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Gary Brannan

@garybrannan.bsky.social

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Apparently, everybody's favourite. Him off Tech Diff. The begrudging second coming of Harry Secombe. Strong wahey energy. Funniest British Man (TM).

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · Jul 17

Folks! He’s on another podcast! Well, not really, I am but the introducer.

Behold! The story of York’s other chocolate dynasty - The Terry’s.

Nothing can prepare you for this story. It’s lovely. And Stan was so good. Give it a go.

open.spotify.com/episode/2KLH...

The life, letters and legacy of Noel Terry

Borthwick Papers · Episode

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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 9h

I feel seen and attacked at the same time

Who is better at riding a bike meme from KnowYourMeme on Instagram. Comparison a chill kid riding a bike a road cyclist being fussy about their sport

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 4h

Flag around and find out, as the kids might say.

/He was, in fact, mainly fired because of his social media posts, and not the flags.

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 3h

*except for viewers in the UK

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J S Docherty @jsdocherty.bsky.social · 4h

It's on tonight. Watch, as it's awesome.

Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 15h

Look I know the Traitors is on, but they’re showing LIVE SUMO WRESTLING FROM THE ALBERT HALL on Iplayer NOW

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Neil Miles (but spooky) @miles-online.co.uk · 4h

You want the whole thing? Oh go on then...

38 years ago today a sodden Ian McCaskill carries the can for the weather forecasting failures around the Great Storm on 1987.

One of my favourite ever pieces of TV

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Neil Miles (but spooky) @miles-online.co.uk · 4h

Thursday

A drenched Ian McCaskill getting eviscerated on live TV for causing the great storm of 1987

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Neil Miles (but spooky) @miles-online.co.uk · 4h

- Ian, you're lying in a weather grave. Do you know what's on your headstone?

- Weather?

- Ian, thank you

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 17h

If anyone has some time to help out in transcribing old, handwritten weather records.

www.met.ie/met-eireann-...

Met Éireann opens historic weather transcription project to all - Met Éireann - The Irish Meteorological Service

Met Éireann, the Irish National Meteorological Service, is the leading provider of weather information and related services for Ireland.

www.met.ie

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 5h

Oooh

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Justin Sheppherd @ahappyhiveling.bsky.social · 14h

(Quickly looks up how to say "EASY! EASY! EASY!" in Japanese)

Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 15h

Look I know the Traitors is on, but they’re showing LIVE SUMO WRESTLING FROM THE ALBERT HALL on Iplayer NOW

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Mike Cooper @mikecooperrp.bsky.social · 15h

Last Night of the Thongs

Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 15h

Look I know the Traitors is on, but they’re showing LIVE SUMO WRESTLING FROM THE ALBERT HALL on Iplayer NOW

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 15h

Possibly related but just googled the phone number for Dignitas

Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 15h

Look I know the Traitors is on, but they’re showing LIVE SUMO WRESTLING FROM THE ALBERT HALL on Iplayer NOW

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 16h

My wife used to work for Symphony and was responsible for everyone in the company eventually hearing this.

What surprised me is that they didn’t already know.

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 16h

Tom Baker Symphony advert outtake - audio only

YouTube video by campfreddie

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 16h

Any cameo appearance of a Doctor in another production is, if you want it to be, a potential Land of Fiction story.

Looking at you, Ncuti Gatwa in the Barbie Movie

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged Doctor Who opinion. I mean, if you’re a fan, they’re likely all unhinged anyway.

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 16h

“Oh, no, now - stop it! No! Oh! Mocking! You’re mocking poor Kim! Anyway, there I was, in the lotus position - oh, she’s woken up at that! - anyway, they says, ‘come up to the royal box’ - no, stop it, now, no, LISSSTEN!; anyway, I knew there’d be an open bar, but I didn’t expect a cash only till”

Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 16h

“So they said they’d named a rose after me, and when it came, the label said ‘Kim Jong-Un - not very good in beds, better up against a wall’!. And I’ll tell you something, they were up against a wall soon enough after an’all!”

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 17h

“…’The Aristocrats’.”

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 17h

Genuinely worse than wasps

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chiller @thechiller.bsky.social · 19h

I wrote a lovely poem about the good old days, to go with the nice pink one off Facebook that's quoted below.

The Good Old Days

Tuberculosis, ricketts
Polio and smog
He kicked the wife for five days
On weekends kicked the dog
The choir boys were fiddled with
The priest put round the plate
And then those lads went off to war
And mental health was great.
My gran made broth with only bone
She couldn't afford cheese
And several of her kids died
From preventable disease
Wasn't allowed a bank account
Couldn't get a job
Tuberculosis, ricketts
Polio and smog.

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 17h

I mean, fucking hell, though

youtu.be/XA5nFEety4c?...

The Dark Side of Doctor Who - Ian Levine's Macra Terrible

YouTube video by The Game Center

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 17h

On the subject of Levine’s horrifc AI horror shows, came across this the other day

youtu.be/wg30FXQyUBc?...

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 17h

“KENNETH MORE IS THE DOCTOR”

Chris Orton @chriso1.bsky.social · 17h

Me during the BlueSky outage:

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Michael @welshzebra.bsky.social · 20h

They're going to have to publish the price for mice, the rates for rats, the monies for bunnies, the fees for the budgies, and most importantly the duck bills.

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PRL @usrbinprl.bsky.social · 22h

The dogs want paying for all their lab work and don't get me started on the feline demands for fair cat scan pricing.

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Justin Sheppherd @ahappyhiveling.bsky.social · 21h

...and then he said "ruh-roh!", and went off with his gang of teenage friends to debunk a haunting.

Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 22h

well a dog would say this wouldn't it

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