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From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 20h

Tonight I start THE COMPLETE AND UTTER HISTORY OF BRITAIN with the first two episodes: " From the Dawn of History to the Normal Conquest" and "Richard the Lionheart to Robin the Hood". #CompleteUtterHistoryBritain #ITV #LondonWeekend #TVTimes

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From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow I start THE COMPLETE AND UTTER HISTORY OF BRITAIN and I thought it would make sense to share the VT Clock from the original edit of Episode One.The original first two episodes only exists as Shibaden recordings. #CompleteUtterHistoryBritain #LWT #ITV #MichaelPalin #TerryJones #VTClocks4Ever

From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 3d

It's Friday! It's been a good week for me and hopefully a good one for you! What are you watching this weekend? Me? As it is October, I will be watching the 1931 film Dracula starring Bela Legosi in 4K! Tell us what you have plans to watch this weekend!

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From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 4d

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From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 4d

With the passing of the incredibly talented John Woodvine, I knew I needed to pay my respect to him in some way. I decided on NEW SCOTLAND YARD from 1972. I am going to watch the first episode, "Point of Impact". #JohnWoodvineRIP #NewScotlandYard #ITV #LWT #TVTimes

From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 5d

Tonight I finish my personal tribute to the late Dame Patricia Routledge. STEPTOE AND SON "Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard". I also will be watching some Kitty Monologues too.#PatriciaRoutledgeRIP #SteptoeandSon #BBC #VictoriaWood #RadioTimes

From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 6d

I continue my tribute to Dame Patricia Routledge tonight with an episode of HETTY WAINTHROPP INVESTIGATES. Tonight I watch "A Rose by Any Other Name" from Jan 1997. This is how the Radio Times promoted it. #HettyWainthroppInvestigates #PatriciaRoutledgeRIP #BBC #RadioTimes

From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 7d

This week I start my personal tribute to Dame Patricia Routledge. KEEPING UP APPEARANCES is how I was introduced to her work. I decided to watch one of my favourite episodes of the series and watch "Cruise On the QE2" from Christmas 1993. #KeepingUpAppearances #PatriciaRoutledgeRIP #BBC #RadioTimes

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From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 8d

Not a VT Clock but an electronic clock for a segment of THE WORLD OF BENNY HILL: DR. RUTH. From a collection of studio recordings. #VTClocks4Ever #BennyHill #Thames

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From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 11d

My viewing tonight is my little tribute to Patrick Murray known to us as Mickey Pearce on ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES. I am choosing "Dates" because I haven't seen this in a long time and it's been remastered in HD. #OnlyFools #OnlyFoolsandHorses #BBC #RadioTimes #PatrickMurrayRIP

From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 12d

I’ve just shared something special on my Patreon for subscribers — a preview from an episode that won’t be seen for several months.

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Watch the exclusive excerpt here: https://www.patreon.com/c/FromtheArchive

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From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 12d

Tonight I finish up FROM 'ATV LAND' IN COLOUR. If I am able to, I plan to do a review video at some point. It is very important these stories are told. #ATV #ATVLAND #Documentary

From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 13d

I was saddened to hear that Dame Patricia Routledge had passsed last week but what was inspiring was to see my timeline full of memories and tributes to her. I loved to see how much she meant to all of us! BTW, I love this picture of her as Hyancynth! #KeepingUpAppearances #PatricaRoutledgeRIP

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From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 14d

This week I continue with the third part of the documentary FROM 'ATV LAND' IN COLOUR. This has been a great documentary and one that I think is necessary to understand the larger picture of British television. #ATV #ATVLAND #Documentary

From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 15d

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From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 15d

As I am making my way through the excellent documentary FROM 'ATV LAND' IN COLOUR, I thought we would do an ATV VT Clock. I am always a fan of BEASTS and thought we could share the VT Clock to the Nigel Kneale classic "During Bart's Party". #ATV #Beasts #Rats #VTClocks4Ever

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From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 17d

The folks at Film Is Fabulous are very shrewd. They would not show their hand like this unless they are very sure and I would go a step further and suggest that making a statement like this should only be made with prints in hand. #DoctorWho #MissingEpisodes #BBC #FilmIsFabulous

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From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 17d

What are we all watching this weekend? This weekend I start with FRANKENSTEIN and THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN. I've had the 4K set pictured for a couple of years and I am starting with these because I will be interviewing Sara Karloff next week! What will YOU be watching this weekend?

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From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 17d

I'll be honest, as someone who tells everyone he knows a lot of about British television, this was a new one for me. I had not heard of OBJECT Z before but seeing the BFI were releasing this on Blu-ray restored. Now to watch it! #BFI #Bluray #ObjectZ #Rediffusion #BritishTelevision

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From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 20d

LOVEJOY is done and maybe I will share my thoughts on the final episode sometime. Now, I get into the making of British television with a 5 part documentary called FROM ATV LAND IN COLOUR. I’ve had this DVD set for years but a finally going to watch. #ATV #ATVLAND #Documentary

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From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 20d

Tonight is teh final episode of LOVEJOY "Last Tango In Lavenham". This completes 6 series and I started watching the series for this run way back in March. I have thoroughly enjoyed it and eventually I shall do a video about it and the DVD set I used to watch it.#Lovejoy #IanMcShane #BBC RadioTimes

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From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 21d

This week is the final episode of my LOVEJOY viewing experinece. We start the week off with the prenultimate episode "Holding the Baby". This is how the Radio Times covered the episode. #Lovejoy #IanMcShane #BBC #RadioTimes

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From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 25d

TV Times Thursday: this article comes from the week of 08.02.59 as TV Times does an article on Roberta Leigh regarding her new series TORCHY THE BATTERY BOY. Apart from being a prolific auhtor, Ms. Leigh also did SPACE PATROL. #TVTimes #TVTimesThursday #RobertaLeigh #TorchytheBatteryBoy #SpacePatrol

From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 26d

My soundtrack to my commute today: although it says LOVEJOY, it’s actually an album of Composer Dennis King’s themes with the theme tune for LOVEJOY leading it off. As it happens, the incidental music for LOVEJOY is fantastic. What an incredible album that would be! Come on Silva Screen!!

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From the Archive @fromthearchive.bsky.social · 26d

This is from the Radio Times letter page the week that the LOVEJOY episode "Guns and Roses" was broadcast. John Sheehan, who wrote the letter, is not impressed with Series 6 thus far. #Lovejoy #IanMcShane #BBC #RadioTimes #Letters

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