Phil
vmphil.bsky.social
Phil
@vmphil.bsky.social
Posts mainly about TV, media, technology and miscellaneous topics. Merseyside, UK.
I’d seen a few posts about it, but it was a Merseyrail post that prompted me to look at my photos from that year. I got to July and thought “I haven’t even got to the US election and this year was still terrible”
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
I don't like antique shows either but I think that's a bit harsh on David Dickinson.
January 16, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Boot Sale Challenge, to correct myself.
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Until I looked it up just now I had no idea this started on ITV with the more prosaic title Car Boot Challenge. Clearly whoever at the BBC that came up with the names Homes Under the Hammer, Cash in the Attic and Car Booty was on some kind of creative streak at the time.
January 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM
The way Griff slowly leans in before saying “Almost perfect… except you’re still saying wank”
January 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I mentioned in one of those threads that although the accelerated flow style has been tried a few times, it’s only ever been as a one-off and if it was successful would surely have been introduced years ago.
January 11, 2026 at 8:09 PM
It was funny, also as non-viewer, watching the reaction to that final series from fans getting worse each week
January 7, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Is that the company with the ad depicting “going to the supermarket to get ingredients for dinner” as a dystopian nightmare scenario?
January 6, 2026 at 7:23 PM