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Film & TV Editor | SCUBA diver | Kraftwerk fan Rarely far from a good coffee. www.greenbeetle.co.uk

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Terry Scott, a middle-aged man in a very 1970s jacket, gestures at a gap over a river, with a rueful expression on his face

Terry Scott, a middle-aged man in a very 1970s jacket, gestures at a gap over a river, with a rueful expression on his face

Did you know, 52 years ago tonight, Terry Scott drove off the end of the Tees Transporter Bridge? 🧡

04.03.2026 10:03 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 11
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Past Life - AppleΒ TV After a TV hypnotist pulls him under, traumatized journalist Jason begins experiencing life through the eyes of a 1980s serial killer whose final vict…

Past Life is available to pre-order on Apple TV, arriving April 6th!
tv.apple.com/gb/movie/pas...

04.03.2026 10:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man is holding a lit match in his hand and looking at it Alt: A man holds a lit match. As he blows out the flame, the image changes to a desert sunrise.
04.03.2026 08:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I've been unemployed for a few months. I now set myself pretend jobs to prevent the rot setting in. My son thinks this guy is funny, which is a good enough excuse to make something. Any requests?

03.03.2026 10:47 πŸ‘ 868 πŸ” 292 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 39
A large audience facing a stage, inside an exhibition hall. Go Diving Show 2026.

A large audience facing a stage, inside an exhibition hall. Go Diving Show 2026.

A man speaks from a lectern, with a large TV to his right displaying historic shipwrecks. Nautical Archaeology Society talk at the Go Diving Show, 2026.

A man speaks from a lectern, with a large TV to his right displaying historic shipwrecks. Nautical Archaeology Society talk at the Go Diving Show, 2026.

A man speaks from a stage to a large audience, the screen behind him says β€˜Sky Dive to SCUBA Dive - another stupid idea brought to you by Andy Torbet’. Go Diving Show, 2026.

A man speaks from a stage to a large audience, the screen behind him says β€˜Sky Dive to SCUBA Dive - another stupid idea brought to you by Andy Torbet’. Go Diving Show, 2026.

A road sign showing the entrance to the Go Diving Show 2026, with a Scuba Diver Magazine flag behind.

A road sign showing the entrance to the Go Diving Show 2026, with a Scuba Diver Magazine flag behind.

Enjoyed visiting the #GoDivingShow at NAEC.

01.03.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's

In September, a box of old film reels was donated to the Library's National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. One of them was a nearly 130-year-old, long-lost film by iconic French filmmaker George Méliès. It had not been seen by anyone in likely more than a century. 🧡
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26.02.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 390 πŸ” 140 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 45
Insulate
Insulate YouTube video by Manchester Film Festival

More trailer goodness has dropped, this time for the lovely short film β€˜Insulate’, written and directed by Mark Parham.

Part of β€˜North West Shorts 2’ at #ManchesterFilmFestival

manchesterfilmfestival.app/eventdetails...

#editing #shortfilm #postchat #postsky

youtu.be/xRLd4O9Btfs?...

21.02.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Past Life’ Trailer – Aneurin Barnard & Jeremy Piven Attempt to Solve a Murder Through Hypnosis Crimes from the past are reawakened in the trailer for Past Life. The psychological thriller will be released on Digital March 24 via Miracle Media and Trinity Content Partners. A UK release will foll...

bloody-disgusting.com/movie/393653...

18.02.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Past Life (2026) | Official Trailer
Past Life (2026) | Official Trailer YouTube video by Trinity Content Partners

The lovely people at #TotalFilm and @bloody-disgusting.com have released the trailer for β€˜Past Life’!

A twisty psychological thriller starring Jeremy Piven, Aneurin Barnard and Pixie Lott. Proud to have edited the film.

#editing #postchat #postsky #BFEditors #Avid

youtu.be/-BXM3z0CGQ4?...

18.02.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Like an electrical gong bath!’ The Sheffield supermarket going viral for the symphonic sound of its freezers Redditors are thrilled by the Co-op on Ecclesall Road, where a magnificent drone is reminiscent of Brian Eno’s ambient music. We take a visit to the back aisles

β€˜Like an electrical gong bath!’ The Sheffield supermarket going viral for the symphonic sound of its freezers

18.02.2026 12:29 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 9
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Simon Cox made an independent sci-fi film for just over Β£200,000. He put it on Prime Video. And he's been telling us how much he gets every time someone watches it there...

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17.02.2026 08:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
RADIOACTIVITY KRAFTWERK

RADIOACTIVITY KRAFTWERK

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13.02.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 126 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Four decades after we wrote Yes Minister, politics is still reduced to the pleasure of power | Jonathan Lynn Our sitcom character Jim Hacker continues to cling on – as he takes to the West End stage, nothing has really changed

Four decades after we wrote Yes Minister, politics is still reduced to the pleasure of power | Jonathan Lynn

10.02.2026 07:19 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#Coffee

09.02.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bolan’s Shoes, starring Timothy Spall, is now available to watch on Channel 101 via Prime Video.
A tender journey of music, memory, and finding your way home. πŸŽΆπŸ‘ž
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/det...

06.02.2026 11:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I feel it is my duty to inform people that the brilliant β€˜Top Secret!’ is on UK #Netflix.

05.02.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Paddington in Star Trek Again

Paddington in Star Trek Again

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1785

02.02.2026 05:14 πŸ‘ 685 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2
Text reads β€˜25/26 Northern Directors. A shadowing and mentoring programme for new directors in the North’. Text sits on background of colourful stripes.

Text reads β€˜25/26 Northern Directors. A shadowing and mentoring programme for new directors in the North’. Text sits on background of colourful stripes.

Our next Northern Directors opportunity has landed! We’ve teamed up with the BBC and Clerkenwell Films to give two emerging short-form directors a paid shadowing and mentoring placement on a TV production. Apply by Friday 27 February: bit.ly/fhn-nd πŸ€©πŸ“£
#NorthernDirectors #DirectorsWanted

02.02.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A man listens to a large pair of headphones, with a concerned look on his face.
The film poster for Bryn Chainey’s β€˜Rabbit Trap’, starring Dev Patel, Rosy McEwan and Jade Croot.

A man listens to a large pair of headphones, with a concerned look on his face. The film poster for Bryn Chainey’s β€˜Rabbit Trap’, starring Dev Patel, Rosy McEwan and Jade Croot.

A year after premiering at Sundance, Rabbit Trap is on cinema release from January 30th!
Proud to have assisted the edit.
#ShotOnFilm #Techniscope #2Perf
www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...

28.01.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Insulate is screening at Manchester Film Festival, part of North West Shorts 2.
Wednesday 25th March, 6pm.

28.01.2026 10:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
See You In Hell

Really enjoyed β€˜See You in Hell’.
seeyouinhell.tv
@garywhitta.bsky.social

21.01.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Really enjoyed The Rip on #Netflix.

19.01.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A Hario V60 coffee brewer, broken in two. Cut down in the prime of its life. A nation mourns.

A Hario V60 coffee brewer, broken in two. Cut down in the prime of its life. A nation mourns.

My Hario V60 is no more. It has ceased to be. Bereft of life, it rests in pieces.

#coffee

17.01.2026 07:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Behold KING KONG on a flatbed truck. Director Merian C. Cooper and animator Willis O'Brien stand in front.

14.01.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 195 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 7
3 Screenshots from the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968): First, a close-up of a man in a spacesuit helmet with a red background, looking intently to the side. The caption reads, "I am a HAL 9000 computer." Second, a close-up of the same man as the red light intensifies, with the caption "I became operational...". Third, a set of illuminated rectangular data modules with numerical labels against a red background, with the caption continuing, "...on the 12th of January, 1992."

3 Screenshots from the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968): First, a close-up of a man in a spacesuit helmet with a red background, looking intently to the side. The caption reads, "I am a HAL 9000 computer." Second, a close-up of the same man as the red light intensifies, with the caption "I became operational...". Third, a set of illuminated rectangular data modules with numerical labels against a red background, with the caption continuing, "...on the 12th of January, 1992."

Jan 12th 1992 - "I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you"

πŸ“½οΈπŸ“… 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

12.01.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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+ SCHOOLS IDENT CLOCK // RABIES SIGN +

Made these in Dec as Xmas gifts for a couple of good friends. Both were very pleasing to make so I've popped a small batch in the shop, available to pre-order for shipping in Feb. Short run and only available for a limited period.

hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com

09.01.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 5
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a man in a trench coat and tie is standing in a dark room Alt: A man in a trench coat and tie closes a coffin in a mausoleum, the caption says β€˜Scooby Dooby Doo’.

Really enjoyed β€˜Wake Up Dead Man’.
#Netflix

05.01.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A snow-covered garden, with an Alpkit Brukit camping stove and Hario V60 coffee dripper in the foreground.

A snow-covered garden, with an Alpkit Brukit camping stove and Hario V60 coffee dripper in the foreground.

Tested an #Alpkit Brukit for my coffee this morning.
#V60

05.01.2026 11:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A black and white photo of a journalist leaning back at his desk, on the phone. The poster for the Netflix film β€˜Cover-Up’.

A black and white photo of a journalist leaning back at his desk, on the phone. The poster for the Netflix film β€˜Cover-Up’.

Caught a great journalism doc on #Netflix, β€˜Cover-Up’.

02.01.2026 00:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Split diopter shot in Home Alone. Thanks to @vashi.bsky.social these are always fun to spot.

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