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Chris Gomm

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Dad of 3. 40something. Live in Devon. Work in comms and engagement, formerly a newspaper journalist. Do a bit of drawing in my spare time. Enjoy music, comedy, films and general silliness. My sketches and doodles. https://gommsta.tumblr.com/

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Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · Sep 6

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Sharing just in case anyone is thinking of relocating to rural Somerset (or if you know of anyone else who is).

Check out this 3 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove

3 bedroom detached house for sale in Chardleigh Green, Wadeford, Chard, Somerset, TA20 for £495,000. Marketed by Greenslade Taylor Hunt, Chard

www.rightmove.co.uk

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Scarred For Life @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 4h

TERRAHAWKS (1983): Gerry Anderson's 80s puppet show was bonkers at the best of times, but the episode where Zelda's daughter, Cy-Star, 'gives birth' to the hermaphrodite It-Star, is next level.

Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 7h

Though I think we can all agree this is the best theme tune... youtu.be/J_MFhJPKp9Q?...

Takeover Bid: Series 1, Episode 1 - 26th May 1990

YouTube video by Rob Francis

Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 8h

Kissyfur. Try to resist dancing in the train carriage youtu.be/GyOzAot0zZM?...

Kissyfur Opening Intro | Theme Song | HD

YouTube video by Give Me My 80s Cartoons

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 1d

I need to know what Bob Hoskins said to Princess Diana in front of Roger Rabbit at the London premiere of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988).

Bob Hoskins meets Princess Diana as a full size Roger Rabbit costumed character stands next to them.

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 1d

TGJones does feel like when a satirical drama invents a name for a high street shop 'so as not to cause any legal tangles'.

Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 13h

Same! Interviewed Onslow from Keeping Up Appearances in Wellingborough. Did a documentary with Alex Polizzi in Plymouth!

Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 15h

Oh blimey, so Baldrick is a bit of a diva then!

When I worked in Plymouth I once had to arrange for a road closure to allow for Johnny Vegas to be 'run over' for a Comic Strip Presents episode they were filming there about Rebekah Wade/Leveson Inquiry!

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On Her Majesty's Rail Replacement Bus Service 🔞🦀 (Crab Verified) @ipsumlorem.bsky.social · 1d

I've just seen Drew Struzan described as being "To film posters as John Williams is to movie scores", and I can't think of a more fitting description.

18.03.1947 - 13.10.2025.

Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 1d

Loved that episode too.

Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 1d

Sad to hear this, used to listen to his first album all the time.

Pop Base @popbase.tv · 1d

D’Angelo has passed away at the age of 51 following battle with pancreatic cancer.

Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 1d

No matter how old I get, having to get up in the dark will always suck...

Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 1d

Or if it was a 20 minute slot it was usually The Pink Panther Show

Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! Was trying to explain this to my kids, you used to just get random Tom and Jerry cartoons at 8.50pm or something like that!

Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 2d

Not sure if it's my eyesight these days but whenever I see a headline about Tommy Robinson I think "blimey, Baldrick's gone very right wing these days..."

Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 2d

Little video I did with John Jones who is the MD of Dartmouth Steam Railway for Children of Foster Carers Week. He grew up with his parents fostering other children and now supports fostering families with local events etc.
youtu.be/M1FbH9XpEKA?...

Children of Foster Carers Week 2025: John Jones, Managing Director of Dartmouth Steam Railway

YouTube video by Torbay Council

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

ok.co.uk @ok.co.uk · 8d

Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.

Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show

Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.

Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 3d

They did try hard to be fair, but it just kept slipping further away from them...

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 4d

The Golden Age Of Children's TV - the story of children's television from Play School and Pipkins to Pob's Programme and Press Gang and everything inbetween - is out in paperback on 23rd October, and how good is that cover?

timworthington.org/the-golden-a...

The Golden Age Of Children’s TV

Do you live in a town? Was it Bill or was it Ben? Who is The Phantom Phlan Plinger? Can you guess what is in it today? Why don’t you just switch off your television set and go out and do something …

timworthington.org

Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 3d

I think he was a bit of a ladies man by all accounts...

Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 3d

I'd like to see them sing the names of the cast, like they used to on the Give Us A Clue intro...

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The Film Canary @thefilmcanary.bsky.social · 3d

Can you imagine if the end credits after this were done with the cast doing a full Dad's Army/'Allo-Allo!/Hi-De-Hi! style parade montage, with audience applause?

Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 3d

No other film ending has ever gone this hard. Every time this rolls up on-screen I immediately think, “Damn right I have.”

Final shot of SUSPIRIA before the credits roll, which begin with the following:

You have been watching
"SUSPIRIA"

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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 4d

if you think The One Show is batshit, then consider In Town Tonight from 1955, where the guests were the leader of a Trinidadian steel band followed by an SS officer who was Hitler's personal valet. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

In Town Tonight - 29/10/1955

First transmitted in 1955, this is all that's left of this edition. It includes an interview with former SS officer Heinz Linge who was Hitler's personal attendant.

Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah was going to say I remember seeing a tweet years ago re Question Time that was something along the lines of "I see David Dimbleby is on the Nigel Farage Show again."

Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 5d

Monkian (sorry, got spelling wrong). He would basically say a few words and then go "ooh, ooh ooh", bit like a monkey (but not much). youtu.be/j2rel1wanfQ?...

Mumm-Ra vs Monkian [1980s ThunderCats]

YouTube video by Jack Spicer

Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 5d

Just made myself laugh remembering how Monkeyan used to talk on Thundercats...