Must Watch is back !! Reviewing Katie Price’s new social, The Hawk on Netflix and more. BBC Radio 5 Live at 1pm today and then as podcast on BBC Sounds.

I tried to pre order this book on Waterstones a little while back and the website was throwing a hissyfit so, deterred, I gave up. Pleased I waited! This also means that when you buy four copies the fifth is free!

Out Now, my upcoming book on queer TV, growing up and Section 28 … is out in September. Waterstones has a 25% off deal until Friday. Head to Waterstones and type in SUMMER26 at checkout. www.waterstones.com/book/out-now...

Lisa Nandy's job has been expanded! She's now in charge of the internet too! Nandy has had two years overseeing Ofcom's regulation of TV. Now she is overseeing social media and online safety, too. Gosh.

Thoughts and prayers to political reporters today who must be knackered.

looking to speak to bbc staff about what they think about lisa nandy as culture secretary. my DMs are open.

Thing is, it would have been so, so easy to wash this stink off. Trans people and & progressives are desperate for hope. I think people would have been very willing to give him a chance to start fixing this, and quite a lot of grace in the meantime. But apparently, even a symbolic change too much.

Is everyone ok?

Hypnotic

oh god awful prompts from google gemini are now on google docs as you write

looking to speak to bbc staff about what they think about lisa nandy as culture secretary. my DMs are open.

there is no lecturn for andy burnham

seems to be no podium for andy burnham outside number 10

Enjoy the BBC crediting “Bob the Cat” in their official closing montage.

this should have been that new bbc campaign

Wayne Rooney speaks for everyone.

well that was a halftime show

BBC has confirmed a BBC News Special on Monday morning from 10am as Andy Burnham becomes Prime Minister.

The Claudia Winkleman Show is no more variety.com/2026/tv/glob...

BBC now saying England v Argentina was watched by peak of 24 million, highest TV audience since 2021 www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Early schedules show Channel 5 only showing daily highlights of Commonwealth Games at 10.30pm every night. Everything else on TNT Sports.

A peak of 21.5 million watched England v Argentina on BBC One. The biggest television moment of the year so far.

at full time!!

Can we have a bank holiday anyway to recover

816,000 live viewers on BBC Sport. Has it ever been so high?

BBC Sport Live page 650,000 live readers.

how are we all feeling?

I bet nearly 20 million in the UK are watching the final 10 minutes.

Can someone die from anxiety alone

So England v Argentina. Your ratings predictions please.

This is terrible 😒 One of the great tv sporting moments was Eilish McColgan winning the Commonwealth 10k in 2022 and now if something similar happens it's going to be seen by about 14 people

In case you’re wondering how much of a downgrade Commonwealth Games are on free-to-air television. Channel 5 will air highlights of the opening day at 10.30pm on the Friday. The rest is on TNT Sports (paywall)

Yep

My bet is on Charter Renewal is licence fee is renewed with it covering Netflix and Disney+. Essentially if you stream television anywhere - even if it isn’t the BBC - you’re paying for it.

As an ex media report I can't help looking at the BBC Annual Report, it's a habit I cannot kick, I'm going to stick some things I've noticed in a thread. The tldr to my mind is if you're at the BBC and you're not panicking and trying new stuff and tuning out low level moans you're screwed. 🧵

Quizzy Monday is back on BBC Two.

Must Watch is on today on 5Live but I’m on a break. Ali Plumb, Hayley and Naga on from 12pm today.

You’re watching BBC One.

ITV now say peak of 18 million.

the most Bluesky response

The two most watched moments of the year so far on British TV have taken place after midnight.

Peak of 16.8 million watched the England v Norway game in extra time.

Well the atmosphere for the football in Scotland is electric

In a Scottish pub and someone has bought a Norway flag so

A mainstay of television. TV presenter Dermot Murnaghan dies aged 68 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I’m near Thurso in Scotland where it is 14 degrees celcius.

Three years ago since BBC News broke like this and I still think about it.

Project Kangaroo, a streaming project between the BBC/ITV/C4 that was blocked by competition commission, has had a devastating consequence two decades later. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

No Wimbledon this eve. No World Cup. Television wheezing having to show us actual programmes.

Does Ofcom guidelines mean that British broadcasters have to give equal coverage to a supergalactic bin?