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Through the Square Window

by Samira Ahmed
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  • EPISODE 15: October 1971

    October 14, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

    This time, Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White are looking at programmes from October 1971, namely... 08:18: The bizarre US children's programme, HR Pufnstuf. 20:29: The very first episode of the BBC's seafaring saga, The Onedin Line…

  • EPISODE 14: September 1992

    September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    This month Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White are looking at programmes from September 1992... But first, an announcement! We're now on Patreon and you can find us at www.patreon.com/squarewindowpod. Please do consider signing up to our…

  • EPISODE 13: Joy Whitby

    August 12, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

    In March 2026,  Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White visited the home of Joy Whitby to talk about her 60-plus years making children's television.  Starting in BBC Radio as a studio manager in the 1950s, Joy moved into television in 1962…

  • EPISODE 12: July 1996

    July 8, 2026 · 57 min

    This month Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White are looking at programmes from July 1996... 05:26: The satirical show The Friday Night Armistice, hosted by Armando Iannucci with Peter Baynham and David Schneider. 20:40: The Carol…

  • EPISODE 11: The Beatles on TV

    June 10, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

    To (belatedly) mark the publication of Samira Ahmed's BFI Film Classics book on A Hard Day's Night, she and Graham Kibble-White look at a quartet of Beatles TV shows... 05:22: Around the Beatles from May 1964 - Rediffusion's racuous and…

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  • EPISODE 10: May 1987

    May 13, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

    This month Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White are looking at programmes from May 1987... 05:56: A season three episode - 'Blonde on Blonde' - of US romance Moonlighting. 20:42: Paul Daniels' BBC1 chrono-obsessed quizzer, Every Second…

  • EPISODE 9: Graeme Garden

    April 8, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

    In January 2026, Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White visited the home of comedian, actor, author, artist, television presenter, writer, master of panel shows, medical doctor and - of course - Goodie, Graeme Garden to look back at his life…

  • EPISODE 8: Barry Cryer

    March 25, 2026 · 41 min

    Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White present a special extra episode for March 2026. Our previous instalment looked at shows from March 1979, including Thames TV's The Kenny Everett Video Show. Writer, comedian and actor Barry Cryer, who…

  • EPISODE 7: March 1979

    March 11, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

    This month Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White are looking at programmes from March 1979. And they are... 05:39: The BBC's sci-fi saga Blake's 7, and an episode from its second series, 'Countdown'. 24:09: An edition of the documentary…

  • EPISODE 6: February 1969

    February 11, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    This month Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White are looking at programmes from February 1969. And they are... 06:00: The pre-Python children's comedy, Do Not Adjust Your Set. 18:39: Civilisation - the groundbreaking BBC2 documentary…

  • EPISODE 5: January 2000

    January 14, 2026 · 60 min

    HELLLLOOO!!! And a Happy New Year. This month, Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White are looking at programmes that greeted the New Millennium in January 2000. And they are... 05:07 - Blue Peter's first edition of the year, in which they…

  • EPISODE 4: Christmas special 2025 with Mark Gatiss

    December 17, 2025 · 1 hr 18 min

    And so this is Christmas... In their first-ever feature-length festive spectacular, Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White are joined by special guest Mark Gatiss, as all three nominate their favourite and least-favourite Christmas…

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About the show

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.