Ben Thomas

@JoeWilsonwords @FXMC1957 @CameronYardeJnr Somewhere in the archive is a live Peter did at the end of that day. He described a Liverpool fan coming into the commentary box asking to usr atelephone to tell his family he was alive. It deserves to be heard as both a devastating moment of history and an outstanding broadcast

@bmt44 @FXMC1957 @CameronYardeJnr The words, the tone, to fit any and every moment. It’s exceptionally difficult. That is broadcasting. And for decades, BBC Sport set standards.

“And the sun shines now.” The moving BBC radio commentary on the Hillsborough Disaster by Peter Jones. He never recovered from the trauma of Hillsborough. On 31 March 1990 he had a stroke during University Boat Race and died 36 hours later (aged 60).

THE WAY OF THE GUN (2000) Two small-time criminals kidnap a pregnant girl. Her bodyguards give chase. Christopher McQuarrie wrote and directed a counterintuitive slow-speed car chase that turns into a tense, wordless, crawling standoff. Very unexpected!

Regime hardened

It’s 37 years ago tomorrow, since the tragic events at Hillsborough. If there is one thing you listen to today it’s this. BBC Radio 2 commentator Peter Jones and his final report on that day. Simple, yet very powerful words. NO ONE should go to a football match and not come home. RIP The 97 Liverpool fans. #LFC #YNWA #Hillsborough

Landed 🛬 at Lisbon airport 🇵🇹 and feared the worst re queues after seeing the news about the new EES digital fingerprints/photo system. But the kiosks waiting for us Brits/non-EU passengers were brilliant. Fingerprints swiftly taken, digital questions answered, no queue ✅

When someone next tells you the MSM don’t tell proper stories ….click below @RobHarris @TJFrancisLive

🇯🇵PM❤️Deep Purple!!

Good morning from Dubai Day 43 of Iran War Iranian delegation landed in Pakistan for talks (Photo: Reuters)

Good morning from Dubai Day 41 of the Iran War (it’s not over)

2:20pm-2:45pm smoke & ambulances across #Beirut following several airstrikes Similar to day of Nov26,2024- back then was only in Dahye that was already empty x.com/i/status/18676…

Defence of Akrotiri latest. We have had to port our only warship, but have deployed a dog.

I’ve been reporting all day on what might or might not happen tonight. One thing I do know for sure is everyone in the region is going to sleep (if there is any sleep at all) with a pit of anxiety in their stomachs and a sense of dread.

NEW in @TheScotsman: CalMac ferries crisis intensifies with ten vessels now out of action - one third of Britain's biggest fleet scotsman.com/news/transport…

#OnThisDay 6 April 1990 The Australian comedy drama ROUND THE TWIST was broadcast in the UK as part of Children's BBC for the first time. Following the supernatural adventures of the lighthouse dwelling Twist family, 52 episodes were made across four series and eleven years.

UPDATE: The 2 tankers carrying liquefied natural gas from Qatar appear to have *abandoned* an effort to exit the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz So far, no loaded LNG tanker has passed through Hormuz since the US and Israel began strikes on Iran in late February. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…