Through the Square Window
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A podcast guiding you through the UK TV we watched in decades gone by
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The Through the Square Window Christmas episode is now out, wherever you get your podcasts! Mark Gatiss joins
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
and
@gkw.bsky.social
to talk about the best and worst of Christmas TV over the years. For more info:
www.squarewindow.co.uk
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And Starring Don Estelle
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Watching Candleshoe again because of Gatiss' rant on
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What is interesting that though the exteriors are proper US, the interiors are clearly UK - Michael Balfour and Mildred Shay as her guardians, but it still feels more American than British.
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John Williams
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I love the fact that this very weird show has been covered by the mighty Phil and the excellent
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in the same week. It fills me full of Christmas cheer.
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If you're so inclined, please do tell The Guardian about our podcast:
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Samira Ahmed
2 days ago
Christmas came early for
@gkw.bsky.social
and me. Thankyou to
@thetimes.com
for making
@squarewindowpod.bsky.social
Pick of the day today!
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Mr Sno-Ho-Hodes
3 days ago
Enjoyed this - Gatiss on charmless 70s Disney live action films chimed.
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Samira Ahmed
3 days ago
If you haven’t caught
@gkw.bsky.social
and my Christmas special
@squarewindowpod.bsky.social
here’s a lovely reason you should.. praise from,
@paulkirkley.bsky.social
is highly valued! 🎄🎄🎄
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Samira Ahmed
4 days ago
Get your
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comments in on the new Christmas special with Mark Gatiss asap for our "postbag" delivery. As we're recording Jan Ep this Sunday...
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1/2 HELLO!
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
and
@gkw.bsky.social
are recording a new ep on, Sunday looking at shows from Jan 2000: Coronation Street's New Year's Eve special; Blue Peter (digging up the 1971 time capsule); Castaway 2000 and Trigger Happy TV. If you've any comments, get in touch!
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Steve Williams
5 days ago
It's the Christmas Creamguide!
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CHRISTMAS CREAMGUIDE WEEK ONE: 20th-26th December 2025
Pulling the rabbit of verbal spontaneity from the hat of immediate circumstance
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1/2 HELLO!
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
and
@gkw.bsky.social
are recording a new ep on, Sunday looking at shows from Jan 2000: Coronation Street's New Year's Eve special; Blue Peter (digging up the 1971 time capsule); Castaway 2000 and Trigger Happy TV. If you've any comments, get in touch!
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The Through the Square Window Christmas episode is now out, wherever you get your podcasts! Mark Gatiss joins
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
and
@gkw.bsky.social
to talk about the best and worst of Christmas TV over the years. For more info:
www.squarewindow.co.uk
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In case it works better for you, here's our new episode on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzMB...
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EPISODE 4: Christmas special 2025
YouTube video by Through the Square Window
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzMBLguoAGg
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Samira Ahmed
6 days ago
Fresh ep of
@SquareWindowpod.bsky.social
is a fab celebration of good and awful Christmas TV past. Featuring Mark Gatiss’s time-haunted pick of The Ghosts of Motley Hall. And me &
@gkw.bsky.social
celebrating the Woolworths adverts as a document of social history.
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Through the Square Window
A podcast guiding you through the UK television we watched in decades gone by, presented by cultural journalist Samira Ahmed and TV journalist Graham Kibble-White.
https://podfollow.com/1838296345
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Samira Ahmed
6 days ago
Ghosts of TV Christmas Good and Bad arrive on
@squarewindowpod.bsky.social
Mark Gatiss is the festival spirit. And I love that Graham and I discussed the Woolworths Christmas ads as a social history document. Do you have a listen wherever you get podcasts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m_0...
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Woolworth (UK): Have a Cracking Christmas: 1981
YouTube video by TheMeakers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m_0ENIw4os
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The Through the Square Window Christmas episode is now out, wherever you get your podcasts! Mark Gatiss joins
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
and
@gkw.bsky.social
to talk about the best and worst of Christmas TV over the years. For more info:
www.squarewindow.co.uk
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1/3 Our Through the Square Window Christmas podcast is out today! With
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
and
@gkw.bsky.social
, plus special guest Mark Gatiss, who picks his least favourite and favourite things about festive TV. So, what are they?...
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1/2 Another look ahead at our Christmas podcast - hosted by
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
and
@gkw.bsky.social
- out tomorrow, looking at the best and worst of festive TV. And let's begin with Graham's least-favourite Christmas show...
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2/3 "I've got a bad feeling about this..." Here's
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
's least favourite.
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1/3 Through the Square Window's Christmas special is out on Wednesday (available wherever you get your podcasts). With guest Mark Gatiss! In this episode, we're picking our favourite and least favourite festive specials. So, let's find out what
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
has selected...
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Samira Ahmed
15 days ago
The motley Ghosts of Square Window convene.. Advent countdown 8 days till it arrives.🎄https://podfollow.com/through-the-square-window/view
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Pics or it didn't happen. Here's
@gkw.bsky.social
and
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
meeting up with Mark Gatiss to record the Through the Square Window Christmas special. It's out on Weds 17th. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Samira Ahmed
28 days ago
Mark Gatiss is coming Through The Square Window!
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(Our) Christmas (special podcast) is coming! The episode will be out Dec 17. Play the clip below with sound on for a tiny preview of our guest - Mark Gatiss
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Graham Kibble-White
29 days ago
This actually happened.
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
and I met up with Mark and he was *tremendous*.
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Steven Schapansky 🇨🇦
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Very much looking forward to this!
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(Our) Christmas (special podcast) is coming! The episode will be out Dec 17. Play the clip below with sound on for a tiny preview of our guest - Mark Gatiss
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Hannah Cooper
about 1 month ago
Regular routine: hair cut then around the corner for a chippie, eaten in the car with a podcast. Today is a small chips and the latest episode of
@squarewindowpod.bsky.social
.
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BBCVirtualMurder
about 1 month ago
So
@squarewindowpod.bsky.social
suggests Twin Peaks as a possible influence on Virtual Murder. But what to YOU think? We may never find out, but if you had to point to an influence, what would you suggest? Without saying the Avengers!!!
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Tomorrow,
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
and
@gkw.bsky.social
are recording their Christmas podcast. Send us details of your favourite and least favourite festive TV specials and you might get a mention!
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Chris Gooch
about 1 month ago
A long overdue Monkhouse appraisal among others
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Chris Williams (dink)
about 1 month ago
At last a podcast that deals with the tonal shift of Rentaghost AND champions Bob's Full House!
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Ep 3 of Through the Square Window is available wherever you get your podcasts.
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
and
@gkw.bsky.social
discuss Bob's Full House, Ray Davies' Return to Waterloo, Juliet Bravo, The Gentle Touch and, in the company of Richard Marson, the last-ever episode of Rentaghost.
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Samira Ahmed
about 1 month ago
Art house Ray Davies of the Kinks V Bob Monkhouse game show. Which one has aged better? I love how rewatching old 📺 can surprise us. Have a listen..🎧
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Daniel Benneworth-Gray
about 1 month ago
Now excedibly looking forward to Marson’s Box of Delights, from
@tenacrebooks.bsky.social
. Just look at the cover! Gorgeous.
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David Longford
about 1 month ago
Fascinating discussion about Return to Waterloo on
@squarewindowpod.bsky.social
with
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
&
@gkw.bsky.social
and to hear some love for Ken Colley, a great actor, who let's not forget was Jesus in Life of Brian ... Blessed are the cheesmakers.
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Ten Acre Books
about 1 month ago
Listen in for Richard Marson discussing Rentaghost and our new book Box of Delights.
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John Packwood
about 1 month ago
Looking forward to it. I had an inexplicable dislike of Rentaghost, and for that matter Crackerjack, both programs all my friends loved, so it'll be interesting to hear your views.
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Samira Ahmed
about 1 month ago
New
@squarewindowpod.bsky.social
est arrivé. 🍷 Original film by Ray Davies & an ep Bob’s Full House. Fascinating to rewatch and see which show holds up best to modern scrutiny. Expect to be surprised, and not just by Mr Claypole in Rentaghost. Link to yr best podcast platforms here:
pod.fo/e/3513c3
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Through the Square Window: EPISODE 3: November 1984
Eyes down for episode three of Through the Square Window! In this instalment, Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White investigate a selection of UK TV programmes that were airing 41 years ago, in Nove...
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Samira Ahmed
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Such a fun episode. Hope you enjoy it. 🎧
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Ep 3 of Through the Square Window is available wherever you get your podcasts.
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
and
@gkw.bsky.social
discuss Bob's Full House, Ray Davies' Return to Waterloo, Juliet Bravo, The Gentle Touch and, in the company of Richard Marson, the last-ever episode of Rentaghost.
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Gadzooks! Our podcast is out tomorrow, looking at TV from Nov 1984, including the last-ever episode of Rentaghost. Former Blue Peter editor and now author Richard Marson joins
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
and
@gkw.bsky.social
to talk about it.
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Nick Abadzis
about 1 month ago
The first episode of this rather wonderful podcast takes a look at what launched on the BBC, 50 years ago this year. Yes, that BBC.
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Samira Ahmed
about 1 month ago
1984 was an absolutely fantastic year for TV..📺
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We've a new episode arriving on Wednesday, with
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
and
@gkw.bsky.social
kw looking at shows from November 1984, including...
about 1 month ago
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John Packwood
about 2 months ago
Looking forward to it. My only complaint about them so far is the wait between eps is unbearable 😀
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Samira Ahmed
about 2 months ago
Features a young Tim Roth!
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"Started out this morning as usual..." Coming up in next Wednesday's podcast,
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
and
@gkw.bsky.social
look at Ray Davies' 1984 Channel 4 film, Return to Waterloo.
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about 2 months ago
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Our podcast, Through The Square Window, returns next Wednesday, hosted by
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
and
@gkw.bsky.social
. Looking at TV from Nov 1984, including Bob's Full House! (And remember, our doors are always open for you!)
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about 2 months ago
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NEW EP OUT WEDS 12 NOV! Featuring TV director, producer and former Blue Peter editor Richard Marson discussing the last-ever Rentaghost with
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
and
@gkw.bsky.social
, and his ace new book from
@tenacrebooks.bsky.social
, Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children's Television
about 2 months ago
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