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Gary Brannan

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Apparently, everybody's favourite. Him off Tech Diff. The begrudging second coming of Harry Secombe. Strong wahey energy. Funniest British Man (TM).

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · Jul 17

Folks! He’s on another podcast! Well, not really, I am but the introducer.

Behold! The story of York’s other chocolate dynasty - The Terry’s.

Nothing can prepare you for this story. It’s lovely. And Stan was so good. Give it a go.

open.spotify.com/episode/2KLH...

The life, letters and legacy of Noel Terry

Borthwick Papers · Episode

open.spotify.com

Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 1h

“It’s just me kneeling in the piss, yeah?”

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Michael @welshzebra.bsky.social · 3h

Besides that, I see ASDA are trialling a new way of ensuring people don't skip paying for petrol.

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 3h

I see yer da has been shopping on Temu again

Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 4h

Meanwhile, on the border with the United States.

P.S. Are camouflaged Tomahawks already on their way to Ukraine?

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 4h

“OUT OF MY WAY YOU FANNIES!”

Rhys Needham @rhysneedham.bsky.social · 10h

Lazar Kaganovich nearly outlived the Soviet Union, missing out by exactly five months. Molotov and Malenkov lived to see the rise of Gorbachev.

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Paul @bingowings14.bsky.social · 3d

[My first day as a detective]
Me: It's one way glass he can't see you. Just point at the killer.
Witness: All I can see is our reflection.
Me: Ah, ok. Everybody swap rooms.

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 5h

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 8h

Was to meet a very specific funding target based on other donations!

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That JRT fella @biggytee.bsky.social · 19h

2005 Byker Grove, Terry Molloy as a TV director - check out his character name on the clapperboard.

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 18h

Barbie movie is a 15th Doctor story set in the land of fiction

Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 19h

Except that, as other correspondents have noted, it’s not Onslow, it’s Vernon Scripps from Heartbeat!

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Kris Wilson @kriswilson.bsky.social · 20h

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 19h

Oh god, it’s not the Rhodesia series is it?

BoggenstroviaToo @boggenstroviaon.bsky.social · 21h

He's here! It's Kenny Cantor!

a man wearing glasses and a suit has a badge on his jacket

ALT: a man wearing glasses and a suit has a badge on his jacket

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 19h

Bloody hell lads! We’ve done it ever more-er-er!

I am staggered. Amazed. And incredibly incredibly grateful.

Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 23h

Bloody hell! We’ve done it, lads! We’ve done it!

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 23h

Ohhhh just you wait, I’ve got a couple of archives cooling on a shelf over there that will make your collective wigs flip with amazement; and your eyes will stick out on stalks while an AWOOOGA noise appears

PRL @usrbinprl.bsky.social · 23h

What's coming next that I can divert some of my money to?

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 23h

FIFTEEN MILLION POUNDS FOR A FOUR BED

I’ve got a 3 bed in York, which means it must be worth at least half that

Tim Smith-Laing @timsmith-laing.com · 1d

Courtesy of @thefence.bsky.social I discover that David Mellor has an absolutely incredible house and absolutely execrable taste. Apparently this is decorated in the manner of John Soane. Yeah. Sure.

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Check out this 4 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove

4 bedroom detached house for sale in St Katharine By The Tower, London, E1W for £15,000,000. Marketed by Carter Jonas, Mayfair

www.rightmove.co.uk

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 23h

This is huge. We’ve never tried to do anything like this before! And thanks to well over ONE HUNDRED of you, we’ve done it. Agog. Amazed. Excited. The good times are coming, folks!!

Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 23h

Bloody hell! We’ve done it, lads! We’ve done it!

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 23h

Bloody hell! We’ve done it, lads! We’ve done it!

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 1d

I'd quite like that on a tea-towel

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Dame Agnes Guano @agnes-guano.bsky.social · 1d

Somebody please check on Judy Cornwell.

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Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 1d

Keeping Up Apparitions…

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Rhys Wynne @rhys.wales · 1d

I saved this saying "Well, this is going to be our picture in the pub quiz on Thursday". Majestic.

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Michæl Hudson @hexshaped.bsky.social · 1d

Both versions of Rose? Bit of an odd choice.

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Ian McDougall @ianmcdougall.bsky.social · 1d

Onslow turning up as his alter ego Vernon Scripps

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 1d

Just saw this on BookFace - this is not, and I repeat, NOT a piss take

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 1d

Some of you may be wondering about the glamorous lifestyle associated with the architectural work I do.

Well, I can now share some of that with you. I get this sort of ad for reference material on my Instagram feed.
(It is a genuine ad.)

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