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UK television history and presentation mainly but other things as well, especially on here.
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Saw better schedules during the 1979 ITV Strike.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Saw better schedules during the 1979 ITV Strike.
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#OnThisDay 2 December 1990
Immediately following the first fully-networked repeat of episode one of #CoronationStreet, we're treated to this little montage.
Immediately following the first fully-networked repeat of episode one of #CoronationStreet, we're treated to this little montage.
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#OnThisDay 2 December 1990
Immediately following the first fully-networked repeat of episode one of #CoronationStreet, we're treated to this little montage.
Immediately following the first fully-networked repeat of episode one of #CoronationStreet, we're treated to this little montage.
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BBC Four has Bod in its Christmas schedules, along with a new intro by Derek Griffiths.
December 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
BBC Four has Bod in its Christmas schedules, along with a new intro by Derek Griffiths.
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The BBC Micro is 44 years old today, Happy Birthday! However, many customers had to wait until early 1982 for delivery of theirs due to limited supply availability before Christmas. During its lifespan just over 1.5 million were sold - exact figures are not known. I still have my original one.
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The BBC Micro is 44 years old today, Happy Birthday! However, many customers had to wait until early 1982 for delivery of theirs due to limited supply availability before Christmas. During its lifespan just over 1.5 million were sold - exact figures are not known. I still have my original one.
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#OTD - 2nd December 1953
The BBC Television Service introduced the Bat Wings ident, designed by Abraham Games, after two years of development. Games was paid 200 guineas for the design, 70 guineas for an on-screen clock, and a 15 guineas retainer.
The BBC Television Service introduced the Bat Wings ident, designed by Abraham Games, after two years of development. Games was paid 200 guineas for the design, 70 guineas for an on-screen clock, and a 15 guineas retainer.
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#OTD - 2nd December 1953
The BBC Television Service introduced the Bat Wings ident, designed by Abraham Games, after two years of development. Games was paid 200 guineas for the design, 70 guineas for an on-screen clock, and a 15 guineas retainer.
The BBC Television Service introduced the Bat Wings ident, designed by Abraham Games, after two years of development. Games was paid 200 guineas for the design, 70 guineas for an on-screen clock, and a 15 guineas retainer.
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I just can't believe that "Walk On", the theme tune to #BarbaraWoodhouse's forgotten 1981 TV series "Barbara Woodhouse's World Of Horses & Ponies", isn't available on streaming. What is the world coming to?!??? 🎶🐴 #newhorizon #walkon
November 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I just can't believe that "Walk On", the theme tune to #BarbaraWoodhouse's forgotten 1981 TV series "Barbara Woodhouse's World Of Horses & Ponies", isn't available on streaming. What is the world coming to?!??? 🎶🐴 #newhorizon #walkon
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Wild how after all these decades, when I read this summary of a run of old movies shown when I was 9, I've crystal clear memories of which ones I saw at the time (Inv From Mars, Worlds Collide, Forbidden Planet, Silent Running, War of the Worlds, first re-watch of Dalek's' In:vasion, Stood Still)
✨ NEW POST! ✨ Even stranger things: The 1983 BBC-2 Sci Fi Film Festival ⭐ David Geldard aka @daveofandrozani.bsky.social on how a seminal season of science fiction showcased the many ways the genre could thrill, horrify and inspire… 👇 wearecult.rocks/even-strange...
Even stranger things: The 1983 BBC-2 Sci Fi Film Festival » We Are Cult
❉ David Geldard on how a seminal season of science fiction showcased the many ways the genre could thrill, horrify and inspire…
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November 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Wild how after all these decades, when I read this summary of a run of old movies shown when I was 9, I've crystal clear memories of which ones I saw at the time (Inv From Mars, Worlds Collide, Forbidden Planet, Silent Running, War of the Worlds, first re-watch of Dalek's' In:vasion, Stood Still)
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If anyone can get to Halifax in a fortnight (Sunday 14th Dec), your 'splaining pals will be leading a day of carousing and talking about how bad the ALF Christmas Special is. All welcome! Well...most.
The @alfsplaining.bsky.social boys are out on the town.
November 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
If anyone can get to Halifax in a fortnight (Sunday 14th Dec), your 'splaining pals will be leading a day of carousing and talking about how bad the ALF Christmas Special is. All welcome! Well...most.
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OTD in early British television
The second 'Guest Night' on Mon 28 Nov 1938 discussed houses, with modernist architects Serge Chermayeff and Maxwell Fry, along with one supposed inspiration for James Bond, Merlin Minshall.
For more...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
The second 'Guest Night' on Mon 28 Nov 1938 discussed houses, with modernist architects Serge Chermayeff and Maxwell Fry, along with one supposed inspiration for James Bond, Merlin Minshall.
For more...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
OTD in early British television: 28 November 1938 - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: Between an appearance by the ventriloquist D’Anselmi and a short programme called The Accompanist Speaks, with pianist Ivor Newton, television’s main offering on the evening of Mond...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
OTD in early British television
The second 'Guest Night' on Mon 28 Nov 1938 discussed houses, with modernist architects Serge Chermayeff and Maxwell Fry, along with one supposed inspiration for James Bond, Merlin Minshall.
For more...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
The second 'Guest Night' on Mon 28 Nov 1938 discussed houses, with modernist architects Serge Chermayeff and Maxwell Fry, along with one supposed inspiration for James Bond, Merlin Minshall.
For more...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
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I've no new book out this Christmas and it feels weird. I'm very proud of my previous ones though and many are 30% off this weekend with the code BOOKGIFT30.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I've no new book out this Christmas and it feels weird. I'm very proud of my previous ones though and many are 30% off this weekend with the code BOOKGIFT30.
www.lulu.com/spotlight/be...
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Cult sci-fi-horror classic THE STONE TAPE (1972) tonight at 10:10pm #TPTVsubtitles Part of #TheCellarClub hosted by #CarolineMunro
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Cult sci-fi-horror classic THE STONE TAPE (1972) tonight at 10:10pm #TPTVsubtitles Part of #TheCellarClub hosted by #CarolineMunro
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My latest article: BBC PA Douglas Camfield, frustrated at not being offered a place on the director's course, investigated joining the SAS via the TA. Until fate intervened. You will also discover the third time he worked for Waris Hussein...
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Douglas Camfield in Doctor Who and the SAS
In 1964, BBC PA Douglas Camfield was at a crossroads in his life. Will he become a BBC director or will he join the SAS? Or will he do both? With brand new information, the story can finally be told.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
My latest article: BBC PA Douglas Camfield, frustrated at not being offered a place on the director's course, investigated joining the SAS via the TA. Until fate intervened. You will also discover the third time he worked for Waris Hussein...
michaelseely.substack.com/p/douglas-ca...
michaelseely.substack.com/p/douglas-ca...
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Not doing it again of course but if you check out #stonetapelive you’ll find lots of fun facts and info about the production curtsey of me, @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social, @bronteschiltz.bsky.social and @tobyhadoke.bsky.social
Cult sci-fi-horror classic THE STONE TAPE (1972) tonight at 10:10pm #TPTVsubtitles Part of #TheCellarClub hosted by #CarolineMunro
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Not doing it again of course but if you check out #stonetapelive you’ll find lots of fun facts and info about the production curtsey of me, @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social, @bronteschiltz.bsky.social and @tobyhadoke.bsky.social
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January 7, 1984 - Western Daily Press - A profile on Colin Baker.
#colinbaker #doctorwho #whoviannotes #throwbackthursday #celebrityprofile #80snostalgia
#colinbaker #doctorwho #whoviannotes #throwbackthursday #celebrityprofile #80snostalgia
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
January 7, 1984 - Western Daily Press - A profile on Colin Baker.
#colinbaker #doctorwho #whoviannotes #throwbackthursday #celebrityprofile #80snostalgia
#colinbaker #doctorwho #whoviannotes #throwbackthursday #celebrityprofile #80snostalgia
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RAINBOW (1972) was originally conceived as Britain's answer to Sesame Street, and Geoffrey, George, Zippy and Bungle would eventually become household names. But the first series featured a maniacal, wide-eyed, terrifying prototype of cuddly old Bungle Bear...
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
RAINBOW (1972) was originally conceived as Britain's answer to Sesame Street, and Geoffrey, George, Zippy and Bungle would eventually become household names. But the first series featured a maniacal, wide-eyed, terrifying prototype of cuddly old Bungle Bear...
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Want to know how Paddy Kingsland's track 'Reg' became the B-Side to the 1973 7" of the Doctor Who theme? Here's Paddy himself telling the story in his own words... I wrote this for @electronicsound.bsky.social and it's fresh on the Haunted Generation site.
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Paddy Kingsland, Fourth Dimension and Reg
“The BBC World Service had a producer called Benny Ammar, who asked if the Radiophonic Workshop could write a theme tune for his show. Desmond Briscoe – who was the Workshop’s Organiser – just dish…
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November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Want to know how Paddy Kingsland's track 'Reg' became the B-Side to the 1973 7" of the Doctor Who theme? Here's Paddy himself telling the story in his own words... I wrote this for @electronicsound.bsky.social and it's fresh on the Haunted Generation site.
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hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/24/p...
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Little did they know that MUSIC FOR THE TEST CARD would have been red hot on ebay these days.
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Little did they know that MUSIC FOR THE TEST CARD would have been red hot on ebay these days.
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BBC South Today: Late Bulletin – 7th December 2018
BBC South Today: Late Bulletin – 7th December 2018
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November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
BBC South Today: Late Bulletin – 7th December 2018
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And I’ll be back on 22nd Jan, talking about what was filmed at the cemetery.
Calendar reminds me that a year ago today @accordingtojond.bsky.social gave his splendid talk on the BBC's Ghost Stories For Christmas from London's glamorous Highgate Cemetery ...
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
And I’ll be back on 22nd Jan, talking about what was filmed at the cemetery.
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The entire BBC local news network went to pieces on Wednesday: youtu.be/KLjLeG7_oNE?...
Blooper: All BBC nations and regions end news bulletin early due to timing error (19 November 2025)
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November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The entire BBC local news network went to pieces on Wednesday: youtu.be/KLjLeG7_oNE?...
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#OnThisDay 20 November 1962
Bolton News has this ingenious idea -
SUNDAY REPEAT OF CORONATION STEET A GOOD IDEA, BUT . . .
The suggestion was put that a repeat of the previous week's two #CoronationStreet episodes on Sunday would be better than some of the shows inflicted on us
Bolton News has this ingenious idea -
SUNDAY REPEAT OF CORONATION STEET A GOOD IDEA, BUT . . .
The suggestion was put that a repeat of the previous week's two #CoronationStreet episodes on Sunday would be better than some of the shows inflicted on us
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#OnThisDay 20 November 1962
Bolton News has this ingenious idea -
SUNDAY REPEAT OF CORONATION STEET A GOOD IDEA, BUT . . .
The suggestion was put that a repeat of the previous week's two #CoronationStreet episodes on Sunday would be better than some of the shows inflicted on us
Bolton News has this ingenious idea -
SUNDAY REPEAT OF CORONATION STEET A GOOD IDEA, BUT . . .
The suggestion was put that a repeat of the previous week's two #CoronationStreet episodes on Sunday would be better than some of the shows inflicted on us
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#OnThisDay 20 November 1995
JACKANORY, JACKANORY . . END OF STORY
Once upon a time there was a popular kids' programme on TV called Jackanory. For 30 years children watched in wonderment. But now it looks like the final page has been turned on one of the BBC's most enduring . . .
JACKANORY, JACKANORY . . END OF STORY
Once upon a time there was a popular kids' programme on TV called Jackanory. For 30 years children watched in wonderment. But now it looks like the final page has been turned on one of the BBC's most enduring . . .
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
#OnThisDay 20 November 1995
JACKANORY, JACKANORY . . END OF STORY
Once upon a time there was a popular kids' programme on TV called Jackanory. For 30 years children watched in wonderment. But now it looks like the final page has been turned on one of the BBC's most enduring . . .
JACKANORY, JACKANORY . . END OF STORY
Once upon a time there was a popular kids' programme on TV called Jackanory. For 30 years children watched in wonderment. But now it looks like the final page has been turned on one of the BBC's most enduring . . .
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#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 37 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 20 November 1988
1. #EastEnders 20.45m
2. #Neighbours 17.65
3. #CoronationStreet 16.90
4. Bread 16.70
5. Blind Date 14.90
6. Children of Courage 13.75
7. Tales of the Unexpected 13.50
8. This Is Your Life 13.40
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 20 November 1988
1. #EastEnders 20.45m
2. #Neighbours 17.65
3. #CoronationStreet 16.90
4. Bread 16.70
5. Blind Date 14.90
6. Children of Courage 13.75
7. Tales of the Unexpected 13.50
8. This Is Your Life 13.40
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 37 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 20 November 1988
1. #EastEnders 20.45m
2. #Neighbours 17.65
3. #CoronationStreet 16.90
4. Bread 16.70
5. Blind Date 14.90
6. Children of Courage 13.75
7. Tales of the Unexpected 13.50
8. This Is Your Life 13.40
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 20 November 1988
1. #EastEnders 20.45m
2. #Neighbours 17.65
3. #CoronationStreet 16.90
4. Bread 16.70
5. Blind Date 14.90
6. Children of Courage 13.75
7. Tales of the Unexpected 13.50
8. This Is Your Life 13.40
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40 YEARS AGO TODAY: Alias The Jester, another series from the Cosgrove Hall golden age, featuring a Richard Briers-voiced time traveller stuck in the Middle Ages as a court entertainer with a secret superhero sideline that usually leads to his being fired.
Alias the Jester Ep2 The Ring
Old Thames Television cartoon from 1985. Used to air on Greek television long ago. For those who miss the good old cartoon days! With Greek subtitles. Note: Pilot episode missing. Sorry!
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of the series, which is the property of Thames Television. This upload is inte
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November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
40 YEARS AGO TODAY: Alias The Jester, another series from the Cosgrove Hall golden age, featuring a Richard Briers-voiced time traveller stuck in the Middle Ages as a court entertainer with a secret superhero sideline that usually leads to his being fired.