Robert Dick
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It's a good job I'm charming.
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On this day in 1982, the final episode of Kinda was broadcast.
February 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
On this day in 1982, the final episode of Kinda was broadcast.
Which are the five McCoy stories you absolutely need in your life? No particular order. Go!
Paradise Towers
Remembrance
Ghost Light
Fenric
Survival
Paradise Towers
Remembrance
Ghost Light
Fenric
Survival
Which are the five McCoy stories you absolutely need in your life? No particular order. Go!
Delta and the Bannermen
Remembrance of the Daleks
Silver Nemesis
Battlefield
The Curse of Fenric
Delta and the Bannermen
Remembrance of the Daleks
Silver Nemesis
Battlefield
The Curse of Fenric
February 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Which are the five McCoy stories you absolutely need in your life? No particular order. Go!
Paradise Towers
Remembrance
Ghost Light
Fenric
Survival
Paradise Towers
Remembrance
Ghost Light
Fenric
Survival
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February 7, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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I’ve worked at the Southbank Centre for over 8 years now.
In that time I’ve become desensitised to mad conversations that wouldn’t happen anywhere else. But in my first few years I noted down ‘overhead’ snippets that would be ridiculous in any other setting.
I’ve just found those notes. Strap in.
In that time I’ve become desensitised to mad conversations that wouldn’t happen anywhere else. But in my first few years I noted down ‘overhead’ snippets that would be ridiculous in any other setting.
I’ve just found those notes. Strap in.
December 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I’ve worked at the Southbank Centre for over 8 years now.
In that time I’ve become desensitised to mad conversations that wouldn’t happen anywhere else. But in my first few years I noted down ‘overhead’ snippets that would be ridiculous in any other setting.
I’ve just found those notes. Strap in.
In that time I’ve become desensitised to mad conversations that wouldn’t happen anywhere else. But in my first few years I noted down ‘overhead’ snippets that would be ridiculous in any other setting.
I’ve just found those notes. Strap in.
Astonishingly, even this doesn't begin to capture how smug these people sound.
“Oh, did a sportsball happen?” I whisper smugly from my vantage point on a distant cliff, the sounds of celebration in the village far below just barely audible over the lonely wind whipping my tattered cloak
February 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Astonishingly, even this doesn't begin to capture how smug these people sound.
Could someone cope with the rest of today for me please.
February 8, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Could someone cope with the rest of today for me please.
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The lads, in 1980, on their last ever tour of provincial Gaumonts and Alhambras, four days after I first saw them. This is how you televise a rock show.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
The Old Grey Whistle Test - Genesis
Anne Nightingale introduces a recording of a Genesis concert performed at the Lyceum Ballroom, London, on 7 May 1980. The band is fronted by a bearded Phil Collins.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The lads, in 1980, on their last ever tour of provincial Gaumonts and Alhambras, four days after I first saw them. This is how you televise a rock show.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Episodes 3 and 4 are magnificent.
It's my favourite Davison. It's not the best one but it is my favourite. I love it AND it reminds me of my childhood. And I adore those four people.
(Caves is CLEARLY the best one. But it's a cold hard one to be your favourite.)
It's my favourite Davison. It's not the best one but it is my favourite. I love it AND it reminds me of my childhood. And I adore those four people.
(Caves is CLEARLY the best one. But it's a cold hard one to be your favourite.)
I've just watched Part One of "Castrovalva". To a fifteen year old DWAS member in 1982 this made perfect sense. OF COURSE this is how you would start the new series, the new era! Now, it's just completely unbelievable. I am revelling in its zero-marketing thundering literalism. I love it for that.
February 6, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Episodes 3 and 4 are magnificent.
It's my favourite Davison. It's not the best one but it is my favourite. I love it AND it reminds me of my childhood. And I adore those four people.
(Caves is CLEARLY the best one. But it's a cold hard one to be your favourite.)
It's my favourite Davison. It's not the best one but it is my favourite. I love it AND it reminds me of my childhood. And I adore those four people.
(Caves is CLEARLY the best one. But it's a cold hard one to be your favourite.)
Their best song.
Top of the Pops (6th February 1975). Slade perform How Does It Feel.
February 6, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Their best song.
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Anyway, Peter told me about his love of Kate (and Talking Heads and Lou Reed and Pulp) for this Baker's Dozen interview, a slot in which a subject talks about 13 albums they love, for @thequietus.com. thequietus.com/interviews/b...
Doctor's Orders: Peter Capaldi's Favourite Albums | The Quietus
Peter Capaldi’s latest role isn’t to fuck the fuck in (or indeed fuck the fuck off) like The Thick Of It’s Malcolm Tucker, or nail an outfit inspired by David Lynch and David Bowie as he travels throu...
thequietus.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Anyway, Peter told me about his love of Kate (and Talking Heads and Lou Reed and Pulp) for this Baker's Dozen interview, a slot in which a subject talks about 13 albums they love, for @thequietus.com. thequietus.com/interviews/b...
I hate this. I need a couple more.
Castrovalva
Kinda
Earthshock
Snakedance
Caves of Androzani
You get Five Doctors as a freebie, right?
Castrovalva
Kinda
Earthshock
Snakedance
Caves of Androzani
You get Five Doctors as a freebie, right?
Which are the five Davison stories you absolutely need in your life? No particular order. Go!
The Visitation
Black Orchid
Mawdryn Undead
The Five Doctors
The Awakening
The Visitation
Black Orchid
Mawdryn Undead
The Five Doctors
The Awakening
February 6, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I hate this. I need a couple more.
Castrovalva
Kinda
Earthshock
Snakedance
Caves of Androzani
You get Five Doctors as a freebie, right?
Castrovalva
Kinda
Earthshock
Snakedance
Caves of Androzani
You get Five Doctors as a freebie, right?
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🏏 FIFTH DOCTOR SALE! 🥬 https://bgfn.sh/5sale26 Celebrating Peter Davison's appearance at @gallifreyone.bsky.social get up to 50% off the Fifth Doctor Collection at Big Finish.
Offers expire no later than 23:59 (UK time) on 11 February 2026.
Offers expire no later than 23:59 (UK time) on 11 February 2026.
February 5, 2026 at 1:05 PM
🏏 FIFTH DOCTOR SALE! 🥬 https://bgfn.sh/5sale26 Celebrating Peter Davison's appearance at @gallifreyone.bsky.social get up to 50% off the Fifth Doctor Collection at Big Finish.
Offers expire no later than 23:59 (UK time) on 11 February 2026.
Offers expire no later than 23:59 (UK time) on 11 February 2026.
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The first episode of The Wombles was originally broadcast on this day in 1973. The series was based on the books by Elisabeth Beresford, directed and animated by Ivor Wood and narrated by Bernard Cribbins. Mike Batt provided the memorable theme tune.
February 5, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The first episode of The Wombles was originally broadcast on this day in 1973. The series was based on the books by Elisabeth Beresford, directed and animated by Ivor Wood and narrated by Bernard Cribbins. Mike Batt provided the memorable theme tune.
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February 5, 2026 at 10:43 AM
If anyone ends up with a spare Warriors of the Deep BFI ticket, we could do with one. (I now have a ticket, Davy doesn't.)
February 5, 2026 at 7:34 AM
If anyone ends up with a spare Warriors of the Deep BFI ticket, we could do with one. (I now have a ticket, Davy doesn't.)
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Steptoe and Son - Sunday for Seven Days (4th February 1964). Unsurprisingly, Harold and Albert have very different tastes when it comes to the cinema (Damaris Hayman guests as the ticket seller).
February 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Steptoe and Son - Sunday for Seven Days (4th February 1964). Unsurprisingly, Harold and Albert have very different tastes when it comes to the cinema (Damaris Hayman guests as the ticket seller).
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Listen to the story that shaped a generation. Decades after starring in Stand By Me, the film adaptation of THE BODY, Wil Wheaton lends his voice to an all new recording of the audiobook. Pre-order your copy and start listening March 24, 2026.
February 2, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Listen to the story that shaped a generation. Decades after starring in Stand By Me, the film adaptation of THE BODY, Wil Wheaton lends his voice to an all new recording of the audiobook. Pre-order your copy and start listening March 24, 2026.
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February 2, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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Doctor Who - Mawdryn Undead (2nd February 1983). The Brigadier meets an old friend with a new face
February 2, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Doctor Who - Mawdryn Undead (2nd February 1983). The Brigadier meets an old friend with a new face
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February 2, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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Victoria Wood - As Seen on TV (1st February 1985). "My mother gave birth to twins in an unheated washhouse and then got straight up and continued the mangling, so think on".
February 1, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Victoria Wood - As Seen on TV (1st February 1985). "My mother gave birth to twins in an unheated washhouse and then got straight up and continued the mangling, so think on".
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My fave Kubrick anecdote: David Prowse on acting in A Clockwork Orange:
'So you want me to carry Patrick Magee, who weighs 17Olbs, plus the wheelchair, another 30lbs, so 200lbs, down the stairs & then do a dialogue scene?'
'Yeah, you can do it.'
'I know but your name isn't One Take Kubrick, is it?'
'So you want me to carry Patrick Magee, who weighs 17Olbs, plus the wheelchair, another 30lbs, so 200lbs, down the stairs & then do a dialogue scene?'
'Yeah, you can do it.'
'I know but your name isn't One Take Kubrick, is it?'
January 31, 2026 at 5:24 PM
My fave Kubrick anecdote: David Prowse on acting in A Clockwork Orange:
'So you want me to carry Patrick Magee, who weighs 17Olbs, plus the wheelchair, another 30lbs, so 200lbs, down the stairs & then do a dialogue scene?'
'Yeah, you can do it.'
'I know but your name isn't One Take Kubrick, is it?'
'So you want me to carry Patrick Magee, who weighs 17Olbs, plus the wheelchair, another 30lbs, so 200lbs, down the stairs & then do a dialogue scene?'
'Yeah, you can do it.'
'I know but your name isn't One Take Kubrick, is it?'
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In April 1976, in a café at Cambridge railway station, Douglas Adams bought some biscuits. We know this because he told the story so many times that it somehow opened up a wormhole in the space-time continuum, travelling both forwards and backwards and, intriguingly, sideways in time. (1/some...)
January 31, 2026 at 8:55 PM
In April 1976, in a café at Cambridge railway station, Douglas Adams bought some biscuits. We know this because he told the story so many times that it somehow opened up a wormhole in the space-time continuum, travelling both forwards and backwards and, intriguingly, sideways in time. (1/some...)
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January 29, 2026 at 8:09 PM