Just thinking of 70s model Basil Brush's amazing exchanges with his sidekicks - primarily Mr Roy - when they get tetchy and we should definitely bring that sort of thing back into modern usage.

Another run of "Hidden Treasures" on BBC4 Extra this week, every day at 3pm. I'll flag up the rest in a minute, but just look what we've got on Thursday afternoon - from Midweek Theatre, 5th July 1967 - "A Criminal Practice" by Terrance Dicks.

No question about the worst - Code of Honor is probably my least favourite episode of any iteration of Star Trek. Best? Conspiracy, no question.

When I read a headline like that all I can think about is the Big Train Florence Nightingale sketch.

Hoskins! Fetch me my most minuscule, my smallest, my tiniest violin! I feel a tune coming on

Madeley. All the delicacy and sensitivity of a kick up the arse from a pair of steel-capped boots.

"Yes, but what do I do with my old '78s?"

Down Among The Z Men was on TPTV this morning and I missed it thank GOD

Delighted as all get out to discover there's a digital collection of "Siadwel" out there. All three series in one bundle. Everyone should have as much John Sparkes as possible in their lives. This message has been brought to you by the letters "Ach", "Y" and "Fi".

Touching my personal stuff would be a divorceable offence Touching my stuff and destroying it would be a bury-under-the-patio job

If you've never seen a Burrowing Owl with a swagger stick, now's your chance. I love the "what the fu...?" reaction that the other two deliver when our boy appears. www.youtube.com/shorts/3R0Nr...

Features my heroes, Callen and Doyle, courtesy of @roygill.bsky.social . One seeing (and talking) Dog and his Man. I fell in love with them within seconds of their first appearing.

Oh my goodness. Every one of these is just... perfect. So, so spot on. Hat well and truly off.

God, "Some Fantastic Place" hits hard some nights. Such a beautiful piece of work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_2e...

"Went into my local pub last night. I had an owl on my shoulder and an american football under my arm. Bloke behind the bar said, "Superbowl?" and I replied "nice of you to say so, but he's just quite a good one."

This is the future the left wants.

Amazing. Sometimes, really good things do happen.

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Out this week in 1978 - the first issue of "Star Wars Weekly". Featured the Marvel adaptation by Thomas, Chaykin and Leialoha. Owing to the split for the weekly you have to wait for #2 to enjoy the Dark Lord having a nice cup of coffee as he works. He finds your lack of caffeine disturbing.

A reference on Desert Island Discs to the In The Night Garden character Upsy Daisy led me to Google it to see what she looked like. So anyway apparently this is what ‘People also ask’ about this felt puppet in a programme for toddlers

From the original Muppet Show - Piggy is on stage with her performing pet poodle, "Foo-Foo". Rowlf is at the back of the stage, on piano as usual. PIGGY Who would like to see my Foo-Foo perform a trick? <howling silence> ROWLF It's unanimous!

I love the Eighth Doctor and Charlotte Pollard stuff. God knows, I was rarely more happy than I was when I heard that Big Finish had managed to snag Paul McGann to do new plays. It still delights me that he's still doing them. I can't deny though, that this Cyberman looks like he's facepalming.

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On Charles Dickens's birthday, I'm suddenly reminded that "Dickensian" was a thing, back in 2015. A Tony Jordan attempt at a Dickens shared universe, where everyone lives in the same neighbourhood while Inspector Bucket investigates the murder of Jacob Marley. Odd, odd thing.

I know I say this most weeks when following football coverage, but we're drowning in stats. It's always been there, but it's a swamp now. "The Clarets have an xG of just 0.21." "First goal since December 2024" "22 league games since they last kept a clean sheet" and on it goes.

"Doesn't matter if you're in the middle of a vitally important rugby match, it's always good to know you've got somewhere to park your bike"

Farage was banging on about Turkish barbers, so these lads in Glasgow did this. It's in Dumbarton Road, if you fancy a trim.

Currently visiting the newest finest dog in France, Darwin, at @perfumeaddict.bsky.social

Val Guest! Don Kirshner! Harry Saltzman! Together again for the first time! "Toomorrow" starring Olivia Newton-John comes to blu-ray in June from BFI. Features a CFF short about a pop group with drum-playing chimp, if you need further encouragement.

Having seen what this is, it's heartening to know that the spirit of Jackanory in some way survives. Everyone should have stories read aloud to them, perhaps especially by beloved elder statesmen of pop music.

Look Around You's fairly unique for me, in that BOTH series are my favourite. Each one so different to the other, but equally fantastic. This video's just made me watch them all *again*.

Aye, aye. Look what's just popped up on Audible, release date of June this year. The original Terrance version of "The Stones of Blood". That's rather pleasing. Presumably the original "Androids of Tara" is coming along as well.

Giving "i/o" by that promising young newcomer Peter Gabriel another spin this morning. God, it's good. You usually only get a new one from him every ice age or so but it's pretty much always, always great. One of the best back catalogues in music, far as I'm concerned.

My god, I hadn't spotted it either. That's really lovely.

This could be why Bitcoin is crashing. People are switching back to high yield tulips.

All my years of X-Files fandom, I missed the glow-in-the-dark popup book and the cookbook. Certainly I can't actually identify what the hell that is that's being cooked. Presumably it was fried in black, black oil.

Cleaning out my Yahoo Inbox, and it's a strange experience. Loads of emails regarding services I used to use that follow the same pattern, every one of them. Example - "Hello! Thanks for signing up to Flixter!" "Important news about your Flixter account" "Flixter is now closing" etc

Another beauty from@richardbowler1 ! Thank you Richard for today's #FoxOfTheDay

It'd be so, so easy for somebody to check these things, wouldn't it? Still, on they go, untouched by anything resembling a human hand. Or indeed, anything resembling intelligence.

Suede - Dog Man Star Marillion - Afraid of Sunlight The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love Gay Dad - Leisure Noise Squeeze - Some Fantastic Place Two in the morning when there's nothing left in the tank, it's usually one of those goes on.

The best of the best, given the treatment it deserves. The early years are fascinating - everyone just toddlers (Lucy, all wide-eyed in jammies). And Snoopy as a puppy! Every volume of this is exquisite.

It's that most magical time of the year, when once again I remember Bob's VHS collection from "House of Fools". Definitely a Star Trek CIC video in there; a Cliff Richard tape; a copy of Clear and Present Danger, and is that a Ripping Yarns collection as well?

Oh man. Everything you've heard about this review is so, so true. Mark Kermode reviews "Melania", repulsion on his face and disgust in every line. The bit about the music choices had me shouting out loud in astonishment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyU...

<ROOSTA ON> I prefer hard cash. If you can't scratch a window with it, I don't accept it. <ROOSTA OFF>

Burning Shed newsletter informs me that 10cc's Santa Monica 1975 FM broadcast is getting a CD release shortly. Delighted to see this - I've had an off-air tape of it for years and it's quite superb. The original four (with Paul Burgess working with Kev) are *thunderous* on stage.

It doesn't unnerve me, but there's very little gets me teary and nostalgic quite so badly as the sight (and more essentially, the sound - millitaristic Lethbridge Stewart march or bippity boppity bippity boppity) of that thing does. I get ridiculously misty eyed.

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

Cor! British Values!

I think someone might just have been to see Jimmy Cricket, or possibly Frank Carson. This sounds like one of theirs. Or was it "I'm writing this slowly because I know you can't read very fast"?