Gary Brannan
@garybrannan.bsky.social
Apparently, everybody's favourite. Him off Tech Diff. The begrudging second coming of Harry Secombe. Strong wahey energy. Funniest British Man (TM). The Lidl of Light Entertainment.
Pinned
Gary vs Locomotion No. 1
YouTube video by Gary Brannan
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A little something to fill your evening.
It’s me! On an old train! With a special celebrity appearance!
*the celebrity is not human
youtu.be/dl97ZiGu2ac?...
It’s me! On an old train! With a special celebrity appearance!
*the celebrity is not human
youtu.be/dl97ZiGu2ac?...
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People are very hard on young people on here, lack of critical thinking, lack of responsibility etc, and then you see something like this and it all makes a different kind of sense.
November 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
People are very hard on young people on here, lack of critical thinking, lack of responsibility etc, and then you see something like this and it all makes a different kind of sense.
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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Cult TV Script Donation
Film is Fabulous! work closely with DMU. In July, a large collection of scripts, including original annotated camera scripts, production documents, schedules, and film diaries, were donated by a former television and film writer.
Film is Fabulous! work closely with DMU. In July, a large collection of scripts, including original annotated camera scripts, production documents, schedules, and film diaries, were donated by a former television and film writer.
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Cult TV Script Donation
Film is Fabulous! work closely with DMU. In July, a large collection of scripts, including original annotated camera scripts, production documents, schedules, and film diaries, were donated by a former television and film writer.
Film is Fabulous! work closely with DMU. In July, a large collection of scripts, including original annotated camera scripts, production documents, schedules, and film diaries, were donated by a former television and film writer.
This is hypnotic
November 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This is hypnotic
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Everyone in the UK in the 1970s in one clip.
November 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Everyone in the UK in the 1970s in one clip.
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Each and every one of them a canonical pre-Hartnell #DoctorWho
November 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Each and every one of them a canonical pre-Hartnell #DoctorWho
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The hair. The clothes. 🙌 #TheGenerationGame 📺
November 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The hair. The clothes. 🙌 #TheGenerationGame 📺
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
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Sexed up reboot of Ghostwatch on the way.
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Sexed up reboot of Ghostwatch on the way.
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Demi Lovato's Thanksgiving dinner looks like it was scraped out of Dennis Nilsen's drains.
November 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Demi Lovato's Thanksgiving dinner looks like it was scraped out of Dennis Nilsen's drains.
And if he misjudged it he’d be Professor Quite-A-Mess, amirite? Yes? Oh please yourselves.
Happy 77th anniversary of the release of Scott of the Antarctic, whose filming in the Swiss Alps caused frostbite among the crew. Thankfully, Sir John Mills was on hand to... er, set light to his farts
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
And if he misjudged it he’d be Professor Quite-A-Mess, amirite? Yes? Oh please yourselves.
One of the greatest musical achievements of our times
Attention! You are being dull again. Do I have to lift this place all by myself?
November 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
One of the greatest musical achievements of our times
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Attention! You are being dull again. Do I have to lift this place all by myself?
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Attention! You are being dull again. Do I have to lift this place all by myself?
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Happy 77th anniversary of the release of Scott of the Antarctic, whose filming in the Swiss Alps caused frostbite among the crew. Thankfully, Sir John Mills was on hand to... er, set light to his farts
November 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Happy 77th anniversary of the release of Scott of the Antarctic, whose filming in the Swiss Alps caused frostbite among the crew. Thankfully, Sir John Mills was on hand to... er, set light to his farts
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In March we completed the conservation of an 18th-century parish register from Nevis. The register has been cleaned, repaired and digitised, and returned to Nevis in a special ceremony with dignitaries, parish representatives and the local community. youtu.be/yex_Br6t0ak?... #EYAConservation
The Figtree Register Project: Conservation and Community
YouTube video by Borthwick Institute for Archives
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November 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
In March we completed the conservation of an 18th-century parish register from Nevis. The register has been cleaned, repaired and digitised, and returned to Nevis in a special ceremony with dignitaries, parish representatives and the local community. youtu.be/yex_Br6t0ak?... #EYAConservation
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From the Hi-de-Hi annual of 1984, please enjoy this picture of Ted Bovis being played by John Candy
November 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
From the Hi-de-Hi annual of 1984, please enjoy this picture of Ted Bovis being played by John Candy
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rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
Kia Mentor
Toyota Corolla
Honda Jazz
Citroen C3 Picasso…..
….and that’s it. I get second hand cars and keep them running….
Toyota Corolla
Honda Jazz
Citroen C3 Picasso…..
….and that’s it. I get second hand cars and keep them running….
Introduce yourself with 5 (or 6!) cars you’ve owned:
Ford Escort
MGF
Another Ford Escort
Ford Focus
Another Ford Focus
Nissan Qashqai
Ford Escort
MGF
Another Ford Escort
Ford Focus
Another Ford Focus
Nissan Qashqai
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned
Mk2 Polo Coupe Sport
Mercedes C Class Coupe
Alfa Romeo GTV Cup
VW Tiguan
Nissan Juke
Mk2 Polo Coupe Sport
Mercedes C Class Coupe
Alfa Romeo GTV Cup
VW Tiguan
Nissan Juke
November 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Kia Mentor
Toyota Corolla
Honda Jazz
Citroen C3 Picasso…..
….and that’s it. I get second hand cars and keep them running….
Toyota Corolla
Honda Jazz
Citroen C3 Picasso…..
….and that’s it. I get second hand cars and keep them running….
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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The Kenny Everett New Naughty Video is currently on Rewind TV
November 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The Kenny Everett New Naughty Video is currently on Rewind TV
The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap
Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge
Through living roots awaken in my head.
But I’ve no spade to follow men like them.
Between my finger and my thumb
The squat LGM-30 Minuteman-III rests.
I’ll dig with it.
Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge
Through living roots awaken in my head.
But I’ve no spade to follow men like them.
Between my finger and my thumb
The squat LGM-30 Minuteman-III rests.
I’ll dig with it.
You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap
Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge
Through living roots awaken in my head.
But I’ve no spade to follow men like them.
Between my finger and my thumb
The squat LGM-30 Minuteman-III rests.
I’ll dig with it.
Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge
Through living roots awaken in my head.
But I’ve no spade to follow men like them.
Between my finger and my thumb
The squat LGM-30 Minuteman-III rests.
I’ll dig with it.
“They fuck you up
Your SS-X-30 Satan 2’s
They do not mean to but they do”
Your SS-X-30 Satan 2’s
They do not mean to but they do”
You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“They fuck you up
Your SS-X-30 Satan 2’s
They do not mean to but they do”
Your SS-X-30 Satan 2’s
They do not mean to but they do”
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[Hugo Farnsworth voice] "Good news, everyone!!!"
You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
[Hugo Farnsworth voice] "Good news, everyone!!!"
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If it asks politely with a cute depressed stutter like the robot from Andor then I'll consider not kicking it into the gutter.
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
If it asks politely with a cute depressed stutter like the robot from Andor then I'll consider not kicking it into the gutter.