Whoever is the new Director General at the BBC, hopefully Tim Davie will stick around to film the regeneration.

When I worked at the BBC and the then DG left, we all hid in the NBH building so worried were we that in walking out with our bike helmets on to get home, we’d end up on the breaking news bulletins.

Who should be the next BBC Director General? This is a left field choice but hear me out. @sonicscrewup.bsky.social

Tim Davie signed that long deal to keep MasterChef on air. His position as BBC Director General was untenable from that moment onwards.

BLIMEY! Tim Davie has resigned as BBC Director General!

An excellent post by the always great @dirtyfeed.org What Can They Do, Fire Me? www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/11/what...

Midwinter of the Spirit (2015), #9 Netflix UK TV chart, why? Still available on ITVX, where I’ve just watched it. I wouldn’t have known of it if not for the Netflix algorithm though. Why don’t ITV push their back catalogue more? @cameronyardejnr.bsky.social @scottygb.bsky.social @gmcgiv.bsky.social

Give Us A Clue (8th November 1983). It's Tutti Fruitti for Rosalind Ayres.

Top Of The Box. Every single released by BBC Records And Tapes catalogued, listed and explained as much as it is actually possible to explain most of them. Paperback or Kindle from here. timworthington.org/books/top-of...

@cameronyardejnr.bsky.social just as I was saying. Bring this nonsense back to fill 30 minutes midweek on telly.

A thrill of a lifetime to have a pub quiz you did end up on the News at Ten. Thank you David Siletto and team.

Episode one of The Goodies reviewed in the Daily Express (9th November 1970).

The first episode of The Goodies was originally broadcast on this day in 1970.

Met the former editor of the York Evening Press last night, who said in the mid-90s he had 85 people working directly for him, including nine staff photographers. All that to serve a city and surrounding area of about 200k people. Local news was wilddddd.

Riot Women and Blue Lights should be the inspiration and I’d love to see more like that. Luckily for the BBC its event tv - traitors/strictly/gladiators are thriving. Still have power to draw people to drama too, I’m positive. Just have to be decisive on the right ideas.

That genie is out of the bottle though. For the likes of ITV, the advertisement model is simply over. It’s a bit chicken and egg over ‘ads elsewhere cos eyeballs elsewhere but ads here if eyeballs here’ but the fact is people don’t watch linear now. Way to preserve is to invest in event tv-

The media industry keeps talking about linear TV is dead. Well of course it will be if you keep accelerating its decline by pushing people to streaming. It's not completely dead if there are programmes people want to watch.

A teaser of the Trashtalk podcast with @countbinface.bsky.social about #sgtpepperx10 where we're talking about moral quandaries that were thrown up by #sgtpepper2021 Don't forget you can back the book now at chrisbarkerprints.co.uk Full podcast will be out tomorrow wherever you get your podcasts…

And not to get all industry but it’s so bittersweet while the omens around that Sky/ITV story bode so ill. I know the advertiser model is dead. But freeview, mass audience television is so integral to our cultural landscape and while it there is life in it, we’re watching it die too.

I love a shared cultural moment. I’m the opposite of whatever it is that makes people not want to watch something because it’s too popular. I’ve hated stuff and gone back to it because I so crave having a moment to share with the world around me. Not just friends, but… everyone. Live Tv is special.

OUT NOW, my month-by-month guide to 1980s pop, from ABC to XTC, and from Madonna to Neneh. #IntoTheGroove, published by @eandtbooks.bsky.social.

I wouldn't say David Olusoga was terrible playing the game as a faithful, but at the first roundtable he originally tried to vote out Claudia! #CelebrityTraitors

I loved that ending so much! How was it heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time? HOW!?! Magnificent television! #CelebrityTraitors

What a superb series #CelebrityTraitors has been! When it was announced I thought it might not be as good as the regular Traitors. But we got something excellent in a completely different way. Definitely funnier. Arguably better? Undeniably one of the best programmes of the year.

The real winners are everyone who works in post-production on this show. Such good work. #CelebrityTraitors #TheCelebrityTraitors

I don't know when or where I'll be using this clip of Joe Marler...but I WILL be using this clip of Joe Marler! 😄 #CelebrityTraitors

If you've got hazy memories of Noel Edmonds and Fern Britton trepidatiously stepping across a gantry in space whilst trying to avoid 'The Vortex', then you'll enjoy listening to @sugarraybuzzard.bsky.social on The Adventure Game...

Well played. #CelebrityTraitors

Hey Matthew by Karel Fialka, Rowntree's Cabana, La Cabina, Who Dares Wins..., Kit Williams' Masquerade and more with Toby Hadoke. And that 'more' includes B.E. Baracus, The Gold Blend Video Nasty and TV's Find The Bin With A ‘5’ Written On It. timworthington.org/2022/05/23/l...

Or David Tennant and Michael Sheen and make one of them a traitor

Hard pitch to have David and Georgia Tennant in the next series of #CelebrityTraitors

This is also available as a T-shirt (in a range of sizes and colours). barnabyedwards.co.uk/brave-new-wo...

This is also available as a postcard. barnabyedwards.co.uk/brave-new-wo...

Framed in the exhibition:

How I painted it:

TRON (1982) (Barnaby Edwards, acrylic on canvas paper) To take a closer look (or to buy the original painting) follow this link: barnabyedwards.co.uk/brave-new-wo... Please share with interested parties. Thank you! #DavidWarner #StevenLisberger #JeffBridges #CindyMorgan #ScienceFictionMovies

It's November 1st! Feels like only yesterday that it was October.

How Mariah Carey created the ultimate Christmas Single at the exact moment when nobody was looking for one... timworthington.org/2023/12/16/i...

To sound ancient, I carved a turnip in my youth.

This turnip has legitimate concerns

A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:

Long shot (mainly due to how little engagement I get on here), but I'm looking for freelance writers with an interest, or specialism in, classical music. If you are one, or know one, please give me a shout.

By the way: NEW EPISODE AVAILABLE thanks. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

CRIKEY!

The quiet bit is being said out loud. metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/b...

It's all starting to come out now about Doctor Who and Disney+. At the end of the day the ratings, well lack of them, on Disney+ was the main driver. Showbusiness is about show BUSINESS! deadline.com/2025/10/why-...

New mystery drama Art Detectives begins tonight - similar vibes to The Chelesa Detective but seen through the prism of paintings. My pick of the day from Radio Times. #ArtDetectives