Tag: bbc
#oneaday Day 817: Pages from Ceefax
Okay. I mentioned it yesterday, so I may as well talk about it today, since apparently I'm on an "old TV" kick at the minute. Pages from Ceefax, right? It's something that I sometimes find hard to believe was actually broadcast on television, but the evidence is out there. For the unfamiliar, Ceefax is the...
BBC Radio on your HomePod
This may be a fairly niche topic for those in the UK, but it’s a hack I now use daily so I thought I’d share. Unlike many other radio stations, it’s not possible to ask your Apple HomePod to directly play radio from the BBC. If I say, “Play 6 Music”, my HomePod mini starts playin
RTÉ and the BBC should run our socials
The obvious solution to the hell of modern social media
The Screen Between Us
Two islands, one natural broadcasting market, a shared language (mostly), centuries of intertwined history — and the streaming servers say: not for you.
R.E.M., The Best of R.E.M. at the B.B.C., 2018 on Craft Recordings
Craft Recordings put out an 8 CD / 104 file digital download R.E.M. at the B.B.C. in 2018 - this was the condensed "best of" version, narrowing down to 20 tracks across 2 LPs. The first disc is all BBC sessions (Nicky Campbell, John Peel, Mark and Lard, Drivetime, Radio 1 Lounge) and the second...
british people discover brisket
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Catching up with Red Dwarf
After I'd caught up with Doctor Who, the next series I focussed on was Red Dwarf - another long-running BBC sci-fi series. I have a very minor connection to Red Dwarf - my godmother's husband, Mel Cross, was a camera operator on the first two series. Sadly, Mel passed away last year. I own the...
Catching up with Doctor Who
Since I've had a lot of time at home recovering, I've taken the opportunity to catch up on missed episodes of Doctor Who. From when the series restarted in 2005, until 2020, I watched every episode either at or shortly after broadcast, and own several of the series on DVD and Blu-Ray. Alas, after series...
The BBC's RSS Feed
The infuriating case of an incrementing GUID.
0126: Wild
Be Kind, Stay Curious, and be as present as you can for this. The world needs that.
Bridge To Nowhere
Trying to understand why bridge is an influential enough game that the BBC felt it was deserving of its own dedicated video game console in the ’80s.
Too Terrible For Television
For decades, TV networks have spent millions of dollars on unsold pilots that will never become series. Here's how they've tried to recoup their investment.
Europe’s Big Tech Bet
How the European Union invested heavily in local manufacturing of microprocessors … only for that technology to become completely globalized anyway.