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Mark Braxton
@braxtm.bsky.social
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Journalist, nostalgist, outdoorsist. Classic and current telly, archive posts. Radio Times writer, from Doctor Who to Detectorists and beyond.
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 1d
Correct!
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 1d
Good lad. They're very loyal like that. The sight cheers my mother daily.
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 1d
A date for your diary. The Magic Roundabout Story, the excellent 2003 documentary, is at 7pm and an episode at 8pm on Saturday 18 October on BBC Four. Photo of narrator/writer Eric Thompson by Don Smith. More soon from @radiotimes.bsky.social #Boing!
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 1d
Lovely.
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 2d
Just a reminder that the first three series of the hugely enjoyable detective series Miss Scarlet and the Duke, created by Rachael New, are available on the free catch-up service U: u.co.uk/shows/miss-s...
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 3d
Henley under last night's full Moon. Lots of fun stuff going on in the town at the moment with the Literary Festival.
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 5d
The new Carbon Garden at Kew.
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 5d
Donald Pleasence, born #OTD in 1919, photographed by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social on 23 May 1962.
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 6d
Wow, top research! Thank you. My memory is almost certainly of seeing the episode in 73.
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 7d
Remembering Michael Hordern, born #OTD in 1911, and captured by @radiotimes.bsky.social during the production of the 1968 ghost story Whistle and I'll Come to You.
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 9d
Hooray! Portrait Artist of the Year is back. 8pm Sky Arts. #PAOTY
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 10d
Thank you, Ros. Good question!
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 10d
Thanks, Steve.
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 10d
A fantastic TV trio. Loved them.
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 10d
5-4-3-2-1... Thunderbirds are 60!
A personal take on a rocket-powered classic: radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/th... #Thunderbirdsat60 @gerryanderson.bsky.social
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Thunderbirds are go again... not that they ever really went away for the show's long-standing fans
As the jewel in Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's crown celebrates its 60th birthday, Mark Braxton examines the programme's lasting impact.
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 10d
😍
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 11d
Cheers, Mr Benn. I take that as a huge compliment. 😄
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 12d
Arundel Castle.
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 13d
Morning sky. Happy Saturday, folks.
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 14d
Remembering Olivia Newton-John, born #OTD in 1948. Portrait taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 15d
Horsing around...
Ronnie Barker, born #OTD in 1929, photographed for the BBC showcase The Ronnie Barker Yearbook on 14 February 1971 for @radiotimes.bsky.social
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 20d
They were photographed by Don Smith for Radio Times around 1975.
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 20d
A Certain Smile...
Johnny Mathis photographed by Don Smith on 13 May 1965 for @radiotimes.bsky.social. Johnny Mathis at the BBC is on BBC2 at 8.30pm.
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 20d
The Railway Children is at 1pm today on BBC Two.
I'm tearing up already... 🚂
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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 21d
Happy birthday to Fawlty Towers! 🎂🔥 #FawltyatFifty
Photo taken by Brian Moody for @radiotimes.bsky.social
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