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Through the Square Window

by Samira Ahmed
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  • EPISODE 16: Comic books and TV

    October 21, 2026 · 52 min

    In a very special episode, Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White travel to  Rebellion Publishing in Oxford, the home of the mighty 2000 AD comic. But Rebellion also holds the archive for all of the comics that were published by the…

  • 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…

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  • 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…

  • 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…

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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.