A podcast guiding you through the UK television we watched in decades gone by, presented by cultural journalist Samira Ahmed and TV journalist Graham Kibble-White.
Through the Square Window
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A podcast guiding you through the UK television we watched in decades gone by, presented by cultural journalist Samira Ahmed and TV journalist Graham Kibble-White.
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9/7/2025
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July 8, 2026
EPISODE 12: July 1996
<p>This month <strong>Samira Ahmed</strong> and <strong>Graham Kibble-White</strong> are looking at programmes from July 1996...</p> <p><strong>05:26:</strong> The satrical show The Friday Night Armistice, hosted by Armando Iannucci with Peter Baynham and David Schneider.</p> <p><strong>20:40:</strong> The Carol Vorderman-presented delve into the occult, Out of this World.</p> <p><strong>32:44:</strong> An episode from the fifth series of the sitcom Men Behaving Badly.</p> <p><strong>42:29:</strong> The opening instalment of drama Takin' Over the Asylum.</p> <p>If you would like to contact the podcast, please drop us a line on <strong><a href= "mailto:email@squarewindow.co.uk">email@squarewindow.co.uk</a></strong></p> <p>Our website is: <strong><a href= "https://www.squarewindow.co.uk/">www.squarewindow.co.uk</a></strong></p> <p><strong>This is a Square Window production, with music by Local Teenagers. Podcast logo by Stuart Manning.</strong></p>
June 10, 2026
EPISODE 11: The Beatles on TV
<p>To (belatedly) mark the publication of <strong>Samira Ahmed</strong>'s <a href= "https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hard-days-night-9781839029394/">BFI Film Classics book on A Hard Day's Night</a>, she and <strong>Graham Kibble-White</strong> look at a quartet of Beatles TV shows...</p> <p><strong>05:22:</strong> Around the Beatles from May 1964 - Rediffusion's racuous and stomping studio celebration.</p> <p><strong>21:41:</strong> James Paul McCartney from 1973 - an hour-long special with Macca and Wings, made to settle a dispute with ATV's Lew Grade.</p> <p><strong>39:18:</strong> The Music of Lennon and McCartney from 1965 - a Granada showcase of the songwriting duo's compositions.</p> <p><strong>50:49:</strong> Magical Mystery Tour from 1967 - the surreal Beatles-helmed film that aired on Boxing Day.</p> <p>If you would like to contact the podcast, please drop us a line on <strong><a href= "mailto:email@squarewindow.co.uk">email@squarewindow.co.uk</a></strong></p> <p>Our website is: <strong><a href= "https://www.squarewindow.co.uk/">www.squarewindow.co.uk</a></strong></p> <p><strong>This is a Square Window production, with music by Local Teenagers. Podcast logo by Stuart Manning.</strong></p>
May 13, 2026
EPISODE 10: May 1987
<p>This month <strong>Samira Ahmed</strong> and <strong>Graham Kibble-White</strong> are looking at programmes from May 1987...</p> <p><strong>05:56:</strong> A season three episode - 'Blonde on Blonde' - of US romance Moonlighting.</p> <p><strong>20:42:</strong> Paul Daniels' BBC1 chrono-obsessed quizzer, Every Second Counts.</p> <p><strong>37:26:</strong> John Godber's idiosyncratic BBC2 nightclub comedy-drama, The Ritz.</p> <p><strong>49:04:</strong> Network 7, Jane Street-Porter and Jane Hewland's Channel 4, youth-orientated current affairs show, which believed "news is entertainment, entertainment is news".</p> <p>And huge thanks to Network 7's theme music composer, Steve Levine for his contribution to our discussion. You can find Steve on social media, @mrstevelevine</p> <p>If you would like to contact the podcast, please drop us a line on <strong><a href= "mailto:email@squarewindow.co.uk">email@squarewindow.co.uk</a></strong></p> <p>Our website is: <strong><a href= "https://www.squarewindow.co.uk/">www.squarewindow.co.uk</a></strong></p> <p><strong>This is a Square Window production, with music by Local Teenagers. Podcast logo by Stuart Manning.</strong></p>
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