John O’Farrell
@johnofarrell.bsky.social
Author/comedy scriptwriter.
Recent stuff: Just For One Day, the Live Aid Musical, Family Politics (novel), Chicken Run - Dawn of the Nugget, Mrs Doubtfire musical, Something Rotten! opening in June
Recent stuff: Just For One Day, the Live Aid Musical, Family Politics (novel), Chicken Run - Dawn of the Nugget, Mrs Doubtfire musical, Something Rotten! opening in June
Don’t say Fulham haven’t made any signings. Billy the Badger has got a girlfriend.
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Don’t say Fulham haven’t made any signings. Billy the Badger has got a girlfriend.
The suggestion that my co-writer and I kept eating Nando’s while we were writing the sequel is a monstrous libel and we will sue anyone who suggests it.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The suggestion that my co-writer and I kept eating Nando’s while we were writing the sequel is a monstrous libel and we will sue anyone who suggests it.
"Daddy why did you go into politics?"
"Well, I always hoped that one day I might be able to make a difference. Like if people were fleeing war and persecution, and they arrived on our shores desperate and afraid, then maybe I could be the one to suggest we nicked their jewellery."
"Well, I always hoped that one day I might be able to make a difference. Like if people were fleeing war and persecution, and they arrived on our shores desperate and afraid, then maybe I could be the one to suggest we nicked their jewellery."
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"Daddy why did you go into politics?"
"Well, I always hoped that one day I might be able to make a difference. Like if people were fleeing war and persecution, and they arrived on our shores desperate and afraid, then maybe I could be the one to suggest we nicked their jewellery."
"Well, I always hoped that one day I might be able to make a difference. Like if people were fleeing war and persecution, and they arrived on our shores desperate and afraid, then maybe I could be the one to suggest we nicked their jewellery."
Temporary boards up around the church; 'A thrill of hope. The weary world rejoices'. Maybe the builders came when they said they would.
November 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Temporary boards up around the church; 'A thrill of hope. The weary world rejoices'. Maybe the builders came when they said they would.
Get in!!! 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪⚽️⚽️⚽️
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Get in!!! 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪⚽️⚽️⚽️
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
Such sad news. Rachel was such a great journalist and a lovely, super-smart person. Thoughts are with Tony and her family.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Such sad news. Rachel was such a great journalist and a lovely, super-smart person. Thoughts are with Tony and her family.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I am in Germany for the premiere of ‘Mrs Doubtfire Das Musical’ (whatever that means)
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I am in Germany for the premiere of ‘Mrs Doubtfire Das Musical’ (whatever that means)
Lord Dubs is 92 years old and this is his first rebellion. 👏👏👏
My amendment to the Border, Asylum and Immigration Bill on family reunion for child refugees will be debated by peers either tomorrow or next Tuesday...🧵 1/5
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Lord Dubs is 92 years old and this is his first rebellion. 👏👏👏
Something Rotten! is opening in Manchester in June. Two years on Broadway, (10 Tony noms) - it’s played all over the world but finally getting a proper run in the UK. Great songs, funny jokes: if you don’t love it, I will give you a million pounds.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/the...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/the...
Jason Manford to star in major new premiere of award-winning musical
"It's a full bells and whistles production, the dancing will be exceptional, the music is fab, the songs are so funny"
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Something Rotten! is opening in Manchester in June. Two years on Broadway, (10 Tony noms) - it’s played all over the world but finally getting a proper run in the UK. Great songs, funny jokes: if you don’t love it, I will give you a million pounds.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/the...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/the...
Finished Riot Women last night - what a brilliant piece of TV. Gripping, pacy, funny with important things to say. A fun story about older women forming a punk band - but it's actually about violence against women which it deals with so powerfully and Sally Wainwright deserves every award out there.
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Finished Riot Women last night - what a brilliant piece of TV. Gripping, pacy, funny with important things to say. A fun story about older women forming a punk band - but it's actually about violence against women which it deals with so powerfully and Sally Wainwright deserves every award out there.
Also - really annoying when the ball gets kicked out of the ground and you have to go all the way down to get it.
October 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Also - really annoying when the ball gets kicked out of the ground and you have to go all the way down to get it.
My mum died ten years ago today, so here's a couple of memories. She'd been a war child, so hated to waste food. When she had a new hip fitted, she asked the doctor if she could take the old bone home for the dog.
October 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
My mum died ten years ago today, so here's a couple of memories. She'd been a war child, so hated to waste food. When she had a new hip fitted, she asked the doctor if she could take the old bone home for the dog.
After a confusing six months, the clock on the microwave is now telling the right time.
October 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
After a confusing six months, the clock on the microwave is now telling the right time.
That'll teach him.
October 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
That'll teach him.
Or we could just deport Katie Lam?
October 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Or we could just deport Katie Lam?
If only there was some visual metaphor for what the current incumbent at the White House was doing to the great office of President.
October 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If only there was some visual metaphor for what the current incumbent at the White House was doing to the great office of President.
I like to think of myself as tolerant and open minded. However I do think there should be a swift and brutal police response to stop these young adults playing Quidditch on Clapham Common.
October 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I like to think of myself as tolerant and open minded. However I do think there should be a swift and brutal police response to stop these young adults playing Quidditch on Clapham Common.
That pub in Bloomsbury has changed its name to just ‘Andrew’.
October 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
That pub in Bloomsbury has changed its name to just ‘Andrew’.
This is probably the judge being arrested because he had to say the words 'Palestine Action'
October 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This is probably the judge being arrested because he had to say the words 'Palestine Action'
Every city should do this.
Meanwhile I shall continue to stare fixedly ahead whenever they hope to be let in during heavy traffic.
Meanwhile I shall continue to stare fixedly ahead whenever they hope to be let in during heavy traffic.
Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
nation.cymru
October 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Every city should do this.
Meanwhile I shall continue to stare fixedly ahead whenever they hope to be let in during heavy traffic.
Meanwhile I shall continue to stare fixedly ahead whenever they hope to be let in during heavy traffic.
Reposted by John O’Farrell
Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.
Reposted by John O’Farrell
What would you do if you were totally free to live your best and biggest life?
Gender-based violence shapes women’s and girls’ lives in so many different ways - quietly limiting our freedoms and holding us back from following our dreams.
Gender-based violence shapes women’s and girls’ lives in so many different ways - quietly limiting our freedoms and holding us back from following our dreams.
October 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
What would you do if you were totally free to live your best and biggest life?
Gender-based violence shapes women’s and girls’ lives in so many different ways - quietly limiting our freedoms and holding us back from following our dreams.
Gender-based violence shapes women’s and girls’ lives in so many different ways - quietly limiting our freedoms and holding us back from following our dreams.
This is a very good read (as you would expect).
One stand up comic I know told me the Saudis were paying £600,000 to the top names. Which is more than I ever got on The News Quiz.
One stand up comic I know told me the Saudis were paying £600,000 to the top names. Which is more than I ever got on The News Quiz.
October 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is a very good read (as you would expect).
One stand up comic I know told me the Saudis were paying £600,000 to the top names. Which is more than I ever got on The News Quiz.
One stand up comic I know told me the Saudis were paying £600,000 to the top names. Which is more than I ever got on The News Quiz.
Reposted by John O’Farrell
We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.