Because you can never have too much Bulman. I have been reading this nostalgic rundown by @casmilus.bsky.social on THE XYY MAN and STRANGERS. discontinuednotes.com/2021/06/17/t...
The Wilder Way: Starring Patrick Wymark
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Commemorating actor Patrick Wymark star of The Plane Makers, The Power Game, Blood on Satan's Claw etc Website: www.wymark.org.uk
Hibernia Comics has just published its collection of the very first "Doomlord" story from Eagle in Doomlord Volume 1: Zyn, available to order here. The collection's designer, Richard Pearce, remembers his first encounter with the hugely popular alien executioner well…
Loving the Alien
Hibernia Comics designer Richard Pearce reveals some Doomlord secrets...
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Open Channel D at 6:55pm... THE MAN FROM UNCLE (1965) #RobertVaughn #DavidMcCallum in 'The Ultimate Computer Affair' #TPTVsubtitles features #CharlesRuggles #JudyCarne
Incidentally, every so often, people ask me why I don't update Wikipedia myself with what I've discovered. I basically struggle with the various rules imposed over there. I understand why they're there, but I'm not that interested in engaging with them. Best to leave it to others.
"No Original Research" kills an awful lot of contribution from people who are actually experts, especially when combined with the kind of snobbishness which says that e.g. a well researched article on Transdiffusion isn't a proper reference.
Impressed by the turnaround of BBC's GRANITE HARBOUR for third series (Friday evenings). Gripping, entertaining. 100% improvement on previous series.
The 1966 Summer Extra is all about “world building” If you’re a child pondering on the wider world of 2066 and imagining what other wonders lie in store This is the “bible” - if you like First up, a look at transportation Eric Eden’s glorious artwork bursts out of the page
GO ON, THEN. Operation Motton Part 3 is go! Investigations into scripts for the three short stories from the 1967 Thunderbirds annual - Deadly Orbit, Hellfire Valley and Tomb of Ice. Let's gooo. sequential21.net/2026/07/29/o...
Operation Motton Part 3: David Motton’s 1967 Thunderbirds Scripts
1966 proved to be a busy year for David Motton’s contributions to the worlds of Thunderbirds. In January of 1966, he submitted two batches of stories – a set of three short stories for the 1967 Thu…
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Fred McNamara is Sad that TFNation 2026 is Over.@commandermac.bsky.social · last wk.Pssst. Hey. HEY. So d'you wanna see some Thunderbirds spin-off media scripts, then?
Some years ago, Liberty London stocked a wallpaper based on the Ladybird book ‘Trees’ - and SR Badmin’s stunning illustrations. It was too expensive for me then, and you can’t get it now. But it was rather lovely
When you leave a school after 13 years and realise that you may have mentioned you're a Doctor Who fan... Staff and pupils pulled out all the stops this morning to say goodbye and Colin the House Dalek got a silver girlfriend (made by my class in secret)
CHOOSE LIFE - On the night of England's defeat Dr Terror made the choice to follow Scotland's triumph at the premiere of TRAINSPOTTING THE MUSICAL (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) - "the human drama is is more fully realised and more movingly rendered than in the film." - wymark.org.uk/trainspottin...
CHOOSE LIFE - On the night of England's defeat Dr Terror made the choice to follow Scotland's triumph at the premiere of TRAINSPOTTING THE MUSICAL (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) - "the human drama is is more fully realised and more movingly rendered than in the film." - wymark.org.uk/trainspottin...
Open channel 'D' at 7pm with... THE MAN FROM UNCLE (1965) #RobertVaughn #DavidMcCallum in 'The Odd Man Affair' #TPTVsubtitles featuring #BarbaraShelley
11 July 1926. One hundred years ago today, #PatrickWymark was born. To commemorate this year, I will be publishing a biography, The Power of Patrick Wymark. Unforeseen setbacks mean there have been some delays. But this will happen. (thanks to @andydrewz.bsky.social for design).
I have just tried Aldi's version of Walls Feast ice cream and confirm it is almost identical to the original with a solid choc centre 👍 (For those who weren't aware, Walls have changed the Feast recipe and the centre is no longer solid but more like Nutella, sorry to break it to you like this)
Hennie High@hennieh.bsky.social · last mo.Brightening your day (but hopefully not warming it further) with the news that Aldi's feast knock off 'Fiesta' have the iconic solid chocolate middle 🤩
A few quick words on where the Thunderbirds Comic Anthologies may go from here... sequential21.net/2026/07/07/w...
Where Next for the Thunderbirds Comic Anthologies?
It’s never lost on me what a fortunate bugger I am to be able to be involved in the kinds of creative projects that I am. June 2026 has seen the recent release of the Thunderbirds Comic Antho…
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Sad news. It's high time a new complete boxed set of Juliet Bravo was released, but I guess that's a vanishingly remote prospect without Network on the scene. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Ian Kennedy Martin obituary
TV writer who created the 1970s police drama The Sweeney and later worked on Juliet Bravo and The Chinese Detective
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Got tickets for @cineredis.bsky.social yet?! We’ll see you there. Here are sum of our #NeoNoir highlights: Hardcore (1979): www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1404... UK Premiere: Le Boucher (1970): www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1407... UK Premiere: The System (1979): www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1405...
As the heat rises, Dr Terror visits the stage adaptation of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD wymark.org.uk/mock.html
Happy birthday to Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes! Born on July 5, 1958.
Talking about BBC Radio stations pre-1967 is always going to be confusing, but I'm not quite sure I'll ever get my head round the Third Programme, Network Three and Radio Three. @commandermac.bsky.social @casmilus.bsky.social - suttonelms.org.uk/alistair-the...
Third Programme, Network Three, Third Network: Alistair Wyper, DIVERSITY website
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Rewatched The Menu and I still contend that this is a perfect movie. There's not a single misstep. The casting is on point. The script is as tight as it can be. It never lulls. There's not a single unnecessary line or moment. It's a perfect as movies get.
Ralph Fiennes in The Menu
Alt: Ralph Fiennes in The Menu
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Remembering Philip Madoc, born this day in 1934.
ITV will join Sky in being owned by an American company. The need to protect the BBC and public service broadcasting is now even more vital. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What Sky buying ITV could mean for your favourite shows
An announcement is expected imminently on Sky buying ITV's TV and streaming channels.
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Remembering Gwyneth Powell, born this day in 1946.
Whenever I need cheering up, I watch the first disastrous edition of Central News South. youtu.be/JPVTXwdHvXc?...
First Central News South - 9th Jan 1989
YouTube video by stevey206
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My latest Substack newsletter is about watching films in the middle of a European heatwave. My ten highlights from the Bologna's Cinema Ritrovato Festival 2026. andrewnette.substack.com/p/heat-and-f...
Heat and film: My highlights from the Cinema Ritrovato Festival 2026
I had heard for years from friends about how good Bologna’s Cinema Ritrovato Festival is.
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