilliant news for Robin.

Richard Unwin @richardunwin.bsky.social · Aug 12

Doctor Who Magazine 620 - on sale from this Thursday. The cover story is about Sylvester McCoy entertaining fans in war-torn Kiev. ❤️❤️ #DoctorWho

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · Aug 10

Just to be clear - Shrinking = comedy. Hacks = comedy drama. The Bear = definitely a drama. Hope that helps.

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · Aug 9

Oh glad you enjoyed!

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · Aug 9

Watching Twin Peaks on DVD and always delighted by how keen the menu is to push the Log Lady intros on you. Like three full times before the episode. ‘Did you want the log lady intro? No? Well what about now? Or now? How about now?’

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John Dorney @johndorney.bsky.social · Aug 6

There’s a lot to love in Bookish but my favourite thing is possibly that each story is told as two fifty minute episodes with a cliffhanger. Growing up with the TV versions of Marple, Campion and Lord Peter Wimsey I am convinced that this is the perfect format for a classic style whodunnit.

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