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Common person. Comedy fan. Colossal nerd. My purpose is to amuse, simply to amuse. Nothing serious, nothing political. youtube.com/pipmadeley

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Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · Dec 28

The Fourth Doctor - finding things interesting for 50 years #DoctorWho

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 17h

Flog It ended in 2020. Homes Under The Hammer is still going strong, though somewhat incredibly continuing to use the same standard definition title sequence from 2003, featuring banknotes that are all now very much not legal tender.

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 18h

Some idiot on YouTube has probably put them all in the same video so people can hear them played simultaneously. Oh wait--

www.youtube.com/watch?v=czNA...

All twelve episodes of FAWLTY TOWERS. At the same time.

YouTube video by Pip Madeley

www.youtube.com

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 18h

Thought I was fucking losing it then. Turned over to ITV1 and they're showing The Dark Knight again, the second time in three nights. It's a great film but come on, play the game. No wonder broadcast television's on its arse.

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 1d

Christ, and I thought I had too much time on my hands.

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 1d

Random Americans feeling compelled to tell me this is in Southport: I know it's in bloody Southport, I took the photo and typed out the alt text!

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing! Yes, of course the 1979 repeat, makes perfect sense. Maybe he's remembering seeing it on BBC2 in 1982.

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 1d

"Post you from a different era" - 2008, a time when life was simpler, my waistline was smaller, Doctor Who was popular and showering took longer.

Me in 2008, aged 23. Hard to describe but basically think of a Monoid with two eyes and you're almost there.

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 1d

“Abigail’s Party, a single play written by Mike Leigh, was watched on BBC2 by 18 million people [in 1977] and we all talked about it the following day. Well, those days are over" - Jimmy Mulville

'Those days' being almost HALF A CENTURY AGO. And it was BBC1. And 16 million watched by most accounts.

Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 2d

Last month, something unusual happened in TV - none of the main channels got a million viewers at 9pm. The bigger problem was it happened a 2nd & 3rd time soon after.

Another unwelcome landmark for linear TV & our shrinking shared TV experience.

Does it matter?

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

‘It was a binding experience’: TV producers mourn decline of hot 9pm slot

UK broadcasters used to rely on big audiences at 9pm, but as viewing habits change, figures are falling below the 1m mark

www.theguardian.com

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 2d

He's Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer
More reliable than a garden strimmer
He's never been mistaken for Yul Brynner
He's not bald, and his head doesn't glimmer

A Southport shop called Rimmers Music. Presumably owned by Howard Goodall.

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 2d

I can only apologise for spelling your name wrong - oh for an edit button! Keep up the great work :)

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 2d

As for the so-called 'fans' pestering and sending abuse in the misguided belief that it will magically furnish them with missing Dr Who episodes, I honestly despair. Knobheads.

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 2d

A fascinating insight into the cataloguing and preservation of UK film collections, some of which are at very real risk of being lost forever without the hard work and dedication of people like Film Are Fabulous. Recommended listening.

filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 3d

3 key members and trustees of the Film is Fabulous! team joined Tim of the 'Missing Episodes Podcast'

Film collector John Franklin, De Montfort University’s Prof Justin Smith & Sue Malden, renowned former Head of Broadcast Archives at BBC
YouTube Link
youtu.be/CK02j_Mi6iE?...

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 4d

"When listing the different TV series that Peter Davison has been a part of since he first appeared on screen in 1975, it's probably easier to list the series he hasn't been a part of."

Pretty sure it fucking isn't.

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 4d

DOCTOR WHO FANS OF THE WEST MIDLANDS & BIRMINGHAM, YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE

Sun 9 Nov
An Audience With Peter Davison
PRICE
£19.95

When listing the different TV series that Peter Davison has been a part of since he first appeared on screen in 1975, it's probably easier to list the series he hasn't been a part of. Over the years, Davison has been part of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Doctor Who, Miss Marple, All Creatures Great & Small, Law & Order UK, Toast Of London, Good Omens, Gentleman Jack... the list goes on.

Square Eyes is delighted to welcome Peter to this year's festival to talk about his stellar TV career. Before the Q&A, we'll be screening the Doctor Who adventure Black Orchid from Davison's first series as the Fifth Doctor, plus we'll also be showing clips from the Andrew Davies drama A Very Peculiar Practice, which was partly filmed at a number of University of Birmingham locations in the late 80s, including the Arts Building tower and the Vale.

SQUARE EYES
TV FESTIVAL

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 4d

Lovely

Bob Rusk, the misogynistic psychopath, rapist and serial killer from Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972).

A bag of "Frenzy French Fries" by Lamb Weston.

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 5d

I love a massive off-air VHS collection as much as the next nerd but

An eBay listing for approximately 1600 VHS tapes... of cycling.

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 6d

Is their cover designer on leave?

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, which appears to have been designed by a school kid using Microsoft Publisher.

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 7d

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 7d

Finding Big Brother quite hard to enjoy this year. Almost as if putting in a pair of truly abysmal human beings in the name of entertainment was a bad idea.

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 8d

Release the missing Doctor Who episodes

"Men should ejaculate at least 21 times per month to reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer"

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 8d

Helen Skelton is a pre-Hartnell Doctor

Helen Skelton dressed as BBCtv's Doctor Who.

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 8d

Still, it's nice to know my fan is still out there.

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 8d

"Some things are better left undone and I have a feeling that this is one of them"

A Reddit thread titled "The Mystery of Pip Madeley", which in and of itself made the missus laugh out loud.

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 8d

I like it all, where do I fit in?

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 9d

The story of that Space Pirates episode is incredible isn't it. The guy actually had a playable off-air recording from 1969, a miracle in itself. Sod's law it had to be a surviving episode.

Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 9d

"Eric is famous for working on several classic television shows during the 1960s, including Doctor Who"

Let the frenzy commence...

filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 9d

Eric Mival’s Collection

Film is Fabulous! will catalogue the private film collection of Eric Mival, the former freelance editor, who worked for the BBC, MGM, ITC, and other production companies.

More Info: filmisfabulous.org.uk/eric-mivals-...