You think that Red Dwarf artwork was lazy? Quatermass fans are still coping with these used for the BBC TV episodes!

While my podcast (plug) is all about the TV shows people love, I’m very tempted to have a one off looking at something bad. As in Come Back Mrs Noah/The Cleopatras bad! Anyway, here’s a link! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

This is a joyous listen. I went in knowing nothing about Prisoner Cell Block H, beyond it being a low budget soap. From heroin and helicopters to escapes and weddings, it was so interesting to hear why Dan and others get so much fun from it. I ended up laughing just listening to the absurdities!

The B plot to In Marge We Trust, Homer’s search for an answer to the mystery of Mr Sparkle is one of the best B plots in the whole of television

There's a Venn diagram of things that tickle my fan gene here... great drama, great characters and the oddities of ITV regional broadcasting! On this week's podcast learn about the challenge @dhollingsworth.bsky.social faced keeping up with Thames vs Anglia! rss.com/podcasts/no-...

I’m a bit out of the loop here but what’s this about a super secret extra finale for Blake’s 7?

In this week’s episode we discuss the final episode of Prisoner Cell Block H at length as I find it to be one of the most satisfying final episodes I’ve ever seen podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

I’ve been binging The Simpsons season 8 lately and still a high hit rate though not quite as consistent as 6 and 7. But then we’ve just had The Itchy, Scratchy and Poochie Show and Homer’s Phobia and those are two razor sharp scripts. The gay steel mill is still one of the best scenes!

The reboot kicked too!

I’ve never seen Prisoner, but this podcast had me in stitches… thanks to @davidjgp1983.bsky.social and @dhollingsworth.bsky.social for the most random, obscure but throughly entertaining listen!

Years after doing a silly project about Prisoner for my own amusement, I got to talk about that flamin' detention centre on a podcast! #PCBH

There's a Venn diagram of things that tickle my fan gene here... great drama, great characters and the oddities of ITV regional broadcasting! On this week's podcast learn about the challenge @dhollingsworth.bsky.social faced keeping up with Thames vs Anglia! rss.com/podcasts/no-...

19 days to wait until our trip to Lanzarote feels like 18 days too long this morning!

“You beauty!!!” Now live episode 3 of No! It’s Not Doctor Who. This week we’re on the inside with the women of Wentworth Detention Centre as @dhollingsworth.bsky.social explains why Prisoner Cell Block H is worth a watch! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

We’re now more than halfway through The New Avengers in 4K. The restoration has helped give a new appreciation for the series. But I do have one problem with it. Most of the episodes show us the villains and their schemes early on with our heroes playing catch up.

I have done and will do again.

The availability of the feature length Trek episodes is bizarre. Some platforms have the full versions, some have the edited syndication versions. Some have both. But watching the full versions of the three DS9 feature length episodes is proving to be a challenge!

Things we’ll probably never get an answer to… why were some of the captions for The Enemy of the World in the “wrong” typeface? Unless there is an answer and I missed it.

Titanic Sinks Tonight… final episode of this interesting if frustrating series. Some of the historian talking heads are quite judgemental. It’s easy to condemn looking back but if one was in that situation, what would you do?

And we’re off…!!! First review is now live: come see what I thought of The Way Back here 👇 boxofflashinglights.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/t...

With the end of Stranger Things the subject of best final episodes has come up again. I still think the final episode of Prisoner Cell Block H takes some beating! We waited so long for Joan’s downfall that when it comes, it’s so satisfying!

And finally, at least the #TOTP off air recording on BBC Four was broadcastable. Pink Floyd weren’t so lucky!

Project long list… Top of the Pops formats and chart presentation styles. A tricky prospect due to, well you know who

To be fair Venus is a cracking tune! #TOTP

If you think repeated songs on 1999 and 1975 editions of #TOTP is a chore. There are only 4 full editions from 1970. And three of them feature Venus by Shocking Blue. And Edison Lighthouse. I Want You Back is on twice.

Coming up on Monday. We’ve had space comedy, then war time drama. Now it’s time for something quite different! We’re off to Wentworth Detention Centre!

A lovely, frosty morning walk to the gym. Starting the year as I plan to go on!

Watching Titanic Sinks Tonight. Not because of the positive comments but because I saw one dissenting voice saying it was awful. Which is the sort of thing that makes me curious. It’s not quite awful for me but gosh it’s emotionally manipulative.

Seeing as I now have both Deep Space Nine and Voyager on the list for the podcast we’re back into 90s Trek picking up with Timeless (and Chrysalis earlier) Rare occasion where the Voyager episode is by far the superior one! The crash scene is still really good and sad!

Now it’s a vest that will make me slim!

So far Meta is advertising a lot of weight loss and fitness stuff at me. Most of it is framed as “you’re fat and useless, give us money” Makes a change from hair loss products I guess

It’s 2026 and we’ve got a drink. Starting as we mean to go on…

It’s 2026…

My most recent achievement has been the launch of my own podcast. Two episodes have been released so far and I’m really chufffed at how they have turned out and the positive response for you guys. More to come, much more to come! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

I've probably already mentioned what a great listen this is. But it really is!

How else to mark the end of 2025?

... and @gallifreysmwpod.bsky.social + @melvinpena.bsky.social at Gallifrey's Most Wanted, as well as the lovely @davidjgp1983.bsky.social and his It's Not Doctor Who It's... (a great fun recording coming soon). I recorded 28 shows this year and recommend it for anyone who thinks they'd enjoy that.

Thank you to the eloquent @davidjgp1983.bsky.social, Avengers/Blake's 7/Doctor Who connoisseur & one of our foremost authorities on granular 60’s Who archaeology - look no further than the frankly superb analyses he does on his YouTube channel. And congratulations on the new podcast, David!

Among the unexpected finds of 2025. Went to Kew to do some research and called up Rudolph Cartier’s naturalisation papers. A treasure trove in itself, but secreted away in the back of one file was his surrendered Austrian passport!

With my creative endeavours I’ve had a good year. A regular stream of videos on the YouTube channel which have all gone down really well. Very proud of these! youtube.com/@davidgp1983...

Ending 2025 in a better place than where it started. This time last year there was a lot of uncertainty but we kept positive and hopeful. And while there may have been the odd low, there have been so many highs! Lots of highlights over the last 12 months and hard to pick even a small selection

Maximum Power. It’s been a brilliant and wonderful ride! Thanks all!

Time for a ghost story or two!

Podcast question… when you share your podcast where do you point people to usually? I use Apple Podcasts to listen to everyone but if I link there does it make a difference to the non Apple users? Or am I overthinking?

Just read on the DW chat at work that TWATBLATS was meant to be 8 episodes. I’ve not heard that one before. They barely filled 5 episodes as it was!

Almost up to date with the @toohot4tv.bsky.social Advent Calendar eps! Nice to hear about a Blake's 7 Annual from @davidjgp1983.bsky.social, and an appreciated different perspective on the Annual stories from Gary Russel!

Back to The New Avengers with breakfast. Another good series 2 episode with Angels of Death. An old school Avengers story but entertaining. Caroline Munro is clearly meant to be the main guest villain but this is hampered by a lot of obvious dubbing. At least Pamela Stephenson has her own voice!

New episode! Let’s take a trip back to the 1940s for Secret Army. In this week’s episode of “No! It’s Not Doctor Who” @sihart.bsky.social joins me to explore what he loves about this somewhat overlooked classic piece of BBC drama podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

Explain your username… It’s my name. I really am quite dull!

I really enjoyed having the chance to talk about one of my other favourite shows for a change! I watched the whole of Secret Army this year, again, and absolutely loved it!