Phil
@vmphil.bsky.social
Posts mainly about TV, media, technology and miscellaneous topics. Merseyside, UK.
Given so much BBC programming is made by indies, I almost feel like it would be worth introducing front caps to explain the show you’re about to watch was made by another company for the BBC, so people understand the BBC isn’t wholly responsible for things like this: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC demands tighter vetting after Apprentice candidate's offensive social media posts
A contestant due to appear on the forthcoming series is found to have previously posted offensive messages on social media.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Given so much BBC programming is made by indies, I almost feel like it would be worth introducing front caps to explain the show you’re about to watch was made by another company for the BBC, so people understand the BBC isn’t wholly responsible for things like this: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dibley, Dinnerladies and Thin Blue Line would have only been a few years old when this was broadcast.
Do you need some Classic comedy? Then head over to UKGOLD and enjoy only fools and horses, The vicar of Dibley, Dinnerladies, The thin blue line and Monty python
January 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Dibley, Dinnerladies and Thin Blue Line would have only been a few years old when this was broadcast.
Not sure why people are being nostalgic for 2016. It was a bloody terrible year
January 16, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Not sure why people are being nostalgic for 2016. It was a bloody terrible year
Things That Will Only Ever Annoy Me: the credits font on Seinfeld being changed on the new HD versions. The old font is Univers. And yes Larry David was credited as Buck Dancer on intitial broadcast...
January 15, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Things That Will Only Ever Annoy Me: the credits font on Seinfeld being changed on the new HD versions. The old font is Univers. And yes Larry David was credited as Buck Dancer on intitial broadcast...
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And invests no money in content or creators or any infrastructure of programme making, does no training, cannot support collaborative projects efficiently, and has an opaque payment system that mitigates against what the public would understand as “making television”.
January 15, 2026 at 9:11 AM
And invests no money in content or creators or any infrastructure of programme making, does no training, cannot support collaborative projects efficiently, and has an opaque payment system that mitigates against what the public would understand as “making television”.
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Sorry but you really need a taster or just how eye-popping this is. From 1971. NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE.
January 12, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Sorry but you really need a taster or just how eye-popping this is. From 1971. NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE.
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A random bit of banter from the Radio 1 Zoe Ball breakfast show immortalised on last week’s #totp repeats. This is Broadcast Assistant Zoe Alpass after she was told she could have a pay rise if she managed to get on TV. I have no idea why I remember this stuff
January 12, 2026 at 8:55 PM
A random bit of banter from the Radio 1 Zoe Ball breakfast show immortalised on last week’s #totp repeats. This is Broadcast Assistant Zoe Alpass after she was told she could have a pay rise if she managed to get on TV. I have no idea why I remember this stuff
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🟦 CLEAN FEED | Opinion | Live announcers: an essential part of PSB channels.
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Live announcers: an essential part of PSB channels - Clean Feed
It was interesting to read a claim on a forum that it was a surprise that British TV still had announcers.
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January 11, 2026 at 1:09 PM
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Opinion | Live announcers: an essential part of PSB channels.
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I have a Pure Elan Connect+ Internet radio and I can’t seem to get streams from major broadcasters like BBC, Bauer, Virgin to work tonight. A local independent station, In Demand, does work.
January 11, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I have a Pure Elan Connect+ Internet radio and I can’t seem to get streams from major broadcasters like BBC, Bauer, Virgin to work tonight. A local independent station, In Demand, does work.
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The Beano Book 1961
January 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The Beano Book 1961
Even stranger is the version on streaming has a signed copy as the cover art, and the track listing is always one song behind.
@ukpres1.bsky.social I feel duty bound to bring this to your attention, if nothing else.
As seen on after-hours TV in Melbourne, ten months after *those* Thames closedowns.
As seen on after-hours TV in Melbourne, ten months after *those* Thames closedowns.
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Even stranger is the version on streaming has a signed copy as the cover art, and the track listing is always one song behind.
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@ukpres1.bsky.social I feel duty bound to bring this to your attention, if nothing else.
As seen on after-hours TV in Melbourne, ten months after *those* Thames closedowns.
As seen on after-hours TV in Melbourne, ten months after *those* Thames closedowns.
January 10, 2026 at 2:15 PM
@ukpres1.bsky.social I feel duty bound to bring this to your attention, if nothing else.
As seen on after-hours TV in Melbourne, ten months after *those* Thames closedowns.
As seen on after-hours TV in Melbourne, ten months after *those* Thames closedowns.
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"Her task will be to commission shows with global appeal but a local angle."
January 9, 2026 at 9:52 AM
"Her task will be to commission shows with global appeal but a local angle."
I keep saying Millionaire Hot Shots instead of Millionaire Hot Seat, and I’m pretty sure this is because of CD:UK Hot Shots, despite that programme not being on air for 20 years. My brain is something else.
January 8, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I keep saying Millionaire Hot Shots instead of Millionaire Hot Seat, and I’m pretty sure this is because of CD:UK Hot Shots, despite that programme not being on air for 20 years. My brain is something else.
Watched Millionaire Hot Seat on ITVX. In the year of our lord 2026, why can't these services a) play in 50fps, b) not jump slightly back to the end of part one when part two starts, c) not jarringly cut off the music when it decides to autoplay a different show at the end instead of fading out?
January 7, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Watched Millionaire Hot Seat on ITVX. In the year of our lord 2026, why can't these services a) play in 50fps, b) not jump slightly back to the end of part one when part two starts, c) not jarringly cut off the music when it decides to autoplay a different show at the end instead of fading out?
Really loving the new Peter Gabriel song. Best thing about 2026 so far
music.apple.com/gb/album/bee...
music.apple.com/gb/album/bee...
Been Undone (Dark-Side Mix) by Peter Gabriel on Apple Music
Song · 2026 · Duration 7:39
music.apple.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Really loving the new Peter Gabriel song. Best thing about 2026 so far
music.apple.com/gb/album/bee...
music.apple.com/gb/album/bee...
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70 YEARS AGO TODAY: Angus Deayton is born. In 1986 he, Helen Atkinson-Wood and Geoffrey Perkins recruited Pamela Armstrong for a visual, if not exactly upgraded for the different medium, sketch from Radio Active.
Radioactive sketch on Pamela Armstrong Show
Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins and Helen Atkinson-Wood from the eighties Radio 4 comedy Radio Active perform a sketch on the Pamela Armstrong show, an afternoon chat thing that was on BBC2
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January 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
70 YEARS AGO TODAY: Angus Deayton is born. In 1986 he, Helen Atkinson-Wood and Geoffrey Perkins recruited Pamela Armstrong for a visual, if not exactly upgraded for the different medium, sketch from Radio Active.
Ski Sunday is back on telly and the tree is down, yep it’s definitely January
January 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Ski Sunday is back on telly and the tree is down, yep it’s definitely January
So glad to see the back of drones from the firework display. Good choice, London
January 1, 2026 at 12:13 AM
So glad to see the back of drones from the firework display. Good choice, London
Who spells telly as ‘tele’?
December 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Who spells telly as ‘tele’?
Good morning. I have to go into work today, so to cheer myself up, here’s some stills from the opening titles for A Bit of Fry and Laurie series 2.
December 29, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Good morning. I have to go into work today, so to cheer myself up, here’s some stills from the opening titles for A Bit of Fry and Laurie series 2.
This is actually on BBC Four tonight, 10.55pm. Coincidence or on purpose?
30 YEARS AGO TODAY: Billy Connolly: A Scot In The Arctic, in which said Yin is stranded with just a BBC film crew for company to document what happens. Before the week is up banjo playing and nudity occur.
Billy Connolly: A Scot in the Arctic
Billy Connolly ventures from stage to ice - a frozen Arctic Ocean inhabited by ten-foot polar bears. He must cope for a week.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is actually on BBC Four tonight, 10.55pm. Coincidence or on purpose?
Well, that Elvis film was a… bizarre experience. Felt at times I was watching some surreal horror film than a biopic.
December 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Well, that Elvis film was a… bizarre experience. Felt at times I was watching some surreal horror film than a biopic.
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My son bought me what I thought was a drill. Turned out to be a toblerone gaffer-taped to a bottle of Bailey’s.
December 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
My son bought me what I thought was a drill. Turned out to be a toblerone gaffer-taped to a bottle of Bailey’s.