Was flattered to be invited on this a couple of weeks ago. Astute listeners may notice I'd assumed it was the Doctor Who Literature podcast until I was actually on it.

I have a lot of time for Bryan Ferry but I reckon we're now fast approaching the moment where he needs do something more than dancing about with Jerry Hall to make it worth Steve Coogan's time to play him in a biopic.

Unless you can top it with The Krankies this is the worst Avengers spoof I can possibly imagine. You don't need to send me images of Belinda Lang and Lynda Bellingham (oddly reflective names) dressed as Emma in Second Thoughts. I can remember that.

They're clearly very twitchy we won't engage with this story because it's "just famous people". Cunningly, they've filled it with famous people to compensate.

Heyyo, I yam Nick Davies and I yave a cowd.

Look what I just found for 50p! It's a flattering pic of Joe.

Got a new 'phone about 10 months ago. Am finally transferring the million tons of music and drama on the old one to a hard disc. I may even squidge some of that into the new 'phone soon. I don't quite know how I've managed to muddle through with just a few thousand tracks this long.

I don't know about anyone else but I'm 5 foot 8 and magnificent.

To celebrate 70 years of its diverse and enriching output ITV has made the first episode of 3-2-1 available on ITVx.

We quite enjoyed that. Apart from the songs.

The nun arrival scene and the Allo Allo lady's revival in a shaft of daylight lead me to feel there's the makings of a massivley sacrilegious episode of Quantum Leap in Biggles: Adventures in Time.

Did James Saxon and Christopher Benjamin ever work together?

"They've perfected a bloody sound weapon!" Highly Keff McCullochy incidental music follows.

I instinctively trust young people and their misty-eyed nostalgia for films I was too old for a while ago. This is why I am now watching Biggles- Adventures in Time. It had better not be another one like The Goonies.

Finally listened to the audio reading of Andrew Smith's book Moondust on the Apollo programme. Very good (though there's an odd passage where Reg Turnill briefly has an American accent). Freakily, just after the epilogue talks about synchronicity, someone unrelated I've met unexpectedly turns up.

Oh, Virge!

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Fell into the disorientating nearby parallel world of the Discover Tab by mistake. For a terrible moment I thought I'd accidentally followed someone normal.

Never in doubt. Hrrm.

I won’t be asking for extra salt and vinegar again.

#RunBore Anyway today's top running soundtrack platter is the sexiest song on the whole flipping list. youtu.be/ZKIWYddocpA?...

In the gym today someone who I confess l didn't remember seeing before came up to me and said "I didn't recognise you at first. I remember when you started coming here. You must have dropped two body sizes since then. Keep it up. You look lovely."

No. You're watching Scotch and Wry in 21st Century England.

Enjoyed The Life of Chuck in a feel good melancholy kind of way. One of those Rod Serlingesque, Ray Bradburyish, Donnie Darkoey kinda things.

In the absence of Michael Gambon, I feel we should be going for Roger Allam as the new Bagpuss.

Lesley-Anne Up/Down, Lesley Ann Foreign. That's how I tell 'em apart. You've got to have a system.

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"Hey telephone robot, I'm an idiot! Would it be OK or bad to plunge my hands into hot oil to flip the halloumi I'm cooking?"

The cutaways to hands doing things in isolation in The Rockford Files (eg. tapping a car's fuel gauge to realise you're about to run out of gas) are so painfully obvious second unit shots with stand ins they might as well be shiny hand close ups In Thunderbirds.

The therapy and Prince Andrew sketches are a bit more my thing.

Oh dear. Accidentally put four of the miss sketches in a row, when the first episode is supposed to start hit, hit, miss, hit.

@unamccormack.bsky.social @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social Very enjoyable St Helensing on Backlisted. I must crack on with Le Guin. At just the wrong age (about 6) I was terrified by Ged's shadow on Jackanory and it always hung over me in a way that means I've still only done 2/3 of Wizard. Shameful.

Spouse not as impressed as you might expect by my ability to accurately emulate the sound of Tutankhamun's trumpet in advance of a radio clip of it. No more curried eggs for me.

Christopher Hamilton Bidmead? I was not prepared. His Who was an engaging mix of cerebral, silly and poetic, just what I needed at just the right age. Sad to read he's gone.

I may possibly be audible in this in the vital role of "audience member who knows which Crown Court actor Bernie will be thinking of". There again, my telling cameo might be in part 2 or may have been brutally edited from the interview in the interests of retaining its clear narrative through line.

"Graeme, I'd like you to sing this article title to the tune of Mr. Boombastic by Shaggy."

@robotwig.com Thanks for the direct message! Haven't signed up for age verification to read it. Phone just sent me a preview of the whole thing as a notification, anyway. Pretty slick and secure, eh?

Just watched the first episode of King and Conqueror, because who doesn't love Juliet Stevenson and Eddie Marson? Mightily intrigued by which breed of shortarse horse everyone was using in the 11th Century. Also, were said horses wearing hair extensions? They're very quiffy. We're leaning Icelandic.

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Turn up the warbly demo vocal! Make him sound more like Neil Young! #RemasteringTips

Mark E Name is John Titular, the cop with exactly enough personal trauma to attract a star actor, in new TV crime drama- Eponymous, tonight on every channel.

I hear your da has stopped doing standards in his open spot at the local jazz club and now mostly does Richard Hawley covers. #Ridley NB Hawley's been charming about this, admitting his initial thought was no but was swayed by Dunbar talking about how he does male grief and them going out drinking.

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Has- all the many and fabled riches of the Orient. Would like- a single cyan ink cartridge so I'm allowed to print in black again.

Good thread.

#RunBore Ran 15k because Mr Garmin has gamefield my life and I get 2 virtual badges with a meaningless value of 5 points for doing that today. Today's running banger- Bob Dylan's Hurricane. Rock violin, very long, righteously angry and this is it after it was run by lawyers. youtu.be/bpZvg_FjL3Q?...

Watching The Vise on Talking Pictures TV, partly on the off chance the repeats will hit on the John Wiles and Richard Wade one. I always knew Danzigers had a reputation for cheap shows but hadn't quite expected anything this basic. Also "The Vise" not "The Vice" suggests the US market was primary.

@rachelrobbins.bsky.social @matthewjelliott.bsky.social It appears you can add your name and the pirated details without being in the US. Just leave that bit blank. I don't think it can hurt.

The "Not currently"s need their patios checking.