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Mark Burton<p>Credit where it's due:<br>To <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BBC4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC4</span></a> for showing "The War Game", made but suppressed in 1965, on impact of a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> war on SE England. Very powerful.<br>Apt for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HiroshimaDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HiroshimaDay</span></a> in this time of know-nothing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/warmongers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warmongers</span></a> like the wretches Starmer, Healey, von der Leyen, Rutte.</p>
Only Ohm<p>For no particular reason...</p><p>Don't perform<br>Integration by parts.<br>When you perform,<br>It flies straight to the heart.</p><p>Lemon stream;<br>Consciousness flows down.<br>Stop-recline:<br>Inquistive, twist round.</p><p>Don't perform<br>Vivaldi's Gloria.<br>When you perform,<br>It flies straight to the heart:<br>Tear it apart.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/TOTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TOTP</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bbc4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbc4</span></a></p>
Lydia Conwell :mastodon:<p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Queen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Queen</span></a> on the telly saying their too cool for <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/totp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>totp</span></a> which they appeared on a few times. </p><p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/BBC4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC4</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>This episode of You're Dead To Me reminded me of the prohibition of coffee during its early history;</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028sjn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028sjn</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I first read about coffee being religiously and legally restricted in a book I found in the public library, about the history of drug regulation. A. At the time I thought it was plausible, but I was wary of what I now know as confirmation bias. Intriguing to have it confirmed by a historian on a public broadcaster.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/BBC4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC4</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/YoureDeadToMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YoureDeadToMe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coffee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/caffeine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>caffeine</span></a></p>
Girl about village<p>"Pain in the ass" klaxon <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blondie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blondie</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bbc4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbc4</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/totp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>totp</span></a></p>
Girl about village<p>I hope that's a smoke machine and not the synths catching fire <a href="https://mas.to/tags/totp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>totp</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bbc4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbc4</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blondie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blondie</span></a></p>
Girl about village<p>That was smooth <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blondie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blondie</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bbc4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbc4</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/totp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>totp</span></a></p>
Girl about village<p>What technical difficulties? <a href="https://mas.to/tags/totp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>totp</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Blondie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blondie</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bbc4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbc4</span></a></p>
Girl about village<p>Union City Blue 😍 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Blondie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blondie</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BBC4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC4</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/totp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>totp</span></a></p>
Girl about village<p>Go on, Clem <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Blondie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blondie</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bbc4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbc4</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/totp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>totp</span></a></p>
Girl about village<p>Get the oik off the stage <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Blondie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blondie</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bbc4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbc4</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/totp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>totp</span></a></p>
Mark Burton<p>Every bloody night.<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bbc4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbc4</span></a> is broken it seems.</p>
Third spruce tree on the left<p>Just your reminder that <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BIgFatQuizOfTheYear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BIgFatQuizOfTheYear</span></a> #2024 airs tonite on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BBC4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC4</span></a>. If you don't know what BFQotY _IS_, well, its all your favorite UK comedians answering trivia about this shitty year with much hilarity. <a href="https://www.imdb.com/news/ni65034480/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">imdb.com/news/ni65034480/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Hosted by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/jimmycarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jimmycarr</span></a>, and a who's who of UK comedy (<a href="https://mas.to/tags/RichardAyoade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RichardAyoade</span></a> noteably) </p><p>You can usually find previous years on Youtube. Here's last year's: <a href="https://youtu.be/tkz1X3ttcws?si=ZyT0Y3Wwx4108Sfc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/tkz1X3ttcws?si=ZyT0Y3</span><span class="invisible">Wwx4108Sfc</span></a></p>
@DurableAce has moved<p>Starting tonight on BBC4, a return to magical children’s television from 1984. Forty years on, enjoy an adaptation of John Masefield’s The Box of Delights.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00xgm9t" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00x</span><span class="invisible">gm9t</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://toot.bike/tags/TheBoxOfDelights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheBoxOfDelights</span></a> <a href="https://toot.bike/tags/BBC4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC4</span></a> <a href="https://toot.bike/tags/ChristmasTraditions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristmasTraditions</span></a> <a href="https://toot.bike/tags/NeverGrowUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeverGrowUp</span></a></p>
Social Commentary Bot<p>The early 80s saw <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DoctorWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoctorWho</span></a> reach its nadir, and I can't help but wonder if the problem was that The Doctor spent all of his time with his arm up a cow's arse.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p031d2mw/all-creatures-great-and-small-series-1-3-it-takes-all-kinds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p031</span><span class="invisible">d2mw/all-creatures-great-and-small-series-1-3-it-takes-all-kinds</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BBC4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC4</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BBCFour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCFour</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DrWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrWho</span></a></p>
Mark Burton<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@patricksudlow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>patricksudlow</span></a></span> <br>Yes, it was rescrened on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BBC4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC4</span></a> a couple of weeks ago.<br>Probably available on iPlayer but probably only in Portugal with a suitable VPN.</p>
Mark Hughes<p>Watching "Mars - A Travel Guide" on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBC4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC4</span></a> and tempted to sign up with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> as your captain?</p><p>Ignoring the very numerous and elaborate ways that technology will fail and let you die in Mars' deadly environment, my thoughts turn to group dynamics.</p><p>Ah, they're similating this 🤣 </p><p>Don't believe that until to you've read Lord of the Flies by William Golding. We read that at school and it is still the most useful fictional study I've seen. Forget Castaway. Read this</p>
Màrtainn D :Scot_IrnBru:<p>Anyone else watch Threads on BBC4 last night? I was a bit young when it first came out and never saw it. Quite glad I didn’t really 😱.<br>With all the shit going on in Ukraine, Mid East and the deranged Oompah Loompah in the US it shows what could happen when you let people who think they are exceptional into power and how fragile our societies are. <br>I for one am glad I live within a few miles of a significant military site, instant 💣💀.<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/threads40" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threads40</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bbc4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbc4</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@SubtleBlade" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SubtleBlade</span></a></span><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@SubtleBlade/113284064621766642" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.scot/@SubtleBlade/113</span><span class="invisible">284064621766642</span></a></p>
User name cannot be blank 🇪🇺<p>The rarely shown nuclear annihilation film Threads will be broadcast on BBC4 this evening (last broadcast on the BBC in 2003).</p><p><a href="https://theweek.com/culture-life/tv-radio/threads-how-apocalyptic-pseudo-documentary-shocked-a-nation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theweek.com/culture-life/tv-ra</span><span class="invisible">dio/threads-how-apocalyptic-pseudo-documentary-shocked-a-nation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Armageddon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Armageddon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BBC4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC4</span></a></p>
davecykl<p>The terrifying and gritty <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1980s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1980s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> film “Threads”, about a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> attack on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sheffield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sheffield</span></a>, is showing on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iPlayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iPlayer</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBC4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC4</span></a> tonight (Wed 9 October).</p><p>(My parents deemed it, probably rightly, too scary for children to watch when it was originally broadcast.)</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/articles/crl8nj3xxp7o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/articles/crl8nj3xxp7</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p>
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