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Helen Randle 💙💛

@helenrandle.bsky.social

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Television archivist. Cult TV and radio enthusiast, especially all things Doctor Who and Blue Peter. Part of the interviewing team for Fantom Films events. Enjoys drinking tea and eating cake. Occasional beekeeper.

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Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 17h

I don't think anyone making tv in the 1950s thought much about its longevity.

Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 17h

Happy Birthday to Blue Peter!

youtu.be/Oqm23ajfUNg

Setting Sail: 60 Years of Blue Peter | Poem By Tony Walsh

YouTube video by CBBC

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Parentball @parentball.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone misunderstood Deep Thought. He didn’t say the answer was 42. He said it was “For tea, two.” That’s the answer to life, the universe, and everything

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Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 5d

How do they manage to dip their soldiers in their boiled eggs?!

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Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 5d

Liking that you still qualify, rather than the reason.

Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 5d

I was just discussing events from my childhood!

Peering at the telly, trying to make sense of what I was seeing.

The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 5d

At 9:03 am, the Mary Rose broke the surface of the water, seeing sunlight (such as you can on a cloudy day!) for the first time in 437 years.

#WhereWereYouIn82

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Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 5d

The only thing I remember about the 86 World Cup is having to do a class assembly about it 🥱

Other than that, my list would be the same as yours.

Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 5d

I'm not at risk, but caring for elderly parents who are. So paying is the only option.

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Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 5d

It's a lovely photo

Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 5d

The Fourth Doctor meets the Valeyard!

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Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 5d

It might depend on your eligibility.

Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 5d

Not this year.

Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 5d

It is appalling that people who are at risk with covid aren't getting a jab on the NHS this year.

It's also appalling that a private vaccination costs so much. I wonder how much it costs to produce?

Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 5d

It’s dispiriting that this is what getting a COVID vaccination now looks like to this chronic asthmatic.

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Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 6d

The lad on the end doing his computer studies homework there #TOTP

Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 6d

Ooh, I bought one of those top albums! #TOTP

Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 6d

Whatever you think of Every Loser Wins, it's a song with a proper ending rather than just fading out. #TOTP

Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 7d

I wonder how many people did actually make the Blue Peter Dalek? You'd need a lot of egg boxes.

The Amazing Worlds of Doctor Who @worldsofdrwho.bsky.social · 7d

LEFT: Agent P. J Worral c/o "TV21" issue 38 (dated 09/10/65).

Agent Worral's Dalek may have been inspired by the "Blue Peter" Do It Yourself Dalek Make (with plans provided by Ray Cusick).

RIGHT: Presenter Christopher Trace with the Dalek make from the 06/03/64 edition of "Blue Peter". #DoctorWho

Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 7d

About time too!

Liam Catterson @liamcatterson.bsky.social · 7d

THEY'RE FINALLY RELEASING THE DOCTOR WHO SERIES 10 SOUNDTRACK! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! YOU'RE NOT IN A DREAM!

IT'S HAPPENING #DoctorWho

(via bbcdoctorwho on ig)

Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 8d

Needs a baby in the other arm, but yes.

Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 8d

I thought at first he'd bought a person who does welding!

Not that that makes it better. 🫂

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🅢🅗🅔🅔🅝🅐 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 8d

This made me laugh more than it probably should 😂
#funny

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Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 8d

Always knew coos were cool!

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 8d

Highland cattle are famous for their ability to "disco nap". Normally these brief, efficient sleeps will last between three and twenty minutes, deploying a variety of objects as pillows, including moorland boulders, cars or any particularly large dog or sheep who happens to be nearby.

A highland cow having a little nap on a boulder on Dartmoor (ok, it was actually scratching its head)

Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 9d

Nap time is very much a movable feast.

Helen Randle 💙💛 @helenrandle.bsky.social · 9d

I think B works best on the bookmark, but A on the bag. Which is probably not a helpful response.

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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 9d

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown

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