Wow!

It's entirely possible I've time-travelled 62 years back to May 3rd 1964 as we've a very important opt later (as Mr Network Announcer will explain). Wales needs its Perry Mason fix.

Ah, those mysterious "little tunes" which drifted in and out on AM in the small hours 📻 youtube.com/watch?v=Yhwc...

I ordered some cards from Gail last week. Her shop is well worth buying from.

Just mowed the grass. It needed doing.

Friends of the Broadway Prestwick have just published another episode of the podcast, "How to (re)Open a Cinema". We are joined by Christian from the Selsey Pavilion Trust as we share stories of funding, projectors and the "fun" of restoring old cinemas. Find it wherever you listen to podcasts

Grandstand

Happy 10th Anniversary to the time I managed to play a BBC Two Wales symbol into The One Show. (If you must know, Network extended their junction, and changed the symbol to Dog Display. I tried to follow suit but only searched for "Dog" in the database as I was playing out a PPB. Silly me.)

The best media April Fool jokes are the ones that get inadvertently poleaxed by real events.

I loved this programme of his from back in 1978.

Can’t help thinking this an over-familiar term for the new Archbishop of Canterbury.

"Did you do that version of the Pink Panther theme like I asked?" "Swooning Mantovani strings, bongos, screaming slide guitar, sleazy meter change, piano player going cocktail-jazz bonkers? Sure, sure boss. Just like you wanted it" www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Ye...

There's a place in Molford that certainly sells them.

It's been years since I watched The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, a 2001 spoof of 50s B-movies, so I dug it out last night. I do like the name that Dan Conroy (who played Ranger Brad) chose to be credited with as the builder of the spaceship.

I've been rewatching Alexei Sayle's Stuff and now can't get the William Rees Mogg music out of my head. Turns out it's by Herb Alpert, so here it is in full. Alas, you'll have to source your own picture of Rees Mogg. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIvn...

“Excuse me. Do you sell barrels?” Too soon?

Reliving my favourite childhood comic here 😀

Your words are a life-saving kit. If you see someone who doesn’t look OK, a little small talk could save their life. Anyone can do it. www.samaritans.org/support-us/c... #SmallTalkSavesLives

Aha! It's Charles Street in Cardiff. HTV staying very close to home. Thanks to those who reposted.

Any of my HTV-watching chums know where Arfon's background pic is? A colleague is on a mission to find out.

Let's see how the weather is there. #Cyrpus

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus. Happy Saint David's Day.

Ooh, Arthur.

Celebrate St David's Day Weekend with 25% off all your Negus Needs and Rutherford Requisites in my Redbubble shop. Such excitement! www.redbubble.com/people/aldupres01

I'm publishing weekly megamixes taken from random months between 1975 and 1989, featuring tunes that were reviewed by James Hamilton in Record Mirror during each month. So far I've done Feb 83, Sep 78 & Nov 86. Full track listings are in the comments for each mix. www.mixcloud.com/miketd/playl...

🌒Moonbase Monday🌒 🚀 The Countdown thread 🧵 Issue #2 - on sale this day Monday 22 February 1971 This Week: Mr Hooper and Mr Perry build on last week’s strong start Hello to Gerry Haylock, another artist with previous form at C21 Publishing

I remember getting this first issue. Good grief.

I expect Quinn was hiding the fact that one of them was planning a move to South Wales.

World Radio Day? Back in 1983 Wales Today did a report on Cardiff's CBC producing a freesheet that upset the local free paper, filming(!) me and top news chap Jon Hawkins at West Canal Wharf recreating a news bulletin. The actual report is rather boring, so here's an edit. youtu.be/UJLkv-kzCM4?...

I've got my puncture repair kit on standby.

A Negus Nugget into Bargain Hunt today.

Another inbox reminder of that hilarious time my daughter changed my Netflix account name.

Good to have Gladiators back! #gladiators

I'm struggling to think where Central Films got the inspiration for their logo* *No I'm not. Maybe they're fans of the Bullseye repeats on Challenge.

There appears to be a new completion in work. I stood still for ages, but apart from getting some strange looks from the bloke whose desk it is, I didn't win a single thing, let alone eleven.

But it led to a terrific acting career.

Oh-oh, here it comes

Those of us who grew up in 1970s Britain didn’t have mobile phones or computer games. But we did have fantastic children’s TV programmes. Like Rentaghost. Here’s my tribute to a wonderful BBC show that was born 50 years ago. #Rentaghost

BLOG UPDATE! I've gone and made a full rundown of the fifty TV programmes that have been broadcast most frequently throughout 2025. With the bonus added prize of revealing which FOUR television programmes appeared on all four BBC channels in 2025. brokentv.uk/2025/12/28/t...

Just looking at yesterday's ratings. Blimey. I'll leave it to the proper people to do the analysis, but... blimey.

I've just been reminded that yesterday was the 6th anniversary of us giving a Christmas Day tour of Broadcasting House in Llandaff to a very special guest. youtu.be/GbpK1NHx7Zw?...

He's been!

It’s out today! My work with composer #AsafZohar for the @NationalTheatre production of #BalletShoes - available on #Spotify and all streaming platforms… Enjoy! open.spotify.com/album/70nIvg...

I've just rediscovered the magnificent Newby's of Molford advent calendar. www.framleyexaminer.com/advertcalend...

This has just arrived and it looks brilliant. That's the bedtime reading sorted for a good while.

If you fancy a trawl through the history of the Christmas music that accompanied the Test Card and Ceefax Pages, here's a programme I made for Care Radio two years ago with added visual bits. youtu.be/83hcKpmRa0A?...

It's that time of year again. The annual apology to Dion, coupled with a few bits that prove that the continuity at BBC Wales TV Pres is live. Oh, and there's a terrible pun for which I'm really sorry. Music by @fasttunesltd.bsky.social youtu.be/p5CeZE26V1Y

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It's that time of year again. The annual apology to Dion, coupled with a few bits that prove that the continuity at BBC Wales TV Pres is live. Oh, and there's a terrible pun for which I'm really sorry. Music by @fasttunesltd.bsky.social youtu.be/p5CeZE26V1Y