Ivan
@hellothisisivan.bsky.social
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Tonight on BBC iPlayer, ONE FOOT IN THE ALGARVE (1993).
This is feature-length Warboys! And as @hellothisisivan.bsky.social has rightly observed, she's one of the greatest ever TV characters. Her mere presence in a scene catalyses a build-up of comic potential.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
This is feature-length Warboys! And as @hellothisisivan.bsky.social has rightly observed, she's one of the greatest ever TV characters. Her mere presence in a scene catalyses a build-up of comic potential.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
One Foot in the Grave - One Foot in the Algarve
The Meldrews and Mrs Warboys embark upon a hellish holiday to Portugal. After an entanglement with the police, they finally arrive at their unpleasant villa.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Tonight on BBC iPlayer, ONE FOOT IN THE ALGARVE (1993).
This is feature-length Warboys! And as @hellothisisivan.bsky.social has rightly observed, she's one of the greatest ever TV characters. Her mere presence in a scene catalyses a build-up of comic potential.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
This is feature-length Warboys! And as @hellothisisivan.bsky.social has rightly observed, she's one of the greatest ever TV characters. Her mere presence in a scene catalyses a build-up of comic potential.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Well this credit raised a smile from me anyway
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Well this credit raised a smile from me anyway
Weird how I can watch a Blankety Blank from 1979 (a year beforeI was born) & know who all the panellists are but then watch one from 1990 when I actually existed & be baffled (Tina Baker?! Pamela Power?!)
December 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Weird how I can watch a Blankety Blank from 1979 (a year beforeI was born) & know who all the panellists are but then watch one from 1990 when I actually existed & be baffled (Tina Baker?! Pamela Power?!)
One of the conveyor belt prizes on this Generation Game is ‘an electric mincer’
December 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
One of the conveyor belt prizes on this Generation Game is ‘an electric mincer’
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Discovering the wonderful world of gay dating apps. Now I remember why I stayed in a relationship for 18 years.
December 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Discovering the wonderful world of gay dating apps. Now I remember why I stayed in a relationship for 18 years.
Discovering the wonderful world of gay dating apps. Now I remember why I stayed in a relationship for 18 years.
December 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Discovering the wonderful world of gay dating apps. Now I remember why I stayed in a relationship for 18 years.
The sheer 1970sness of this label brings me endless delight. Frozen in time for 50 years.
December 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The sheer 1970sness of this label brings me endless delight. Frozen in time for 50 years.
Movie bonanza at the charity shops this morning
December 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Movie bonanza at the charity shops this morning
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The burning question
December 3, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The burning question
Time to be taken out and shot
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Time to be taken out and shot
The burning question
December 3, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The burning question
This is what’s gonna keep me going today
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This is what’s gonna keep me going today
Amazing scenes on The Generation Game Who Lives Behind this Door round:
“What have you got for 221b Baker Street, Isla?”
“Well we have… a solicitor”
“And we have Dr Crippen”
“What have you got for 221b Baker Street, Isla?”
“Well we have… a solicitor”
“And we have Dr Crippen”
December 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Amazing scenes on The Generation Game Who Lives Behind this Door round:
“What have you got for 221b Baker Street, Isla?”
“Well we have… a solicitor”
“And we have Dr Crippen”
“What have you got for 221b Baker Street, Isla?”
“Well we have… a solicitor”
“And we have Dr Crippen”
Your last surviving parent dying & then your partner of nearly 2 decades dumping you a month away from Christmas is certainly a thing
November 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Your last surviving parent dying & then your partner of nearly 2 decades dumping you a month away from Christmas is certainly a thing
Rupert Graves, the hottest man who’s ever lived
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Rupert Graves, the hottest man who’s ever lived
Rupert Graves in A Room with a View = the most attractive a human being has ever been
November 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Rupert Graves in A Room with a View = the most attractive a human being has ever been
My fave song ever of all time
November 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
My fave song ever of all time
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Astonishingly potent line about Britain at the dawn of the 80s in Larry Grayson’s Generation Game: “It says here you took a Cordon Bleu cookery course but it was a waste of time as your husband only likes sausage and chips”
November 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Astonishingly potent line about Britain at the dawn of the 80s in Larry Grayson’s Generation Game: “It says here you took a Cordon Bleu cookery course but it was a waste of time as your husband only likes sausage and chips”
Well this credit raised a smile from me anyway
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Well this credit raised a smile from me anyway
Never thought I’d find myself single again at 45. I can’t see there being much of a queue.
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Never thought I’d find myself single again at 45. I can’t see there being much of a queue.
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Pick up a pie, get a paper dress for a buck 25! Johnston's ad and offer, 1966.
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Pick up a pie, get a paper dress for a buck 25! Johnston's ad and offer, 1966.
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MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In the documents, Chomsky described Epstein as a "highly valued friend."
Epstein emails show close connection with MIT's Noam Chomsky
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In t...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In the documents, Chomsky described Epstein as a "highly valued friend."
Lionel Jeffries in The Quatermass Xperiment (1955). His age at the time? TWENTY NINE
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Lionel Jeffries in The Quatermass Xperiment (1955). His age at the time? TWENTY NINE