Jonathan Bufton
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TV, politics, cats. Not always in that order.
That tagline āthere is only oneā¦ā appeared on the
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compilation albums of the period, and randomly popped up on this showcase thing, but I never saw it anywhere else. Anyway surely it should be āitās still number oneā?
12 days ago
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Robert Hutton
18 days ago
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection. Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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I think the awful chromakey links are far more offensive than that T-Spoon track banished to the late night repeat
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20 days ago
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A few updates to my Parallel 9 blogs with the upload of a high quality stereo version of show 1 without a timestamp across the top. All screengrabs and links are now updated. Thereās also a few new clips from CBBC continuity that have popped up on YouTube.
jonabuft.blogspot.com/2022/09/they...
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They're Gonna Take Your Time Away: A (Not So) Brief History of Parallel 9 - Part 1
Between 1992 and 1994, the prestigious Children's BBC's Saturday morning slot was occupied during the summer months by a programme called Pa...
http://jonabuft.blogspot.com/2022/09/theyre-gonna-take-your-time-away-not-so.html
about 1 month ago
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I love that there was one week in UK chart history where Destinyās Child were outsold by the theme tune to ITVās World Cup coverage
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about 2 months ago
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As the song goes, it was twenty years ago todayā¦
2 months ago
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Gareth Joy
2 months ago
Central is ITV. Lovely.
#itv70
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Even the toilets are celebrating at work
2 months ago
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TV Live
2 months ago
Special breakbumpers on ITV1 today to mark 70 years of ITV.
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A love letter to the past - full kudos to ITV Creative for this beauty. (Can neither confirm nor deny thereāll be some full outings later)
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2 months ago
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Loved this, particularly as they had to cut out the line āI donāt need no TV, I donāt need no newsā
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2 months ago
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Happy birthday ITV. Been scheduling it for nearly 20 of the 70 and today was a lot of fun for reasons that will hopefully become apparent!
2 months ago
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Been waiting since 1976 for this
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2 months ago
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Callum May
2 months ago
Hepburn: I Quit
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Minister Jamie Hepburn resigns after assault claim
Conservative MSP Douglas Ross said the parliament minister grabbed him as he left the Holyrood chamber on Wednesday.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceq2y0npj32o
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Looks like theyāve got the memo about the presenter never appearing to be in the same place as the acts though. They also superimposed Zoe Ball on top of one of the pre-records and even did a fake pan via a pillar at one point
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2 months ago
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I will admit I quite liked Bus Stopās Kung Fu Fighting at the time. Itās fun and doesnāt take itself too seriously, unlike a lot of the acts on the show
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2 months ago
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Russty Russ
3 months ago
#OnThisDay
1985: 40 years ago today, the block of childrens programmes on BBC1 was branded as Children's BBC and for the first time,dedicated idents & an in-vision presenter was used in a place affectionately known to us as the Broom Cupboard.
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That classic genre
3 months ago
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The arrival of this logo means Iām officially a grumpy teenager and things arenāt as good as they used to be
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3 months ago
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Heās not gonna do a Harriet Jones is heā¦
3 months ago
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Enjoying the slightly bleak daily puzzle on whatās left of the BBC digital text service
4 months ago
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Ten Acre Books
4 months ago
We are sad to report that longtime Blue Peter Editor Biddy Baxter has died at the age of 92. We salute a true pioneer, who navigated changing times in the television industry with instinct, tenacity and style.
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Not what Iād call a book about Yorkshire but there you go
4 months ago
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Keeping Up Appearancesā¦.on a steam train! š¤·š»āāļø
4 months ago
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Genius new campaign for the Golden Arches - spot on gaming imagery, acknowledging the guilty pleasure angle, and bringing back a 90s banger to boot
youtu.be/qT4G7Vj6kKM?...
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McDonald's Side Missions
YouTube video by McDonald's UK
https://youtu.be/qT4G7Vj6kKM?si=4AV1n4gskxxSjY-w
4 months ago
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Saturday Mornings
4 months ago
A little Saturday bonus... Here's what happened when Live & Kicking moved from BBC ONE to BBC TWO on 11 November 2000 to make way for coverage of The Lord Mayor's Show...
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Iām not sure with my 108 followers this will help much but thereās a real chance the Goodnight Sweetheart kickstarter might not reach its target and this simply will not do. 7 days to fund the new adventures of time travelling bigamist Gary Sparrow!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/idi...
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Goodnight Sweetheart: Many Happy Returns
A brand new novel based on the hit TV comedy series written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/idiotboxbooks/goodnight-sweetheart-many-happy-returns
4 months ago
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Nice reference for the parents/grandparents in the new Beano
4 months ago
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Easy to see why there was a degree of panic around TOTP at this point in time
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5 months ago
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As corporate brand hashtag content hashtag engagement this is pretty poor, but it doesnāt even make sense. Alcohol is permitted on board
5 months ago
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England v Wales on the big telly, Netherlands v France on my childhood B&W portable. Alfie unmoved by either.
5 months ago
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Why Don't YouTube?
5 months ago
The National Lottery Live today in 1996, and we can't decide whether the best part is the big doors getting stuck, Drawmaster John Willan's feat of brute strength or Alan Dedicoat's remarkable use of the second mention.
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The restoration on
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is incredible. Youād never know it wasnāt made in widescreen.
5 months ago
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Turns out Live Aid wasnāt 7 hours of Freddie Mercury strutting up and down the stage, who knew
5 months ago
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My new TV is getting sassy
5 months ago
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I was saddened recently to hear of the death of Stephen Hope-Wynne at just 63, who a few years ago enthusiastically took part in my mad project to research Parallel 9, telling me at length about his role on the programme.
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Evening
5 months ago
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Radio X Oasisās programmer has just stuck on All Around The World, so they can now clock off for the afternoon
5 months ago
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Meanwhile on 2ā¦
5 months ago
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Gary Brannan
5 months ago
This documentary on the Cold War is as you would expect, great, barring the fact that nuclear Armageddon appears to be ushered in with the āNoel Edmonds Gunge Tank Sirenā, which rather takes the edge off it and suggests that, out of shot, Daley Thompson is now covered in slime.
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Every week Iām slightly fascinated by the dour presentation of the kidsā puzzles in the Guardian
6 months ago
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Iām surprised this isnāt pointed out more often as itās an ace fact, but the shiny gold/brown backdrop on the Live and Kicking titles is reused from the ācolourbars armyā opening used for the final series of Going Live, meaning it was on Saturday mornings for 8 years
youtu.be/uiXF0nsteQ8?...
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6 months ago
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Got so sick of the ask Siri pop up thing accidentally coming up I thought Iād ask it a simple question, to which I got a factual answer, but the artwork it provided is sublime
6 months ago
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Final local programming from here tomorrow after 44 years
6 months ago
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Woke up in the middle of the night with what I vaguely recognised as the theme tune to something that was on BBC Choice yonks ago. āI must remember thatā I thought. Of course, completely gone when I woke up again. I love how my brain has been hanging onto that for c.25 years to chuck out randomly
6 months ago
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Big old night last night!
6 months ago
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Please make it stop
6 months ago
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In memory of Yo Yentobā¦
youtu.be/sUf95Tr6xJY?...
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Children's BBC clock unveiling
YouTube video by JB1601
https://youtu.be/sUf95Tr6xJY?si=wygXBBonyD0NeM6F
6 months ago
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Even though I was very much a moody teenager by this point I remember being peed off by
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1997 only playing about 30 seconds of the Teletubbies. Itās number 1, you play it, you donāt get to opt out because you donāt like it
6 months ago
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Time to teach the kids about real music
6 months ago
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