EPISODE 9: Graeme Garden
EPISODE 9: Graeme Garden 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 in television. Our conversation covers the full gamut of his TV career, […]
EPISODE 8: Barry Cryer
EPISODE 8: Barry Cryer 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 passed away in 2022, was a key contributor to that series and in 2019, Samira visited Barry at […]
EPISODE 7: MARCH 1979
EPISODE 7: MARCH 1979 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 series, Man Alive, following a mum, dad and three children through a series […]
EPISODE 6: FEBRUARY 1969
EPISODE 6: FEBRUARY 1969 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, hosted and written by Kenneth Clark. 35:56: Saturday Night Theatre, and the play MacNeil, written by Alun […]
EPISODE 5: JANUARY 2000
EPISODE 5: JANUARY 2000 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 unearth the time capsule buried on the show back in 1971. […]
EPISODE 4: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2025
EPISODE 4: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2025 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 specials. They are… 6:58 – Samira’s least-favourite: The Star Wars Holiday Special 13:31 – Samira’s favourite: The Goodies: […]
EPISODE 3: NOVEMBER 1984
EPISODE 3: NOVEMBER 1984 Eyes down for episode three of Through the Square Window! In this instalment, Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White investigate a selection of UK TV programmes that were airing 41 years ago, in November 1984: A blistering edition of BBC1 game show Bob’s Full House; Ray Davies’ Channel 4 TV film Return to […]
EPISODE 2: OCTOBER 1990
EPISODE 2: OCTOBER 1990 Welcome, stranger, to episode two of Through the Square Window! In this instalment, Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White investigate a selection of UK TV shows that were airing 35 years ago, in October 1990: The TV pilot of cult topical comedy The Mary Whitehouse Experience; an episode on BBC One’s teatime consumer […]
EPISODE 1: SEPTEMBER 1975
EPISODE 1: SEPTEMBER 1975 In their first-ever episode, Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White investigate a selection of UK TV shows that were also launching this month, albeit 50 years ago… The BBC1 hospital drama, Angels; Thames Television’s spooky anthology series for children, Shadows (plus a look at BBC2’s similarly occult-themed Leap in the Dark); BBC2 comedies […]