Dukenfield
@dukenfield.bsky.social
Popular culture obsessive : 20th Century film. Records, TV and books : 70s, 80s & 90s pop & dance music; Music Hall. Social history. Seaside towns & piers
Happy 72nd birthday to Carlton Livingston. Here's Carlton's huge 1984 dancehall hit on a deep version of the Hot Milk rhythm. Despite the label credits, this was produced by Jah Life at Philip Smart's HC&F studio in New York... youtu.be/o2Gq5jimiYg?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
OTD in 1976. Textbook mid 1970's BBC1 Saturday evening schedule - Dr Who, Gen Game, Duchess of Duke Street, The Two Ronnies, Starsky & Hutch, MOTD and Parkinson.
The Bruce Forsyth Show (18th September 1966). Bruce and Roy Castle demonstrate their all-round entertainment skills.
Remembering foundation DJ King Stitt who was born on this day in 1940. Here's a Trojan 12" that reissued Stitt's Herbsman Shuffle along with Phantom, the proto-dub version which was mixed by Lynford Anderson at Dynamic studio... youtu.be/SaGtiLCZ6rA?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
On this day in 1970, Scooby Doo, Where Are You! began airing on BBC1 (it debuted on the CBS network in America just over a year earlier - on the 13th of September 1969).
Remembering Lamonte McLemore on his birthday. Here are the fabulous 5th Dimension with their version of California Soul
Head over to @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social first thing tomorrow (Thursday) morning (7:45am) for #FilmNoir In A Lonely Place (1950) starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame. Directed by Nicholas Ray.
Freeview (UK) #film of the day : Bryan Forbes' superb drama Seance On A Wet Afternoon (1964) with Kim Stanley (who is excellent), Richard Attenborough, Mark Eden & Nanette Newman. [Talking Pictures TV 13.30] letterboxd.com/dukenfield/f...
A ★★★★ review of Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Somewhat overlooked and partially forgotten British film that takes the realistic style that was popular at the time and overlays it with an air of the supernatural and other worldly to extraordinary ...
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Catalogues - Monday, September 14, 2026 2 guesses 1️⃣ 😻 🟢 🟢 ⚪ 🟢 ⚪ 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...
Play Catalogues: Monday, September 14, 2026
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Freeview (UK) #film of the day : Mike Hodges' crime thriller Get Carter (1971 106 mins.) starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry & Britt Ekland [BBC 2 23.05 & iPlayer for 30 days] letterboxd.com/film/get-car... Unhand Alf Roberts you ruffian!
Get Carter (1971)
Jack Carter is a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brother's death, he travels to Newcastle to attend the funeral. Refusing to accept the police report of suicide, Carter...
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Last nights first watch #film was the neat little thriller The Net (Anthony Asquith, UK 1953) with James Donald, Phyllis Calvert, Noel Willman, Herbert Lom & Robert Beatty letterboxd.com/film/the-net... #MidCenturyCinema #blackandwhitefilm #50sFilm #FiftiesCinema #ColdWar #thriller
The Net (1953)
A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight, one of the scientists dies in a mysterious acciden...
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Here's a beautiful Burning Spear 7" from his days at Studio 1 in the early 70's. Call On You became the opening track on his 2nd LP, Rocking Time. He also re-recorded it as The Sun for his Dry & Heavy LP... youtu.be/WwHA9mTKOYc?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky #burningspear
Following the pilot episode in March 1974, the first regular episode of The Rockford Files (The Kirkoff Case) was broadcast in America on the 13th of September 1974 (BBC1 broadcasts began in March 1975).
Freeview (UK) #film of the day : John Sturges' classic western Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957 117 mins.) starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas. [5 Action 14.55 / streaming on the Channel 5 app] letterboxd.com/film/gunfigh...
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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Happy National Ska day! What tune will you be spinning to celebrate? Check out our playlist for some inspiration here https://Trojan.lnk.to/skaplFA
Fantastic Pop Fact : the actor who played the character Spring (Brinsley Forde) in The Double Deckers was later in the superb British #reggae act Aswad!
archivetvmusings@archivetvmusings.bsky.social · last wk.The first episode of Here Come the Double Deckers! was broadcast in the US on this day in 1970 (it began airing in the UK from January 1971).
On this day in 1970, The Pink Panther Show made its UK debut (BBC1, at 5.20 pm).
The first episode of Here Come the Double Deckers! was broadcast in the US on this day in 1970 (it began airing in the UK from January 1971).
Right then...make a quick cup of coffee before the Test match resumed, won't miss anything Oh.
Freeview (UK) #film of the day : Michael Powell's classic ballet drama The Red Shoes (1948 127 mins.) starring Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook and Marius Goring. [BBC2 9.50 AM & iPlayer for 30 days] letterboxd.com/film/the-red...
The Red Shoes (1948)
A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.
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Remembering Peter Tosh who was killed on this day in 1987 aged just 42. Here's a self-produced 7" he released on his Intel-Diplo label. This features Bunny Wailer on harmony vocals and also featured on Peter's Equal Rights LP... youtu.be/s-CFaoM1vyA?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky
Freeview (UK) #film of the day : Michael Powell's psychological thriller Peeping Tom (1960 101mins.) starring Carl Boehm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, Esmond Knight and Maxine Audley. [Talking Pictures TV 21.05] letterboxd.com/film/peeping...
Peeping Tom (1960)
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he m...
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Catalogues - Friday, September 11, 2026 2 guesses 1️⃣ 😻 ⚪ 🟢 🟢 🟢 ⚪ 🟢 🟢 🟢 ⚪ 🟢 ⚪ 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...
Play Catalogues: Friday, September 11, 2026
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Catalogues - Thursday, September 10, 2026 1 guess 😻 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...
Play Catalogues: Thursday, September 10, 2026
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