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Hannah Howe
@hannahhowe.bsky.social
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Mother, Welsh, European. Author of bestselling novels. Interests include vintage films & music, genealogy, social history & the Special Operations Executive. Chess addict. Anti-fascist. Sorry, I don’t reply to DMs on social media. https://hannah-howe.com
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · Aug 4
Available this autumn, The Tourney, book one in my Adventures of Maid Marian series. Formats: print, eBook, audiobook and translations.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 28m
Gold for Britain tomorrow, that classic hurdles race.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 46m
I recall his name now, from folk music circles.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 48m
I’m twenty-nine. And I’ve been twenty-nine for at least twenty years.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 49m
That’s probably the link.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 50m
Maybe I just know his name. I can’t link him with any of the programmes listed by Nicola.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 55m
I know the name, but can’t remember what I associate him with.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1h
I‘d love to see this Olympics as broadcast.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1h
That sounds exciting…
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1h
“Strong coffee”. Maybe a Mexican blend 🤔
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1h
That suggests this could have been the greatest race ever in this event.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1h
A good schedule. Worth watching.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1h
The use of silence in television sports commentary is a lost art. The pictures are there. Only speak if you can enhance them.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1h
The listings based on nominations. Some programmes, inevitably, overlooked.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1h
If it was on the tele in the 1960s and 1970s, it qualifies for the poll.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1h
I think he got “excited”. However, his “1 - 0” etc remains a classical example of minimalist commentary.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1h
Ron must have acquired a fair amount of royalties over his career.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1h
The pursuit of excessive wealth is a disease that mainly afflicts psychologically troubled individuals. “One more million, then I’ll be happy.” Of course, no matter how many millions, they are never happy. In fact, they are extremely miserable. I offer the billionaires of this world as evidence.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1h
"That's the fastest time ever run – but it's not as fast as the world record.” One of many memorable lines from Mr Coleman.

Ron Pickering always looked and sounded as if he knew what he was talking about - not a trait shared by everyone on television.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1h
Ray Smith was a very good actor. A memorable role as Dai Bando in How Green Was My Valley. And as Percy Firbank in Public Eye.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 3h
I would have done that, but Chigley already up for voting as a stand-alone.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 3h
There were too many nominations for this category. Ideally, it would have been 32, but it was 35.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 3h
Lynn “the leap” Davies, gold winner at Tokyo in 1964, said to Beamon, “You’ve just wrecked this event.” Or words to that effect.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 3h
My novel Sam’s Song is about domestic abuse, in a murder-mystery setting. The number of American reviewers who believe the person abused is weak makes me think there is a wider attitude problem there, which maybe helps to explain what is happening in America - support for abusers - now.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 3h
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Wacky Races
The Clangers
Vision On

Joe 90
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Trumpton
Tom and Jerry

Two qualifiers per group.
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 3h
Magic Roundabout
Thunderbirds
Camblewick Green
Captain Pugwash or Andy Pandy

Watch With Mother
Blue Peter
The Flintstones
Jackanory

Bagpuss or Tales of the Riverbank
Grange Hill
Animal Magic
Fireball XL5
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