Phil
@vmphil.bsky.social
Posts mainly about TV, media, technology and miscellaneous topics. Merseyside, UK.
January 28, 2026 at 8:16 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...
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...
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.
Good the see U&Gold still have the 1997 era break bumpers on the Vicar of Dibley Christmas Lunch Incident!! (This screenshot is from 2017 but you get the idea)
December 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Good the see U&Gold still have the 1997 era break bumpers on the Vicar of Dibley Christmas Lunch Incident!! (This screenshot is from 2017 but you get the idea)
Sometimes YouTube comments are awful, then sometimes you get things like this.
December 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Sometimes YouTube comments are awful, then sometimes you get things like this.
Got the Radio Times today and already can’t wait for Christmas WILTY.
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Got the Radio Times today and already can’t wait for Christmas WILTY.
Nice to see the Charmless Man video in 4K (with visible film grain and no/little AI enhancement far as I can see) youtu.be/p1a_4CN4onA
December 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Nice to see the Charmless Man video in 4K (with visible film grain and no/little AI enhancement far as I can see) youtu.be/p1a_4CN4onA
So good they named it twice
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
So good they named it twice
Also also, I think Granada got one of the worst typography treatments out of all the regions. It literally looks like someone opened Word 97 and typed the name out in the default Times New Roman. With apologies to @sgordonthe87.bsky.social for stealing a screenshot from one of his videos.
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Also also, I think Granada got one of the worst typography treatments out of all the regions. It literally looks like someone opened Word 97 and typed the name out in the default Times New Roman. With apologies to @sgordonthe87.bsky.social for stealing a screenshot from one of his videos.
Whoever designed the new Office, sorry, Microsoft 365 icons didn't think about what they'd look like as a desktop shortcut.
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Whoever designed the new Office, sorry, Microsoft 365 icons didn't think about what they'd look like as a desktop shortcut.
Though I’m sure I remember at the time, someone remarked that the 2002 ITV1 logo looked like a chocolate bar wrapper!
September 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Though I’m sure I remember at the time, someone remarked that the 2002 ITV1 logo looked like a chocolate bar wrapper!
I think my opinion from the time has been vindicated…
August 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I think my opinion from the time has been vindicated…
Well, that clears that up.
August 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Well, that clears that up.
Can’t get over the photo the BBC chose to use of George Harrison when he died. One of the most photographed humans on Earth and they use THIS:
August 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Can’t get over the photo the BBC chose to use of George Harrison when he died. One of the most photographed humans on Earth and they use THIS:
This is what Morrisons call a “garden centre”. I’m pretty sure it’s a trolley park.
June 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is what Morrisons call a “garden centre”. I’m pretty sure it’s a trolley park.
Dermot’s looking a bit different these days.
May 31, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Dermot’s looking a bit different these days.
Radio 1 playing a Sugababes song so old the cover says it’s CD 1 of a 2 CD set
May 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Radio 1 playing a Sugababes song so old the cover says it’s CD 1 of a 2 CD set
Fifty years ago today, Radio 1 held a "Fun Day" at Mallory Park. This day was seared into the memory of John Peel. He recalled his experience for the Radio 1 Story documentary in 1997.
If you have not seen this clip before, please watch to the very end. You will not be disappointed.
If you have not seen this clip before, please watch to the very end. You will not be disappointed.
May 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Fifty years ago today, Radio 1 held a "Fun Day" at Mallory Park. This day was seared into the memory of John Peel. He recalled his experience for the Radio 1 Story documentary in 1997.
If you have not seen this clip before, please watch to the very end. You will not be disappointed.
If you have not seen this clip before, please watch to the very end. You will not be disappointed.
Highly amused by the BBC listings pages crediting every movie that starts with the Universal logo to The Minions
May 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Highly amused by the BBC listings pages crediting every movie that starts with the Universal logo to The Minions
The editor of the Wikipedia page for SM:TV Live takes the programme extremely seriously. "It was not made clear if the incident had been a stunt and intended to make a point on the subject"!
April 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The editor of the Wikipedia page for SM:TV Live takes the programme extremely seriously. "It was not made clear if the incident had been a stunt and intended to make a point on the subject"!
Lockdown jump scare at The Range
April 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Lockdown jump scare at The Range
Remembering the time North West Tonight had to tell someone they tweet news out because it’s news
March 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Remembering the time North West Tonight had to tell someone they tweet news out because it’s news
Ah I should have read Wiki first. No sign of that version online though.
March 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Ah I should have read Wiki first. No sign of that version online though.