Robin Parker
@robinparker.bsky.social
For hire.
Telly, movies, music and nonsense.
Freelance writer/editor: Radio Times, Broadcast, Talent Manager, BAFTA, WFTV, Variety, Campaign, Robb Report.
Comms/copy: Plank PR, Faber & Bishopp. Social Finance, Asylum Aid, BSI.
Telly, movies, music and nonsense.
Freelance writer/editor: Radio Times, Broadcast, Talent Manager, BAFTA, WFTV, Variety, Campaign, Robb Report.
Comms/copy: Plank PR, Faber & Bishopp. Social Finance, Asylum Aid, BSI.
"This week, the team has been to Royston Vasey"
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"This week, the team has been to Royston Vasey"
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Honestly I think the people who need to read this the most are the British press, whose podcasts and articles froth with the ire and outrage of what they’ve seen the bots discussing on the platform very few other regular British humans use anymore.
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Honestly I think the people who need to read this the most are the British press, whose podcasts and articles froth with the ire and outrage of what they’ve seen the bots discussing on the platform very few other regular British humans use anymore.
This is a shame. Lost Boys & Fairies was one of the BBC's standout dramas last year.
www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/duck-so...
www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/duck-so...
Duck Soup Films to cease programme-making - Prolific North
The owners of Duck Soup Films have announced that they’re to stop content development and production from January.
www.prolificnorth.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This is a shame. Lost Boys & Fairies was one of the BBC's standout dramas last year.
www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/duck-so...
www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/duck-so...
"We slowly realized that two of them were describing the plot of a Pixar film...": What happened when the director of The Assembly asked six comedians to improvise a school play with a bunch of kids for ITV Fresh Cut doc Play Time www.broadcastnow.co.uk/behind-the-s...
Play Time: comedians, schoolchildren and 90 minutes to make a show. What could go wrong?
Robin Parker explores how Nanny Caddie set out to celebrate neurodivergence and creativity for ITV's Fresh Cuts strand
www.broadcastnow.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
"We slowly realized that two of them were describing the plot of a Pixar film...": What happened when the director of The Assembly asked six comedians to improvise a school play with a bunch of kids for ITV Fresh Cut doc Play Time www.broadcastnow.co.uk/behind-the-s...
full version of Newley's performance starts at 38 mins in. Caution: terrifying clown overload of Mr Kite kicks in at the 17:30 mark.
If you want to see the whole horror that is this broadcast, here it is. Go to the 5:10 mark for start.
Mel Tillis, Tony are so god awful it's brilliant.😆
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xzC...
Mel Tillis, Tony are so god awful it's brilliant.😆
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xzC...
Anthony Newley Thanksgiving 1977 ABC Beatles Forever Musical Tribute. Ray Charles/Paul Williams Plus
YouTube video by denton115 Keeping the Memory Alive
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
full version of Newley's performance starts at 38 mins in. Caution: terrifying clown overload of Mr Kite kicks in at the 17:30 mark.
When an artist goes just that bit too far out of their comfort zone. Extraordinary.
Anthony Newley, born on this day in 1931. Here's his contribution to the hippy movement, a version of George Harrison's Within You, Without You. Far out man!
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When an artist goes just that bit too far out of their comfort zone. Extraordinary.
#celebritytraitors Hell line-up:
Edmonds. Alison Pearson. Corden. Morrissey. Walliams. Lionel Shriver. Linehan. Kilroy. Niall Ferguson. Sarah Ferguson. Alan Sugar. Keith Allen. Ann Widdecombe. David Jason. Gary Barlow. Jimmy Krankie. Botham.
Archer. Oddie.
Edmonds. Alison Pearson. Corden. Morrissey. Walliams. Lionel Shriver. Linehan. Kilroy. Niall Ferguson. Sarah Ferguson. Alan Sugar. Keith Allen. Ann Widdecombe. David Jason. Gary Barlow. Jimmy Krankie. Botham.
Archer. Oddie.
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
#celebritytraitors Hell line-up:
Edmonds. Alison Pearson. Corden. Morrissey. Walliams. Lionel Shriver. Linehan. Kilroy. Niall Ferguson. Sarah Ferguson. Alan Sugar. Keith Allen. Ann Widdecombe. David Jason. Gary Barlow. Jimmy Krankie. Botham.
Archer. Oddie.
Edmonds. Alison Pearson. Corden. Morrissey. Walliams. Lionel Shriver. Linehan. Kilroy. Niall Ferguson. Sarah Ferguson. Alan Sugar. Keith Allen. Ann Widdecombe. David Jason. Gary Barlow. Jimmy Krankie. Botham.
Archer. Oddie.
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Guy Fawkes' signature before & after watching the final episode of Celebrity Traitors.
#celebritytraitors #thetraitors #traitors
#celebritytraitors #thetraitors #traitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Guy Fawkes' signature before & after watching the final episode of Celebrity Traitors.
#celebritytraitors #thetraitors #traitors
#celebritytraitors #thetraitors #traitors
Stab at a series 2 #celebritytraitors line up: Krishnan Guru Murthy / Marian Keyes / Charlie Higson / James Blunt / Jill Scott / CMAT / Stacey Solomon (2/2)
Actually, swap Blunt for Neil Tennant
Actually, swap Blunt for Neil Tennant
Stab at a #celebritytraitors series 2 line up:
Kathy Burke / Louis Theroux / Lenny Henry / Reece Shearsmith (or failing that, Mark Gatiss) / Mawaan Rizwan / Micah Richards / Victoria Coren / Kojey Radical / Joanna Scanlan / Amelia Dimoldenberg / James Acaster /Sue Johnston / Meera Syal … (1/2)
Kathy Burke / Louis Theroux / Lenny Henry / Reece Shearsmith (or failing that, Mark Gatiss) / Mawaan Rizwan / Micah Richards / Victoria Coren / Kojey Radical / Joanna Scanlan / Amelia Dimoldenberg / James Acaster /Sue Johnston / Meera Syal … (1/2)
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Stab at a series 2 #celebritytraitors line up: Krishnan Guru Murthy / Marian Keyes / Charlie Higson / James Blunt / Jill Scott / CMAT / Stacey Solomon (2/2)
Actually, swap Blunt for Neil Tennant
Actually, swap Blunt for Neil Tennant
Stab at a series 2 #celebritytraitors line up: Krishnan Guru Murthy / Marian Keyes / Charlie Higson / James Blunt / Jill Scott / CMAT / Stacey Solomon (2/2)
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Stab at a series 2 #celebritytraitors line up: Krishnan Guru Murthy / Marian Keyes / Charlie Higson / James Blunt / Jill Scott / CMAT / Stacey Solomon (2/2)
Stab at a #celebritytraitors series 2 line up:
Kathy Burke / Louis Theroux / Lenny Henry / Reece Shearsmith (or failing that, Mark Gatiss) / Mawaan Rizwan / Micah Richards / Victoria Coren / Kojey Radical / Joanna Scanlan / Amelia Dimoldenberg / James Acaster /Sue Johnston / Meera Syal … (1/2)
Kathy Burke / Louis Theroux / Lenny Henry / Reece Shearsmith (or failing that, Mark Gatiss) / Mawaan Rizwan / Micah Richards / Victoria Coren / Kojey Radical / Joanna Scanlan / Amelia Dimoldenberg / James Acaster /Sue Johnston / Meera Syal … (1/2)
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Stab at a #celebritytraitors series 2 line up:
Kathy Burke / Louis Theroux / Lenny Henry / Reece Shearsmith (or failing that, Mark Gatiss) / Mawaan Rizwan / Micah Richards / Victoria Coren / Kojey Radical / Joanna Scanlan / Amelia Dimoldenberg / James Acaster /Sue Johnston / Meera Syal … (1/2)
Kathy Burke / Louis Theroux / Lenny Henry / Reece Shearsmith (or failing that, Mark Gatiss) / Mawaan Rizwan / Micah Richards / Victoria Coren / Kojey Radical / Joanna Scanlan / Amelia Dimoldenberg / James Acaster /Sue Johnston / Meera Syal … (1/2)
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seriously omg this guy
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
seriously omg this guy
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heritage foundation sounds like a great place to work and I hear there's openings
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
heritage foundation sounds like a great place to work and I hear there's openings
As effective on BBC News output as the anti-Farage-platforming enclave
The BBC has been “captured by a small group of [staff] promoting the Stonewall view” of the trans debate, according to a leaked document compiled by a former independent adviser ⬇️
BBC accused of suppressing negative transgender stories
Leaked dossier also reveals the broadcaster misled viewers with edited speech by President Trump and was biased against Israel
www.thetimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
As effective on BBC News output as the anti-Farage-platforming enclave
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What a dystopian quote from Rupert Lowe MP
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
What a dystopian quote from Rupert Lowe MP
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I'm eager to learn the location for the next edition of this long running series.
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I'm eager to learn the location for the next edition of this long running series.
A twofer from me in this week's @radiotimes.bsky.social - hearing the stories of the animals in BBC1's excellent wildlife series Kingdom + a chat with Felicity Jones and Joel Edgerton about the beautifully-shot, meditative movie Train Dreams
online version of Jones & Edgerton here lnkd.in/ezt2i9T5
online version of Jones & Edgerton here lnkd.in/ezt2i9T5
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A twofer from me in this week's @radiotimes.bsky.social - hearing the stories of the animals in BBC1's excellent wildlife series Kingdom + a chat with Felicity Jones and Joel Edgerton about the beautifully-shot, meditative movie Train Dreams
online version of Jones & Edgerton here lnkd.in/ezt2i9T5
online version of Jones & Edgerton here lnkd.in/ezt2i9T5
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At this point he may as well move in with Graham Linehan.
Palace releases a statement to say they taken away Andrew's Netflix account and his coffee machine.
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
At this point he may as well move in with Graham Linehan.
Roger Allam giving excellent quote in the Guardian
November 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Roger Allam giving excellent quote in the Guardian
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"Who are you, and why are you so rich?"
"I'm the King, and I'm the King."
"I'm the King, and I'm the King."
November 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
"Who are you, and why are you so rich?"
"I'm the King, and I'm the King."
"I'm the King, and I'm the King."
Blimey. Starts like a parody of one of those breathy covers from The Traitors then climaxes into something thrillingly unexpected.
In 'surprising and yet once you come to think about it, completely appropriate' news, Lankum have done a cover of Ghost Town. After all, what is Ghost Town if not an endlessly enduring piece of folk art?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLLn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLLn...
Lankum - Ghost Town (Official Video)
YouTube video by LankumDublin
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Blimey. Starts like a parody of one of those breathy covers from The Traitors then climaxes into something thrillingly unexpected.
The job market. Or Grokipedia. One of the two.
What terrifying thing are you dressing as this Halloween I'm dressing up as acid reflux
October 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The job market. Or Grokipedia. One of the two.
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Full credit to Politico for continuing to employ a guy who usually does slightly off Disney characters on ice cream vans as their artist-in-residence.
October 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Full credit to Politico for continuing to employ a guy who usually does slightly off Disney characters on ice cream vans as their artist-in-residence.