Leigh Dowell

@Collider As a mentor to young Bond.

Henry Cavill may not be your next Bond… but he still wants in 👀🔥 After years of fan casting, Cavill has now admitted he likely won’t be the one to lead the next 007 era, but he’s got his eye on something just as interesting: playing a Bond villain. At 42, he says he might be “a bit old” to start fresh as Bond, but the idea of stepping into the franchise as an antagonist? That’s something he’s very into. Would you rather see Cavill as Bond or the villain? 👀 collider.com/henry-cavill-j…

@Misanfrog @almurray Agreed, but I put a tenner into the sweep stake just in case

@Hopalongroyal @almurray One assumes not too soon...👀

B A N G E R

@almurray @Misanfrog Love this album, You’ll Have Time will be played at my funeral.

@Misanfrog Wonder who the smart bastard was that suggested it.

@almurray KCs in the sunshine bombed.

Oops

@ClarksonsFarm1 Diddly Squat rice beverages.

What do you think of the Diddly Squat rebrand?

@johnrobb77 @BenGrahamUK Poor lad is going to freak right out when he finds out what the days of the week are named after.

@BenGrahamUK Why do you make this shit up? Also Easter is not a ‘British tradition’ - it’s a Middle Eastern cult

Britain has been a Christian nation for over 1,400 years. Through wars, plagues, and countless kings, Easter has always been celebrated. Yet now, Cadbury won’t even use the word ‘Easter’ on their eggs. When did celebrating British traditions become controversial?

@RottenTomatoes "Siri..who is...?" Odin's beard I'm getting old.

Noah Kahan in the first poster for his upcoming documentary 'Out Of Body.' Streaming April 13 on Netflix.

@PulpLibrarian The fact that sapphire and steel aren't elements always annoyed me.

People are surprised when I describe Sapphire and Steel as a children's drama, but that is where the idea began. Writer Peter J. Hammond pitched the idea of a new children's show - initially called The Time Menders - to Thames Television. They declined, but rival ATV were impressed by the strength of the scripts and took the project on. ATV renamed the show and suggested itshould have a later time slot that could handle more mature themes. They also wanted recognisable actors as the lead roles, in the hope of selling the show in America through Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment company. The ITV network had a strong reputation for children's paranormal drama in the 1970s: Timeslip, Ace Of Wands and The Tomorrow People all featured people with extraordinary powers tackling mysterious foes and covered mature themes. The show was regular featured in Look-In magazine, aimed at children, and had its own comic strip, as well as a Christmas annual in 1981.

Sapphire and Steel (1979-82). One of the most terrifying children's dramas ever made. The premise of Sapphire and Steel was ambiguous: 'elements’ were assigned by a higher power to prevent time from exploiting anomalies in the fabric of the universe. Sometimes beings from the past or future were the threat; sometimes it was time itself. David McCallum and Joanna Lumley play the lead roles: two inter-dimensional operatives called Sapphire and Steel, who took human form in their mission to stop time itself wreaking havoc on the present. Sapphire was the more empathetic agent: she could rewind time in small ways to see what has happened, and could tell the age and history of objects or people by touch. Often her eyes changed colour when this happened. Steel was a more cold, calculating character. He had enormous strength and could freeze himself to near absolute zero, allowing him to destroy paranormal entities. He had little sympathy for humans. Other 'elements' occasionally helped Sapphire and Steel: Lead had immense strength, whilst Silver was a mischievous Technician who could manipulate technology and create holograms. The key to Sapphire and Steel was its claustrophobic sense of terror: the sets were sparse and confined; the plot proceeded slowly like a good horror novel, building up the tension. It's available on DVD and is well worth watching if you like tales of slowly building psychological fear.

Family-run Taunton motorcycle dealership calls for more apprentices somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/25947048.… @MCNnews

@ClarksonsFarm1 Not sure what the upper limit would be on how much I would pay for him to do the shipping forecast.

Our suggestion for who’s face should be on a five pound note…

@PulpLibrarian 😳

La Cabina (1972). If you know, you know...

@AntCoulls Thomas the Tank Engine's trophy room.

There are pub beer gardens. And there are pub beer gardens!

@ForcesNews @bfbsSitrep I know it was different times but the contrast is jarring (my source was AI but it seems to read correctly).

The UK surged air power before the Iran war — yet it took nearly two weeks to deploy an air-defence destroyer Is Britain's military too stretched?@bfbsSitrep breaks down the rhetoric🆚reality Listen in FULL now | 🔗youtu.be/uxkcEYbMqWE?si…

@mattforde Magical

STONEHENGE!

@RoyalNavy RIP Royal, I met some of your oppos a few years back

Once a marine, always a marine. If you're a member of the Corps family, please join your brethren at St Thomas' Church, #Salisbury on Mar 4 to celebrate the life one of Britain's oldest Royal Marines, Jim Wren, who has died aged 105. royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/febr…

@jpwarchaeology Great marketing ploy though SHATTERPROOF!, hold my beer, blimey it is, buys a replacement.

Someone *really* didn't enjoy that geography field trip...

@almurray An old "caught in an avalanche" trick may help, pee yourself and feel which way it runs, this should provide a clue as to you orientation.

The problem with the "punch up punch down" thing is what if you're upside down.

@Collider Again? imdb.com/title/tt004747…

The 66-Year-Old Western That Inspired Star Wars Is Getting a Remake at Amazon collider.com/the-magnificen…

@iloveposters Three Men and a Baby

Name the film, wrong answers only!

@masterpiecepbs I am partial to a bit of It's Always Sunny in the Yorkshire Dales.

Exciting news from Darrowby... We're delighted to share that production has started on Season 7 of #AllCreaturesPBS! 🐮🐶🐱