Sian Aitken

An actor who played a character so perfectly that nobody else could ever top it. GIFS ONLY.

What TV show intro theme do you hear in your head following THIS?

@katierazz @britishmuseum A great podcast. One question I had was whether eBay had been asked to assist with the recovery of items? Or would that require a conviction first?

RIP Ittai Gradel. He exposed the thefts @britishmuseum 2000 items stolen, missing or damaged. Ittai was fearless, fascinating, an expert in the classical world - and, after we made our series Thief at the British Museum, a friend. I will miss him terribly bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@mattforde What, all of them?

I love every Jurassic Park and Jurassic World film. Every. Single. One.

Secret score was another 7. 21 out of 30 is a definite fail on #SHOTY

Ooft a couple of 7s on #SHOTY. I’d have to burn my home to the ground after that humiliation.

@somersetbagpuss @exitthelemming He posts on here pretty regularly?

I do wish @exitthelemming was still on here, so we could all tell him that Sam & Ade Go Birding is really quite the loveliest new programme.

@MartinSLewis I called all my friends’ parents and my neighbours by their first names in the 80s.

Was watching an old TV show where the kids didn't call their friend's parents by their first names, but as "Mr Smith" or "Mrs Jones" much as I did in the 80s. Yet it would feel bizarre to me, if my daughter's friends called me Mr Lewis now. When did it change (or has it not for you)?

@WingsScotland Ah well once a year I’d be annoyed with my life choices when I tried to pop to Tesco on Easter Sunday then!

@SianAitken I live, infamously, in Bath.

Okay, SOME of you must work in a supermarket and know: where DO Easter eggs go on Easter Sunday? 11.59pm Saturday - millions Easter Sunday - closed 8.01am Easter Monday - none. It surely can’t be economical to send them back, de-package them and melt them down. So… what?

@kiwibirdxx @clarey1888 And Tony’s

@clarey1888 I can report the galaxy minstrels one is the same shape. Appalled.

I’d like to report a crime. What kinda shape is that for an Easter Egg?

@Scott_Wortley Radio 2 listeners will enjoy the Columbo content though.

All right. I'll do it. I don't really listen to any music, have no idea about any celebrities, and consequently feel ideally placed to assume this role.

@scottygb I think it may only have been in Scotland but we had extensive footage of Alex Jones and Clara Amfo getting ready for the One Show instead of the 6 o’clock news bulletin on meningitis. They were clearly oblivious to being on tv.

@scottygb em what is happening on BBC1?!??

@JudeLeeKiwi I was wondering if it was only Scotland given Sophie Rayworth didn’t mention it at all!

#bbcnews #oneshow think it's only us folk in Scotland that got behind the scenes of The One Show instead of the start of the 6pm news 🤣

Why didn’t Sophie Rayworth make any reference to most of the top story on meningitis being lost to pre show prep for The One Show?!

@MrsAstronaut How are they not noticing this?!?

BBC News at 6pm has fucked up with showing the crew of the One Show setting up their show.

@DavidLammy Agreed

We will work with the government on sensible proposals to deal with the backlog - which started long before Covid-19 because of underfunding. You don’t fix the backlog with trials that are widely perceived as unfair.

Jury trials are a fundamental part of our democratic settlement. Criminal trials without juries are a bad idea. The Government need to pull their finger out and acquire empty public buildings across the country to make sure these can happen in a way that is safe.

@DarrensBestShot @Gypsypup13 K 🙄

@SianAitken @Gypsypup13 So? No one bothers to feign offence when a newsreader says 'Paris' or 'Moscow' instead of 'Paree' or 'Maskvah'.

If a news reader pronounced any other countries towns names wrong, like the bbc with "Llanelli" there'd be uproar but you can say "lanellllly" and its fine. Make the effort to learn how to say the Welsh words. Its not that hard.

@DarrensBestShot @Gypsypup13 That might be the case in the example you gave but was definitely not in the Llanelli example.

@SianAitken @Gypsypup13 what difference does it make? I don't get offended when someone from Fife pronounces Glasgow as "Glasssss-co", it's just the way it comes out in their accent.