Author of the Rivers of London Serieshttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mlxm3mx7k223Back at London Zoo to hear about Oyster bed restoration, saving Darwin’s Frogs and Mexican pupfish.16 May 2026 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxm3mx7k223https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mlmwukpphk23Yesterday’s Word Count = 683 683CHEF! (1993) w: Peter Tillbury Criminally overlooked sitcom starring Lenny Henry. https://youtu.be/YxVlULXAFSk?si=bxEtzj5A0jSbTJ1Q12 May 2026 04:22 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmwukpphk23https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mlkfd7bygc2vYesterday’s Word Count = 587 SURGICAL SPIRIT (1989) w: Annie Bruce, Raymond Dixon, Graeme Garden, Peter Learmouth, Paul McKenzie and Annie Wood. Based on the beautifully acid tongue of a real surgeon. https://youtu.be/N-sFwPejc7I?si=eBqFTwjfSXd7wKPS11 May 2026 04:02 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkfd7bygc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mlhxndmb6k22Yesterday’s Word Count = 766 THE NEW STATESMAN (1987) w: Laurence Marks & Maurice Gran How could I have forgotten Alan B’Stard – biggest majority in the house. Pin up boy for the Heritage Foundation. https://youtu.be/MAFHFTzBTbA?si=8lRPlAozu0DDn8NA10 May 2026 04:52 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhxndmb6k22https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mlff3tx3yc26Yesterday’s Word Count = 702 KEEPING UIP APPEARANCES (1995) w: Roy Clarke. It’s pronounced Bouquet! https://youtu.be/dhlR_4GKElU?si=Uz_fFlic4c9eU_L709 May 2026 04:15 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlff3tx3yc26https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mle5n2yaos2aFinished draft zero of the latest book - now for some sleeeeeep08 May 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mle5n2yaos2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mlcw5o3xwk2mYesterday’s Word Count = 1,583 --> so so very close.... THE VICAR OF DIBLEY (1994) w: Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer In 1993 the COE authorised the ordination of women – no, no, no. no. no, yes! https://youtu.be/p1B5_95qm8A?si=OclUQGgTQ1V-wD0A08 May 2026 04:42 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcw5o3xwk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3ml62dldxi223Yesterday’s Word Count = 938 ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE (1990) w: David Renwick I don’t believe it! A traditional sitcom – sort of. https://youtu.be/3_vgOj8SQnc?si=Yzlj01EEZjGv6wHS06 May 2026 06:14 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml62dldxi223https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3ml3c4u6nvk2yYesterday’s Word Count = 836 NINGHTINGALES (1990) w: Paul Makin Channel Four, in the early days, had a remit to innovate – or at least unsettle. https://youtu.be/cg0HKJmZHa4?si=BL-sfFWkrOpKPcDV05 May 2026 03:55 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3c4u6nvk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mkywy2hrfs2fYesterday’s Word Count = 518 CHELMSFORD 123 (1988) w: Rory McGrath and Jimmy Mulville Famously starts with a scene in Latin with subtitles and a surprise (and totally unauthorised) character cameo. https://youtu.be/Oc_Mrp5glEs?si=fZ2vwLwHztTAEW71 https://youtu.be/JuRkFpoJ50g?si=l2A3aXey3Zo_GVE604 May 2026 05:30 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkywy2hrfs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mkrey6u4zc2iYesterday’s Word Count = 1,142 BLACKADDER (1983) W: Richard Curtis, Rowan Atkinson and Ben Elton For you Baldrick the Renaissance was just something that happened to other people. https://youtu.be/RSpPuP5xwaQ?si=tHUk6gwmI-CwYj4001 May 2026 05:20 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrey6u4zc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mkrbzsogvs2rAny excuse will do to post the WHAT ABIGAIL DID THAT SUMMER video. https://youtu.be/euUH3ECqmbk?si=N5GDQ_rjpHYb0r4d01 May 2026 04:27 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrbzsogvs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mkrbws46ac2rWhat's up with those foxes? What's the secret behind the missing kids in Hampstead? What's up with Abigail throwing her mobile in a pond? Find out with the May special offer on KINDLE of.... WHAT ABIGAIL DID THAT SUMMER - 99p01 May 2026 04:25 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrbws46ac2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mkotka43522dYesterday’s Word Count = 760 AUF WEIDERSEHN PET (1983) w: Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais So now the sitcoms diverge, absurdist comedy goes one way, gritty observational comedy goes the other…The writers make adjustments…. https://youtu.be/BTY5G_4-Wns?si=pJJP9MM5GJ2S1yru30 Apr 2026 05:02 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkotka43522dhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mkh6jbcd322gYesterday’s Word Count = 766 ALLO ALLO (1982) w: David Croft & Jeremy Lloyd, The Nazi’s had always been figures of fun in British Comedy – even during the war. https://youtu.be/3eTaxXkH0_I?si=Q2CJSJBC_0jVk8JQ Bonus Smith & Jones… https://youtu.be/U_Z6tv7cQmM?si=JdNBkww-zx004ed127 Apr 2026 03:57 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkh6jbcd322ghttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mkfsqf4mf22qYesterday’s Word Count = 522 WHOOPS APOCOLYPSE (1982) w: Andrew Marshall & David Renwick If you can’t have a laugh in the face nuclear annihilation when can you? https://youtu.be/CMAFd1MEmd4?si=C0kPyZdsa0ZwQqKA26 Apr 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfsqf4mf22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mkdc64ugxk2hAlexandra Palace - on a clear day you can see Quatermass.25 Apr 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdc64ugxk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mkcattu4vk2sYesterday’s Word Count = 1,055 THE YOUNG ONES (1982) w: Rik Mayall, Ben Elton, and Lise Mayer, And then everything changed… https://youtu.be/CtEbPOOu-Bw?si=qwmoUVwDsl0UJLio25 Apr 2026 04:56 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcattu4vk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mk7nsfpmb22cYesterday’s Word Count = 751 ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES (1981) w: John Sullivan Cause where it all comes from is a mystery… https://youtu.be/yDea_Yu0NxM?si=m1vWIATuw53aYQcK24 Apr 2026 04:10 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7nsfpmb22chttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mk5pudz7bc2iIn the post today - the Dutch edition of RIVERS OF LONDON - soon to be available in the Netherlands and beyond.23 Apr 2026 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5pudz7bc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mk2qydzils2vYesterday’s Word Count = 1,229 BUTTERFLIES (1978) w: Carla Lane Couldn’t find a proper titled sequence. https://youtu.be/8LP6-2lAlvs?si=S5G9oLMcS6zCbfFv22 Apr 2026 05:23 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2qydzils2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mjyqtuqudc2jYesterday’s Word Count = 789 CITIZEN SMITH (1977) w: John Sullivan Long live the People’s Republic of Tooting! Remember the episode with the tank! https://youtu.be/4eabA4rz6hU?si=hulnhb5LaV8LJ8Ou21 Apr 2026 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyqtuqudc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mjvy6lg6ck2lOops forgot the picture20 Apr 2026 07:49 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvy6lg6ck2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mjvy4rh2zk2lJim Henson lived just up the road from Keats and the OG Goldfinger.20 Apr 2026 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvy4rh2zk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mjtdzcwq5k22Trend Research - 2020 - aspiring young teen influencers - YouTube, TikTok or something else that granddad here has never heard of?19 Apr 2026 06:43 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjtdzcwq5k22https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mjtcdrpfhs2pYesterday’s Word Count = 787 THE FALL AND RISE OF REGINALD PERRIN (1976) w: David Nobbs I didn’t get where I am today without watching Leonard Rossiter… Great! Super! https://youtu.be/XS7VWQfelyM?si=u1LJhYjZkfKx8zBe19 Apr 2026 06:13 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjtcdrpfhs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mjqv6c3rrs2pYesterday’s Word Count = 801 FAWLTY TOWERS (1975) w: John Cleese and Connie Booth I actually find this painfully funny. I can’t help it – I just feel sorry for Basil. https://youtu.be/Tu33t09V7ws?si=EI5WSSuKKhuzWBDY18 Apr 2026 07:12 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjqv6c3rrs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mjpoyivdm22jAfter an enforced hiatus I’m back with Brokenwood and I love the fact that Frodo nearly always finds the victim 🤣17 Apr 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpoyivdm22j