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Tom Burgess

@nottomburgess.bsky.social

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Comedian, voice actor and cult TV lover (esp. Doctor Who and Blue Peter). 📺 Archivist for fictional BBC children's pioneer Peter Fleming and producer of his 'Into the Archives' podcast. He/him. linktr.ee/tomburgesscomedy

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 1h

"For sale: Dalek."

Miss Inge Pisodés @quiteamess.bsky.social · 4h

"Daleks, planet, plague"
That'll be £6000 please. Terrance can flesh it out, I'm off to LA.

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 22h

3 key members and trustees of the Film is Fabulous! team joined Tim of the 'Missing Episodes Podcast'

Film collector John Franklin, De Montfort University’s Prof Justin Smith & Sue Malden, renowned former Head of Broadcast Archives at BBC
YouTube Link
youtu.be/CK02j_Mi6iE?...

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 17h

Truly believe there should be more space for multi-cam drama on TV. Just as comedies are made in different ways to suit the material, so it should be for drama.

Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 20h

The death of multi-camera TV: a thread. I know most of you will know the technical parts of this (and may have read it in the other place) but bear with me. 1/ 🧵

A shot from the studio rehearsal of Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan episode 'Volcano', showing several actors ont he TARDIS set, with various video cameras around the scene.

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 1d

Starmer: 'Peter Mandelson assured me he thought he'd been writing to the wrongly convicted H from Steps, and I regret not looking into that.'

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 1d

Can't believe Peter Mandelson was writing to Ian Watkins every week

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Enemy/Web recovery day to all Who Heads who celebrate. 12 years today since they came back to us!

Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 3d

They should've given it to Rubio, much funnier.

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado wins

Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.

www.bbc.co.uk

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boxdelightspod.bsky.social @boxdelightspod.bsky.social · 3d

And we're off! NEW EPISODE out today. Journalist and author @michaelhogan100.bsky.social talks about the magic of Jonathan Creek and his own crime novel debut, The Dogwalkers' Detective Agency. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

Jonathan Creek

Podcast Episode · Box of Delights · 10/10/2025 · 21m

podcasts.apple.com

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 4d

No, but he's full of questions.

Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 4d

A noble pursuit!

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 4d

Tazos. The Thinking Man's Pog.

timworthington.org/2024/11/13/l...

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 4d

Same here - my collection was rounded off with two big batches (and the binder itself) from James Rustell in Year 2 and a piano pupil of my mum's. Think the last to be popped into place was a B-Wing. Special moment.

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 4d

I've still got my complete binder of Star Wars Tazos circa '97! Never had a Pog in the house, unconvinced they existed.

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 4d

No one buy it. Teach them for making you beg.

Doctor Who Merchandise @doctorwhomerch.bsky.social · 4d

No release date, no details, but the Series 10 soundtrack is coming…

Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 4d

He's gonna be kicking himself when he finds out his favourite jumper's from Doctor Who.

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 5d

After the world’s longest hiatus, my TV nostalgia podcast - The Box of Delights - is coming back for a real actual series of new episodes. And you don’t have long to wait!

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Mr Grimoire-d @grahamward.bsky.social · 5d

Frank Bellamy featured. His art follows in this thread. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Art of Radio Times - BBC Sounds

Peter Day salutes the graphic artists whose canvas was Radio Times, which began in 1923.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David G-P @davidjgp1983.bsky.social · 5d

59 years ago today The Tenth Planet debuted on BBC1. So to mark this milestone anniversary, here’s a playlist of videos where I pick the story apart in a variety of different ways!

Presented in almost story order!

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Tenth Planet Archaeology - YouTube

youtube.com

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 6d

Phwoar!!!

Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 6d

Don't we all?!

Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 6d

Having just watched this for the first time, OH MY FUCKING GOD and also I now have a massive crush on John Noakes, is that OK?

youtu.be/tMrB_3wq2ak?...

1977: JOHN NOAKES scaling Nelson's Column is TERRIFYING | Blue Peter | Classic clips | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations!

Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 7d

Don't cheat on your wife, kids. They'll make you stomp artlessly to Bonkers on national television. Twice.

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 7d

I just discovered he's my age and am stunned.

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 9d

Buster Keaton was born 130 years ago today, on October 4, 1895

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Al Dupres @aldupres.bsky.social · 9d

It's the 22nd anniversary of my first heart attack (at a pre-press conference screening of Love Actually in Sheffield). Not a method I'd recommend to get a quote on a film poster, but it was the only thing I could think of saying to the publicity lady when she rang the hospital to see how I was.

A publicity poster for the film Love Actually with a quote from me on it - I almost died laughing, given after the film company rang the hospital to see how I was doing.

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