Historical Television Website
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UK television history and presentation mainly but other things as well, especially on here.
Moonbase Alpha to future earth.. (aka the MAC Birmingham) Screening alert! Am introducing this Space:1999 Breakaway a day early! Sep 12th…tix now on sale… macbirmingham.co.uk/cinema/space...
Space: 1999 - 4K Restoration Double Bill | Mac Birmingham
A spectacular cinematic event for fans of classic science fiction, this Space: 1999 double bill brings together debut episode Breakaway and the acclaimed s
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Hi John. In case of interest, I did a talk for the museum about the exhibition here - m.youtube.com/watch?v=Htxq...
St Barbe Friday Friends Talk - The David McKee Sketchbook
YouTube video by St Barbe Museum + Art Gallery
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St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery in Lymington, Hampshire is currently running Elmer, Mr Benn… the magic of David McKee, a vibrant new exhibition celebrating one of Britain’s most beloved and influential author–illustrators, who died in 2022
Don’t miss The Magic of David McKee Exhibition in Lymington
As if by magic, an exhibition appeared.
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August 15, 1994 - The Guardian - Remember when even important roles received the classified ads treatments in the papers? BBC looking for a Business Affairs Manager who would have to handle high profile portfolios such as Doctor Who, further proof the show wasn't dead.
Ok, that's pretty, pretty good. mu.social is an almost identical front-end to atproto as Bluesky. You use the same login and you can edit posts (Other good stuff - it is hosted in Europe, all open source, different - maybe better? - verification)
In 1976, the Bishopbriggs Times interviewed a 17-year-old Doctor Who fan called Peter Capaldi about his favourite programme...
Willie Rushton reading from his book The Geranium of Flüt on Jackanory, 1975
"That gets 'em all laffin'!" Now available for all, Telly On Wheels returns, with class clowns, gender divides, and brutal kitchen sink dilemmas, to the days when schools programmes sought to raise discussion on 'issues' www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OZK...
Telly on Wheels II: Schools Programmes Do 'Issues'
YouTube video by Stuart Millard
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With this and Doctor Who, it is going to be a difficult Xmas for the BBC, who must be one more Strictly scandal away from just rolling out a 24hr episode of Eastenders.
Andrew | TheSpoilist@thespoilist.bsky.social · 2d agoJoking apart, this probably leaves a pretty big hole in the BBC festive schedule. They're not exactly overflowing with original comedy and guaranteed ratings wins.
On Channel 4 Simon O’Brien was upcycling old items to sell for a profit. Left the telly on and when I got back from Tesco he’s overseeing a house renovation. I was confused until I realised they were two different shows. Bobby & Sheila would be so proud!
Who amongst us has not longed for a The Price Is Right medal...?
Suggested alert noise for when the bomb is about to drop.
Anonymous X@anonymousx.bsky.social · 5d agoCan I suggest that The Government have different alert sounds for the severity of the situation? Full klaxon sound for “the big one”, and a lighter customer service announcement with xylophone chimes when they want the public to stop twatting about with barbecues?
No 73 was broadcast live on Saturday mornings and ran from 2 January 1982 to 27 March 1988. The show had an ensemble cast including Sandi Toksvig, Neil Buchanan, Patrick Doyle, Andrea Arnold, Kim Goody and Kate Copstick.
Here is a comparison of how Red Dwarf, “Holoship” was first introduced back in 1992 on BBC Two network, and how network, Wales and NI introduced it last night. Forgive my poor editing done at 2am.
John J. Hoare@dirtyfeed.org · 6d agoSo tonight, not only did BBC Two introduce the Red Dwarf episode "Holoship" using the same symbol used in 1992, but it also used most of the original continuity script. Your 1992 network announcer: Halyna Kozak www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jV6... Your 2026 network announcer: Nicola Phoenix
I don't trust my stuff to the cloud, and that's not because I don't get it. Back in '97 we made a BUGS episode in which criminals sold backup storage in their datacentre and then pulse-bombed the client's computers so they could ransom their own data back to them.The fragility's always been baked-in
Stephanie Flynn@stephanieflynn.bsky.social · 6d agoWhat a nightmare PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archival materials, to ensure preservation | Tom's Hardware share.google/ExvNkuiN1bIl...
Red Dwarf, "Holoship" is on BBC Two tonight at 10pm. The beginning of this video has the original continuity from the episode's first broadcast back in 1992. If you watch it, you may enjoy the introduction to tonight's episode even more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jV6...
BBC2 - continuity around Red Dwarf inc BBC Video ads - from 1992
YouTube video by 625tvroom
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One of the BEST eps we've done, with a true pioneer of Television.. Come through the square window with us! 📺
Through the Square Window@squarewindowpod.bsky.social · last wk.Our new episode is out today! @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social sit down with Joy Whitby, creator of Play School and Jackanory, and the woman who brought us Catzweazle and The Book Tower, among many other children's TV shows. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
What do you mean, I’ve got too many beautiful, retro TV ident clocks from @hiddenbritain.bsky.social?
Telstar: narrowing the transatlantic divide to size of TV screen A look at the day in 1962 when the world witnessed a huge advancement for international communications via satellite (I didn't know that Telstar is still up there, quietly orbiting us forever ...) open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/...
Telstar: narrowing transatlantic divide to size of TV screen
A look at the day in 1962 when the world witnessed a huge advancement for international communications via satellite
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Of course the Granada brand is just for 'local news' nowadays though perhaps Sky (if they take over) might be prepared to do something else with it. Granada's surely a better name for a production company than ITV's 'Lifted Entertainment' (has to be an in-joke surely) www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1GK...
Granada Various Promos 1982
YouTube video by Kaleidoscope's Presentation Vault
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I was only little but I remember the results coming in on an actual clattering teleprinter that had a close-up camera trained on it. The switch to the "vide-printer" felt like we'd arrived in Tomorrow's World.
Insanely excited to tell you that @worldoftelly.bsky.social and I will be hosting a 50th anniversary celebration of one of TV’s most unique dramas, Philip Martin’s Gangsters, on 8 November with some amazing guests. Part of this year’s Square Eyes TV Festival in (where else?) Birmingham. Do come!
50 Years Of Gangsters + Q&A | Mac Birmingham
Gangsters was a TV drama like no other. Burrowing into the dark underbelly of the Birmingham crime scene, it mixed Shakespearian soliloquy with comic strip
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Is there *any* brand of modern television that's worth buying? Most recent recommendations are TCL (they even make Sony's latest sets) but make sure that you get at least 5 years for the guarantee and don't buy from supermarkets. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMmP...
Sony TV engineer shows the proof
YouTube video by TV repair community.
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Looking forward to the eclipse followed by meteor showers and Triffids.
It may be old news to everyone else, but I've just noticed that David Jason appeared as a secret agent in an episode of The Masterspy opposite a contestant called Penfold, two years before he played the voice of Danger Mouse (a role in which he replaced The Masterspy's host, William Franklyn).
You can tell the old Channel Four is dead by the way nobody thought to call this show "Roman & Martin's Dublin".
It really is impossible now - especially as it just sounds ridiculous - to convey just how exciting it was to have a WHOLE NEW FOURTH CHANNEL in 1982, but as you can hear in this, I was so excited that I felt I had a duty to watch *all* of it... timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
