Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Mark Braxton

@braxtm.bsky.social

270 followers 220 following 340 posts

Journalist, nostalgist, outdoorsist. Classic and current telly, archive posts. Radio Times writer, from Doctor Who to Detectorists and beyond.

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 6h

Portrait Artist of the Year is tonight at 8pm on Sky Arts. #PAOTY 🎨

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 13h

Remembering the brilliant Tony Hart, who would have been 100 today. He encouraged so many of us to paint and draw. Photographed for @radiotimes.bsky.social in December 1976.

1 5

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 1d

Who put the magic into The Magic Roundabout? Find out in
@radiotimes.bsky.social's 60th birthday celebration of a children's classic... radiotimes.com/tv/drama/mag... #TheMagicRoundabout #TheHerbs #TheWombles #Paddington #PostmanPat

1 2 9

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 3d

Here's the @radiotimes.bsky.social article on the book...

1 10 20

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 6d

Correct!

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 6d

Good lad. They're very loyal like that. The sight cheers my mother daily.

1 1

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 6d

A date for your diary. The Magic Roundabout Story, the excellent 2003 documentary, is at 7pm and an episode at 8pm on Saturday 18 October on BBC Four. Photo of narrator/writer Eric Thompson by Don Smith. More soon from @radiotimes.bsky.social #Boing!

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 6d

Lovely.

1 1

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 7d

Just a reminder that the first three series of the hugely enjoyable detective series Miss Scarlet and the Duke, created by Rachael New, are available on the free catch-up service U: u.co.uk/shows/miss-s...

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 8d

Henley under last night's full Moon. Lots of fun stuff going on in the town at the moment with the Literary Festival.

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 10d

The new Carbon Garden at Kew.

1 4

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 10d

Donald Pleasence, born #OTD in 1919, photographed by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social on 23 May 1962.

1 5

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 11d

Wow, top research! Thank you. My memory is almost certainly of seeing the episode in 73.

1 1 1

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 12d

Remembering Michael Hordern, born #OTD in 1911, and captured by @radiotimes.bsky.social during the production of the 1968 ghost story Whistle and I'll Come to You.

1 11

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 14d

Hooray! Portrait Artist of the Year is back. 8pm Sky Arts. #PAOTY

1 5

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you, Ros. Good question!

1 1 1

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks, Steve.

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 15d

A fantastic TV trio. Loved them.

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 15d

5-4-3-2-1... Thunderbirds are 60!
A personal take on a rocket-powered classic: radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/th... #Thunderbirdsat60 @gerryanderson.bsky.social
@fanderson1981.bsky.social
@radiotimes.bsky.social

Thunderbirds are go again... not that they ever really went away for the show's long-standing fans

As the jewel in Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's crown celebrates its 60th birthday, Mark Braxton examines the programme's lasting impact.

radiotimes.com

2 10 26

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 15d

😍

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 16d

Cheers, Mr Benn. I take that as a huge compliment. 😄

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 17d

Arundel Castle.

1 4

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 18d

Morning sky. Happy Saturday, folks.

1 6

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 19d

Remembering Olivia Newton-John, born #OTD in 1948. Portrait taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.

Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 20d

Horsing around...
Ronnie Barker, born #OTD in 1929, photographed for the BBC showcase The Ronnie Barker Yearbook on 14 February 1971 for @radiotimes.bsky.social