Beautiful Bahh (Bartha/Bar/Booby etc) is five today!

Book, cat, coffee, dog. Doing Saturday right.

BBC Archive have uploaded a rather lovely 1981 folklore programme to their YT channel, but what immediately grabbed my attention was this rather lovely rural BBC Northern Ireland clock at the beginning (on film). Anyone know anything of its provenance? youtu.be/R3zcfw6gswg?...

Had a lovely time recording this with m’colleague some time ago. Hopefully you’ll enjoy it too.

Goon Pod@goonpod.bsky.social · 2w ago

STEPTOE & SON RIDE AGAIN (1973) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g... We’ve chatted about Wilf & Harry H in recent weeks on Goon Pod and here Paul Carmichael @paulcarmichaeluk.bsky.social & Michael Livesley join Tyler to talk all things Steptoe… also home taping, boomer nostalgia and Live TV

". . . Those women were in the nip!"

I think this is our best yet…

@aceodyssey63.bsky.social · 3w ago

Brand new Ace Odyssey! Can Adric save the day? Matthew Waterhouse joins @sophiealdred.bsky.social, with @emilyrosina.bsky.social in the Ffantaface. And the Quantum Quickfire finally pushes Hobbes beyond breaking point! #DoctorWho Links ⬇️

There’s at least one puff piece a day on BBC News for Reform. Other parties don’t get this. It’s rather strange. This is this mornings offering on the front page of the News website.

Roger has clambered to the top of the kitchen cupboard for a shout.

On this date in history: 2 Sept 1666: Lord Mayor of London, Thomas Bludworth, decided to ignore what would become the Great Fire of London because “a woman could piss it out”.

A very special Bank Holiday weekend edition of Ace Odyssey as we travel Into The Ffantaface! A brand new classic #DoctorWho commentary, Signals From Sophie’s Sofa as our Captain answers your questions and an extended Quantum Quickfire the legendary Peter Purves! Links below ⬇️

@aceodyssey63.bsky.social · last mo.

Bank Holiday Weekend shenanigans within the Ffantaface! iTunes-> podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... Spotify-> open.spotify.com/episode/5iGZ...

Infamous Witchfinder Matthew Hopkins enjoys a Toblerone whilst on a break from persecuting villagers.

And now Tim Curry has left the party? That one hurts. RIP.

Oh no. Not Dolly Parton! RIP you fabulous lady. #DollyParton

Would you like a photo of Derek Nimmo, Frankie Howerd, David Bellamy, Stirling Moss and Frank Bough dressed as Boy Scouts? No probs. 👍

30 years ago today this letter arrived from ‘Uncle’ Bill Ridley. He was known as “head of weird” and was the executive producer of Canary Wharf. My messy career began with the arrival of this letter!

A little bit of joy and a very nice thing arrived in the post. There’s something Proustian about these lovely little @bbcrecords.co.uk cassettes.

It’s the #DoctorWho #StarWars crossover you’ve all been waiting for as we welcome the legendary stunt performer Tracey Eddon aboard the Nosferatu 2.5! Join @sophiealdred.bsky.social and the woman who was both Ace and Princess Leia! Links below ⬇️

@aceodyssey63.bsky.social · last mo.

Join our #Supergirl for the interview of a lifetime! iTunes-> podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... Spotify-> open.spotify.com/episode/2LJR... and every other podcast app in the universe!

What a wonderful gravestone. Thomas Stagg simply wanted to be left alone it would seem.

“What dreadful Hot weather we have! – It keeps one in a continual state of Inelegance.” ☀️ Jane Austen, 1796

Best thing I’ve seen all day.

Matt Owen@mjowen174.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Infant school teacher absolutely in bits marking my work (Getting notes aged 6).

Writing some very Doctory monologues for Sylvester will always be a high point. A lovely, poignant episode and lots of fun too. #DoctorWho

@aceodyssey63.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The legendary Sylvester McCoy has materialised for a second visit to Sophie Aldred’s Ace Odyssey! Will we get around to #DoctorWho this time? Find out now! iTunes-> podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... Spotify-> open.spotify.com/episode/4HV8... Audible-> www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0HDLW6KB...

The sheer delight of finding a Billy Connolly gig from the early 90s I was previously unaware of. Bedtime has been abandoned. youtu.be/r0F2-nQYnlY?...

BILLY CONNOLLY HBO

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Kind of Facialbook to remind me that I used to have hair. Here is the evidence, pictured in the East Tower (now demolished) of TV Centre in 1996. Ahhhh memories…

Magnificent Hound. That is all.

Brand new Ace Odyssey with Sophie Aldred has materialised and stepping aboard this week is the legend that is Peter Purves! iTunes-> podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... Spotify-> open.spotify.com/episode/5xEc... Audible-> www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0HCM5TFR... #DoctorWho #BluePeter

Jonathan Frid in front of the full length projection screen at the #DarkShadows studio, usually only ever seen as part of a midshot.

We’ve a very special episode coming up and we need your help! If you’ve a question for Sophie, about #DoctorWho, Ace Odyssey, or anything else in the universe, pop it in the comments below and stand by for a special transmission on August 30th!

I loved Duggan from City Of Death. They should have kept him on as a companion. Better still, he should have had a spin-off... RIP Tom Chadbon (1946-2026) www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3L-...

Duggan (1979) | RIP Tom Chadbon | Doctor Who | Parody

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Oh bugger. Tom Chadbon has died. I know him mostly from City Of Death, a highlight of classic #DoctorWho, but he had a remarkable body of work. An excellent actor. RIP.

Oh no. Bill Oddie has died. We’re losing all the best people. A remarkable multifaceted man who should be remembered for his comedy, his music and his passionate support for our environment. A good(ie) life well lived. RIP. #BillOddie