
Mark Braxton 💙
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Mark Braxton 💙
@BraxM
Radio Times journalist & fan of funny. Classic TV, music and pop-docs. Editor of Dad's Army at 50, and Monty Python at 50. Also on @braxtm.bsky.social
Berkshire Katılım Mayıs 2011
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"Viewers in 1966, with no idea how long each story might last, would have been completely thrown when the Tardis returned to the same landing site 700 years later." You could watch part 3 of ambitious #DoctorWho serial The Ark #OTD 60 years ago: radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doct…


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The Playhouse presentation #OTD 50 years ago was Kites by Don Shaw. It starred Hugh Burden, Tony Caunter and, in his first TV role, Nick (Nicholas) Berry, and was produced by Innes Lloyd. @RadioTimes


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Julia McKenzie, Derek Griffiths and Jacqueline Clarke were among those taking part in the music-and-sketches show Battle of the Sexes #OTD 50 years ago. @RadioTimes


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@NeilBrandLive I mean it, Neil. Hats off to both of you. (Currently researching Jonathan Richman's back catalogue!)
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If you are moved by music, and are always looking to learn more about it, this is both a fantastic podcast and single edition of it. Neil and Mark are engaging experts, and their enthusiasm is contagious. Loved it.


Neil Brand Live@NeilBrandLive
Quick reminder that Mark Kermode is as engaging and authoritative about music as he is about movies!! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mar…
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@CameronYardeJnr We reunited @TerryGilliam with that @RadioTimes cover for Monty Python's Flying Circus S4 in 2019.

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What a find! This Radio Times cover featuring Monty Python is a classic. But to find the original promo for it is amazing! Before the BBC was stopped from advertising Radio Times, they did some excellent promos for them.
Jonathan Trevithick (unofficial)@JonTrevithick
1974 Radio Times promo featuring Monty Python's Fourth Series. Via the amazing Kaleidoscope Youtube Channel.
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When I told #SmallProphets creator Mackenzie Crook there was a lot of kindness in his previous show, #Detectorists, he said, "Yes, thank you and that’s deliberate, because I think it’s a superpower, almost. If people were kinder in general the world would be a better place."

BBC Press Office@bbcpress
Small Prophets is the biggest new scripted launch of the year on the BBC 📺 Watch now on @BBCiPlayer More ➡️ bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20…
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Where did we come from?... Jonathan Miller explained in his BBC2 documentary Origins #OTD 40 years ago. Don Smith took his photo for the @RadioTimes cover.

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@bluebox99 "If you listen carefully especially when we're singing the mouse rounds, you can hear us giggling because it was such fun to do.” Composer Sandra Kerr talking to @RadioTimes
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Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday @claregrogan2
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"This is the one I’ve always wanted to read on Jackanory. Dahl gets you involved so quickly in his stories, and they’re full of wild fantasy and fun." Michael Palin spoke to @RadioTimes about reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, starting #OTD 40 years ago.


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Thrilled for m'colleague at his forthcoming publication. Patrick writes like a dream and knows Who inside out.
Patrick Mulkern 💙@PatrickMulkern
Coming soon: You Are Not Alone: A Gay History of #DoctorWho will be released on 25 May. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk
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Susan King went herring fishing off Mallaig in Scotland in the first programme of a new series called Country Search #OTD 50 years ago. @RadioTimes

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Now we’re sucking diesel! It's back to work for this lot at the #LineOfDuty Series 7 read-through ❤️ 🎬 🚔
The next instalment of Jed Mercurio’s hit crime thriller starts filming this spring
More ➡️ bbc.com/mediacentre/ar…

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@rewindtvuk Marvellous, although quite a few of those clips are from S1...
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