Mark Simpson
@marksimpson.bsky.social
I do stuff that makes things appear on your telly.
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Donaghadee, Northern Ireland. He/him|Sé/é
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Donaghadee, Northern Ireland. He/him|Sé/é
I block any new followers which do not have any content on their accounts.
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Mark Simpson
@marksimpson.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Hello new followers. Just in case there's any confusion... I'm not the TV reporter of the same name. I look after the tech and operational things that keep a number of TV channels on air.
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There is no part of this that isn't both amazing and shocking. Full decision here: www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r... (PDF, contains strong language)
December 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
There is no part of this that isn't both amazing and shocking. Full decision here: www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r... (PDF, contains strong language)
The BBC archive series Windmill, Christmas edition from 1985.
This programme is now very much older than most of the featured clips were at the time of transmission (22 Dec 1985).
Via @rollvt.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzZu...
This programme is now very much older than most of the featured clips were at the time of transmission (22 Dec 1985).
Via @rollvt.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzZu...
Windmill - Christmas (1985)
YouTube video by Roll VT
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The BBC archive series Windmill, Christmas edition from 1985.
This programme is now very much older than most of the featured clips were at the time of transmission (22 Dec 1985).
Via @rollvt.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzZu...
This programme is now very much older than most of the featured clips were at the time of transmission (22 Dec 1985).
Via @rollvt.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzZu...
With the nephews at the Grand Opera House in Belfast. 🎄🎅🎄
December 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
With the nephews at the Grand Opera House in Belfast. 🎄🎅🎄
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80% of Northern Ireland's electricity supply is generated by the wind tonight.
December 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
80% of Northern Ireland's electricity supply is generated by the wind tonight.
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Heads up, you can apply to be Director General of the BBC through the job listing here: careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Director...
And if you think you're not qualified, just remember that John Reith had to find out what "broadcasting" was before his interview.
And if you think you're not qualified, just remember that John Reith had to find out what "broadcasting" was before his interview.
December 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Heads up, you can apply to be Director General of the BBC through the job listing here: careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Director...
And if you think you're not qualified, just remember that John Reith had to find out what "broadcasting" was before his interview.
And if you think you're not qualified, just remember that John Reith had to find out what "broadcasting" was before his interview.
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It's taken years but a video copy of one of the 1980s versions of the Primark Northern Ireland Christmas adverts "Got a Whole Lot of Things for Christmas!" has finally turned up!
youtu.be/kF7Oi5iHAcI?...
#Preemark
youtu.be/kF7Oi5iHAcI?...
#Preemark
09 12 1983 Channel 4 Northern Ireland The World at War Scalextric Woolco
YouTube video by Kaleidoscope's Presentation Vault
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It's taken years but a video copy of one of the 1980s versions of the Primark Northern Ireland Christmas adverts "Got a Whole Lot of Things for Christmas!" has finally turned up!
youtu.be/kF7Oi5iHAcI?...
#Preemark
youtu.be/kF7Oi5iHAcI?...
#Preemark
Back to Christmas 1981 then for the annual outing of this great selection of adverts from Downtown Radio. It's a great bit of Northern Ireland social history.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELnu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELnu...
Christmas Radio Ads 1981.avi
YouTube video by irishradio
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Back to Christmas 1981 then for the annual outing of this great selection of adverts from Downtown Radio. It's a great bit of Northern Ireland social history.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELnu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELnu...
It's taken years but a video copy of one of the 1980s versions of the Primark Northern Ireland Christmas adverts "Got a Whole Lot of Things for Christmas!" has finally turned up!
youtu.be/kF7Oi5iHAcI?...
#Preemark
youtu.be/kF7Oi5iHAcI?...
#Preemark
09 12 1983 Channel 4 Northern Ireland The World at War Scalextric Woolco
YouTube video by Kaleidoscope's Presentation Vault
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It's taken years but a video copy of one of the 1980s versions of the Primark Northern Ireland Christmas adverts "Got a Whole Lot of Things for Christmas!" has finally turned up!
youtu.be/kF7Oi5iHAcI?...
#Preemark
youtu.be/kF7Oi5iHAcI?...
#Preemark
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Reminder that Channel 5 acquired the rights to Home & Away in 2000 by agreeing to an extraordinary lifetime deal with the Seven Network in Australia meaning they are locked into a contractual obligation to keep paying for Home & Away for as long as it exists.
First Neighbours, now Home & Away.
Australian soap reportedly moving to 5Star, and won't be shown on Channel 5
www.backtothebay.net/news/2025/12...
Australian soap reportedly moving to 5Star, and won't be shown on Channel 5
www.backtothebay.net/news/2025/12...
Home and Away dropped from Channel 5's main channel in schedule shakeup
For the first time since Home and Away moved to Channel 5 in July 2001, the soap will no longer air on the broadcaster's main channel.
www.backtothebay.net
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reminder that Channel 5 acquired the rights to Home & Away in 2000 by agreeing to an extraordinary lifetime deal with the Seven Network in Australia meaning they are locked into a contractual obligation to keep paying for Home & Away for as long as it exists.
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then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
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just been awarded the FIFA Housework Prize after sitting on the sofa eating crisps all morning
December 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
just been awarded the FIFA Housework Prize after sitting on the sofa eating crisps all morning
"RÚV Television unveiled a new News theme this week. To mark the occasion, we're taking a look back at how the show's musical themes and visuals have evolved since its launch in 1966."
www.ruv.is/polski/2025-...
www.ruv.is/polski/2025-...
Jak zmieniała się czołówka Wiadomości RÚV - RÚV.is
Telewizja RÚV zaprezentowała w tym tygodniu nową czołówkę Wiadomości. Z tej okazji przypominamy, jak zmieniały się motywy muzyczne i oprawa programu od czasu uruchomienia telewizji w 1966 roku.
www.ruv.is
December 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"RÚV Television unveiled a new News theme this week. To mark the occasion, we're taking a look back at how the show's musical themes and visuals have evolved since its launch in 1966."
www.ruv.is/polski/2025-...
www.ruv.is/polski/2025-...
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It's still a work in progress, but seems stable enough for "public beta", so by popular demand here's a standalone version of the parametric clock generator I recently added to my online teletext viewer:
zxnet.co.uk/clock/#templ...
zxnet.co.uk/clock/#templ...
December 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It's still a work in progress, but seems stable enough for "public beta", so by popular demand here's a standalone version of the parametric clock generator I recently added to my online teletext viewer:
zxnet.co.uk/clock/#templ...
zxnet.co.uk/clock/#templ...
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Make way for Harold Llloyd's Christmas Tree, ya-da ya-da ya-da ya-da-da-da. You'd need more than a pair of glasses and a smile to take in all of that one.
December 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Make way for Harold Llloyd's Christmas Tree, ya-da ya-da ya-da ya-da-da-da. You'd need more than a pair of glasses and a smile to take in all of that one.
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Joy Division vs Charlie Brown dance party also slaps...
October 8, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Joy Division vs Charlie Brown dance party also slaps...
This was originally due off air 25 minutes ago
December 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This was originally due off air 25 minutes ago
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Netflix have just bought Westward TV. They gain exclusive rights to use Gus Honeybun in a variety of media.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Netflix have just bought Westward TV. They gain exclusive rights to use Gus Honeybun in a variety of media.
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Ireland calling the UK out for being stupid enough to fall for this 'gender critical' bollocks.
December 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Ireland calling the UK out for being stupid enough to fall for this 'gender critical' bollocks.
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Scottish football remains undefeated
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Scottish football remains undefeated
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"“My hope is that the message that the transgender community gets from this is not one of betrayal, but is one of our desire to continue to maintain those friendships and that support,...when that anger subsides the transgender community will know that we stand with them."
Nope, it's betrayal.
Nope, it's betrayal.
“I spoke to one 80-year-old woman who has been in our organisation for decades, who said it was one of the greatest experiences of her life, and the only place in her 80 years where she’s been treated as a woman with respect.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"“My hope is that the message that the transgender community gets from this is not one of betrayal, but is one of our desire to continue to maintain those friendships and that support,...when that anger subsides the transgender community will know that we stand with them."
Nope, it's betrayal.
Nope, it's betrayal.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.