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Jon Dear

@accordingtojond.bsky.social

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Writer on archive TV and film. Currently working on a book about the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas. Produced The Quatermass Experiment (2023) and Children of The Stone Tape (2024). Podcasts on Nigel Kneale and Giallo.

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 7h

Looking forward to anything @franticplanet.bsky.social might do with this.

UKPRES @ukpres1.bsky.social · 8h

Did you know someone has uploaded a full episode of "Get Set Go" the BBC Michael Barrymore gameshow.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic6e...

GET, SET, GO (26th November 1984) Michael Barrymore

YouTube video by Hicksteria TV!

www.youtube.com

Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 8h

They really miss me in that group.

Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 9h

The correct answer is of course FUCK NO.

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 9h

Wait, does pre Hartnell count?

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 9h

Unless you teach them conjugation, they’re getting deported.

Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 10h

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social · 13h

His posters were a constant on my walls as I grew up - for some of the greatest films ever. What an incredible talent. RIP, Sir.

gizmodo.com/drew-struzan...

Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died

The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78.

gizmodo.com

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 16h

Saward was never into Doctor Who in the first place.

Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 16h

Saward. Defo.

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 16h

It was more a quip than an exhaustive list.

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 17h

Sorry Zack.

Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 17h

At MY party, Rick.

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 17h

The Plotters is one of Doctor Who’s best comedies.

Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 17h

The Highest Science and Only Human are both excellent novels

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 17h

Gareth Roberts.

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 17h

He was a superb Doctor Who writer so you’d have hated him anyway.

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 17h

And Closing Time was shit, Gareth.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20h

Many on the right will try and belittle and undermine what’s happening.

But here’s the truth. Tens of thousands are joining Greens. Polls are at record highs. People are just starting to feel hope again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

The truth about the green party's booming membership

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19h

For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.

Reposts welcomed.

Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

observer.co.uk

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 19h

Many happy returns.

Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 1d

Listen out for a familiar voice.

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 1d

Let me know what you think.

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 1d

For local calls in Norfolk we had a three digit one.

Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 1d

Terrifying. Have you seen Snap?

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Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 1d

“Abigail’s Party, a single play written by Mike Leigh, was watched on BBC2 by 18 million people [in 1977] and we all talked about it the following day. Well, those days are over" - Jimmy Mulville

'Those days' being almost HALF A CENTURY AGO. And it was BBC1. And 16 million watched by most accounts.

Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 1d

Last month, something unusual happened in TV - none of the main channels got a million viewers at 9pm. The bigger problem was it happened a 2nd & 3rd time soon after.

Another unwelcome landmark for linear TV & our shrinking shared TV experience.

Does it matter?

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

‘It was a binding experience’: TV producers mourn decline of hot 9pm slot

UK broadcasters used to rely on big audiences at 9pm, but as viewing habits change, figures are falling below the 1m mark

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 1d

Prick does though.

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