Howard Read
@howardread.bsky.social
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Howard Read
@howardread.bsky.social
· Nov 30
<CLAAAAAAAANG!!!> such a lovely night celebrating 15 years of Horrible Histories, and more importantly, having it, and everyone who’s made it what it is, celebrated.
Flying visit to Dublin to celebrate the wrap of Adam Loves Adventure, a lovely RTÉ I had the joy of helping develop and write and get in a spot of Christmas shopping.
December 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Flying visit to Dublin to celebrate the wrap of Adam Loves Adventure, a lovely RTÉ I had the joy of helping develop and write and get in a spot of Christmas shopping.
Is there a Most Christmassyist Garage competition? If there is
Can someone enter this big jingly carport into it, because it’ll win hands down. After most of the day up a ladder, discovering problems with both the guttering and the roof tiles, Christmas is well and truly started in this house.
Can someone enter this big jingly carport into it, because it’ll win hands down. After most of the day up a ladder, discovering problems with both the guttering and the roof tiles, Christmas is well and truly started in this house.
November 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Is there a Most Christmassyist Garage competition? If there is
Can someone enter this big jingly carport into it, because it’ll win hands down. After most of the day up a ladder, discovering problems with both the guttering and the roof tiles, Christmas is well and truly started in this house.
Can someone enter this big jingly carport into it, because it’ll win hands down. After most of the day up a ladder, discovering problems with both the guttering and the roof tiles, Christmas is well and truly started in this house.
The Muppets Christmas Carol is the best telling of anything ever. A masterpiece in adaptation, every key line delivered brilliantly, great songs, genuinely funny and emotion, rewards repeated viewing (trust me on this) and every single shot of the film has at least one joke in it.
Thead
Thead
November 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The Muppets Christmas Carol is the best telling of anything ever. A masterpiece in adaptation, every key line delivered brilliantly, great songs, genuinely funny and emotion, rewards repeated viewing (trust me on this) and every single shot of the film has at least one joke in it.
Thead
Thead
This is the nichest of niche jokes that was even niche when you were at the show when it was explained.
@howardread.bsky.social CLIIIIIIIIIIIVE!
*playing guess who with werner herzog*
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This is the nichest of niche jokes that was even niche when you were at the show when it was explained.
I’d like to think he’s still there.
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I’d like to think he’s still there.
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Finsbury Park! Families of North London! See you at @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social on Sunday 14th December for comedy excellence from Rachel Watkeys-Dowie, Dave Chawner and @howardread.bsky.social!
🎟️ parktheatre.co.uk/events/comed...
🎟️ parktheatre.co.uk/events/comed...
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Finsbury Park! Families of North London! See you at @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social on Sunday 14th December for comedy excellence from Rachel Watkeys-Dowie, Dave Chawner and @howardread.bsky.social!
🎟️ parktheatre.co.uk/events/comed...
🎟️ parktheatre.co.uk/events/comed...
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Cannot BELIEVE the trains in this country wanted to stop Tunbridge Wells from seeing this today. HOW VERY DARE, etc.
Hat tip @howardread.bsky.social for driving, @alexanderybennett.bsky.social for photographing, and @matricardo.bsky.social for derring do.
Hat tip @howardread.bsky.social for driving, @alexanderybennett.bsky.social for photographing, and @matricardo.bsky.social for derring do.
November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Cannot BELIEVE the trains in this country wanted to stop Tunbridge Wells from seeing this today. HOW VERY DARE, etc.
Hat tip @howardread.bsky.social for driving, @alexanderybennett.bsky.social for photographing, and @matricardo.bsky.social for derring do.
Hat tip @howardread.bsky.social for driving, @alexanderybennett.bsky.social for photographing, and @matricardo.bsky.social for derring do.
Doing this on Saturday! Right up the Tunbridge!
Tunbridge Wells! Families of Kent! Join us at Trinity Theatre on Saturday 22nd for comedy excellence with @alexanderybennett.bsky.social, @howardread.bsky.social and @matricardo.bsky.social!
🎟️ trinitytheatre.net/book/501801/
🎟️ trinitytheatre.net/book/501801/
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Doing this on Saturday! Right up the Tunbridge!
There’s a full episode of Stan & Gran eps on YouTube for anyone who can’t see them outside the UK (or can’t get up at 7:55am or work MY5).
youtu.be/8NJEUcNtO0o?...
youtu.be/8NJEUcNtO0o?...
Stan & Gran Full Episode: Roaming Gnomes 🫛🦔 | Brand New Animated Adventure For Kids | Milkshake!
YouTube video by Milkshake!
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
There’s a full episode of Stan & Gran eps on YouTube for anyone who can’t see them outside the UK (or can’t get up at 7:55am or work MY5).
youtu.be/8NJEUcNtO0o?...
youtu.be/8NJEUcNtO0o?...
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Tunbridge Wells! Families of Kent! Join us at Trinity Theatre on Saturday 22nd for comedy excellence with @alexanderybennett.bsky.social, @howardread.bsky.social and @matricardo.bsky.social!
🎟️ trinitytheatre.net/book/501801/
🎟️ trinitytheatre.net/book/501801/
November 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Tunbridge Wells! Families of Kent! Join us at Trinity Theatre on Saturday 22nd for comedy excellence with @alexanderybennett.bsky.social, @howardread.bsky.social and @matricardo.bsky.social!
🎟️ trinitytheatre.net/book/501801/
🎟️ trinitytheatre.net/book/501801/
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If you have mini people aged 4-7, there is a lovely new show out today on C5/Milkshake from today called Stan and Gran. It's full of gags and nature facts. Also I wrote some of it, and it's all expertly head written by @howardread.bsky.social. My first ep is out next Monday (its all about worms 🪱🪱🪱)
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
If you have mini people aged 4-7, there is a lovely new show out today on C5/Milkshake from today called Stan and Gran. It's full of gags and nature facts. Also I wrote some of it, and it's all expertly head written by @howardread.bsky.social. My first ep is out next Monday (its all about worms 🪱🪱🪱)
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Heaps of fun things coming up before Christmas, join us for classes at The Phoenix in London, and gigs at:
⭐ Tunbridge Wells, Trinity Theatre*
⭐ Brighton, Komedia
⭐ Worthing, Connaught Theatre
⭐ Finsbury Park, @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social*
⭐ Bedford, Quarry Theatre
* with @howardread.bsky.social
⭐ Tunbridge Wells, Trinity Theatre*
⭐ Brighton, Komedia
⭐ Worthing, Connaught Theatre
⭐ Finsbury Park, @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social*
⭐ Bedford, Quarry Theatre
* with @howardread.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Heaps of fun things coming up before Christmas, join us for classes at The Phoenix in London, and gigs at:
⭐ Tunbridge Wells, Trinity Theatre*
⭐ Brighton, Komedia
⭐ Worthing, Connaught Theatre
⭐ Finsbury Park, @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social*
⭐ Bedford, Quarry Theatre
* with @howardread.bsky.social
⭐ Tunbridge Wells, Trinity Theatre*
⭐ Brighton, Komedia
⭐ Worthing, Connaught Theatre
⭐ Finsbury Park, @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social*
⭐ Bedford, Quarry Theatre
* with @howardread.bsky.social
Another sneak peak of Stan & Gran. This was the first episode where we really nailed where the comedy came from in the show, and Simone Giampaolo and the team have done such a great job at nailing all the gags (one of which was suggested by the one and only Jon Mason).
youtu.be/_S0YPCA1ryI
youtu.be/_S0YPCA1ryI
Stan and Gran "Laughter of the Lake 🌊" Episode Clip | Milkshake!
YouTube video by Milkshake!
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Another sneak peak of Stan & Gran. This was the first episode where we really nailed where the comedy came from in the show, and Simone Giampaolo and the team have done such a great job at nailing all the gags (one of which was suggested by the one and only Jon Mason).
youtu.be/_S0YPCA1ryI
youtu.be/_S0YPCA1ryI
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Finsbury Park! Families of London! Join us at our next @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social shows:
November 9th: @robkemp.bsky.social, Mandeep Singh, @tommayhew.bsky.social, Helen Duff
December 14th: Rachel Watkeys-Dowie, Dave Chawner, @howardread.bsky.social
🎟️ parktheatre.co.uk/events/comed...
November 9th: @robkemp.bsky.social, Mandeep Singh, @tommayhew.bsky.social, Helen Duff
December 14th: Rachel Watkeys-Dowie, Dave Chawner, @howardread.bsky.social
🎟️ parktheatre.co.uk/events/comed...
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Finsbury Park! Families of London! Join us at our next @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social shows:
November 9th: @robkemp.bsky.social, Mandeep Singh, @tommayhew.bsky.social, Helen Duff
December 14th: Rachel Watkeys-Dowie, Dave Chawner, @howardread.bsky.social
🎟️ parktheatre.co.uk/events/comed...
November 9th: @robkemp.bsky.social, Mandeep Singh, @tommayhew.bsky.social, Helen Duff
December 14th: Rachel Watkeys-Dowie, Dave Chawner, @howardread.bsky.social
🎟️ parktheatre.co.uk/events/comed...
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That's why birds are scared of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
That's why birds are scared of them.
Just in time for *Stan & Gran* hitting the Milkshake screen next month I've got a new website including all the things a writer needs on a website, and several things a writer really doesn't need, like a 360 degree tour of my head!
Find it at www.howardread.com if you'd like an explore.
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Find it at www.howardread.com if you'd like an explore.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Just in time for *Stan & Gran* hitting the Milkshake screen next month I've got a new website including all the things a writer needs on a website, and several things a writer really doesn't need, like a 360 degree tour of my head!
Find it at www.howardread.com if you'd like an explore.
Thread…
Find it at www.howardread.com if you'd like an explore.
Thread…
This on toast, presented on a tiny cake stand, rotating slowly on an old record player used as a lazy susan.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This on toast, presented on a tiny cake stand, rotating slowly on an old record player used as a lazy susan.
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Finsbury Park! Families of London! We gots TREATS for you at our next @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social shows:
November 9th: @robkemp.bsky.social, Mandeep Singh, Sam Eley, Helen Duff
December 14th: Rachel Watkeys-Dowie, Dave Chawner, @howardread.bsky.social
🎟️ parktheatre.co.uk/events/comed...
November 9th: @robkemp.bsky.social, Mandeep Singh, Sam Eley, Helen Duff
December 14th: Rachel Watkeys-Dowie, Dave Chawner, @howardread.bsky.social
🎟️ parktheatre.co.uk/events/comed...
October 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Finsbury Park! Families of London! We gots TREATS for you at our next @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social shows:
November 9th: @robkemp.bsky.social, Mandeep Singh, Sam Eley, Helen Duff
December 14th: Rachel Watkeys-Dowie, Dave Chawner, @howardread.bsky.social
🎟️ parktheatre.co.uk/events/comed...
November 9th: @robkemp.bsky.social, Mandeep Singh, Sam Eley, Helen Duff
December 14th: Rachel Watkeys-Dowie, Dave Chawner, @howardread.bsky.social
🎟️ parktheatre.co.uk/events/comed...
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Rugby! KIDS! Join us on Wednesday 29th October for:
👏 a 2pm Hallowe'en show at Macready Theatre with @howardread.bsky.social, Callum Straford and Duncan Oakley
👏 a 3:30pm kids comedy workshop with all the wisdom +/ ridiculousness Howard and Callum can muster
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/rugby-arts/c...
👏 a 2pm Hallowe'en show at Macready Theatre with @howardread.bsky.social, Callum Straford and Duncan Oakley
👏 a 3:30pm kids comedy workshop with all the wisdom +/ ridiculousness Howard and Callum can muster
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/rugby-arts/c...
October 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Rugby! KIDS! Join us on Wednesday 29th October for:
👏 a 2pm Hallowe'en show at Macready Theatre with @howardread.bsky.social, Callum Straford and Duncan Oakley
👏 a 3:30pm kids comedy workshop with all the wisdom +/ ridiculousness Howard and Callum can muster
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/rugby-arts/c...
👏 a 2pm Hallowe'en show at Macready Theatre with @howardread.bsky.social, Callum Straford and Duncan Oakley
👏 a 3:30pm kids comedy workshop with all the wisdom +/ ridiculousness Howard and Callum can muster
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/rugby-arts/c...
Here’s a clip of the show I head wrote for Milkshake. This is from one of my eps. #Stan&Gran
youtu.be/WDXjcTze5HA?...
youtu.be/WDXjcTze5HA?...
Stan and Gran "The Wizard's Whistle" Episode Clip 😗 🪁 | Milkshake!
YouTube video by Milkshake!
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Here’s a clip of the show I head wrote for Milkshake. This is from one of my eps. #Stan&Gran
youtu.be/WDXjcTze5HA?...
youtu.be/WDXjcTze5HA?...
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Worcester! We're bringing comedy excellence to Huntingdon Hall this Saturday, with @katiepritchards.bsky.social hosting Darryl Carrington and @howardread.bsky.social! Join us for stand-up, songs, and spectacular physical silliness!
🎟️ worcestertheatres.co.uk/huntingdon-h...
🎟️ worcestertheatres.co.uk/huntingdon-h...
October 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Worcester! We're bringing comedy excellence to Huntingdon Hall this Saturday, with @katiepritchards.bsky.social hosting Darryl Carrington and @howardread.bsky.social! Join us for stand-up, songs, and spectacular physical silliness!
🎟️ worcestertheatres.co.uk/huntingdon-h...
🎟️ worcestertheatres.co.uk/huntingdon-h...
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I have a third cartoon in the current Private Eye.
I'm fully expecting to appear in Pedants Corner with this one.
I'm fully expecting to appear in Pedants Corner with this one.
October 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I have a third cartoon in the current Private Eye.
I'm fully expecting to appear in Pedants Corner with this one.
I'm fully expecting to appear in Pedants Corner with this one.
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Brighton! Families! Join us at #Komedia on Saturday 18th, for comedy excellence from @katiepritchards.bsky.social, @joshuaseigal.bsky.social, @annasoden.bsky.social and sketch duo Shelf! (Then December brings Sunjai Arif, Lil Wenker and @howardread.bsky.social!)
🎟️ www.komedia.co.uk/shows/comedy...
🎟️ www.komedia.co.uk/shows/comedy...
October 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Brighton! Families! Join us at #Komedia on Saturday 18th, for comedy excellence from @katiepritchards.bsky.social, @joshuaseigal.bsky.social, @annasoden.bsky.social and sketch duo Shelf! (Then December brings Sunjai Arif, Lil Wenker and @howardread.bsky.social!)
🎟️ www.komedia.co.uk/shows/comedy...
🎟️ www.komedia.co.uk/shows/comedy...
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Finchley! KIDS! See you at #artsdepot on Sunday 19th for double gig goodness with @alexanderybennett.bsky.social, @zafarcakes.bsky.social, @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social and @bechillcomedian.bsky.social! Stand-up! Silliness! Really impressive eyebrows waggling!
🎟️ www.artsdepot.co.uk/event/comedy...
🎟️ www.artsdepot.co.uk/event/comedy...
October 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Finchley! KIDS! See you at #artsdepot on Sunday 19th for double gig goodness with @alexanderybennett.bsky.social, @zafarcakes.bsky.social, @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social and @bechillcomedian.bsky.social! Stand-up! Silliness! Really impressive eyebrows waggling!
🎟️ www.artsdepot.co.uk/event/comedy...
🎟️ www.artsdepot.co.uk/event/comedy...
Here’s a 3 minute sneak peak of Stan & Gran. Amazing work Simone Giampaolo and team, Natalie Adams Executive Producer Original Kids and Family, Peter Griffiths and everyone at Tiger Aspect Kids and Family! First ep on Milkshake in 10th November!
youtu.be/d6p09lbR3wA?...
youtu.be/d6p09lbR3wA?...
Stan and Gran "Roaming Gnomes" Episode Clip 🐾 | Milkshake!
YouTube video by Milkshake!
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Here’s a 3 minute sneak peak of Stan & Gran. Amazing work Simone Giampaolo and team, Natalie Adams Executive Producer Original Kids and Family, Peter Griffiths and everyone at Tiger Aspect Kids and Family! First ep on Milkshake in 10th November!
youtu.be/d6p09lbR3wA?...
youtu.be/d6p09lbR3wA?...