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Published: November 6, 2025 22:29
My YouTube algorithm has decided to bombard me with Michael Caine talk show clips, and I’m very happy it has.
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Published: July 21, 2025 09:44
Jo was a gifted actor and such a kind and generous soul. When she knew her character in Breeders was based on my late mum she went out of her way to get her Battersea accent pitch perfect. Gone far too soon, she’ll be much missed by everyone who had the…
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Published: May 19, 2025 09:38
20 years ago today since the first episode of The Thick Of It went out. https://www.newsbreak.com/the-independent-517119/4013744952976-just-sprinkle-your-swearing-s-all-over-it-how-the-thick-of-it-redefined-expletives-on-tv
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Published: May 16, 2025 17:57
Never fails. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwyuB8QKzBI
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Published: April 30, 2025 19:05
Swifts are back and if we forget that they’re early because of terrifying climate change - hooray.
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Published: April 21, 2025 18:41
Just finished a draft of a thing. It’s a nice feeling. It now exists in an un-noted limbo. Could be great, could be crap. But it exists.
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Published: April 16, 2025 21:34
Currently some snuffling hedgehogs out in the garden, one of my favourite sounds.
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Published: April 3, 2025 06:42
Back, the sitcom we made a few years ago, is now on Netflix. https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/netflix-series-peep-show-back-34981879
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Published: February 24, 2024 09:51
A chat about comedy writing with Mike Battle from the Red Carpet Rookies podcast. pod.link/1529608643
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Published: January 9, 2024 17:42
Sad to see no Alan Bennett diary in the London Review of Books this Christmas, always one of the highlights of the season for me. LRB says AB thinks his life is “so dull he won’t inflict it on LRB readers”. (Personally I’d rather read dull Alan Bennett…