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Through the Square Window
@squarewindowpod.bsky.social
A podcast guiding you through the UK TV we watched in decades gone by
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(Our) Christmas (special podcast) is coming! The episode will be out Dec 17. Play the clip below with sound on for a tiny preview of our guest - Mark Gatiss
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(Our) Christmas (special podcast) is coming! The episode will be out Dec 17. Play the clip below with sound on for a tiny preview of our guest - Mark Gatiss
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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This actually happened. @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and I met up with Mark and he was *tremendous*.
(Our) Christmas (special podcast) is coming! The episode will be out Dec 17. Play the clip below with sound on for a tiny preview of our guest - Mark Gatiss
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Very much looking forward to this!
(Our) Christmas (special podcast) is coming! The episode will be out Dec 17. Play the clip below with sound on for a tiny preview of our guest - Mark Gatiss
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
(Our) Christmas (special podcast) is coming! The episode will be out Dec 17. Play the clip below with sound on for a tiny preview of our guest - Mark Gatiss
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Regular routine: hair cut then around the corner for a chippie, eaten in the car with a podcast.

Today is a small chips and the latest episode of @squarewindowpod.bsky.social.
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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So @squarewindowpod.bsky.social suggests Twin Peaks as a possible influence on Virtual Murder. But what to YOU think? We may never find out, but if you had to point to an influence, what would you suggest? Without saying the Avengers!!!
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Tomorrow, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social are recording their Christmas podcast. Send us details of your favourite and least favourite festive TV specials and you might get a mention!
two peanuts characters standing next to each other in the snow
ALT: two peanuts characters standing next to each other in the snow
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November 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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A long overdue Monkhouse appraisal among others
Ep 3 of Through the Square Window is available wherever you get your podcasts. @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social discuss Bob's Full House, Ray Davies' Return to Waterloo, Juliet Bravo, The Gentle Touch and, in the company of Richard Marson, the last-ever episode of Rentaghost.
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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At last a podcast that deals with the tonal shift of Rentaghost AND champions Bob's Full House!
Ep 3 of Through the Square Window is available wherever you get your podcasts. @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social discuss Bob's Full House, Ray Davies' Return to Waterloo, Juliet Bravo, The Gentle Touch and, in the company of Richard Marson, the last-ever episode of Rentaghost.
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Ep 3 of Through the Square Window is available wherever you get your podcasts. @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social discuss Bob's Full House, Ray Davies' Return to Waterloo, Juliet Bravo, The Gentle Touch and, in the company of Richard Marson, the last-ever episode of Rentaghost.
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Art house Ray Davies of the Kinks V Bob Monkhouse game show. Which one has aged better? I love how rewatching old 📺 can surprise us. Have a listen..🎧
Ep 3 of Through the Square Window is available wherever you get your podcasts. @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social discuss Bob's Full House, Ray Davies' Return to Waterloo, Juliet Bravo, The Gentle Touch and, in the company of Richard Marson, the last-ever episode of Rentaghost.
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Now excedibly looking forward to Marson’s Box of Delights, from @tenacrebooks.bsky.social. Just look at the cover! Gorgeous.
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Fascinating discussion about Return to Waterloo on @squarewindowpod.bsky.social with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social & @gkw.bsky.social and to hear some love for Ken Colley, a great actor, who let's not forget was Jesus in Life of Brian ... Blessed are the cheesmakers.
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Listen in for Richard Marson discussing Rentaghost and our new book Box of Delights.
Ep 3 of Through the Square Window is available wherever you get your podcasts. @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social discuss Bob's Full House, Ray Davies' Return to Waterloo, Juliet Bravo, The Gentle Touch and, in the company of Richard Marson, the last-ever episode of Rentaghost.
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Looking forward to it. I had an inexplicable dislike of Rentaghost, and for that matter Crackerjack, both programs all my friends loved, so it'll be interesting to hear your views.
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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New @squarewindowpod.bsky.social est arrivé. 🍷 Original film by Ray Davies & an ep Bob’s Full House. Fascinating to rewatch and see which show holds up best to modern scrutiny. Expect to be surprised, and not just by Mr Claypole in Rentaghost. Link to yr best podcast platforms here: pod.fo/e/3513c3
Through the Square Window: EPISODE 3: November 1984
Eyes down for episode three of Through the Square Window! In this instalment, Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White investigate a selection of UK TV programmes that were airing 41 years ago, in Nove...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Such a fun episode. Hope you enjoy it. 🎧
Ep 3 of Through the Square Window is available wherever you get your podcasts. @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social discuss Bob's Full House, Ray Davies' Return to Waterloo, Juliet Bravo, The Gentle Touch and, in the company of Richard Marson, the last-ever episode of Rentaghost.
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Ep 3 of Through the Square Window is available wherever you get your podcasts. @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social discuss Bob's Full House, Ray Davies' Return to Waterloo, Juliet Bravo, The Gentle Touch and, in the company of Richard Marson, the last-ever episode of Rentaghost.
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Gadzooks! Our podcast is out tomorrow, looking at TV from Nov 1984, including the last-ever episode of Rentaghost. Former Blue Peter editor and now author Richard Marson joins @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social to talk about it.
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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The first episode of this rather wonderful podcast takes a look at what launched on the BBC, 50 years ago this year.

Yes, that BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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1984 was an absolutely fantastic year for TV..📺
We've a new episode arriving on Wednesday, with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social kw looking at shows from November 1984, including...
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We've a new episode arriving on Wednesday, with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social kw looking at shows from November 1984, including...
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Looking forward to it. My only complaint about them so far is the wait between eps is unbearable 😀
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Features a young Tim Roth!
"Started out this morning as usual..." Coming up in next Wednesday's podcast, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social look at Ray Davies' 1984 Channel 4 film, Return to Waterloo.
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"Started out this morning as usual..." Coming up in next Wednesday's podcast, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social look at Ray Davies' 1984 Channel 4 film, Return to Waterloo.
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM