Here's a picture of Mary Habberfield, who, as the sound editor for Ealing Studios, was responsible for the famous 'Guggle Glub Gurgle' sound effect from 'The Man in the White Suit'. It only took five years to find a photo of her. 🤷‍♂️

See one of BBC radio's early stars, Richard "Stinker" Murdoch on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social at 5am tomorrow in "It Happened in Soho" (1948). Our guest when we spoke about this back in ep 34 was @paulkerensa.bsky.social, host of @bbcentury.bsky.social podcast www.sohobitespodcast.com/episode/34

Bodysnatching in 1800s Edinburgh! #TodSlaughter #HenryOscar #AubreyWoods star in... ⚰️ THE GREED OF WILLIAM HART (1948) 9am thriller #TPTVsubtitles

R.I.P. Jack Shepherd www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It has been pointed out to me that this means 2.5 billion-dollar AI music company Suno has spent less money on music than many individual music fans

Cardiff-set drama Lost Boys & Fairies flew the flag for Wales at last night’s International Emmy Awards, taking home the prize for Best TV Movie/Mini Series. Huge congratulations to Daf James and the whole team.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"

God it's so cool that so much of British and European nationalist politics has broadly been shaped by warehouse clickfarms rented by guys in South Asia running "how to make money from racist old people" workshops, and that this has had more influence on media and politics than any grassroots group

In any other job they'd be sacked. But who gets sacked from the House of Lords? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Become an indentured labourer?

Udo Kier RIP. www.theguardian.com/film/gallery...

Sleaford Mods’ vocalist Jason Williamson stars as a violent poacher with a grudge against local ravers in a solid debut that has a little drop of psychedelia in its scrumpy. @annodracula.bsky.social reviews Game, out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

WANTED: A Chair that does not give way when sat on.

SUNDAY 🚨🚨Silent Laughter Day » The Cinema Museum, London Amazing programme of silent films at the Kennington Bioscope culminating in a re-premier of The Small Bachelor (1927) thought lost for *a century* with live NEIL BRAND! #silentfilm #extraordinary www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2025/kenning...

Today we're looking for locations from 'The Depraved', a 1957 Danziger Production. If you recognise any of them please let us know. A credit for the first to get in touch and, no, that's not the the Walter L. Dodge House in Hollywood. As always, thanks in advance.

This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury. Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog. Ministers are not listening.

Fun fact: on the day Dominic Cummings’ trip to Barnard Castle was revealed, the only person that a Tory MP called for to be sacked was *me*. (Simon Clarke MP contacted my employer for being sarcastic to him on Twitter 🙃)

I know Liz Truss is widely seen as the worst Prime Minister ever, but at least she didn't kill 23,000 people though incompetence like Boris Johnson.

The only time the fucker told the truth.

So, it's taken 5 years and millions of pounds for an enquiry to uncover the fact that Johnson was lazy and feckless and utterly incapable of running a government. I could have done it for a fiver.

Scorsese is a Basil Dearden fan and between him and me we'll make you all part of our BD fan club one day

X is in clear + systemic breach of its legal duties in the UK to remove unlawful content from its platform. Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported. A new thread documenting this.

Join us this Sat, 12PM, for our special #WW1 double bill with #SilentFilm The Battle of the Somme (1916) with live music by Stephen Horne + Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory (1957) on #Bristol’s biggest cinema screen: ti.to/film-noir-uk... Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social & @20thcflicks.bsky.social

Insane 1957 British horror movie now on Amazon Prime Video. Dying tycoon George Coulouris (from Citizen Kane!), decides the cure is to replace his brain with that of the revivified head of Nostradamus. The ending must be seen to believed.

Looking forward to joining this panel at #BFISouthbank on Sun 23 Nov, to discuss Gainsborough Melodramas: whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau... With double bill of The Wicked Lady & Madonna of the Seven Moons. #MargaretLockwood #JamesMason #PatriciaRoc #StewartGranger #PhyllisCalvert #BFITooMuch

UK's TV exports break £2 billion barrier. Library titles account for 44% of total sales. Quality sells! @writersguildgb.bsky.social www.broadbandtvnews.com/2025/11/19/u...

So lovely to see our old traditions being upheld by the peerage, such as screwing-over workers. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Just taking a moment to appreciate these wonderful pictures of Tom Baker with @louisejameson.bsky.social & friends at his MBE investiture this week. How does he get *more* like the Doctor the older he gets? #TomBaker MBE - it's about time.🧣🏅

Anyone with a conscience should know that the right thing to do is to immediately let the Collins campaign that this behavior disqualify them from receiving your vote. Make this kind of abuse of AI toxic to a politician looking for your vote.

I didn't expect much from this version of Labour, but I was kind of hoping not to get policies that actively make me heave.

"The Home Office has re-assessed Peru and finds that it is no longer the deepest, or the darkest on our list. It is therefore safe for you to return, and we will compel you to do so within 1 week of receipt of this letter. Your marmalade sandwiches have been confiscated in lieu of your costs."

Today would have been the 100th birthday of possibly the most gorgeous man who ever lived.

Martin Scorsese is 83. I love Marty but he went way overboard de-ageing Pacino & DeNiro in some scenes of The Irishman.

Fuck you, Labour! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Do NOT license your voice to ElevenLabs. Their highest-paid actor made $30k last year. Sounds a lot, but that’s from 1.2 bn paid uses - $0.000025 per job. ElevenLabs charge 20 cents per 1,000 words. So they’re making at least 8,000 times what their artists are. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Maybe the N.U.M. should sue the BBC for a billion dollars over the Battle of Orgreave edit.

Following the critically-acclaimed release of The Chimes, I've produced two more full-cast adaptations of Charles Dickens’ Christmas stories; THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH & THE HAUNTED MAN. Extremely proud of this. It will make your Christmas 100% more Christmassy! Order here: averageromp.com

The story of air sea rescue is our ☕ brew and 🍪 biccies matinee! Produced by #MichaelBalcon FOR THOSE IN PERIL (1944) 3:55pm #DavidFarrar #RalphMichael #RobertWyndham war drama #TPTVsubtitles

30 minute klaxon to the first ever black and white 🚓 Z-CARS (1962) 🚓 at 8pm #TPTVsubtitles 🚓 Bet you're humming the tune now aren't you? 🚓

This is all the Christmas preparation I can be arsed to do this year. Feet up until January.

7 o'clock and it's still dark. It's going to be a long winter.

“Despite”

Blackpool Film Convention 2025 The Film is Fabulous! team are delighted to participate in the Blackpool Film Collectors’ Convention 2025, which will be held at the Grand Hotel, North Promenade, Blackpool, on Sunday 16th November. filmisfabulous.org.uk/blackpool-fi...