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About Rob Buckley
I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.
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25 January 2007 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

Stu_N thought yesterday was going to be just an ordinary day. Well, apart from the snow messing up London’s entire transport system. Other than that, it was going to be an ordinary day.

Boy was he surprised to find me, in his office, working just a few desks away. I won’t tell you why. I won’t tell you how. Just remember, gentle blog visitor: if you read this blog five times, there’s a good chance I might appear in a chair about 10 feet away from you.

I might have over-extrapolated from one incident there.

Thursday’s news

25 January 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

  • Chats (probably nicked from press release archives, cos it’s The Metro) with former Who guest stars.
  • John Barrowman talks about series three of Doctor Who and series two of Torchwood. He’d like the latter to be more adult.
  • David Tennant talks about series three, too.
  • Derek Jacobi is to appear as “The Professor” in the third series of Who, too. Horrible flashbacks to Ace. Urk.
  • I’ve found the Ainsley to my Nigella. I said Immortal Beloved was 25% State of Decay, 25% Mawdryn Undead, 50% The Romans. Someone else argues it’s more a mix of State of Decay, Mindwarp and The Savages. Ooh, flavoursome.
  • David Tennant is 13th on a list by New Woman of the world’s sexiest men.

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Wednesday’s news

24 January 2007 Rob Buckley Post a comment

I’m out and about again. There may be more later, assuming I don’t die in the snow.

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More4’s pub quiz

23 January 2007 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Just in case you’ve not seen it, here’s the YouTube video of the longest version of More4’s current “pub quiz” ad. Features David Starkey, Jon Stewart, Kirstie and Phil, and Tony Robinson among others. I liked it anyway.