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Simon Ashton

@simesa

I’m now on Bluesky with same username.

 London
Joined January 2009
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That looks eerily like the colour of smoke from when the transporter ship blew up in Beirut 2020. Was carrying fertiliser.
Greatest Hits Radio Essex News (@GHREssex) profile pictureGreatest Hits Radio Essex News@GHREssexJul 24
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service have issued this update just before 7pm this evening: "Over 100 firefighters are working to extinguish the fire in Southend Road. "Please continue to avoid area, and keep your windows and doors closed if you live nearby."
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Given my big University dissertation was about Brookside so pleased to see it briefly back - Sinbad, Billy Corkhill, Barry Grant, Tinhead, Sheila and Bobby. Even Phil Redmond 😍🥲
Hollyoaks (@Hollyoaks) profile pictureHollyoaks
@Hollyoaks22 Oct 2025
BROOKSIDE!!! 🤯 #Hollyoaks
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Daithi@daithigor4 Jul 2025
Quite liking the fact there's multiple people streaming the Oasis gig on TikTok while the BBC are doing a live stream outside the actual venue and not the gig itself. Strange new world.
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And Pulp get the Red Arrows to end their set.. Brilliant….
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She’s watching from the right hand side of stage..
WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK (@JANUSZCZAK) profile pictureWALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK@JANUSZCZAK28 Jun 2025
So good to see Pulp at Glastonbury. And so full of memories. I remember when I put Glastonbury on TV for the first time in 1994 - I was head of arts at Channel 4 - and they were the best thing on. And Jo Wiley was one of our presenters! Great days…..So stupid of C4 to let it go.
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I think she was pretty central to Treasure Hunt becoming the hit it became. Previous adjuicators had been pretty stern, she brought fun and life into the studio end to match that of Anneka Rice.
Kieran Smith (@lfchistorical) profile pictureKieran Smith@lfchistorical18 Jun 2025
Sad to learn of the passing in December 2024 of Wincey Willis. She was something of a female trailblazer on TV, and we still enjoy the occasional bout of Treasure Hunt, with Wincey keeping track of Anneka Rice.
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Biggest audiovisual spectacle of the year #Eurovision2025 is still in stereo, in 1080 HD (likely interlaced), in SDR and Rec.709. This event just screams for HDR, WCG and Dolby Atmos, if not 4K. Opinion piece I wrote 6 months ago, so far without effect 🙁 flatpanelshd.com/focus.php?s…
Are we past 'Peak 4K'?

Are we past 'Peak 4K'?

The transition from SD to HD to... 4K

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And now I can’t unsee it. Get someone a ladder and a replacement panel!
Will O'Regan🌻 (@willovision) profile pictureWill O'Regan🌻@willovision13 May 2025
The LED wall seems to have a little glitch #Eurovision
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Who knew that the SAS runs its own airline 🤣
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@theapplehub20 Jan 2025
Tim Cook at the inauguration of Donald Trump
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The Smiths on BBC4’s Rock Goes To College is fascinating. You can’t imagine the Beeb sending a camera crew to a small venue and capturing a moment in time anymore like it did weekly in the 70s and 80s. It’s all about the big gigs and festivals these days.
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When you’re helping a colleague test mojo mics..and hate the sound of your own voice 😂
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Watching this clip (from a TV show which I probably saw first time round on a massive CRT telly in the living room) on my phone. My phone is more powerful and has larger on board memory than any of the computers on display. RIP Chris Serle, with love from the future.
BBC Archive (@BBCArchive) profile pictureBBC Archive
@BBCArchive1 Feb 2021
#OnThisDay 1982: The Computer Programme looked at the latest advances in computer storage.
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On Ceefax’s 50th birthday…flashback to when the BBC’s internal system was switched off a few years after the public Ceefax went.
Simon Ashton (@simesa) profile pictureSimon Ashton@simesa11 Jan 2018
The last remaining bit of Ceefax technology is being switched off in the next half hour. Presfax has been distributing the BBC1 running order around the BBC for years.
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Channel 4’s commentary team those people at gigs who insist on talking at gigs 😡
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OSINTEL101@osintel10131 Aug 2024
#UPDATE Local resident claims multiple helicopters and first responders/vehicles IVO of #O2 arena and wharf area; posted an image of a @BBC World News semi-truck with #police being in the area prior. No word from #BBC on any incident. #Europe 🔎 SOURCE: nitter.gq/data_barbs/status/1829…
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OSINTEL101 (@osintel101) profile pictureOSINTEL101@osintel10131 Aug 2024
#UPDATE Fire is said to also be present IVO Trinity Buoy Wharf, IVO the #O2 arena according to witnesses. Another citizen states it occurred "... right behind the cable cars in west #Silvertown." Cause still yet unknown. #Europe 🔎 SOURCE: nitter.gq/VicNovis/status/182995…
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Other photos show a “BBC World” artic truck. Something which almost 100% is not a real thing…so certainly some kind of filming for drama..but no residents seem to have been warned..
Saverio Terracciano (@TetsuoRyuu) profile pictureSaverio Terracciano@TetsuoRyuu31 Aug 2024
There has just been a triple explosion in East London (Royal Victoria / near the Silvertown tunnel). I think it was a BBC World truck. We noticed it around lunch time as it was unusually in the area. Then 20 mins ago we felt & heard the 3 strong explosions. No clue what happened.
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Me too - it’s really intrusive and over large.
VNLbeans (@vnlbeans) profile pictureVNLbeans@vnlbeans23 Aug 2024
Replying to @BBCiPlayer
@BBCiPlayer Not loving the enormous iPlayer graphic currently ruining the view of Reading Festival
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