Sam Watts (he/they)
@i-is-sam.bsky.social
Tip Toe, coming 2026
BAFTA winner... I guess
The Traitors/Planet Earth/The Sarah Jane Adventures
BAFTA winner... I guess
The Traitors/Planet Earth/The Sarah Jane Adventures
The BBC is unique. A treasure. Something to protect and maintain. Greg is right, it makes mistakes sometimes, but it also makes things no other broadcaster/production company would.
I am also hugely proud of all the work I've done with the BBC.
I am also hugely proud of all the work I've done with the BBC.
Obviously, it’s been a tough day for the BBC. Big organisations, working under big pressure, will sadly make errors
But I still feel huge pride in hosting a BBC podcast, and having previously spent 11 years making a world-renowned children’s show that no other broadcaster would have made
But I still feel huge pride in hosting a BBC podcast, and having previously spent 11 years making a world-renowned children’s show that no other broadcaster would have made
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The BBC is unique. A treasure. Something to protect and maintain. Greg is right, it makes mistakes sometimes, but it also makes things no other broadcaster/production company would.
I am also hugely proud of all the work I've done with the BBC.
I am also hugely proud of all the work I've done with the BBC.
Lovely time chatting with @prsformusic.bsky.social all things Traitors and my career. Have a read.
Traitor or Faithful? Ahead of #TheCelebrityTraitors finale, Sam Watts shares insights on composing the theme and his experience at #TheTraitors Prom! http://prs.info/fyCt50Xn2FW
'The Traitors' composer Sam Watts: 'If I was a traitor, I’d be off by episode two' | M Magazine
The film and TV composer reveals how he wrote the hit BBC show's sweeping main theme.
prs.info
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Lovely time chatting with @prsformusic.bsky.social all things Traitors and my career. Have a read.
So pleased I get to work with Russell T Davies and the team again. It's going to be a good one!
Tip Toe, starring Alan Cumming and David Morrissey, coming 2026 to Channel 4.
Tip Toe, starring Alan Cumming and David Morrissey, coming 2026 to Channel 4.
November 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
So pleased I get to work with Russell T Davies and the team again. It's going to be a good one!
Tip Toe, starring Alan Cumming and David Morrissey, coming 2026 to Channel 4.
Tip Toe, starring Alan Cumming and David Morrissey, coming 2026 to Channel 4.
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Time to update the scoreboards so everyone knows what's up before JK Rowling drops another few hundred grand on being a bigot loser
Money wasted on being a dick to trans people: literally millions upon millions.
Women saved from harm or even vaguely supported by being a dick to trans people: 0
Money wasted on being a dick to trans people: literally millions upon millions.
Women saved from harm or even vaguely supported by being a dick to trans people: 0
October 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Time to update the scoreboards so everyone knows what's up before JK Rowling drops another few hundred grand on being a bigot loser
Money wasted on being a dick to trans people: literally millions upon millions.
Women saved from harm or even vaguely supported by being a dick to trans people: 0
Money wasted on being a dick to trans people: literally millions upon millions.
Women saved from harm or even vaguely supported by being a dick to trans people: 0
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This. Is. Why. I. Paint.
October 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This. Is. Why. I. Paint.
Taking a little social media break. Back soon.
July 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Taking a little social media break. Back soon.
What a day yesterday was. Our conductor, Karen, and every single performer blew me away. To have my music at the Proms!! And played at the Royal Albert Hall!!! A dream come true.
There are too many people to thank for making this happen. But I am eternally grateful to each and every one of them.
There are too many people to thank for making this happen. But I am eternally grateful to each and every one of them.
July 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
What a day yesterday was. Our conductor, Karen, and every single performer blew me away. To have my music at the Proms!! And played at the Royal Albert Hall!!! A dream come true.
There are too many people to thank for making this happen. But I am eternally grateful to each and every one of them.
There are too many people to thank for making this happen. But I am eternally grateful to each and every one of them.
London, I am in you. It has been a very long time...
July 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
London, I am in you. It has been a very long time...
July 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The BBC Scottish Symphony orchestra sounding amazing in rehearsals, under the brilliant direction is Karen Ní Bhroin. I'm so excited for the concerts on Saturday.
#TheTraitors #BBCProms
#TheTraitors #BBCProms
July 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The BBC Scottish Symphony orchestra sounding amazing in rehearsals, under the brilliant direction is Karen Ní Bhroin. I'm so excited for the concerts on Saturday.
#TheTraitors #BBCProms
#TheTraitors #BBCProms
They have now changed this clause due to backlash, but I'll not be using them anymore. Showing intent to force people to allow them to train AI using copyrighted content shows the kind of company they are.
An alert to all creatives using #WeTransfer. Basically, stop immediately! As of August, they will begin scraping everything you send for AI purposes (see the new paragraph in their Terms and Conditions below).
If, like me, you’re a voice artist, they’ll clone your voice. Avoid at all costs.
If, like me, you’re a voice artist, they’ll clone your voice. Avoid at all costs.
July 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
They have now changed this clause due to backlash, but I'll not be using them anymore. Showing intent to force people to allow them to train AI using copyrighted content shows the kind of company they are.
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STOP PRESS: WeTransfer have quietly watered down that clause.
Left: how it read this morning
Right: how it now reads
The fact that they tweaked the wording this morning without publicly announcing they'd made a mistake speaks volumes. Theft for AI was clearly their intention & they got caught out.
Left: how it read this morning
Right: how it now reads
The fact that they tweaked the wording this morning without publicly announcing they'd made a mistake speaks volumes. Theft for AI was clearly their intention & they got caught out.
July 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
STOP PRESS: WeTransfer have quietly watered down that clause.
Left: how it read this morning
Right: how it now reads
The fact that they tweaked the wording this morning without publicly announcing they'd made a mistake speaks volumes. Theft for AI was clearly their intention & they got caught out.
Left: how it read this morning
Right: how it now reads
The fact that they tweaked the wording this morning without publicly announcing they'd made a mistake speaks volumes. Theft for AI was clearly their intention & they got caught out.
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▪️ You don’t have to understand what it means for someone to be nonbinary to respect them.
▪️ Use the name a person asks you to use.
▪️ Try not to make any assumptions about people’s gender.
▪️ If you’re not sure what pronouns someone uses, ask.
▪️ You don’t have to understand what it means for someone to be nonbinary to respect them.
▪️ Use the name a person asks you to use.
▪️ Try not to make any assumptions about people’s gender.
▪️ If you’re not sure what pronouns someone uses, ask.
July 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
[14]
▪️ You don’t have to understand what it means for someone to be nonbinary to respect them.
▪️ Use the name a person asks you to use.
▪️ Try not to make any assumptions about people’s gender.
▪️ If you’re not sure what pronouns someone uses, ask.
▪️ You don’t have to understand what it means for someone to be nonbinary to respect them.
▪️ Use the name a person asks you to use.
▪️ Try not to make any assumptions about people’s gender.
▪️ If you’re not sure what pronouns someone uses, ask.
Some bigot has taken our trans rights lawn sign. It's been up for 18 months. What have they achieved by taking one sign?
Well... A load more trans inclusive things are going to be on our house in places they can't take them down.
Well... A load more trans inclusive things are going to be on our house in places they can't take them down.
July 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Some bigot has taken our trans rights lawn sign. It's been up for 18 months. What have they achieved by taking one sign?
Well... A load more trans inclusive things are going to be on our house in places they can't take them down.
Well... A load more trans inclusive things are going to be on our house in places they can't take them down.
What a bizarre time I'm having. The Radio Times (which was always on our coffee table growing up) asked me for an interview about the upcoming Traitors Prom. What a joy!
www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertain...
www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertain...
How composer Sam Watts took The Traitors to the Proms – and got his break on The Sarah Jane Adventures
As The Traitors brings its masked mischief to the Proms, composer Sam Watts says it’s essential to keep mixing popular and classical.
www.radiotimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
What a bizarre time I'm having. The Radio Times (which was always on our coffee table growing up) asked me for an interview about the upcoming Traitors Prom. What a joy!
www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertain...
www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertain...
A fantastic and shocking thread. Worth a read, but tldr: trans folks aren't the problem...
🧵 It struck me today that we hear a lot about cancel culture & free speech. Yet there are so many day to day issues in life that are not discussed. So let’s take the example of the false transphobic conspiracy that dominates UK & now US media, it’s over 1000 negative paper articles a month [1]
July 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A fantastic and shocking thread. Worth a read, but tldr: trans folks aren't the problem...
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This makes it very clear that the calls to ban trans women aren't about 'fairness' or 'advantages'.
You call to ban trans women from a community event without any competition or even any gender restrictions to begin with because you want to ban trans women from existing in public. That's it.
You call to ban trans women from a community event without any competition or even any gender restrictions to begin with because you want to ban trans women from existing in public. That's it.
A Labour MP calling for trans women to be banned from parkrun, which, as the name suggests, is people non-competitively running around a park.
There are no winners in this event. There are no losers in this event - bar Jonathan Hinder MP, should he ever take part.
There are no winners in this event. There are no losers in this event - bar Jonathan Hinder MP, should he ever take part.
July 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This makes it very clear that the calls to ban trans women aren't about 'fairness' or 'advantages'.
You call to ban trans women from a community event without any competition or even any gender restrictions to begin with because you want to ban trans women from existing in public. That's it.
You call to ban trans women from a community event without any competition or even any gender restrictions to begin with because you want to ban trans women from existing in public. That's it.
Amazing hail storm this afternoon. We got trapped in the gazebo and it damaged some roof tiles. The joys of living in Canada.
June 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Amazing hail storm this afternoon. We got trapped in the gazebo and it damaged some roof tiles. The joys of living in Canada.
The Traitors India looks stunning (and explosive)!
June 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The Traitors India looks stunning (and explosive)!
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Happy Pride Month to everyone else who is also chronically ill and high risk and unable to participate in Pride Month festivities because folks won't mask. I see you. Your love is still valid. And to everyone else who can safely attend events this month, please mask up.
June 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Happy Pride Month to everyone else who is also chronically ill and high risk and unable to participate in Pride Month festivities because folks won't mask. I see you. Your love is still valid. And to everyone else who can safely attend events this month, please mask up.
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June 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Hey y'all. It's Pride again.
Instead of spending money on corporate "Pride" gear, why don't you give money to small businesses that are LGBTQIA+ owned.
Be in your community instead of sending money outside of it.
There's SO MANY fantastic Queer-owned places you can shop and support.
Instead of spending money on corporate "Pride" gear, why don't you give money to small businesses that are LGBTQIA+ owned.
Be in your community instead of sending money outside of it.
There's SO MANY fantastic Queer-owned places you can shop and support.
June 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Hey y'all. It's Pride again.
Instead of spending money on corporate "Pride" gear, why don't you give money to small businesses that are LGBTQIA+ owned.
Be in your community instead of sending money outside of it.
There's SO MANY fantastic Queer-owned places you can shop and support.
Instead of spending money on corporate "Pride" gear, why don't you give money to small businesses that are LGBTQIA+ owned.
Be in your community instead of sending money outside of it.
There's SO MANY fantastic Queer-owned places you can shop and support.
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If you are still buying things this person makes, this is where your money goes. Maybe make today the day you stop funding her.
JK Rowling Women’s Fund should be a watershed moment for #HarryPotter fans
JK Rowling Women's Fund should be a wake-up call for Harry Potter fans
Amelia Hansford writes her thoughts around the newly created JK Rowling Women's Fund and why Harry Potter need to engage with her views.
www.thepinknews.com
May 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If you are still buying things this person makes, this is where your money goes. Maybe make today the day you stop funding her.