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Mark Gibbings-Jones
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Data collator, occasional TV writer. Current project: Auntie's Favourites - The stories behind the BBC's 200 Most-Broadcast Programmes. Main topics: #RetroTV #Comedy #UKTV #Film #PopMusic #RetroGaming #RetroTech #PopCulture brokentv.uk/
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Lovely news. Going Straight is an underrated series and well worth watching in general, but the first episode is one of my all-time favourite sitcom episodes. Such a perfect coda to Porridge.

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If you have Prime video (in the UK at least), the 1989 version of The Woman in Black, screenplay by Nigel Kneale, is up to watch now. Highly recommended, for one of the best genuinely scary moments you'll find in all of horror, but beyond that, a beautifully made, compelling, and haunting film.

Screenshot of The Woman in Black available to watch on Amazon Prime
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It's Autumn 1984 for this weeks 5.15s. Can you spot a patten? Everyone bar TSW/Channel had Blockbusters at 5.15 now that Crossroads moved, depending on the area you either got it 4 times a week or 6 times a week. Did you spot Three little words on TT and STV comedy show Funny you should say That.

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"Here's Rotterdam Termination Source..." #totp

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"Introduce the band of my choice? Ooh, great. I'll have The Beatles." #TOTP

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Nobody's having this played at their funeral, Robbie. #TOTP

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GOING DOWN TO FUNKY TOWN, CHOO FUCKING CHOO

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File under "Songs that don't deserve to have escaped a band's live set". The original Rush Hour is perfect, you clods. #TOTP

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"Now, for balance, here's Status Quo at Chessington World of Adventures." #TOTP

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Mark Gibbings-Jones
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Data collator, occasional TV writer. Current project: Auntie's Favourites - The stories behind the BBC's 200 Most-Broadcast Programmes. Main topics: #RetroTV #Comedy #UKTV #Film #PopMusic #RetroGaming #RetroTech #PopCulture brokentv.uk/
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