Miracles were the original Jackass stunts. “Hi, I’m Jesus Christ and this is the walking on water challenge.”
Mark Griffiths
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Writes books, plays, comics, comedy, Doctor Who, plus children’s fiction for Bloomsbury as Mark Powers. Doctor Who novel “The Self-Made Man” out now. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455621/doctor-who-the-self-made-man-by-who-mark-griffiths-doctor/9781405
Have finally got around to framing this sketch of Douglas Adams by the legendary Rod Lord, used as the basis of a picture in one of the animated sequences in the 1981 TV series of The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. (I bought it from Rod last year, hence the 2025 date on the signature sticker.)
[library] hi do you have any books about when a guy is really mad at one specific whale
16th April 2019 We Apologise for the Inconvenience Vinyl LP | 5064 Productions | @markauthor.bsky.social
Mark Griffiths (@markauthor.bsky.social) on forgotten Frankie Goes To Hollywood Songs, BBC Records' Off Beat Sound Effects, Runaround, the Blackpool Doctor Who Exhibition, Five Minutes by Mainframe and, erm, The Bloke Who Pulled His Pants Down On Kilroy... timworthington.org/2017/11/12/l...
Looks Unfamiliar: Mark Griffiths – It Was Definitely An Audience Member, If You’ll Pardon The Pun
Looks Unfamiliar with Mark Griffiths talking to Tim Worthington about Five Minutes by Mainframe, Disneyland by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Charles Hawtrey as a vampire on Runaround, BBC Records And …
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That wah-wah pedal in the Yes, Minister theme creates an expectation of car chases and gun-toting pimps the show is in no position to deliver.
Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money. Except those chocolate coins you get at Christmas. They’re amazing.
21st, 22nd & 25th November 2017 'We Apologise for the Inconvenience' The infinitely improbable one-act play by @markauthor.bsky.social debuts at the Renshaw Street Theatre in Liverpool (21st-22nd) and the Three Minute Theatre in Manchester (25th).
Enjoyed Mary Beard’s ‘Talking Classics’ but disappointed to find not a single reference to The Robots of Death.
Hearing that Russell T Davies stepped aside so Andy Burnham could save Doctor Who
Posing with the Gower Street Dalek. The Doctor Who anthology featuring my story “The Boy and the Dalek” is now available in paperback.
A light sprinkling of Dalek urine in your garden will deter Cybermen from going through your bins at night.
If Manchester were always this sunny Joy Division's songs would have been a lot more cheerful.
Reservoir Dogs except instead of them all listening to K-Billy’s Super Sounds of the Seventies, it’s The Food Programme with Derek Cooper.
Science fiction story Man goes to a friend, reveals that he is in fact an alien (they have known each other for many years). He must now leave the Earth which is threatened with extinction, and offers to take his friend with him. (Notebook in Douglas Adams Collection, St John's College) #TowelDay
Paul Kirkley@paulkirkley.bsky.social · 4mo agoMemories of Douglas Adams from Lalla Ward, John Lloyd and his brother James Thrift (from Doctor Who Magazine, 2018). #DontPanic
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...you should probably pop it back in the oven for a bit.
With @lisaandandrew.bsky.social on Animal Kwackers, @markauthor.bsky.social on Noggin The Nog, @adamsleslie.bsky.social on Mysterious Cities Of Gold, @pablovich.bsky.social Transformers, @skepticcanary.bsky.social Blockbusters, @gralefrit.bsky.social on Scooby Doo. timworthington.org/2025/03/04/t...
The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “The Grasshopper That Barely Moved”
Watch with Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge on Animal Kwackers, Mark Griffiths on Noggin The Nog, Adam S. Leslie on Mysterious Cities Of Gold, Paul Abbott on Transformers, Tom Williamson on Blockb…
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“LOVE YOUR ENEMY!” Revisiting Potter’s ‘Son of Man’ after our visit to the Forest of Dean and Colin Blakeley’s furious, subversive Christ is still breathtaking.
I've just been made aware of the fact that The Singing Detective is still up in its entirety on iPlayer. One of the BBC's many best things ever. Put aside a few nights and be *astonished*. Available for a month. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
The Singing Detective - 1. Skin
Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music about pulp thriller writer Philip Marlow, in hospital with psoriasis, tormented by his past and threatened by his future.
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Out now in paperback! This collection features Doctor Who stories by me, Paul Magrs, Katy Manning, Janelle McCurdy and others. Run, slither or teleport to your local independent bookseller to order one today.
I like to imagine Paul McCartney’s singing “In this ever changing world in which we’re living” in Live and Let Die instead of the actual grammatical car-crash he uses in the song. It gets me through the night.
Fun At One - the story of comedy at BBC Radio 1. If you spent your evenings listening to Mark Radcliffe, Lee And Herring and Collins And Maconie's Hit Parade, this book is for you! Paperback (15% off code EARTHDAY15) or Kindle from here. timworthington.org/books/fun-at...
Fun At One
Fun At One by Tim Worthington – the story of comedy at BBC Radio 1, from Kenny Everett to Chris Morris and beyond.
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Today I’m visiting the Dennis Potter archive at the Dean Heritage Centre, seeing incredible handwritten manuscripts for works like The Singing Detective, Traitor, A Beast with Two Backs and Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton.
What is the true destination of Speedbird Concorde One Nine Two?
CNBC Make It@cnbcmakeit.cnbc.com · 5mo agoThe No. 1 question to 'always' ask in a job interview, from a LinkedIn career expert
Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye. Hold the mayo. Wheat toast.
Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye. Hold the mayo. Wheat toast.
Was listening to Hit the North by the Fall and the fire alarm went off and I genuinely thought it was part of the song.
It’s like a little holiday for the TV remote when you absentmindedly take it into the kitchen, isn’t it?