Simon Tyers

@whydontyoutube for old telly, @sweepingnation for music. Mostly now at the cloudless place. Thistles in me hair and bracken up me anus.

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@BothersBar Would have been the fourth most watched programme of 2024. WHY WON'T THE BBC DROP THIS FLOP SHOW.

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@CameronYardeJnr @BothersBar Feel like if they were interested and more importantly had the money they would have taken it up long before now.

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@BothersBar "New role", accompanied by a picture of him previously in the role.

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@doctorwho1980s The number 130 smash!

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@BothersBar "Popular Taskmaster-filled show", because nobody in it has ever done anything else.

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@BothersBar It could be anyone! (assuming 'anyone' only means the band not only named long ago but actually listed in the DigiGuide blurb for The Big Eurovision Party)

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@BothersBar Same procedure as every year.

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@BothersBar Masterind being there, I meant. Lucky I don't work in sub-editing.

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@BothersBar I assumed University Challenge was there to create a two hour quiz block for the fortnight.

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@BothersBar ...this is what happens when you go to the end of the show first. (Also, that well known rapper Michael Jackson)

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@BothersBar But it's still not the full "don't fret, get set..." version! Is this a Mandela effect?

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@BothersBar Assume they wanted a consistent two hour quiz block over the prime period.

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@BothersBar @andrew_raeburn Apparently SRO was referring to it as New Year's Eve Treat.

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@BothersBar Feels weirdly self-defeating these days in that there's more CIN branded prime time BBC1 programming than ever (the challenges, the celebrity shows, The One Show builds up to it for seemingly months) but because the night is shorter and less entertaining it feels far less.

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@BothersBar Ooh, Tomorrow's Star Melvin Odoom!

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@MrPhilNorman Was surprised a while back to see an episode in which one of the side actors was a post-Edgar Briggs David Jason. No wonder the BBC didn't think he could lead a sitcom, he was already heading back down the bill.

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@SkillageSteve Wow! A real pot pourri of an evening. (Though, while I imagine not much can be done about it, the photos aren't helping)

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@BothersBar If he doesn't call anyone a wilf I'm going to recall my family's 1989 licence fee payment.

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@SkillageSteve Hope they discuss Pop Upstairs Downstairs. Or at a pinch Cult Radio.

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Reminds me of my previous pop culture barometer, Which Pop Stars Would Take Part In A Trevor & Simon Sketch? (Sabrina Carpenter yes, Charli XCX no, Chappell Roan would insist on the script first)

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What Olympians and Paralympians would have been on the Press Conference if it was still on today?