🥳It's 358 years since #SamuelPepys shat in a fireplace: "I to bed and in the night was mightily troubled with a looseness (I suppose from some fresh damp linen that I put on) and was forced to rise and shit in the chimney twice; and so to bed and was very well again."🎉

Bugger. That’s a shame. #JohnStapleton was an excellent broadcaster. A safe pair of hands in the studio. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Working on the most exciting thing I’ve done since about 1997!

Brand new NT! What if Never the Twain had been made by the BBC? Resident Alien, lottery cheats, Derek Deadmad & a lively discussion on sitcom, particularly Only Fools & Horses plus all the usual bollocks! iTunes-> podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n... Spotify-> open.spotify.com/episode/54qy...

Bartha. #LovesABox

This really is a bloody shame, and it’s sad to see that the UK isn’t alone when it comes to demolishing its studio spaces.

I think everything would be better if all 24 hour news stations were closed down and we went back to the 5.40 Early Evening and News At Ten on the _third_ channel and The 9 O’Clock News on BBC1 preceded by “and now, let’s go Nationwide.” Everything, from the titles onward, was better…

Had a wonderful day guesting at Bridlington Comic Con with the Rambling Club. A cracking live episode recorded and I met two childhood legends. Can’t complain at that.

What a lovely day. And the bells are ringing out! They found a Viking burial in the churchyard so it’s been a place of worship and belief for over a thousand years.l

Line of pylons near Truleigh Hill, Sussex. #landscape

‘… social historian David Kynaston, told The Observer he suspects “a serious scandal is unfolding” John Wyver, Ian Greaves, Erica Wagner and others on the growing battle to prevent damaging changes to the BBC’s priceless behind-the-scenes archives:

What a wonderful gravestone. Thomas Stagg simply wants to be left alone it would seem. #history

Post your babe in trouble

Spoke to somewhat of a hero for the Rambling Club. He did the intro in character and I fully exposed myself as a fan. Zero regrets.

I’ve just discovered there is a full sized Moominhouse on a small island west of Turku and now I feel I have to go there.

Two remarkable guests lined up to take a turn as guest President in the Rambling Club and a cracking episode edited along with some work for a very special new project. That’ll do for today. Time to jump back into my Sandbaggers rewatch! (If you don’t know that series, you really should!)

Currently trying to explain to a moron that camera operators” are not credited on productions as “production assistants and that the two are rather different roles. I may have to share screenshots of this. It’s the weirdest conversation I’ve had in a while!

In case you were struggling to find the interview on the BBC website, here's the relevant section edited out for you - well done @paulcarmichaeluk.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/bbc-up...

Well, there could be worse choices.

Off to the Beeb tomorrow, to ramble about @ramblingclub.bsky.social.

Also as part of today's updates, if you head to www.patreon.com/c/SlatteryLive you can take part in tomorrow's recordings of the next Patreon-only episodes by asking questions or suggesting ramble numbers! Interactivity! It's like in the old days when the internet was good!

In our new look NT2.0 show we present Black Sabbath, Lemmy, AI bollocks, Arthur Lowe, Don Estelle, Arthur C Sharp, Feldman on Give Us A Clue, the art of displaying books, Sir Mortimer Wheeler & Jimmy Clitheroe + all the usual bollocks. iTunes-> podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n... (More links below)

I’ve seen a few people opine recently that “Douglas Adams could write jokes, but not a plot.” I’m re-watching Doctor Who: City of Death and thinking, wow, people will just go on the internet and say any damn fool thing that floats througn their head.

It’s common knowledge Churchill used to hold meetings with people from his bath or whilst getting out of it. In 1942 one of his aides wrote this description of such a meeting: “Under his skimpy vest, penis and a pair of crinkled, creamy buttocks protruded.” And he supplied a picture.

Vivian Merchant was born on this date in 1929. If you get a chance watch her opposite Alan Badel in The Lover. Perfectly directed by the indefatigable Joan Kemp Welch, it’s a testament to just what a hell of an actress she was—> youtu.be/wJ8Qo3iIPgg It’s an hour of perfect drama.

In our new look NT2.0 show we present Black Sabbath, Lemmy, AI bollocks, Arthur Lowe, Don Estelle, Arthur C Sharp, Feldman on Give Us A Clue, the art of displaying books, Sir Mortimer Wheeler & Jimmy Clitheroe + all the usual bollocks. iTunes-> podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n... (More links below)

This is where I post from.

Here’s a chicken wearing trousers which a young chap called Richard Beale drew in his maths book in 1783. You’re welcome. (If you’d like to learn more about Richard Beale’s chicken in trousers sketch—> alembicrarebooks.com/blogs/alembi... )

Your reminder that you can create your own Bayeux Tapestry at home, using: htck.github.io/bayeux/#!/

94 years since the birth of Ann Hogarth, a pioneer in children’s television and best known as the lady “who pulls the strings” for Muffin The Mule. Aren’t these pictures lovely?

Richard Harris told me to fuck off in the Moat House Hotel, Liverpool, then pointed out he’d provided me with a hell of an anecdote. To be fair, being sworn at by him was pretty cool.

Lovely Sophie. And me saying inappropriate things about a goat in her presence. Eee, it’s a funny old thing, life.

Magnificent Hound!

Remarkable bit of telly this episode, with one of the most bleak ends to any drama broadcast ever.

The film Melody is one of my favourites. It had such an impact on my life. Talking to its star…yeah, that was special. Hope you enjoy!

Brand new TSRC with #MarkLester! Come ramble with us through a wilderness of Fruits, Forests and Fictions amongst other fings. iTunes-> podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Spotify-> open.spotify.com/episode/7Lna... or your #podcast purveyor of choice!

Patch Connolly AND Michael Madsen? Bugger. Rather liked both of them. Eldorado and Reservoir Dogs both give me a cosy feeling (yes, I know. Bit odd). RIP Gents, and thank you.

I feel it is my duty to inform anyone else who can’t sleep tonight that I have found a YouTube channel with 20 episodes of Houseparty on. youtu.be/q81pH5pxHDE?...

This week's TSRC is with our very special guest Paul McGann! iTunes-> podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Spotify-> open.spotify.com/episode/2WI0... or your #podcast purveyor of choice!

You can’t get cooler than Nicholas Courtney in that coat in 1971.

The writing used to bloody sparkle on Corrie.

As I wander through #DarkShadows watching its amazing heightened performances given by by actors trained in the 1930s it really is like taking a glance into another time of performance. Closer to the 19thC than the 21st. There’s another reason it’s interesting... “Any relation?” Yes, it turns out.

Song of the day. For the Liverpool supporters,especially the adult & child still in a serious condition,who were injured by a driver who went through the crowd during yesterday's Premier League Champions celebrations & for all their friends & loved ones YNWA youtu.be/OV5_LQArLa0?...

Richard Attenborough, William Hartnell and Carol Marsh playing cricket during a break in filming 'Brighton Rock'.

Remembering Don Estelle, born this day in 1933.

Laurie Spiegel playing Bell Labs Alles Synthesizer, 1977.

The doors of the Rambling Club are open once again and on this weeks #podcast Team Tony are met by @mitchbenn.bsky.social “It’s Never A Good Idea”, apparently. iTunes-> podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Spotify-> open.spotify.com/episode/0jC3... or your #podcast provider of choice!

Remembering Jon Pertwee, who died #OnThisDay in 1996, without whom our divers would have been constantly harassed by Sea Devils while excavating the Mary Rose wreck site. #DoctorWho

HI-DE-HI! The legend that is SU POLLARD has arrived at the Rambling Club! Join us for tales of Croft, Perry & Don Estelle, along with a stroll through The Destiny Of Souls. iTunes-> podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Spotify-> open.spotify.com/episode/0BLO... or your #podcast provider of choice!

Recorded a lovely ramble with @realeddiemarsan.bsky.social and you can hear it right now—> iTunes-> podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Spotify-> open.spotify.com/episode/2sHi... …or your #podcast provider of choice.