Through the Square Window
@squarewindowpod.bsky.social
A podcast guiding you through the UK TV we watched in decades gone by
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Episode five of our podcast is out now! This month, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social look at the TV shows that greeted the new millennium: Blue Peter, Coronation Street, Trigger Happy TV and Castaway 2000. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Have only just listened to this but I definitely want Mark Gatiss to be put in charge of programming at the Beeb now
January 18, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Have only just listened to this but I definitely want Mark Gatiss to be put in charge of programming at the Beeb now
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Like a spy drop, my brilliant editor Rebecca Bardem at Bloomsbury has specially come to hand over the very first preview copy of my BFI Classics book. Where else but at the BFI? 🎥
(Out April 2nd)
(Out April 2nd)
January 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Like a spy drop, my brilliant editor Rebecca Bardem at Bloomsbury has specially come to hand over the very first preview copy of my BFI Classics book. Where else but at the BFI? 🎥
(Out April 2nd)
(Out April 2nd)
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Two months late, but I finally listened to this - enjoyed it a lot, especially the Knightmare stuff, loved that show, and have occasionally watched a bit on YouTube - still holds up.
On Twin Peaks FWWM - my own view on the level of violence is that it's horrific, but still justified. (cont)
On Twin Peaks FWWM - my own view on the level of violence is that it's horrific, but still justified. (cont)
January 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Two months late, but I finally listened to this - enjoyed it a lot, especially the Knightmare stuff, loved that show, and have occasionally watched a bit on YouTube - still holds up.
On Twin Peaks FWWM - my own view on the level of violence is that it's horrific, but still justified. (cont)
On Twin Peaks FWWM - my own view on the level of violence is that it's horrific, but still justified. (cont)
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This episode reminded me of the dispute between John Noakes and the BBC over his desire to do an advert featuring his catchphrase, "Get down, Shep!" I still say that whenever the cat jumps to where she shouldn't be, even though that's not her name.
Completely did for Noakes' TV career, didn't it?
Completely did for Noakes' TV career, didn't it?
Episode five of our podcast is out now! This month, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social look at the TV shows that greeted the new millennium: Blue Peter, Coronation Street, Trigger Happy TV and Castaway 2000. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
January 14, 2026 at 11:15 AM
This episode reminded me of the dispute between John Noakes and the BBC over his desire to do an advert featuring his catchphrase, "Get down, Shep!" I still say that whenever the cat jumps to where she shouldn't be, even though that's not her name.
Completely did for Noakes' TV career, didn't it?
Completely did for Noakes' TV career, didn't it?
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Off The Telly Forever! Here are my old contributions: feelinglistless.blogspot.com/search/label...
January 14, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Off The Telly Forever! Here are my old contributions: feelinglistless.blogspot.com/search/label...
Episode five of our podcast is out now! This month, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social look at the TV shows that greeted the new millennium: Blue Peter, Coronation Street, Trigger Happy TV and Castaway 2000. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Episode five of our podcast is out now! This month, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social look at the TV shows that greeted the new millennium: Blue Peter, Coronation Street, Trigger Happy TV and Castaway 2000. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
There's a new ep of Through the Square Window out tomorrow (available wherever you get your podcasts), in which @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social discuss all of this...
January 13, 2026 at 4:34 PM
There's a new ep of Through the Square Window out tomorrow (available wherever you get your podcasts), in which @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social discuss all of this...
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Podcast goodies coming soon: Spent a glorious day yesterday with my two favorite Graham/Graemes: @gkw.bsky.social and I recorded a Graeme Garden special ep for @squarewindowpod.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Podcast goodies coming soon: Spent a glorious day yesterday with my two favorite Graham/Graemes: @gkw.bsky.social and I recorded a Graeme Garden special ep for @squarewindowpod.bsky.social
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There's a new episode of Through the Square Window out next Wednesday, with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social looking at programmes from January 2000. Here's a taste of what's to come...
January 7, 2026 at 9:19 PM
There's a new episode of Through the Square Window out next Wednesday, with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social looking at programmes from January 2000. Here's a taste of what's to come...
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I LOVED that series as a child. I was fortunate growing up in Toronto because our provincial public broadcaster (TVO) bought loads of Children's TV shows from Britain.
January 7, 2026 at 9:19 PM
I LOVED that series as a child. I was fortunate growing up in Toronto because our provincial public broadcaster (TVO) bought loads of Children's TV shows from Britain.
There's a new episode of Through the Square Window out next Wednesday, with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social looking at programmes from January 2000. Here's a taste of what's to come...
January 7, 2026 at 9:19 PM
There's a new episode of Through the Square Window out next Wednesday, with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social looking at programmes from January 2000. Here's a taste of what's to come...
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I've only just managed to catch up with this but instantly watched the 'The Ghosts of Motley Hall' episode afterwards. It's a series I have very vague early memories of. It's now going on my playlist for next Christmas!
January 6, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I've only just managed to catch up with this but instantly watched the 'The Ghosts of Motley Hall' episode afterwards. It's a series I have very vague early memories of. It's now going on my playlist for next Christmas!
Lovely and very generous appraisal of our podcast in The Guardian, courtesy of @nickabadzis.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Lovely and very generous appraisal of our podcast in The Guardian, courtesy of @nickabadzis.bsky.social
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Your NY resolution is to discover @squarewindowpod.bsky.social & in latest ep learn why @gkw.bsky.social thinks the Star Wars holiday special is a bit like an ‘Allo’Allo! episode but not as good. And why I am perturbed by the number of knives in Minder On The Orient Express & the Woolies’ Xmas ads..
The Through the Square Window Christmas episode is now out, wherever you get your podcasts! Mark Gatiss joins @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social to talk about the best and worst of Christmas TV over the years. For more info: www.squarewindow.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Your NY resolution is to discover @squarewindowpod.bsky.social & in latest ep learn why @gkw.bsky.social thinks the Star Wars holiday special is a bit like an ‘Allo’Allo! episode but not as good. And why I am perturbed by the number of knives in Minder On The Orient Express & the Woolies’ Xmas ads..
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It’s lovely to hear national treasure Mark Gatiss talk about The Ghosts of Motley Hall…
The Through the Square Window Christmas episode is now out, wherever you get your podcasts! Mark Gatiss joins @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social to talk about the best and worst of Christmas TV over the years. For more info: www.squarewindow.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It’s lovely to hear national treasure Mark Gatiss talk about The Ghosts of Motley Hall…
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Watching Candleshoe again because of Gatiss' rant on @squarewindowpod.bsky.social What is interesting that though the exteriors are proper US, the interiors are clearly UK - Michael Balfour and Mildred Shay as her guardians, but it still feels more American than British.
December 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Watching Candleshoe again because of Gatiss' rant on @squarewindowpod.bsky.social What is interesting that though the exteriors are proper US, the interiors are clearly UK - Michael Balfour and Mildred Shay as her guardians, but it still feels more American than British.
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I love the fact that this very weird show has been covered by the mighty Phil and the excellent @squarewindowpod.bsky.social in the same week. It fills me full of Christmas cheer.
Russel Harty Goes Upstairs, Downstairs (known colloquially as "Russell Harty Fucke Uppe An Interviewe"): a Boxing Day treat nobody asked for, as Harty attempts to chat to the UD cast both in and out of character at the same time. It gets confusing.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I love the fact that this very weird show has been covered by the mighty Phil and the excellent @squarewindowpod.bsky.social in the same week. It fills me full of Christmas cheer.
If you're so inclined, please do tell The Guardian about our podcast: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
December 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you're so inclined, please do tell The Guardian about our podcast: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Christmas came early for @gkw.bsky.social and me. Thankyou to @thetimes.com for making @squarewindowpod.bsky.social Pick of the day today!
December 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Christmas came early for @gkw.bsky.social and me. Thankyou to @thetimes.com for making @squarewindowpod.bsky.social Pick of the day today!
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Enjoyed this - Gatiss on charmless 70s Disney live action films chimed.
The Through the Square Window Christmas episode is now out, wherever you get your podcasts! Mark Gatiss joins @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social to talk about the best and worst of Christmas TV over the years. For more info: www.squarewindow.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Enjoyed this - Gatiss on charmless 70s Disney live action films chimed.
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If you haven’t caught @gkw.bsky.social and my Christmas special @squarewindowpod.bsky.social here’s a lovely reason you should.. praise from, @paulkirkley.bsky.social is highly valued! 🎄🎄🎄
What a lovely, Christmassy nostalgia blast of an ep. Particularly delighted by the love for Minder on the Orient Express (also my favourite Christmas TV memory). Hadn't realised, until I wrote a thing about it a few years ago, how big a story the pre-match rivalry with OFAH had been at the time.
December 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
If you haven’t caught @gkw.bsky.social and my Christmas special @squarewindowpod.bsky.social here’s a lovely reason you should.. praise from, @paulkirkley.bsky.social is highly valued! 🎄🎄🎄
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Get your @squarewindowpod.bsky.social comments in on the new Christmas special with Mark Gatiss asap for our "postbag" delivery. As we're recording Jan Ep this Sunday...
Fresh ep of @SquareWindowpod.bsky.social is a fab celebration of good and awful Christmas TV past. Featuring Mark Gatiss’s time-haunted pick of The Ghosts of Motley Hall. And me & @gkw.bsky.social celebrating the Woolworths adverts as a document of social history. podfollow.com/1838296345
Through the Square Window
A podcast guiding you through the UK television we watched in decades gone by, presented by cultural journalist Samira Ahmed and TV journalist Graham Kibble-White.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Get your @squarewindowpod.bsky.social comments in on the new Christmas special with Mark Gatiss asap for our "postbag" delivery. As we're recording Jan Ep this Sunday...
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1/2 HELLO! @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social are recording a new ep on, Sunday looking at shows from Jan 2000: Coronation Street's New Year's Eve special; Blue Peter (digging up the 1971 time capsule); Castaway 2000 and Trigger Happy TV. If you've any comments, get in touch!
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December 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
1/2 HELLO! @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social are recording a new ep on, Sunday looking at shows from Jan 2000: Coronation Street's New Year's Eve special; Blue Peter (digging up the 1971 time capsule); Castaway 2000 and Trigger Happy TV. If you've any comments, get in touch!
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It's the Christmas Creamguide! open.substack.com/pub/creamgui...
CHRISTMAS CREAMGUIDE WEEK ONE: 20th-26th December 2025
Pulling the rabbit of verbal spontaneity from the hat of immediate circumstance
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December 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It's the Christmas Creamguide! open.substack.com/pub/creamgui...
1/2 HELLO! @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social are recording a new ep on, Sunday looking at shows from Jan 2000: Coronation Street's New Year's Eve special; Blue Peter (digging up the 1971 time capsule); Castaway 2000 and Trigger Happy TV. If you've any comments, get in touch!
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December 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
1/2 HELLO! @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social are recording a new ep on, Sunday looking at shows from Jan 2000: Coronation Street's New Year's Eve special; Blue Peter (digging up the 1971 time capsule); Castaway 2000 and Trigger Happy TV. If you've any comments, get in touch!