Jon Arnold
@jonarnold.bsky.social
Black Archives, Strangers in Space, Busting Balls mainly. Former Westeros charcoal. Too old, too Welsh, too bad.
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To those commissioning DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K booklet essays: I write mainly about British and American films - 60s, 70s, 80s cinema. Worked for Arrow (How to Get Ahead in Advertising, September, Count Yorga, Lifeforce, Incubus) and Indicator (Birdy, Fatherland, Captain Clegg, Robin Hood at Hammer).1/2
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
To those commissioning DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K booklet essays: I write mainly about British and American films - 60s, 70s, 80s cinema. Worked for Arrow (How to Get Ahead in Advertising, September, Count Yorga, Lifeforce, Incubus) and Indicator (Birdy, Fatherland, Captain Clegg, Robin Hood at Hammer).1/2
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Also around then, by the time a record was released it might have been on radio for a month or more. One of the things that killed Britpop.
November 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Also around then, by the time a record was released it might have been on radio for a month or more. One of the things that killed Britpop.
Really, the playing of records that have been around for weeks and languishing a bit is an indicator of how first week gimmicks had broken the charts at this point. #TOTP doesn’t quite know how to react (and had arguably been overtaken by CD:UK).
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Really, the playing of records that have been around for weeks and languishing a bit is an indicator of how first week gimmicks had broken the charts at this point. #TOTP doesn’t quite know how to react (and had arguably been overtaken by CD:UK).
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I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
going through hell, keeping going
on art, grief, and the emotional heroism of just bloody keeping on making your work
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November 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
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At last, for the first time ever anywhere, the most sought after holy grail in television comedy - Oh No, Not Them, the 1989 unseen US pilot of The Young Ones. patreon.com/posts/143210147
Oh No Not Them - The Unaired US Version Of The Young Ones - 1989 | Nigel Planer
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November 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
At last, for the first time ever anywhere, the most sought after holy grail in television comedy - Oh No, Not Them, the 1989 unseen US pilot of The Young Ones. patreon.com/posts/143210147
Watching The Android Invasion and contemplating whether Guy Crayford is the only character in all of Who to boast of drinking his own piss.
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Watching The Android Invasion and contemplating whether Guy Crayford is the only character in all of Who to boast of drinking his own piss.
#TheTwen2ie5
Honourable Mentions! 50 of these beauties as I’ve gone for the special rule. Already sent these off to Arron for logging, so getting them in on here while I remember.
Honourable Mentions! 50 of these beauties as I’ve gone for the special rule. Already sent these off to Arron for logging, so getting them in on here while I remember.
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
#TheTwen2ie5
Honourable Mentions! 50 of these beauties as I’ve gone for the special rule. Already sent these off to Arron for logging, so getting them in on here while I remember.
Honourable Mentions! 50 of these beauties as I’ve gone for the special rule. Already sent these off to Arron for logging, so getting them in on here while I remember.
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 50: One more song…
GREATEST HITS by JOCKSTRAP (2022) (12)
You know the feeling when you hear a song and it feels precision designed to be everything you love about pop and you go and play it at least thirty straight times like you’re 17 again? That.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_1-x...
GREATEST HITS by JOCKSTRAP (2022) (12)
You know the feeling when you hear a song and it feels precision designed to be everything you love about pop and you go and play it at least thirty straight times like you’re 17 again? That.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_1-x...
Jockstrap - ‘Greatest Hits’ (Official Video)
YouTube video by Jockstrap
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November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 50: One more song…
GREATEST HITS by JOCKSTRAP (2022) (12)
You know the feeling when you hear a song and it feels precision designed to be everything you love about pop and you go and play it at least thirty straight times like you’re 17 again? That.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_1-x...
GREATEST HITS by JOCKSTRAP (2022) (12)
You know the feeling when you hear a song and it feels precision designed to be everything you love about pop and you go and play it at least thirty straight times like you’re 17 again? That.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_1-x...
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I've had an idea...
Someone told me that cos there are nearly 800 episodes of the Simpsons, it's possible to describe all other shows with a clip from a Simpsons episode. So with that in mind, I'm going to use a freezeframe/gif to describe every classic Dr Who serial 😁 1 season per day...
Someone told me that cos there are nearly 800 episodes of the Simpsons, it's possible to describe all other shows with a clip from a Simpsons episode. So with that in mind, I'm going to use a freezeframe/gif to describe every classic Dr Who serial 😁 1 season per day...
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I've had an idea...
Someone told me that cos there are nearly 800 episodes of the Simpsons, it's possible to describe all other shows with a clip from a Simpsons episode. So with that in mind, I'm going to use a freezeframe/gif to describe every classic Dr Who serial 😁 1 season per day...
Someone told me that cos there are nearly 800 episodes of the Simpsons, it's possible to describe all other shows with a clip from a Simpsons episode. So with that in mind, I'm going to use a freezeframe/gif to describe every classic Dr Who serial 😁 1 season per day...
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 49
HOPE by ARLO PARKS (2021)
For all it’s a terrific decade musically, even at its best, pop has often been inward looking, about the individual. The generosity of this at a time of necessary isolation and disconnection was perfect.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d-b...
HOPE by ARLO PARKS (2021)
For all it’s a terrific decade musically, even at its best, pop has often been inward looking, about the individual. The generosity of this at a time of necessary isolation and disconnection was perfect.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d-b...
Arlo Parks - Hope (Official Video)
YouTube video by ArloParksVEVO
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November 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 49
HOPE by ARLO PARKS (2021)
For all it’s a terrific decade musically, even at its best, pop has often been inward looking, about the individual. The generosity of this at a time of necessary isolation and disconnection was perfect.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d-b...
HOPE by ARLO PARKS (2021)
For all it’s a terrific decade musically, even at its best, pop has often been inward looking, about the individual. The generosity of this at a time of necessary isolation and disconnection was perfect.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d-b...
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Free for All, with a bunch of links to other pieces that have snuck outside the paywall in honour of the day. It's the start of the 1990 BSB Doctor Who repeat weekend, over at Psychic Paper.
Free for All, with a bunch of links to other pieces that have snuck outside the paywall in honour of the day. It's the start of the 1990 BSB Doctor Who repeat weekend, over at Psychic Paper.
BSB - Part One: "I don't know why you say 'Goodbye' I say 'Hello'."
Interviewed for the New Jersey Network’s The Making of Doctor Who in 1988, producer John Nathan-Turner explained his wish to leave the series by saying it...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Free for All, with a bunch of links to other pieces that have snuck outside the paywall in honour of the day. It's the start of the 1990 BSB Doctor Who repeat weekend, over at Psychic Paper.
Free for All, with a bunch of links to other pieces that have snuck outside the paywall in honour of the day. It's the start of the 1990 BSB Doctor Who repeat weekend, over at Psychic Paper.
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A special one for Doctor Who Day: a great long post on the novelisation of one of the best stories ever, Genesis of the Daleks: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/11/doct... #books #booksky #doctorwho
Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks, by Terrance Dicks
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November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A special one for Doctor Who Day: a great long post on the novelisation of one of the best stories ever, Genesis of the Daleks: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/11/doct... #books #booksky #doctorwho
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Why have Big Finish not had a boxset of Reg Cranfield Chronicles. Each one centreing on a mystery behind every gate on his beat.
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Why have Big Finish not had a boxset of Reg Cranfield Chronicles. Each one centreing on a mystery behind every gate on his beat.
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It’s a very happy #DoctorWhoDay from us - we’re delighted to announce we’ve successfully acquired the archive of Whoniverse legend Terrance Dicks 😲 Read more at the link:
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
It’s a very happy #DoctorWhoDay from us - we’re delighted to announce we’ve successfully acquired the archive of Whoniverse legend Terrance Dicks 😲 Read more at the link:
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
Celebrating Doctor Who day in the appropriate style.
November 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Celebrating Doctor Who day in the appropriate style.
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Happy Doctor Who day! To celebrate here is the greatest of Doctor Who images: Verity Lambert using a Mechanoid as a lighter.
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Happy Doctor Who day! To celebrate here is the greatest of Doctor Who images: Verity Lambert using a Mechanoid as a lighter.
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My latest article: BBC PA Douglas Camfield, frustrated at not being offered a place on the director's course, investigated joining the SAS via the TA. Until fate intervened. You will also discover the third time he worked for Waris Hussein...
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Douglas Camfield in Doctor Who and the SAS
In 1964, BBC PA Douglas Camfield was at a crossroads in his life. Will he become a BBC director or will he join the SAS? Or will he do both? With brand new information, the story can finally be told.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
My latest article: BBC PA Douglas Camfield, frustrated at not being offered a place on the director's course, investigated joining the SAS via the TA. Until fate intervened. You will also discover the third time he worked for Waris Hussein...
michaelseely.substack.com/p/douglas-ca...
michaelseely.substack.com/p/douglas-ca...
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 48
VAMPIRE by OLIVIA RODRIGO (2023)
Normally I’m a ‘Olivia doing pop punk better than anyone in the 2000s’ kinda guy but today I’m a ‘shards of rage poking through classy stage school exterior’ kinda guy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlPN...
VAMPIRE by OLIVIA RODRIGO (2023)
Normally I’m a ‘Olivia doing pop punk better than anyone in the 2000s’ kinda guy but today I’m a ‘shards of rage poking through classy stage school exterior’ kinda guy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlPN...
Olivia Rodrigo - vampire (Official Video)
YouTube video by OliviaRodrigoVEVO
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November 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 48
VAMPIRE by OLIVIA RODRIGO (2023)
Normally I’m a ‘Olivia doing pop punk better than anyone in the 2000s’ kinda guy but today I’m a ‘shards of rage poking through classy stage school exterior’ kinda guy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlPN...
VAMPIRE by OLIVIA RODRIGO (2023)
Normally I’m a ‘Olivia doing pop punk better than anyone in the 2000s’ kinda guy but today I’m a ‘shards of rage poking through classy stage school exterior’ kinda guy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlPN...
There are people on this train listing things better than watching cricket. Given their imaginative opening gambits were ‘watching paint dry’, ‘punching a brick’ and ‘catching a train to Milton Keynes’ I’m not too sympathetic to their inability to appreciate one of life’s great pleasures.
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
There are people on this train listing things better than watching cricket. Given their imaginative opening gambits were ‘watching paint dry’, ‘punching a brick’ and ‘catching a train to Milton Keynes’ I’m not too sympathetic to their inability to appreciate one of life’s great pleasures.
Australia basically won via two extraordinary individual efforts from Starc and Head; the latter of which was a calculated gamble that hit the jackpot.
On the one hand, encouraging as a team, on the other worrying with Cummins and Hazlewood to come back in. #theashes
On the one hand, encouraging as a team, on the other worrying with Cummins and Hazlewood to come back in. #theashes
November 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Australia basically won via two extraordinary individual efforts from Starc and Head; the latter of which was a calculated gamble that hit the jackpot.
On the one hand, encouraging as a team, on the other worrying with Cummins and Hazlewood to come back in. #theashes
On the one hand, encouraging as a team, on the other worrying with Cummins and Hazlewood to come back in. #theashes
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 47
SICKO by CONFIDENCE MAN (2024)
They *are* the mood and the music. The sleaziest six minutes you’d ever have at a club.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=StDb...
SICKO by CONFIDENCE MAN (2024)
They *are* the mood and the music. The sleaziest six minutes you’d ever have at a club.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=StDb...
Confidence Man - SICKO (Official Video)
YouTube video by Confidence Man
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November 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 47
SICKO by CONFIDENCE MAN (2024)
They *are* the mood and the music. The sleaziest six minutes you’d ever have at a club.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=StDb...
SICKO by CONFIDENCE MAN (2024)
They *are* the mood and the music. The sleaziest six minutes you’d ever have at a club.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=StDb...
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Helllo Everyone! This week on the Maran Chess Club @melvinpena.bsky.social joins me to talk about the Big Finish audio drama, The Peterloo Massacre by Paul Magrs.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
November 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Helllo Everyone! This week on the Maran Chess Club @melvinpena.bsky.social joins me to talk about the Big Finish audio drama, The Peterloo Massacre by Paul Magrs.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho