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Phil Creighton

@philcreighton.uk

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Freelance journalist and PR, Auracast evangelist, ex-local newspaper editor, indie news advocate, newspaper buff, typographer, bore. Tweets a lot about Doctor Who, TV listings magazines, Gillingham FC. Views my own – no one else would want them.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 1d

The Monday Assessment 25/26 Ep11 By The View From The Medway Fancast #Gills #GFC #GillinghamFC #EFL #SkyBetLeagueTwo #Cheltenham #CTFC #CheltenhamTown www.youtube.com/live/bip_qxn...

The Monday Assessment 25/26 Ep11 By The View From The Medway Fancast

YouTube video by The View From The Medway Fancast (TVFTM)

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 3d

Oh I agree. And I don't want to detract from your marvellous thread.
I formed my Bond view after having recently watched the Pierce Brosnan one with the invsible car and getting a bit frustrated with shows making an over-realiance on CGI for things like monster of the week.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 3d

A marvellous thread that sums up a lot of reasons why I don't like modern telly much.

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 3d

A cracking little thread, this.

Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 3d

The death of multi-camera TV: a thread. I know most of you will know the technical parts of this (and may have read it in the other place) but bear with me. 1/ 🧵

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 3d

If Amazon really want the next James Bond film to stand out, IMHO they should try and produce it with practical effects rather than CGI. At a single stroke it will make the film have that 'gritty realism' that people speak of. (but keep it a 12 rating please!)

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 3d

Yep, currently watching Strange New Worlds and hoping someone will turn the lights on. And also wondering if multi-camera would enable more than 10 episodes to be made every couple of years.
Also ...

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 7d

I'm more than a bit uncomfortable that Auntie is shifting its 10 o'clock news by 15 minutes for a slightly longer than usual #celebrityTraitors.

Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 7d

Have a wonderful time!

Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 7d

It will always be the Post Office Tower to me

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 7d

I get frustrated with list articles like this where the first entry contains two howlers.
David Tenant was in 2004's Blackpool on BBC One, predating Casanova, and many, many BBC dramas received more than the 'nearly a million viewers'. A record for BBC Three perhaps, but not Auntie as a whole.

Young Casanova on Casanova (2005)
Tennant first waltzed on to our TV screens as the cheeky young Giacomo Casanova in Russell T Davies's adaptation of the Venetian's dirty diary. His vivacious body language and wilybgrin brought Casanova to life as a man whose flirtatious tendencies hey him into all sorts of trouble - until he falls in Lobe with the mysterious Henriette and attempts to assimilate into High Society.
The short series proved a surprise hit with nearly a million viewers - a record at the time for a drama commissioned by the BBC. Crucially, Tennant's performance also won over Davies himself, who was so impressed that he cast Tennant in a role that would come to define his career.
Available to stream on AMAZON Prime Video.

Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 9d

*your, obviously. D'oh!

Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 9d

Never ceases to amuse me that it was l.s.d. - all latin IIRC. Was going to write pennies, but was worried about running out of characters. Thought writing 12d would add to the confusion about a confusing (to modern eyes) system!

Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 9d

Happy ninth anniversary to this little gem @apiln.bsky.social

A press cutting from a newspaper headed: Crane disruption.
The story reads: An enormous crane that will lift a room full of plants into a 14 storey building will close town centre roads in October. Station Road and Garrard Street will be shut and Friar Street and Blagrave Street reversed between 5am October 15 and 5am October 17. The temporary measures will allow contractors working on the Thames Tower to install a 500 tonne crane that will put a prefabricated plant room onto the roof of the building.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 11d

But ... 21 shillings made a guinea. And then it all starts getting confusing!

Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 11d

IIRC, Base 12. Which is why there are 240 pennies to the pound.
It's one of those things that would make sense if used regularly... if I understand it correctly a shilling was 12p, and 20 shillings made a pound.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 11d

I miss C&A

Old UK Print Ads @oldukprintads.bsky.social · 11d

Oct 1974: Clothes ad from C&A

«Now only minutes away from your nearest C&A»

This is an advertisement for a new C&A store that is opening. It shows images of people from different nearby towns and the time it takes to get to the new C&A location.

Now only minutes away from your nearest C&A

Pangbourne
About 20 minutes from your new C&A Reading.
Borough of Wallingford
Charter Granted 1155
About 35 minutes from your new C&A Reading.
Henley-on-Thames
About 25 minutes from your new C&A Reading.
Borough of Newbury
Wargrave
County Borough of Reading
Caversham
About 35 minutes from your new C&A Reading.
About 25 minutes from your new C&A Reading.
About 10 minutes from your new C&A Reading.
Twyford
Tadley
About 20 minutes from your new C&A Reading.
Wokingham
About 30 minutes from your new C&A Reading.
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About 20 minutes from your new C&A Reading.
About 1 minute from your new C&A Reading.
Reading
Friars Walk, Friar St.
Opens Friday October 4th at 10 a.m.
Come along, see our fantastic range of clothes and famous C&A value

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 11d

With Strictly, does any contestant ever worry that the judge will be Ant and Dec, rather than Anton Du Beke?

a disco ball is hanging from the ceiling of a room

Alt: a disco ball is hanging from the ceiling of a room

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 11d

Currently in the town of Milton Keynes to see the Mighty #Gills in action. #UTG

Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 12d

I adore it. Every moment. Not long enough for me ... i wanted another episode to tie up the loose ends

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 12d

IIRC, Southern used to show it around 9.30am, and I have vivid memories of Nancy laying it on with a trowel.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 12d

Disappointed this didnt have 'Great news for all readers' on the cover

Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 12d

Beware! Virgin is changing its contracts to be two years, and upping its already extortionate in-contract price rises to £4. So the price you pay at end of contact will be £8 more.
If you live in an area with ultrafast broadband alternatives, they mau be cheaper. @MartinSLewis

A screengrab of Virgin's website showing the change to 24 month contracts and at least £4 a year price rises. So a package that is £84.99 a month will rise to £96 at its end.

Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 15d

I think its the old ITV setup where you got the regional Ident before a show (for me Thames jingle = Rainbow).
We were off the Dover Transmitter, and I was very jealous of some school friends who got Southern, Thames and Anglia due to where they lived.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 15d

I have confused memories of being a Southern kid but seeing the LWT river at weekends.

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 15d

I forgot my passport. Will they let me in?

Phil Creighton next to the underground sign for Pimlico

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Phil Creighton @philcreighton.uk · 15d

Peeking out of the window of train and a housing development has installed a random giraffe and a spaceman to advertise its wares.

A balcony of a housing development with a giraffe and a spaceman on view.
There are wires from the electric trains and there is a staircase on the wall of the development.
On the left is a tree.
Its a badly composed photo taken on a moving train