Graeme Garden @GraemeGarden1 Twitter profile

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

4 years

Thank you everyone who has sent kind messages about the loss of Tim. It’s devastating to lose a friend and colleague of 50+ years. Fun, sociable and adorably silly, Tim was a class act. Our thoughts are with his family.

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News to me

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@fraac1

6 months

@BoatmanCryptics @GraemeGarden1 @guardian He died about three years ago.

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2 years

In 2013 on The Infinite Monkey Cage David Spiegelhalter and I were asked what was the greatest threat to humanity. I suggested a flu-like pandemic, he said an Energy Crisis. I’d call that a 1-all draw…so far.

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Graeme Garden

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10 years

. @realDonaldTrump So you've decided not to run?

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Graeme Garden

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1 year

Many thanks to everone kind enough to send me birthday wishes. Much appreciated. Same time next year?

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Graeme Garden

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2 years

Was Flushing Meadows named after W C Fields?

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Graeme Garden

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5 years

Saddened by the loss of a brilliantly funny, kind and thoughtful friend. RIP Jeremy.

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

6 years

7 months after the actual birthday, but what a cake!

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@Martin_OGorman

2 years

One of the greatest pieces of television of all time is 50 years old today. #KittenKong50 @GraemeGarden1 @BillOddie

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Graeme Garden

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6 years

@MelanieLatest Somebody please tell Melanie Phillips her Twitter account has been hacked by a lunatic.

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

5 years

Is it white chocolate? There's an arse and a half in every bar.

David Baddiel

@Baddiel

5 years

In a hotel room in Cardiff. Where there is a weird three-buttocked 3-D mural.

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5 years

The laughter isn't canned, it's the genuine response of a live audience. However we could persuade those taking part not to say anything funny if you think that would enhance your father-in-law's enjoyment of the show.

Tony G

@tonygreen7

5 years

@UnbelieveTruth @RealDMitchell @sanditoksvig @RonJichardson @lucyportercomic @GraemeGarden1 @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds My aged, hard of hearing father-in-law complained during today's broadcast that "the canned laughter ruins it" - is this something you can sort?!

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1 year

@JohnCleese Not shown for only 20 years? Luxury!

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Graeme Garden

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6 years

We did some interviews yesterday to promote the Complete Goodies Box Set. We were up the old Post Office Tower. Quite a view.

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3 years

Iain was a wonderful writer. He was fiercely devoted to the rules of grammar and the mechanics of humour, which made whatever he wrote so elegant and funny. We will miss him for his words and his company.

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@ISIHAClue

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Graeme Garden

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4 years

No BBCTV plans to honour Tim or to mark the Goodies 50th anniversary. The Radio Times and BFI had planned a joint event to mark the 50th with the three of us on stage at the NFT, now cancelled of course.

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4 years

@jamiesont Quite. @GraemeGarden1 had it even been mooted? Or are you not allowed to say?!

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7 years

Bring me the wedge of Sergio Garcia

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

2 years

Proud to support this great campaign to defend our precious NHS! Go to to take their 5 actions. Follow @YourNHS2021 & join the fight. Let's save this national treasure from the privatising Health Bill! #YourNHSNeedsYou

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@GraemeGarden1

4 years

Such sad news. A lovely wise funny man.

British Comedy Guide

@BritishComedy

4 years

Comedian and musician Neil Innes has died aged 75. His work includes Monty Python, The Rutles and The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band:

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7 years

Looking forward to joining the ISIHAC team at the Wycombe Swan Theatre next Monday 16th. It's been a while.

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

4 years

Now that’s been cleared up, Boris and do can get back to work in the House of Cummings.

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

4 years

We have a Royal Shakespeare Company and a Royal National Theatre. Isn’t now the time for a Royal National Health Service?

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

7 years

Ideally to have him turned back at Heathrow.

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@Aiannucci

7 years

Already over 10,000, which means Govt has to respond. 100,000 means it has to be considered for debate.

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@GraemeGarden1

5 years

Back in the day I think it was Barry Cryer in the bar of a Northern Club during the interval who overheard two lugubrious Yorkshiremen. A: What did you thiink to the Comic? B: He were all right. If you like laughing.

Tony G

@tonygreen7

5 years

@PeterSimmo @GraemeGarden1 @BBCRadio4 I don’t think the laughter obscured the contestants voices, it wasn’t meant to be a critique of the production. He just incorrectly assumed that the laughter was artificial for some reason. I told him at the time that it was real - he’s all good now, but thanks for your concern!

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

7 years

Many thanks to well-wishers. I had to cut back performing this last year but am still writing, contributing and hoping to be back soon.

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

8 years

A contract is a voluntary agreement between two or more parties. It cannot be imposed. You impose a rule or a punishment. Take your pick.

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

7 years

Can everyone please stop saying 'going forward'?

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@GraemeGarden1

5 years

MPs outraged at Corbyn's use of the word 'woman'. Nobody seems to object to him using the word 'stupid'.

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@GraemeGarden1

1 year

@NoContextBrits It’s amusing how many celebs have come right back with a ‘thank you’ to the folk who nominated them, as if they have trawled through the long list looking for their own name. And I’ve read all of them.

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5 years

Great comeback by Tiger Woods. Shall we have a ripple of applause for his surgeons?

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

7 years

@Lord_Sugar To stop the rats from going ashore.

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

7 years

Many thanks for the birthday good wishes. Let's hope we're all here for the next one.

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

7 years

Happy Birthday Tim!

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

6 years

And after that we can long for the return of the iconic burgundy European passport.

Jeremy Vine

@theJeremyVine

6 years

'Iconic' blue British passport to return after Brexit

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@GraemeGarden1

5 years

The Goodies Movie. A documentary that will be a must for all history scholars studying the 1970s. Register your interest and keep up to date with all the fantastic perks and merchandise that are being offered as part of the crowdfunding campaign.

The Goodies -The Movie

To celebrate their 50th anniversary this is the world's first feature documentary on The Goodies!

www.indiegogo.com

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@GraemeGarden1

6 years

@JohnCleese You were repeated 17 years ago? Luxury!

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2 years

Let's hope Matt Hancock appreciates all the votes he'll be getting for every Bush Tucker Trial.

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9 years

Bill Oddie's lost a bit of weight... http://t.co/Ufr9S9Yc2i

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6 years

@Jacob_Rees_Mogg Thanks. Any more tips on how to help the opposition?

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3 years

Boatman's splendid book of puzzles. I've almost filled in Number 2!

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7 years

Let's all make 2017 a Happy New Year!

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@GraemeGarden1

8 years

Nellie the elephant packed her trunk, and moved to Canada.

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Graeme Garden

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6 years

In 1914 the 7th Infantry Division of the French Army was transported from Paris to the Battle of the Marne by taxis. Surely Trump could grab a brolly and hail a cab.

David Frum

@davidfrum

6 years

It's incredible that a president would travel to France for this significant anniversary - and then remain in his hotel room watching TV rather than pay in person his respects to the Americans who gave their lives in France for the victory gained 100 years ago tomorrow

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

4 years

You think?

Cameron Yarde Jnr

@CameronYardeJnr

4 years

The highest rated sitcom repeat on BBC1 last week, was a 47 year old episode of Dad's Army from 1973 with nearly 4m. Interesting eh? Maybe a few repeats of sitcoms made before 2000 would do well over the Summer? You never know.

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@Gizmodo

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4 years

Wow! You could stack all that cash and it would make a nice coffee table.

Philip Serrell

@PhilipSerrell

4 years

Very excited as just had an email that someone in Uganda has left me $6,500,000,000. All I have to do is give them my bank details.

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2 years

We should have realised that the twisted spiral supporting the PM’s lectern was symbolic of the twists and u-turns to come.

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

4 years

Person, Man, Woman, Camera, TV: five completely unrelated words we'll all remember forever. In the right order.

Steve Cavanagh

@SteveCavanagh_

4 years

I'm reasonably certain a dolphin has scored higher on this test than this guy. And he's stupid enough to be proud of it. Actually, that should be part of the test. If you think any part of it was tough you're an idiot.

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@GraemeGarden1

9 years

Bournemouth Pavilion tonight. Samantha's dressing room. #ISIHAC http://t.co/D8mMsX4oWA

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@GraemeGarden1

3 years

Strange place to have a door.

Mrs C

@mearns_tracy

3 years

Spoilt this morning, also sorry to the delivery man for opening the door to him in my pants. I’m sure he’s traumatised 😳😳😳😳

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

5 years

Great news for Nurses - their annual pay will now have to start at £36K for the NHS to survive.

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@exitthelemming

5 years

This is advice from a right wing think tank, not yet government policy. But. @EquityUK : if these were actors in UK, what proportion would be allowed to stay? I’d guess 20% tops. Figures like this disbar the huge majority of artists, and not for artistic reasons

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

8 years

Now we know what that strange thing is that they hand to the Olympic medal-winners.

Guardian news

@guardiannews

8 years

How a 3D clitoris will help teach French schoolchildren about sex

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@GraemeGarden1

8 years

Mexico - protect your border. Build a wall.

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

4 years

Amazing! Thank you Alex

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@professorprune

4 years

Celebrating 50 years of The Goodies. @GraemeGarden1 @BillOddie #TimBrookeTaylor #thegoodies @goodiesruleok @goodiespodcast via @YouTube

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6 years

Thanks to everyone who came to the Birthday Bash at Chipping Norton Theatre last night, and special thanks to everyone who took part and sent messages. It was a marvellous evening for me and my family.

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

5 years

The Goodies Movie. Time to put the fun in crowdfunding.

The Goodies -The Movie

To celebrate their 50th anniversary this is the world's first feature documentary on The Goodies!

www.indiegogo.com

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

4 years

In all this Cummings chatter has anyone mentioned how the child is? Fit and well I hope.

Piers Morgan

@piersmorgan

4 years

Transport Secretary Grant Schapps throwing himself under a bus this morning, via a multiple car crash & trainwreck. #ridge

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4 years

Is that why you want to get rid of the dirty cops?

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

4 years

Yesterday was a BIG day for Justice in the USA. Congratulations to General Flynn, and many others. I do believe there is MUCH more to come! Dirty Cops and Crooked Politicians do not go well together!

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8 years

The popular vote for Boaty-McBoatface was overruled. Do we expect the same ruling if Outy-McOutface wins the referendum?

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@GraemeGarden1

7 years

Why do callers begin with "How are you today?" Why don't they just say "Hello, this is a cold call" and be done with it?

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

7 years

If it’s illegal to use a mobile phone in a car, what about J Corden singing while driving with a live group and speed parking sideways?

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3 years

You must be very proud of her.

Holden Caulfield

@JusticeAndDuty

3 years

@GraemeGarden1 my daughter is 12 and she is always asking me to put on the Goodies!

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7 years

Peter Bradshaw (Guardian 30/3/2017) explains everything.

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5 years

Pictured just before the unfortunate accident.

Catherine Curzon

@MadameGilflurt

5 years

The splendidly named and not a little showy Banastre Tarleton, soldier, was born #onthisday in 1754. #gloriousGeorgians

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1 year

A very Happy Birthday to the indispensable Robin Ince.

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3 years

I'm nobody in particular but whever I have anything important to discuss with my wife, we do so as we walk round the apartment cleaning our teeth.

Mark Watson

@watsoncomedian

3 years

I’m a standup in a TV drama. If I’m about to have a difficult gig, the microphone screeches with feedback when I remove it from the stand.

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'THE GOODIES ARE COMING FOR YOU, AND YOU, AND YOU... ...and they want your questions. Send your question, together with your name to: TheGoodies @networkdistributing .com Questions must be received by 29th May.

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

4 years

Strange. You'd think the Fake News would have noticed the Fake Crowds.

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@GraemeGarden1

6 years

Brilliantly restored.

R3store Studios

@r3storestudios

6 years

@BillOddie , @GraemeGarden1 & @TimBrookeTaylor unleash their surreal storylines on DVD in “The Goodie: The Complete BBC Collection”! R3store are proud to have restored this complete collection of episodes, for @networktweets Available now:

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9 years

We shall miss the man who could write a line as perfect as ‘Her bosom rose and fell like an Empire.’ #TerryPratchett

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

7 years

Yep, he tried everything in his power. And failed.

Fox News

@FoxNews

7 years

Hannity: This is not Trump's failure. The president went above & beyond, did everything in his power to get this bill across the finish line

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8 years

HIPPOCAMPUS – Large African mammals at Butlins (The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary)

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@GraemeGarden1

11 years

Why do these singers think it's impressive to sing all the notes the composer could have used but chose not to? #thevoiceuk

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@GraemeGarden1

7 years

ARTICLE: To tease a pirate. (Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary)

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@GraemeGarden1

5 years

OK, which one is the waxwork?

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

5 years

It was a reference to Alvin Stardust, a popular crooner of the time, who wore leather gloves and used to point at the camera. If you're old enough to remember Seamus Android you're surely old enough to remember Alvin.

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5 years

@quantick Its a great clip but why does @GraemeGarden1 put on the glove?

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

7 years

Probably the only person who can foresee how the Korean situation might develop is George R R Martin.

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

3 years

Coined by the great Humphrey Lyttelton, actually.

Hamish Symington

@HamishSymington

3 years

@dontattempt @susie_dent @GylesB1 @abcmelbourne Not sure of the collective noun, but the noun for people like us is almost certainly 'orthinologists' (coined by @GraemeGarden1 , I believe) - it means 'word botchers'. (As far as I'm concerned there is no better mutilation of English than this - it's downhill from here.)

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12 years

Very proud to hear that 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' is to be adopted as the BBC's new motto.

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8 years

OVALTINE – A fat adolescent (The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary)

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7 years

Watch this space...

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@GraemeGarden1

3 years

Have they considered giving him a pre-emptive sentence?

Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓

@MichaelRosenYes

3 years

Did I hear it right? Giuliani wants a pardon for crimes he hasn’t admitted to have committed?

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MEASLES – What artists use for self-portraits (The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary)

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4 years

On Gogglebox, why can we never hear the TV programmes they are watching?

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@GraemeGarden1

7 years

Amazon news: ‘The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary’ now back in stock. Apparently the problem is that people keep buying them.

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

3 years

Izzy, the photos of us on the trandem come from the Camelot episode, 1973, shot arounf Bodiam Castle. We made Snow White 2 in 1981 at Arundel Castle and that may well be one of our jousting lances.

Izzy McKinley

@LadyGladrags

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@goodiespodcast @tobyfoster @amygracenagy @danmgreen @BillOddie @GraemeGarden1 Hi can you confirm that this was filmed at Arundel Castle? I am a gardener there and I have your joust pole which has been on the wall in the potting shed since the year I was born! Legend has it that it was yours from filming here :-D Here it is. I’m going to restore it. 😆

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3 years

@pwotg That wig and make up worked better than I thought.

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

8 months

Another cracker from the Boatman. The plot's a little hard to follow but it rattles along.

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

4 years

Thank you for your kind words.

Back the BBC 📺📻📡📱🔴

@back_the_BBC

4 years

@GraemeGarden1 BBC TV is in a fair state of chaos at the moment as very little is getting made due to lockdown and the finances are being cut. I suspect anything will emerge around Christmas. Radio 4 did a 30 minute tribute though, and there aren't that many people who would get that

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PAPAL – The Vatican system for donating online (The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary)

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8 years

NORWAY – A Geordie expression of surprise (topical) (The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary)

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Graeme Garden

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8 years

Congratulations to Tom and Elli Garden! x

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Graeme Garden

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4 years

You must be very proud.

Victoria MacDonald FBII🔶

@TheVickyMD

4 years

Home schooling........ the boy is listening to I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again whilst reading Bram Stoker's Dracula. That has to be an odd combination? Thoughts @GraemeGarden1 ? PS he's 12.

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Graeme Garden

@GraemeGarden1

7 years

Even more fun the day after (ie 21st) when Bristol SlapstickFest shows Chaplin’s ‘The Great Dictator’. #timing

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

7 years

Inauguration Day is turning out to be even bigger than expected. January 20th, Washington D.C. Have fun!

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4 years

Everybody needs a hobby.

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5 years

Bless.

Koroush Ghazi

@KoroushGhazi

5 years

It's taken me 30 years to come to the realisation that @GraemeGarden1 was the funniest Goody! Forgive me Graeme for I have sinned

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A fascinating and jolly evening spent listening to three Talking Antiques, chaired by A Little Bit Of Nonsense. Serrell, Ross, Hanson and Trevanion on fine form.

Confessions of an antiques expert! TV stars team up for stage show - and secrets will be revealed!...

Confessions of an antiques expert! TV stars team up for stage show - and secrets will be revealed in Antiques and a little bit of Nonsense

hansonsauctioneers.co.uk

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7 years

Andrex! Surely if your small son said he wanted to be 'clean as a man called David' you would ask 'Who is this man called David?' Police!

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