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'SOBER' - Leeds set feature film in full - free to view on YouTube starring Dean Smith. youtu.be/Dx3yq03z6Mc?si=dCf0… via @YouTube
‘Trainspotting for #LeedsUnited dads’
#LeedsUnited #LUFC
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‘Drawing an abandoned farm just as the sun goes down’ by Peter Brook RBA
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The music for the Pearl and Dean cinema adverts is called Asteroid. It was written in 1968 by Pete Moore.
I now want a choc ice and a bag of Revels...
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There’s something magnificent about the pictures of Johan Cruyff with Beeston Hill in the background (I think it’s actually still Windmill Hill at that point. Beggars Hill behind McDonald’s or the Quary, then Beeston Hill round towards Tempest Road).
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Tony Wilson x The Fall, “Big New Prinz”, 1988. Pure Northern Electricity.
Tony Wilson introducing The Fall — “Big New Prinz” on the Other Side of Midnight, Granada Television, 1988.
Manchester’s underground unleashed. Uncompromising. Unpredictable. Unmistakably The Fall.
Someone at BAFTA just realised they're a charity and there's rules around being a charity - for gawds sake don't tell anyone at the BFI
theguardian.com/culture/2026…
Slots are now down to handful - so don't delay - I'm reading flat out at the moment as it is - about six slots left before I close for this window - I just want to do my best to help new scriptwriters and leaving it too late is pointless. #screenwriting #scriptwriting #bbcwriters
BBC Writers Open Call for #scriptwriting runs from Tuesday 3 November 2026 to Tuesday 1 December 2026
SO - the big problem is that for new script writers entering the BBC OPEN CALL – you need to get your script to me for review before mid- November 2026 – I have never ever done a script report and NOT given loads of notes for rewrites and changes – so if you’re going to pay for a report – you’ll need time to make the changes and address my notes BEFORE YOU submit your script to the BBC OPEN CALL.
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It’s that time of the year again for new #scriptwriters – the BBC Writers Open Call for submissions runs from Tuesday 3 November 2026 to Tuesday 1 December 2026 at 12 noon.
So the big problem is that for new writers entering the BBC OPEN CALL – you need to get your script to me for review before mid- November 2026
tinyurl.com/2s2cdjyk
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A real Halloween treat! GHOSTWATCH: THE NIGHT THAT TERRIFIED BRITAIN, a new documentary on Channel 5, 9.15pm on Saturday night!
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Busy, busy, busy…
Christmas cards are flying out of my studio.
Get yours here gailmyerscough.co.uk/christm…
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"Ooh, sittin' by the fire, ooh
The radio just played a little classical music that jam
The march of the wooden soldiers
All you protest kids, you can hear Jack say
Get ready ya
Sweet Jane, ah, come on baby now
Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane"
— Lou Reed
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“I am what I am..."
Remembering @LouReed, who died on this day in 2013. In one of his last ever interviews, Reed looked back over a life lived without compromise. “I’m a guitar player who likes feedback,” he told MOJO. “I’m not that complicated…”
READ: shorturl.at/fvanV
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Sleepless Willem Dafoe wandering the streets of New York, pushing drugs, chasing the love of his life, dealing with existential crisis. This is the stuff masterpieces are made of.
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Gone but never forgotten - Lou Reed passed away on this day in 2013
RIP
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It’s that time of the year again for new #scriptwriters – the BBC Writers Open Call for submissions runs from Tuesday 3 November 2026 to Tuesday 1 December 2026. Last year they had 7000 enteries.
7000-11 is long odds – so how can new writers improve their chances? Easy – you get a script report or professional script coverage from an experienced working pro scriptwriter and UK script consultant – like me.
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