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The cover of a book called Susan Stranks The Big Ideas Book featuring Susan, a young, white, smiling woman with brown eyes and shiny black bowl cut, wearing wide legged blue jeans, green trainers, yellow and green striped socks and white dagger collar shirt under a fitted red yellow green and red jumper. She is sitting in a cross legged position on a cream shag pile carpet with a length of tasseled red wool wrapped round her right hand, at her feet are lots of paper craft objects, very 1970s, clearly intended to be made by children and she looks friendly, as if inviting you to join her in making some of things surrounding her such as tissue flowers and little paper houses

If you buy Susan Stranks Big Ideas Book for thoughts on how to radically decentre the nuclear family & reimagine networks of care, or ideas on abolishing the carceral system, you’ll be disappointed.
However, if you’re seeking heaps of things to make from leaves, wool & paper plates then jackpot baby

Camberwick Green (7th February 1966). This week Captain Snort pops out of the musical box.

A 7-inch single of the theme from Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? by Highly Likely.

All hail the charity shop gods!

I've just finished reading The Box of Delights by Richard Marson. What an absolutely incredible book. An honest history of the peak of children's TV on the BBC. So many stories and interviews. I learnt so much.
I can't recommend it highly enough. A huge success from @tenacrebooks.bsky.social

BBC One: 1966-1968 The next globe design was introduced on 18 April 1966, nicknamed the 'Watch Strap' it featured a smaller globe in the centre of screen with three stripes of grey and white running to the left and right, on a black background. It was also the first ident to use the name 'BBC1', using the slanted logo in white.

BBC One: 1966-1968

The next globe design was introduced on 18 April 1966, nicknamed the 'Watch Strap' it featured a smaller globe in the centre of screen with three stripes of grey and white running to the left and right, on a black background. It was also the first ident to use the name 'BBC1',…

The French version of the Treasure Hunt boardgame seems a little looser an adaptation than the British one...
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"THE CREATURE" by Nigel Kneale (transmitted 30/01/55)

"The action takes place in a remote part of the Himalayas" ("Radio Times").

Dr. Rollason (Peter Cushing) searches for the Yeti, but his companion, Tom Friend (Stanley Baker), has a more sinister motive than acquiring knowledge... #horrorfam

YouTube video by TVDawn The Man with the Flower in his Mouth - 30-line Baird TV

1967 30 line recreation of Pirandello's "The Man With The Flower in His Mouth", Originally produced on the 14th July 1930, this version was overseen by the original producer, Lance Sieveking. This version was sufficiently low-band to be captured on a stereo audio tape recorder, which astonishes me.

TCL to take control of Sony’s TV business Visitors to the CES technology show earlier in January perhaps wondered why Sony didn’t have a presence. Now they know. Sony is to form a joint-venture with C

TCL to take control of Sony’s TV business
www.advanced-television.com/2026/01/21/s...

Coming as I do from a BBC comedy background, I have a shitload of suggestions for how to make great television programmes more cheaply (such as not budgeting them at $10m+ per episode) none of which anyone is interested in.

They don’t want cheaper TV. They want cheaper people.

Alphans! We have a VERY limited number of Eagle: 1976 Astronaut Crew Packs for pre-order– secure yours before it leaves Earth orbit forever. gerryanderson.com/products/eag...

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A treat for archive TV fans. Three issue bundle of Action TV magazine on my #ebay. ebay.us/m/iWZHLo A great high quality magazine with plenty of content, including episode guides, interviews and features. They need a good home. #OldTelly

For those who didnt see it in the beginning of this week. #totp Friday fans pack.

On 'Celebrity` Gladiators recently there was someone who did a podcast. I know fewer solicitors compared to podcast hosts.

*the collective sound of barrels being furiously scraped*

Give Us A Clue Talking Pictures TV Sky 328 Freeview 82 Virgin 445 Freesat 306

Coming Soon! Premiere series! Sunday 25th Jan, 3:30pm GIVE US A CLUE (1985) Hosted by #MichaelParkinson with the team captains #LionelBlair #UnaStubbs and a whole host of famous faces inc: #MelvynHayes #JoanSims #GloriaHunniford #MikeRead and many more! #TPTVsubtitles

Latest ep! Graham & I have met up in the Year 2000! Have a listen… 🎧 📺 📺 📺

Tomorrow is - arguably- the 100th birthday of 'fake(d) news'. The first radio hoax! A BBC news-esque pastiche panicked listeners, fearing the House of Commons had been destroyed + dignitaries were being roasted alive.
...Of course we're recreating it on tomorrow's podcast. podfollow.com/BBCentury

Following a pilot show in 1987, the first series of A Bit of Fry and Laurie began airing on this day in 1989.

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I like how they’ve relaunched TLC today, despite the fact the big Freeview launch will be tomorrow. Thoughts and prayers for those Freeview only homes who’ll have to go without The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon for another 24 hours.

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Feature by Peter York on the semiotics of the opening title sequence. Taken from 'Did You See... ?', BBC2 10 January 1986. Did You See... ? Peter York on opening titles (BBC2 10 January 1986)

40 YEARS AGO TODAY: modernist journalist and Sloane Ranger commentator in chief Peter York examines the modern state of opening titles for Did You See...?

Wales had four television channels before anywhere else in the country.

YouTube video by Forgotten British Television Face Value (1080p) (Complete)

It's the Pans People/The Bill crossover episode you've always wanted. youtu.be/6q4RcBZtF3U?...

Coronation Street - written by H.V. Kershaw (4th January 1984). Elsie leaves the Street for the last time.

Your NY resolution is to discover @squarewindowpod.bsky.social & in latest ep learn why @gkw.bsky.social thinks the Star Wars holiday special is a bit like an ‘Allo’Allo! episode but not as good. And why I am perturbed by the number of knives in Minder On The Orient Express & the Woolies’ Xmas ads..

YouTube video by Daybreak Fan Youtube Channel GMB 31st December 2025 (8H55) - Goodbye Television Centre

VIDEO: The end of the last Good Morning Britain to come from Television Centre.

From Monday, the programme will be broadcast from the studios of ITN.

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I’ve spent this morning morbidly watching the MTV channels close down and the final songs played were:
MTV Music - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles)
Club MTV - Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna)
MTV 90s - Goodbye (Spice Girls)
MTV 80s - Together in Electric Dreams (Oakey and Moroder)

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