John Rivers
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John Rivers
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· Jan 28
"Listen to me you overdeveloped German sleazeball!" #eldorado
Thunderbirds Aren't Go :(
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Thunderbirds Aren't Go :(
Up yours too, Tel.
#OnThisDay 3 December 1964
As the Daleks threaten life on Earth, here - in a Radio Times interview with #DrWho writer Terry Nation - are some facts about their history -
"The wonderful thing about science fiction is that if the author says a thing is so, then nobody can deny it."
As the Daleks threaten life on Earth, here - in a Radio Times interview with #DrWho writer Terry Nation - are some facts about their history -
"The wonderful thing about science fiction is that if the author says a thing is so, then nobody can deny it."
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Up yours too, Tel.
If by some miracle you're still awake at 12.40am (Boxing Day morning) BBC 2 is screening AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT (1971)
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If by some miracle you're still awake at 12.40am (Boxing Day morning) BBC 2 is screening AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT (1971)
In case of poor Christmas Day programming emergency, prep accordingly.
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
In case of poor Christmas Day programming emergency, prep accordingly.
"Be sure to come back for late night EastEnders, it gets a little *blue*..."
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"Be sure to come back for late night EastEnders, it gets a little *blue*..."
ST:TNG- 'Reunion'
And season 4 is where TNG starts to mine its own history - in 7 eps we've had: the Borg, Picard's history and brother, Worf's mum and dad, the return of the Traveller, Tasha Yar's sister, Data's dad and brother, Worf's ex, his exile from the Klingon Empire, and Worf's son.
And season 4 is where TNG starts to mine its own history - in 7 eps we've had: the Borg, Picard's history and brother, Worf's mum and dad, the return of the Traveller, Tasha Yar's sister, Data's dad and brother, Worf's ex, his exile from the Klingon Empire, and Worf's son.
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
ST:TNG- 'Reunion'
And season 4 is where TNG starts to mine its own history - in 7 eps we've had: the Borg, Picard's history and brother, Worf's mum and dad, the return of the Traveller, Tasha Yar's sister, Data's dad and brother, Worf's ex, his exile from the Klingon Empire, and Worf's son.
And season 4 is where TNG starts to mine its own history - in 7 eps we've had: the Borg, Picard's history and brother, Worf's mum and dad, the return of the Traveller, Tasha Yar's sister, Data's dad and brother, Worf's ex, his exile from the Klingon Empire, and Worf's son.
Watched this last night, the first half is very funny, it then meanders a bit, but worth having a look.
youtu.be/C1_BmnaTjVw?...
youtu.be/C1_BmnaTjVw?...
Elementary My Dear Watson Part 1
YouTube video by David Quantick
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Watched this last night, the first half is very funny, it then meanders a bit, but worth having a look.
youtu.be/C1_BmnaTjVw?...
youtu.be/C1_BmnaTjVw?...
They always look bananas.
Michael and Susan Dell pledge $6.25bn to help fund ‘Trump Accounts’ for children on.ft.com/3M4TMjh
Michael and Susan Dell pledge $6.25bn to help fund ‘Trump Accounts’ for children
Contribution to new child investment accounts marks latest effort by US billionaires to support president’s programmes
on.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
They always look bananas.
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I'd like to hear a lot less podcast chats with CEOs & celebrities, & a lot more with nurses, social workers, carehome staff, teachers & counsellors. The skills most of us need to work on are communication, empathy, compassion, dealing with difficult emotions, listening & keeping a sense of humour.
December 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I'd like to hear a lot less podcast chats with CEOs & celebrities, & a lot more with nurses, social workers, carehome staff, teachers & counsellors. The skills most of us need to work on are communication, empathy, compassion, dealing with difficult emotions, listening & keeping a sense of humour.
No, mate, that's a Nintendo, says so. ;)
The BBC Micro is 44 years old today, Happy Birthday! However, many customers had to wait until early 1982 for delivery of theirs due to limited supply availability before Christmas. During its lifespan just over 1.5 million were sold - exact figures are not known. I still have my original one.
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
No, mate, that's a Nintendo, says so. ;)
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in my judgement, Chris Mason misled the country
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
in my judgement, Chris Mason misled the country
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On a different note, but no less incongruous, here's my favourite entry from The RSPB book Birds of Britain and Europe. The Dunnock which apparently feeds on grated cheese under shrubberies
November 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
On a different note, but no less incongruous, here's my favourite entry from The RSPB book Birds of Britain and Europe. The Dunnock which apparently feeds on grated cheese under shrubberies
Reposted by John Rivers
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Watching the commentary of The Avengers 'Town of No Return', with Brian Clemens and Roy Ward Baker where they keep insisting things are being shot on location and they're very clearly sets and back projection.
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Watching the commentary of The Avengers 'Town of No Return', with Brian Clemens and Roy Ward Baker where they keep insisting things are being shot on location and they're very clearly sets and back projection.
"DARK DAYS, MR PRESIDENT..."
A new episode of World of Telly is out now. This week we take a look at the political sitcom Whoops Apocalypse, which aired on ITV in 1982. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. A video version of this episode will be out next week.
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"DARK DAYS, MR PRESIDENT..."
Why doesn't the CEO of Zavvi resign if you're lucky enough to get your Doctor Who box set before the weekend?
December 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Why doesn't the CEO of Zavvi resign if you're lucky enough to get your Doctor Who box set before the weekend?
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buttondown.com/cooray_smith... Snow! New at psychic paper, the oddly specific crossover between Haisman & Lincoln and Lennon & McCartney.
The Abominable Snowmen
“In the meadow, we can build a snowman…” In the 1980s more of Doctor Who was missing than is the case today. Not just in that nearly two dozen episodes have...
buttondown.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
buttondown.com/cooray_smith... Snow! New at psychic paper, the oddly specific crossover between Haisman & Lincoln and Lennon & McCartney.
This is marvellous.
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This is marvellous.
What I call myself when I'm allowed to go in the labs.
November 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
What I call myself when I'm allowed to go in the labs.
I'm fairly sure that's Windsor Davies
Zork: The Great Underground Empire (TSR-80, 1980)
November 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm fairly sure that's Windsor Davies
'The Happiness Patrol' (1988)
November 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
'The Happiness Patrol' (1988)
EE: Black Box. ‘Ride on Time’
John Lewis: Alison Limerick ‘Where Love Lives’
Marks & Spencer: ‘Rhythm is a Dancer’ by Snap
They appear to have tailored Christmas advertising to me this year, a mid-40s person with a family and spending power. Uncanny.
John Lewis: Alison Limerick ‘Where Love Lives’
Marks & Spencer: ‘Rhythm is a Dancer’ by Snap
They appear to have tailored Christmas advertising to me this year, a mid-40s person with a family and spending power. Uncanny.
November 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
EE: Black Box. ‘Ride on Time’
John Lewis: Alison Limerick ‘Where Love Lives’
Marks & Spencer: ‘Rhythm is a Dancer’ by Snap
They appear to have tailored Christmas advertising to me this year, a mid-40s person with a family and spending power. Uncanny.
John Lewis: Alison Limerick ‘Where Love Lives’
Marks & Spencer: ‘Rhythm is a Dancer’ by Snap
They appear to have tailored Christmas advertising to me this year, a mid-40s person with a family and spending power. Uncanny.
10 years since Heaven Sent. I should rewatch it really cos the overwhelmingly positive fan reaction put me at odds with my own opinion (it’s not half as clever or romantic as it thinks it is) and I preferred the two eps either side of it.
‘The Hybrid’ though. 🙄
‘The Hybrid’ though. 🙄
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
10 years since Heaven Sent. I should rewatch it really cos the overwhelmingly positive fan reaction put me at odds with my own opinion (it’s not half as clever or romantic as it thinks it is) and I preferred the two eps either side of it.
‘The Hybrid’ though. 🙄
‘The Hybrid’ though. 🙄
So my sister bought a house in Spain and inherited this, which now belongs to my son. A 6ft scale model of the Titanic.
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
So my sister bought a house in Spain and inherited this, which now belongs to my son. A 6ft scale model of the Titanic.
Black Friday. So if you’re a successful, young businesswoman engaged to a emotionally distant investment banker, it’s time to book your flight home and have your life changed irreparably by a handsome contractor with a heart of gold.
I don’t make the rules.
I don’t make the rules.
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Black Friday. So if you’re a successful, young businesswoman engaged to a emotionally distant investment banker, it’s time to book your flight home and have your life changed irreparably by a handsome contractor with a heart of gold.
I don’t make the rules.
I don’t make the rules.