Mark GJ
@brokentv.uk
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Current project: Auntie's Favourites - The stories behind the BBC's 200, um, 250 Most-Broadcast Programmes.
Current progress: Glacial
https://brokentv.uk/
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Current project: Auntie's Favourites - The stories behind the BBC's 200, um, 250 Most-Broadcast Programmes.
Current progress: Glacial
https://brokentv.uk/
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A Christmas warning from the ghost of plastic surgery future if ever I saw one.
December 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A Christmas warning from the ghost of plastic surgery future if ever I saw one.
On the far right: well, all of them.
December 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
On the far right: well, all of them.
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Fast Burn - a BBC Late Show special examining the brief life and quick death of BSB, first shown this week in 1991.
Deserved props again to @rollvt.bsky.social for some fascinating uploads.
@whydontyoutube.bsky.social @tvlive.site @thetvroom.com @ukpres1.bsky.social
youtu.be/6fL0nEJIQgg?...
Deserved props again to @rollvt.bsky.social for some fascinating uploads.
@whydontyoutube.bsky.social @tvlive.site @thetvroom.com @ukpres1.bsky.social
youtu.be/6fL0nEJIQgg?...
Fast Burn! The Unofficial History Of BSB (03-12-91)
YouTube video by Roll VT
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December 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Fast Burn - a BBC Late Show special examining the brief life and quick death of BSB, first shown this week in 1991.
Deserved props again to @rollvt.bsky.social for some fascinating uploads.
@whydontyoutube.bsky.social @tvlive.site @thetvroom.com @ukpres1.bsky.social
youtu.be/6fL0nEJIQgg?...
Deserved props again to @rollvt.bsky.social for some fascinating uploads.
@whydontyoutube.bsky.social @tvlive.site @thetvroom.com @ukpres1.bsky.social
youtu.be/6fL0nEJIQgg?...
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What idiot called it ‘The FIFA Peace Prize’ and not the ‘Ballon D’War’?
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
What idiot called it ‘The FIFA Peace Prize’ and not the ‘Ballon D’War’?
"Eight wars? I counted twelve."
December 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"Eight wars? I counted twelve."
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40 YEARS AGO TODAY: "a most unusual song from an unusual band" says Steve Wright in introduction of the Pet Shop Boys' #totp debut. The one-handed prodding and 'BOY' cap would stand the test of some sort of time.
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls on Top Of The Pops 05/12/1985
Pet Shop Boys perform West End Girls on BBC's Top Of The Pops on 05/12/1985.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
40 YEARS AGO TODAY: "a most unusual song from an unusual band" says Steve Wright in introduction of the Pet Shop Boys' #totp debut. The one-handed prodding and 'BOY' cap would stand the test of some sort of time.
Has anyone photoshopped a "Gian'll Fix It" medal yet?
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Has anyone photoshopped a "Gian'll Fix It" medal yet?
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Anyway, FIFA gonna FIFA
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Anyway, FIFA gonna FIFA
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LIVE NOW! It's my Top 50 of Xbox Live Arcade games! Everything from indie favourites to awesome remakes, and just in time for the Xbox 360's 20th Anniversary. Well, a couple of weeks after anyway. Enjoy and please share :) youtu.be/QImGbFxEf0M
Kim Justice's TOP 50 Xbox Live Arcade Games
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December 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
LIVE NOW! It's my Top 50 of Xbox Live Arcade games! Everything from indie favourites to awesome remakes, and just in time for the Xbox 360's 20th Anniversary. Well, a couple of weeks after anyway. Enjoy and please share :) youtu.be/QImGbFxEf0M
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Christmas Ident Calendar Day 5 extra. BBC TV channels almost didn't broadcast over Christmas in 1978 because of strike action. It was resolved at the very last minute. Here's a BBC news report on what happened, with behind the scenes footage of the BBC1 symbol being put together.
December 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Christmas Ident Calendar Day 5 extra. BBC TV channels almost didn't broadcast over Christmas in 1978 because of strike action. It was resolved at the very last minute. Here's a BBC news report on what happened, with behind the scenes footage of the BBC1 symbol being put together.
Without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery
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Really excited for people to see the second episode of PantoSplaining tomorrow as I think its one of the funniest things we've ever done. Every panto poster is like a very specific slice of pop culture history and I love them so follow @pantosplaining.bsky.social if you havent already please.
December 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Really excited for people to see the second episode of PantoSplaining tomorrow as I think its one of the funniest things we've ever done. Every panto poster is like a very specific slice of pop culture history and I love them so follow @pantosplaining.bsky.social if you havent already please.
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Watching the surprisingly rich Sycamore Gap crime documentary on Channel 4.
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Watching the surprisingly rich Sycamore Gap crime documentary on Channel 4.
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Honestly thought this was a screenshot from The League of Gentlemen rather than a heartwarming xmas show
🎅🎄 Bydd un o glasuron S4C yn dychwelyd i’r sgrin fach y Nadolig hwn
Fe fydd cyfle i fwynhau Y Dyn Nath Ddwyn y Dolig unwaith eto ar 21 Rhagfyr
Fe fydd cyfle i fwynhau Y Dyn Nath Ddwyn y Dolig unwaith eto ar 21 Rhagfyr
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Honestly thought this was a screenshot from The League of Gentlemen rather than a heartwarming xmas show
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If I swear to watch, like, at least 5 mins of The Death of Bunny Munroe can I stop seeing bloody adverts for it please?
December 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If I swear to watch, like, at least 5 mins of The Death of Bunny Munroe can I stop seeing bloody adverts for it please?
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This is the crossover we all wanted. Larry Grayson introduces Roy Jay. - www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtgI...
Roy Jay on The Main Attraction, 7/30/1983
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December 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This is the crossover we all wanted. Larry Grayson introduces Roy Jay. - www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtgI...
Don't know how this pod has escaped my attention 'til now. That's my play queue fattened up for Christmas, then.
December 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Don't know how this pod has escaped my attention 'til now. That's my play queue fattened up for Christmas, then.
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Your Christmas highlights www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Four - Remembers..., Derek Griffiths Remembers... Bod
Derek Griffiths looks back on the 1970s animated children's series Bod.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Your Christmas highlights www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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30 YEARS AGO TODAY: the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party is opened by Reeves & Mortimer covering Hawkwind's Silver Machine. No explanation, no lyrical changes unless a cameo by the riff from Day Tripper counts, never released, and they weren't hosting it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGeb...
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer - Silver Machine (Smash Hits Poll Winners Party 1995)
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December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
30 YEARS AGO TODAY: the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party is opened by Reeves & Mortimer covering Hawkwind's Silver Machine. No explanation, no lyrical changes unless a cameo by the riff from Day Tripper counts, never released, and they weren't hosting it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGeb...
They haven't yet got around to throwing the cards marked "air fryers" "Royal Family" and "rebadged old telly clip show" up in the air to see where they land yet. #ChristmasTV
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
They haven't yet got around to throwing the cards marked "air fryers" "Royal Family" and "rebadged old telly clip show" up in the air to see where they land yet. #ChristmasTV