Steve Oliver
@steveoliver76.bsky.social
Underfollowed despite quality output.
Writer, filmmaker, humourist, Dickens performer
Making a comeback in 2026
Writer, filmmaker, humourist, Dickens performer
Making a comeback in 2026
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Steve Oliver
@steveoliver76.bsky.social
· May 30
I do quality over quantity on Bluesky and having an even slower follow climb than I did on Twitter. Please recommend me and my amusing posts to get my numbers up. Many thanks in advance ☺️
Little known Nottingham fact, all of ITV's sitcom output in the 70s was written down this one street.
September 13, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Little known Nottingham fact, all of ITV's sitcom output in the 70s was written down this one street.
Cameras on please.
September 10, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Cameras on please.
Morecambe and Wise would have been ideal guests on The Muppet Show. TV savvy but also true to the show's music hall/vaudeville ethos, and well known in America (more so than Brucie and Spike Milligan who appeared), even thought Grade didn't interfere he could have suggested them to Jim Henson.
Happy 50th Anniversary to The Muppet Show! Jim Henson's groundbreaking puppet variety show began airing on the United Kingdom's ATV Network on this date in 1976 ahead of its US debut later that month.
September 5, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Morecambe and Wise would have been ideal guests on The Muppet Show. TV savvy but also true to the show's music hall/vaudeville ethos, and well known in America (more so than Brucie and Spike Milligan who appeared), even thought Grade didn't interfere he could have suggested them to Jim Henson.
It is Bandcamp Friday and there are still people claiming to be David Bowie fans/completists who haven't downloaded the audiobook Bowie Day. Pay what you like, whether it's £1 or £1million today's the day.
Thanks in advance
steveoliver.bandcamp.com/album/bowie-...
Thanks in advance
steveoliver.bandcamp.com/album/bowie-...
Bowie Day (a short story inspired by A Christmas Carol), by Steve Oliver
5 track album
steveoliver.bandcamp.com
September 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
It is Bandcamp Friday and there are still people claiming to be David Bowie fans/completists who haven't downloaded the audiobook Bowie Day. Pay what you like, whether it's £1 or £1million today's the day.
Thanks in advance
steveoliver.bandcamp.com/album/bowie-...
Thanks in advance
steveoliver.bandcamp.com/album/bowie-...
36 candles?
September 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM
36 candles?
Reminding myself that Ricky Gervais used to be able to write comedy (or co-write obviously).
August 8, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Reminding myself that Ricky Gervais used to be able to write comedy (or co-write obviously).
What's taking you so long Amazon?
August 5, 2026 at 4:39 PM
What's taking you so long Amazon?
This morning, on seeing this post, I found a full episode on YouTube. As much as I admire Chris Evans, this made me dizzy and I gave up after five minutes.
TV Mayhem - TV-am-sponsored prehistoric Big Breakfast ancestry as a pre-fame Chris Evans tries to prop up an ailing TV-am with his own invariably self-centric brand of Saturday Morning on-screen anarchy. They lost their ITV franchise shortly afterwards.
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August 1, 2026 at 12:24 PM
This morning, on seeing this post, I found a full episode on YouTube. As much as I admire Chris Evans, this made me dizzy and I gave up after five minutes.
I remember Richard Herring once saying in an interview that Channel 4 would pay Ricky Gervais if he filmed himself shitting in a bowl. Having just seen the trailer for Alley Cats, substitute Channel 4 for Netflix and this prophecy has come true.
July 30, 2026 at 2:31 PM
I remember Richard Herring once saying in an interview that Channel 4 would pay Ricky Gervais if he filmed himself shitting in a bowl. Having just seen the trailer for Alley Cats, substitute Channel 4 for Netflix and this prophecy has come true.
Sorry to hear about the passing of Bill Oddie, this is worth a listen.
fourble.co.uk/podcast/isir...
fourble.co.uk/podcast/isir...
I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again podcast
1960s radio comedy starring Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie and John Cleese
fourble.co.uk
July 27, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Sorry to hear about the passing of Bill Oddie, this is worth a listen.
fourble.co.uk/podcast/isir...
fourble.co.uk/podcast/isir...
Of course I will be watching Ebenezer later this year for completist reasons, but this short film already does the back story.
youtu.be/KoJj0nBMkPw?...
youtu.be/KoJj0nBMkPw?...
The Ghosts of Scrooge's Past
YouTube video by SteveOliverOfficial
youtu.be
July 24, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Of course I will be watching Ebenezer later this year for completist reasons, but this short film already does the back story.
youtu.be/KoJj0nBMkPw?...
youtu.be/KoJj0nBMkPw?...
Sam Smith’s pubs:
Pint of Guinness please.
We don't sell Guinness but we have something the same colour and there the resemblance ends.
Pint of Guinness please.
We don't sell Guinness but we have something the same colour and there the resemblance ends.
June 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Sam Smith’s pubs:
Pint of Guinness please.
We don't sell Guinness but we have something the same colour and there the resemblance ends.
Pint of Guinness please.
We don't sell Guinness but we have something the same colour and there the resemblance ends.
Agreed. If he'd had a better chance on the big screen then Rik Mayall could have been a bigger movie comedian than Chaplin or Sellers combined.
Currently watching this.
By God, that man was *electric*.
By God, that man was *electric*.
June 25, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Agreed. If he'd had a better chance on the big screen then Rik Mayall could have been a bigger movie comedian than Chaplin or Sellers combined.
Reposted by Steve Oliver
12 years since this gorgeous, funny bastard left us. The bloody cheek!
This was our humble (albeit very shouty) tribute #RIPRik #RikMayall #RememberingRik
This was our humble (albeit very shouty) tribute #RIPRik #RikMayall #RememberingRik
Who Said You Could Die, You Bastard?!
YouTube video by Intermittent Explosive Disorder
youtu.be
June 9, 2026 at 8:57 AM
12 years since this gorgeous, funny bastard left us. The bloody cheek!
This was our humble (albeit very shouty) tribute #RIPRik #RikMayall #RememberingRik
This was our humble (albeit very shouty) tribute #RIPRik #RikMayall #RememberingRik
I heard a rumour my ex-wife passed away, I know you shouldn't wish such things...
Today's date triggers PTSD as it used to be my wedding anniversary. Luckily I escaped and reclaimed my life but other domestic abuse victims aren't so fortunate, it can happen to men too so rather than taking the piss for being 'under the thumb' see if you can help.
May 31, 2026 at 9:49 AM
I heard a rumour my ex-wife passed away, I know you shouldn't wish such things...
Today's date triggers PTSD as it used to be my wedding anniversary. Luckily I escaped and reclaimed my life but other domestic abuse victims aren't so fortunate, it can happen to men too so rather than taking the piss for being 'under the thumb' see if you can help.
May 31, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Today's date triggers PTSD as it used to be my wedding anniversary. Luckily I escaped and reclaimed my life but other domestic abuse victims aren't so fortunate, it can happen to men too so rather than taking the piss for being 'under the thumb' see if you can help.
Showaddywaddy brought me a field mouse.
Stray Cat has brought me a dead rat.
May 26, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Showaddywaddy brought me a field mouse.
On what would have been Eric Morecambe's 100th birthday, one of the best lines ever delivered, I still use it at every opportunity.
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youtu.be/sedG1kBtn1M?...
Eric Morecambe on Ice Cream
YouTube video by Dave Byrne
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May 14, 2026 at 10:25 AM
On what would have been Eric Morecambe's 100th birthday, one of the best lines ever delivered, I still use it at every opportunity.
youtu.be/sedG1kBtn1M?...
youtu.be/sedG1kBtn1M?...
So glad that Paddy McGuinness has managed to find work, I was getting worried about him.
May 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
So glad that Paddy McGuinness has managed to find work, I was getting worried about him.
It's the eighth of May
The eighth of May
The eighth of May
May 8, 2026 at 9:12 AM
It's the eighth of May
The eighth of May
The eighth of May
Has Channel 4 put money in to TFI Unplugged or have they got an hour that hasn't cost them anything given they are basically pumping out a youtube video?
May 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Has Channel 4 put money in to TFI Unplugged or have they got an hour that hasn't cost them anything given they are basically pumping out a youtube video?
Still a couple of hours left if you still want to call yourself a David Bowie fan ⏬️
It's Bandcamp Friday, please pay whatever you can for my audiobook Bowie Day because you can't call yourself a David Bowie completist without it. In fact, are you even a Bowie fan without it?
Every pound helps so thank you in advance ☺️
steveoliver.bandcamp.com/album/bowie-...
Every pound helps so thank you in advance ☺️
steveoliver.bandcamp.com/album/bowie-...
Bowie Day (a short story inspired by A Christmas Carol), by Steve Oliver
5 track album
steveoliver.bandcamp.com
May 1, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Still a couple of hours left if you still want to call yourself a David Bowie fan ⏬️
It's Bandcamp Friday, please pay whatever you can for my audiobook Bowie Day because you can't call yourself a David Bowie completist without it. In fact, are you even a Bowie fan without it?
Every pound helps so thank you in advance ☺️
steveoliver.bandcamp.com/album/bowie-...
Every pound helps so thank you in advance ☺️
steveoliver.bandcamp.com/album/bowie-...
Bowie Day (a short story inspired by A Christmas Carol), by Steve Oliver
5 track album
steveoliver.bandcamp.com
May 1, 2026 at 10:16 AM
It's Bandcamp Friday, please pay whatever you can for my audiobook Bowie Day because you can't call yourself a David Bowie completist without it. In fact, are you even a Bowie fan without it?
Every pound helps so thank you in advance ☺️
steveoliver.bandcamp.com/album/bowie-...
Every pound helps so thank you in advance ☺️
steveoliver.bandcamp.com/album/bowie-...