Pendas Fen
@pendas-fen.bsky.social
Ex-Librarian.
Connoisseur of crisps.
Limited edition -Green Vinyl.
Connoisseur of crisps.
Limited edition -Green Vinyl.
January 23, 2026 at 7:11 PM
January 23, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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Deb Grant is currently playing Snow Blind by Black Sabbath on BBC 6 Music. This exactly how I like to see my licence fee being used.
January 17, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Deb Grant is currently playing Snow Blind by Black Sabbath on BBC 6 Music. This exactly how I like to see my licence fee being used.
‘Have you changed the name of the Flower Shop?’
‘Yes Boss.’
‘And it’s not a niche pun anymore is it?’
‘Erm..’
‘Yes Boss.’
‘And it’s not a niche pun anymore is it?’
‘Erm..’
January 14, 2026 at 11:57 AM
‘Have you changed the name of the Flower Shop?’
‘Yes Boss.’
‘And it’s not a niche pun anymore is it?’
‘Erm..’
‘Yes Boss.’
‘And it’s not a niche pun anymore is it?’
‘Erm..’
This is such a crying shame. NRS show was one of the most eclectic and unpretentious shows on the radio. They’ll never change their mind though as that would mean admitting they were wrong.
Members of Franz Ferdinand, Glasvegas, Idlewild, Admiral Fallow, Lau, The Bluebells and Frightened Rabbit have criticised the dropping of long-running shows presented by Iain Anderson, Billy Sloan, Natasha Raskin Sharp and Roddy Hart this month.
Pressure mounts on BBC Scotland as 300 music stars demand rethink on axed shows
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 11:09 PM
This is such a crying shame. NRS show was one of the most eclectic and unpretentious shows on the radio. They’ll never change their mind though as that would mean admitting they were wrong.
Big thanks to Neil Miles @miles-online.co.uk for the excellent 'It's a 1990s UK TV Christmas' www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvRA...
and for bringing Mr 'I Like it, and I'll buy it' back into our lives!
and for bringing Mr 'I Like it, and I'll buy it' back into our lives!
December 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Big thanks to Neil Miles @miles-online.co.uk for the excellent 'It's a 1990s UK TV Christmas' www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvRA...
and for bringing Mr 'I Like it, and I'll buy it' back into our lives!
and for bringing Mr 'I Like it, and I'll buy it' back into our lives!
It seems the Guardian doesn't think that TV drama began with The Sopranos anymore. It apparently now started in 2011...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘A 66-minute stress bomb’: TV’s most intense episodes ever
A nuclear clear up, a bloody massacre, an extremely fraught game of marbles … From The Bear to Blue Lights, here are television’s most heart-pounding outings
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It seems the Guardian doesn't think that TV drama began with The Sopranos anymore. It apparently now started in 2011...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
The Air b’n’b we’re staying in has these faces hiding in the fireplace so of course I’m never sleeping again.
October 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The Air b’n’b we’re staying in has these faces hiding in the fireplace so of course I’m never sleeping again.
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The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
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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/ 🧵
October 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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/ 🧵
Did Amol Rajan really just say ‘I’ll give you that because you got all the letters in the right order’ ? # UniversityChallenge
October 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Did Amol Rajan really just say ‘I’ll give you that because you got all the letters in the right order’ ? # UniversityChallenge
RIP Patricia Routledge. Pictured here in one of the lesser seen ‘Steptoe & Son’ episodes ‘Seance in a wet rag n bone yard’.
October 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
RIP Patricia Routledge. Pictured here in one of the lesser seen ‘Steptoe & Son’ episodes ‘Seance in a wet rag n bone yard’.
I distinctly remember this as well. I think it’s probably because it was so unusual for the time is why it’s lodged with so many of us.
I remember going to see Jackie Brown at the cinema and we got the videos for Under the Bridge and Lady Marmalade before the main feature. Quite unusual in those days #totp
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I distinctly remember this as well. I think it’s probably because it was so unusual for the time is why it’s lodged with so many of us.
I never thought I'd be muting 'Patricia Routledge' but here we are...
August 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I never thought I'd be muting 'Patricia Routledge' but here we are...
Watching the Moviedrome intro to ‘Don’t look now’ and whilst the intro from Mark Cousins is fine, what the fuck is going on with the camera work? Why the fuck was this considered acceptable?
July 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Watching the Moviedrome intro to ‘Don’t look now’ and whilst the intro from Mark Cousins is fine, what the fuck is going on with the camera work? Why the fuck was this considered acceptable?
This is great but if memory serves, isn’t ’The Wicker Man’ intro specific to that particular Moviedrome version as it was the longest available version at the time? i.e. not the version they’ll be showing.
BBC Four is bringing us some classic #Moviedrome intros to The Wicker Man and Don't Look Now before showings of the films themselves. Thursday 10 July is the date for your diary.
June 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This is great but if memory serves, isn’t ’The Wicker Man’ intro specific to that particular Moviedrome version as it was the longest available version at the time? i.e. not the version they’ll be showing.
Alfie is absolutely spellbound by this old Ken Loach play about striking. I’m worried when I get up I’ll find him picketing the cat flap!
June 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Alfie is absolutely spellbound by this old Ken Loach play about striking. I’m worried when I get up I’ll find him picketing the cat flap!
Today I discovered there’s a Johnny Cash album called ‘look at them beans’ and the cover is delightfully literal!
June 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Today I discovered there’s a Johnny Cash album called ‘look at them beans’ and the cover is delightfully literal!
Is this a hotly fought contest?
May 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Is this a hotly fought contest?
I try to avoid using the term ‘different times’ but according to my old school science book, the best way to test the temperature of potentially boiling water is to plunge your hands into it.
May 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I try to avoid using the term ‘different times’ but according to my old school science book, the best way to test the temperature of potentially boiling water is to plunge your hands into it.