Jon Dear
@accordingtojond.bsky.social
Writer on archive TV and film. Currently working on a book about the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas. Produced The Quatermass Experiment (2023) and Children of The Stone Tape (2024). Podcasts on Nigel Kneale and Giallo.
Just learned about Jack Shepherd. Hope in the Year Two, Bill Brand and *the* definitive Renfield.
Superb.
Superb.
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Just learned about Jack Shepherd. Hope in the Year Two, Bill Brand and *the* definitive Renfield.
Superb.
Superb.
Some Udo Kier tonight I think.
Michael Sarne’s Road to San Tropez (1966).
Michael Sarne’s Road to San Tropez (1966).
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Some Udo Kier tonight I think.
Michael Sarne’s Road to San Tropez (1966).
Michael Sarne’s Road to San Tropez (1966).
Sometimes in an ADR studio.
November 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Sometimes in an ADR studio.
Happy Doctor Who Day everybody.
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Happy Doctor Who Day everybody.
I’m doing my Ghost Stories talk in New York!!*
*via Zoom
*via Zoom
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’m doing my Ghost Stories talk in New York!!*
*via Zoom
*via Zoom
Yes I’m reading this.
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Yes I’m reading this.
*Cod Scots accent*
HELLO FOX INN!
HELLO FOX INN!
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
*Cod Scots accent*
HELLO FOX INN!
HELLO FOX INN!
Three years ago @parthenoid.bsky.social, @hermetic-arts.bsky.social and I visited the locations from Nigel Kneale’s Murrain.
Not been since because, of course, we don’t go back.
Not been since because, of course, we don’t go back.
November 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Three years ago @parthenoid.bsky.social, @hermetic-arts.bsky.social and I visited the locations from Nigel Kneale’s Murrain.
Not been since because, of course, we don’t go back.
Not been since because, of course, we don’t go back.
What fictional creature/villain traumatised you as a child?
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
What fictional creature/villain traumatised you as a child?
Well this was predictably excellent. Many thanks to @bronteschiltz.bsky.social and @miskatonicihs.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Well this was predictably excellent. Many thanks to @bronteschiltz.bsky.social and @miskatonicihs.bsky.social.
Today on BlueSky.
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Today on BlueSky.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME YOU USELESS NORTHERN LINE CUNTS?
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME YOU USELESS NORTHERN LINE CUNTS?
I blame Rob Shearman.
October 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I blame Rob Shearman.
Spooky gift from @brokenbiros.bsky.social.
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Spooky gift from @brokenbiros.bsky.social.
I’m talking NON PRINCE
October 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I’m talking NON PRINCE
Since when was @tobyhadoke.bsky.social in The #traitors??
October 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Since when was @tobyhadoke.bsky.social in The #traitors??
And here’s me with the very same cat prop? In Lawrence Gordon Clark’s kitchen.
October 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
And here’s me with the very same cat prop? In Lawrence Gordon Clark’s kitchen.
A close look at the cat carving prop.
October 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A close look at the cat carving prop.
100th anniversary of Robert Hardy. Better known for other things maybe, but for obvious reasons, this is my go to role.
Archdeacon Haynes in The Stalls of Barchester (BBC, Lawrence Gordon Clark, 1971).
Archdeacon Haynes in The Stalls of Barchester (BBC, Lawrence Gordon Clark, 1971).
October 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
100th anniversary of Robert Hardy. Better known for other things maybe, but for obvious reasons, this is my go to role.
Archdeacon Haynes in The Stalls of Barchester (BBC, Lawrence Gordon Clark, 1971).
Archdeacon Haynes in The Stalls of Barchester (BBC, Lawrence Gordon Clark, 1971).