My earliest memories of Doctor Who
Published on 23 November 2023 in BBC, Television, TV Programmes, Doctor Who

Celebrate 60 years of Doctor Who by trying to recall my earliest Doctor Who memories. And then working out how scarily young I was.
Published on 23 November 2023 in BBC, Television, TV Programmes, Doctor Who
Celebrate 60 years of Doctor Who by trying to recall my earliest Doctor Who memories. And then working out how scarily young I was.
Published on 1 November 2019 in Entertainment, Life, Television, Travel and Holidays, TV Programmes, Walking, Rambling Man, Video editing, YouTube
For a long time I made YouTube videos. I enjoyed making YouTube videos. But then I stopped making YouTube videos. For many reasons. But mostly due to them not having a title sequence.
Published on 3 October 2011 in TV Programmes, BBC, CBBC, childhood, television, television programmes
Come, enjoy the title sequence to Around the World with Willy Fogg, a 1980s masterpiece shown on CBBC which took Jules Verne's classic novel and turned all the characters in to animals wearing waistcoats.
Published on 13 February 2011 in TV Programmes, ITV, television, television programmes
Also known as "Andrew's been getting a little silly with video editing software"...
Published on 9 August 2010 in Planet Bods, TV Programmes, television, television programmes
In amongst all the talk of me archiving bits of Planet Bods, I completely forgot to mention the latest addition to my website family - The Good Columbo Guide - an episode guide for the mighty TV show Columbo.
Published on 7 August 2010 in TV Programmes, Star Trek
Sorting out some work emails, I randomly hit Outlook's "notes" section. I don't really use the "Notes" section bar for keeping a few bits of regularly used information that... err... I usually don't use. Things like links to Telewest's cable monitoring services which probably stopped working in about 2007, an old live FTP password for the BBC's website and details of how to get the secret, not very well hidden testcard on the BBC Red Button.
Published on 15 April 2010 in TV Programmes, Star Trek, television, television programmes
Yesterday I posted an article about voting that I wrote something like fifteen years ago, that I stumbled on whilst clearing out my hard drive. Photo by Ell Brown. Creative Commons licensed. Not long after, I found another file. It’s called startrekquotes.txt and is a collection of Star Trek quotes aimed at starting a new website some years ago. The site never got made, and perhaps that’s something to do with collected quotes, which are reprinted below, in full…
Published on 14 September 2009 in Food and Drink, TV Programmes, BBC, food, television, television programmes
One cookery programme firmly with the recession in mind however the recent Economy Gastronomy. Every week, the presenters would pop over to someone's house, try to get them to plan their meals and eat more sensibly.
Published on 13 July 2009 in TV Programmes, BBC, BBC One, television, Torchwood
There was a fundamental problem with BBC One's scheduling of Torchwood: Children of Earth. And that problem was that it was on every single night of last week. It was perfect for the story - of that I cannot deny. However I was out on Wednesday evening and on Thursday evening too. The result was I ended up watching three episodes back to back on Friday evening which was, to be honest, a little on the intense side. It's a rather dark plot after all.
Published on 12 April 2009 in BBC, London, Transport, TV Programmes, BBC, buses, Doctor Who, London, London buses, Merton, television
Yes there are some.