Simon Tyers
@simont.bsky.social
I can't continue this, Arthur Askey's just been shot.
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So, I put this mad bastard's tour through Google Maps (click through the repost and scroll down a bit).
127 gigs
18,400 miles
382hrs of travel.
And only about 50 days from the end until he starts it all over again in 2028
127 gigs
18,400 miles
382hrs of travel.
And only about 50 days from the end until he starts it all over again in 2028
@ricardoautobahn.co.uk I regret to inform you that Makings Of A Murderer, having regenerated, is at it again in 2027.
September 10, 2026 at 11:22 AM
So, I put this mad bastard's tour through Google Maps (click through the repost and scroll down a bit).
127 gigs
18,400 miles
382hrs of travel.
And only about 50 days from the end until he starts it all over again in 2028
127 gigs
18,400 miles
382hrs of travel.
And only about 50 days from the end until he starts it all over again in 2028
Been musing on the Les Dennis and Dustin Gee sketch in which they "do" Bowie and Jagger's Dancing In The Street and the central gag is they're both essentially OAPs who can't move without zimmer frames and Sanatogen. Bowie was at the time the same age Rihanna is now.
September 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Been musing on the Les Dennis and Dustin Gee sketch in which they "do" Bowie and Jagger's Dancing In The Street and the central gag is they're both essentially OAPs who can't move without zimmer frames and Sanatogen. Bowie was at the time the same age Rihanna is now.
@ricardoautobahn.co.uk I regret to inform you that Makings Of A Murderer, having regenerated, is at it again in 2027.
September 9, 2026 at 9:34 PM
@ricardoautobahn.co.uk I regret to inform you that Makings Of A Murderer, having regenerated, is at it again in 2027.
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As an experiment I've recorded a completely updated and reworked audio version of my "Comedy Cash-In Book Book" from a few years ago. If that sounds your sort of thing, it's on Bandcamp now at a highly competitive market pricing.
benbakerbooks.bandcamp.com/album/the-co...
benbakerbooks.bandcamp.com/album/the-co...
The Comedy Cash-In Book Audiobook Book, by Ben Baker
12 track album
benbakerbooks.bandcamp.com
August 7, 2026 at 11:03 AM
As an experiment I've recorded a completely updated and reworked audio version of my "Comedy Cash-In Book Book" from a few years ago. If that sounds your sort of thing, it's on Bandcamp now at a highly competitive market pricing.
benbakerbooks.bandcamp.com/album/the-co...
benbakerbooks.bandcamp.com/album/the-co...
The greatest and most extraordinary poll of the year has opened. VOTE BUBBLEMEN FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE.
Noisebox Anthems IV is live! Here's a selection of the sort of stuff we play every day on @noiseboxradio.com but we want to know which you like most. I'll count down the top 50 live on Monday 31st August like I'm one of those Bruno Brookeses they used to have. noiseboxradio.com/anthems/
August 2, 2026 at 9:07 PM
The greatest and most extraordinary poll of the year has opened. VOTE BUBBLEMEN FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE.
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HOW HAS THIS BEEN ON YOUTUBE FOR THREE MONTHS AND NOBODY THOUGHT TO TELL US, IT'S BEEN WDYT?'S HOLY GRAIL FOR YEARS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPA...
Statutory Right of Entry - Richard Stilgoe
YouTube video by Matt Poole
www.youtube.com
July 28, 2026 at 10:09 AM
HOW HAS THIS BEEN ON YOUTUBE FOR THREE MONTHS AND NOBODY THOUGHT TO TELL US, IT'S BEEN WDYT?'S HOLY GRAIL FOR YEARS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPA...
Remember this Oasis single being talked up as a radical post-Britpop reinvention because the drums sound a bit like the Beta Band and one of the many guitar tracks is backwards. #totp
July 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Remember this Oasis single being talked up as a radical post-Britpop reinvention because the drums sound a bit like the Beta Band and one of the many guitar tracks is backwards. #totp
Lauren sneaking in an Arab Strap reference for her then-boyfriend Malcolm Middleton, whose first solo album a couple of years later is a devastating confessional about their break-up. When it was reissued a few years ago I remember Lauren tweeting asking why she'd been sent a promo. #totp
July 17, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Lauren sneaking in an Arab Strap reference for her then-boyfriend Malcolm Middleton, whose first solo album a couple of years later is a devastating confessional about their break-up. When it was reissued a few years ago I remember Lauren tweeting asking why she'd been sent a promo. #totp
Just eight minutes left in which to tell Argentinians once and for all that Englishmen don't tend to jump regardless.
July 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Just eight minutes left in which to tell Argentinians once and for all that Englishmen don't tend to jump regardless.
This is the biggest disparity between subject and atmosphere I've ever seen in a light documentary.
50 YEARS AGO TODAY: HTV journalist Harriet Crawley becomes a Butlins redcoat in Harriet: At Play, which is interesting in itself but director and Zappa associate Tony Palmer coats it in fish-eye lenses, Kubrickian angles and suggested doom.
Harriet At Play - 70s Butlins Documentary
The recent death of an old mate prompted me to upload this. Terry Maisey was a great film editor and colleague at HTV in Bristol in the 70s and 80s.
This half hour doc, shot on 16mm, was part of a series directed by Tony Palmer and is a brilliant piece of film-making.
The last few minutes is one o
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July 3, 2026 at 9:21 PM
This is the biggest disparity between subject and atmosphere I've ever seen in a light documentary.
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To mark ten years since Caroline Aherne's passing, some rare Mrs Merton from This Morning in 1992, taking agony aunt correspondence on the UK launch of the Femidom.
July 2, 2026 at 9:31 AM
To mark ten years since Caroline Aherne's passing, some rare Mrs Merton from This Morning in 1992, taking agony aunt correspondence on the UK launch of the Femidom.
Not even the best single from this album, but a) possibly the first airplay Gracedelica has had in 26 years and b) exactly, I'm sure, where we all expected most of the members of Levitation to end up. #totp
June 26, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Not even the best single from this album, but a) possibly the first airplay Gracedelica has had in 26 years and b) exactly, I'm sure, where we all expected most of the members of Levitation to end up. #totp
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We're a video podcast that looks at panto posters of yesteryear seeing what amazing stuff we can find. ALL YEAR ROUND.
We do not review the pantos. Just the posters.
The latest edition is so packed with stars we had to do it in two parts!
PT1 youtu.be/R_InIPirEUU?...
PT2 youtu.be/RG5gVWVJS0Y?...
We do not review the pantos. Just the posters.
The latest edition is so packed with stars we had to do it in two parts!
PT1 youtu.be/R_InIPirEUU?...
PT2 youtu.be/RG5gVWVJS0Y?...
PantoSplaining: Episode 8.1 - Manchester 1984 (Part 1)
YouTube video by PantoSplaining - the Panto Poster Podcast
youtu.be
June 3, 2026 at 8:35 AM
We're a video podcast that looks at panto posters of yesteryear seeing what amazing stuff we can find. ALL YEAR ROUND.
We do not review the pantos. Just the posters.
The latest edition is so packed with stars we had to do it in two parts!
PT1 youtu.be/R_InIPirEUU?...
PT2 youtu.be/RG5gVWVJS0Y?...
We do not review the pantos. Just the posters.
The latest edition is so packed with stars we had to do it in two parts!
PT1 youtu.be/R_InIPirEUU?...
PT2 youtu.be/RG5gVWVJS0Y?...
It's 2026 and broadcast assistants are still grabbing things quickly off the internet and putting them out on live radio without checking first.
Can’t believe no one has uploaded this to BlueSky (that I could find, anyway), but thanks to Popbitch for the heads-up. If you ever wondered what ex-Children’s BBC presenter Simon Parkin is up to these days … (sound on, swearing, etc):
May 15, 2026 at 10:50 AM
It's 2026 and broadcast assistants are still grabbing things quickly off the internet and putting them out on live radio without checking first.
To answer your question, she was Zoe's replacement on Live & Kicking, and you don't remember her because it was during prime SMTV Live. #totp
April 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
To answer your question, she was Zoe's replacement on Live & Kicking, and you don't remember her because it was during prime SMTV Live. #totp