Bob Castle

Bob Castle

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Welcome to my userpage!

I joined Wikipedia in 2005, although only really started editing seriously in 2006. Most of the time I tend to observe articles I've written or watchlisted, and occassionally improve existing articles if I come across a glaring problem, and go through phases of writing new articles when I spot a gap which hasn't been filled. Sometimes I'm genuinely surprised at what articles haven't been written yet, for example I only started The Forsyte Saga (1967 series) in 2009.

Of the new articles I've written, I think Old St Paul's Cathedral, A Month in the Country (film), Sherlock Holmes Baffled, A Ghost Story for Christmas and the Blackadder individual series articles, particularly The Black Adder, Blackadder II and Blackadder Goes Forth are the ones I'm most pleased with, although even these are looking quite undetailed by modern standards. I guess that's progress... I'm also quite proud of getting The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) back up to scratch, which was a bigger undertaking than I expected.

This userpage is usually out of date, so for a full list of my recent contributions, click here

Userpage | Talk page | Talk page archives 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | Sandbox | Guide to "is" and "was" in TV articles | My DIY essay

Started Articles

The 39 Steps (1959 film), The 39 Steps (1935 film), By the Sea (1982 film), Bean (1997 film), 2004:The Stupid Version, Seaside postcard, Clarence, Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars, Warden Hodges, Reverend Farthing, "Ring Dem Bells", "Things that Go Bump in the Night", The Saturday Night Armistice, Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson, List of Fawlty Towers episodes, List of One Foot in the Grave episodes, Blackadder: The Cavalier Years, List of Steptoe and Son episodes, Torchy the Battery Boy, 55 Degrees North, Spender, Toilet brush!, Colin Bean, Janet Davies, Michele Newman, Tony Mason (co-driver), Bobby Shafto, Micawber, Sylvia Kay, Barbara New, Make Luv (single), Old St. Paul's Cathedral, List of As Time Goes By episodes, List of Oh, Doctor Beeching! episodes, Blackadder Goes Forth, Newcastle Civic Centre, Blackadder II, Blackadder the Third, BBC Guide to Comedy, Dianne Jackson, The Black Adder, Don't Look Down (TV series), A Month in the Country (film), Steam Days, A Ghost Story for Christmas, National Health Service Lottery, The Forsyte Saga (1967 series), The Flying Scotsman (1929 film), Oh Happy Band!, 1775, Geoffrey Jones, Stephen Thompson (writer), Norman Cohen, Olivia Poulet, Richard Boden, Bernard Lloyd, Adam Tandy, Simon Blackwell, List of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe episodes, Monsignor Renard, John Betjeman Goes By Train, Blue Pullman, Horizon Field, List of The Thick of It episodes, Garrick Theatre (New York), 1993 Grand National, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom, Potter, Old Sarum Cathedral, 2010 French Roma repatriations, Arthur Provis, Miliband of Brothers, The Stalls of Barchester, A Warning to the Curious, The Song of Lunch, Chalet Girl, Caledonian Railway 0F class, Dirk Gently (TV adaptation), Daniel Pemberton, Veep, Sitting Pretty, The Atkinson People, Gash (TV series), A Passion for Churches, Pity About the Abbey, Ralph Beyer, Paul Merton's Birth of Hollywood, Ambridge Extra, Snowdrift at Bleath Gill, Raymond Francis, Fowler's Ghost, The Ice House (short film), BBC Elstree Centre, Elstree Studios (Shenley Road). Landscapes of England, BBC Studios, BBC Board, Ken MacQuarrie, The Box of Delights (TV series), Porsche 986, Porsche 987, Porsche 981, Porsche 982, Ghosts (2019 TV series), Six English Towns, Rebecca Curran, The Planets (2019 TV series), A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery, Molycourt Priory, Bookmark (TV series), Poppies (film), Nebula-75, Hercule Poirot (radio series), Lord Peter Wimsey (radio series), Miss Marple (radio series), The Listening Project, The Reunion (radio series), With Great Pleasure, Soul Music (radio series), Spirit of the Age (1975 TV series), Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series), Folk horror, Francis Duncan (writer), Bunk Bed, The Skewer, Danny Robins.

Significant contributions

Other articles I've significantly contributed to in the past i.e. brought up to GA standard (some have since been demoted):

Dad's Army, One Foot in the Grave, Mr. Bean, Yes Minister, You Rang M'Lord?, Time Trumpet, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series), The Thick of It, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Dad's Army (Stage Show), Canned Laughter, Blackadder pilot, Granpa, The Curse of Steptoe, The Black Adder, I'm Alan Partridge, In the Loop, Sherlock Holmes Baffled, AP Films, Barry Gray, Stan Laurel, Michael Palin, Angel of the North, Caledonian MacBrayne fleet, Northern England devolution referendums, 2004, The Last Enemy, United, Twenty Twelve, John Sullivan (writer), BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC Asian Network, BBC White City, GER Classes S46, D56 and H88 etc.

Categories and templates

David Croft sitcoms and co-writers, Newcastle in Film and TV (since split), Channel 4 comedy, Channel 4 sitcoms, ITV comedy, British Transport Films. Gerry Anderson, Dad's Army, Mr. Bean, Blackadder, Richard Hannay and that template which is used if there is a music sample on Today's Featured Article.

		The Original Barnstar
		For your hardwork and dedication to making Wikipedia a better place. I, Sharkface217, award you this Original Barnstar. Good job! :-)Sharkface217 04:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		For the sourcing/referencing and general editing of the article The Last Enemy in a timely matter when the article was under scrutiny from an AfD. Sin Harvest (talk) 02:39, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		In thanks for your selfless encouragement which gave me the nudge needed to post the article at DYK. Colonel Warden (talk) 15:34, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

User:Bob Castle has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Bob Castle's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Bob Castle! Peace, Rlevse 00:01, 22 September 2010 (UTC) A record of your Day will always be kept here.

		The Special Barnstar
		For your contributions across Wikipedia, in particular United (TV drama) Oddbodz (talk) 16:12, 30 May 2011 (UTC)