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UK television history and presentation mainly but other things as well, especially on here.
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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d
Kickstarter is now live for this tremendous book of new perspectives on Doctor Who's troubled late seventies, including a chapter from me about how the arrival of Star Wars mania in the UK affected Doctor Who - and how it *didn't*. Order your copy now!

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TVARK @tvark.bsky.social · 15h
10 October 1955

Alexandra Palace began a 405-line test transmission in colour. Not sure if it was this one.

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ITV debuted The Granville Melodramas. An anthology of melodramas starring Hattie Jacques and Erik Chitty.
On 10 October 1955, Alexandra Palace began a 405-line test transmission in colour. Not sure if it was this one. https://tvark.org/bbc-experimental-colour-transmission The Granville Melodramas was an anthology series that was broadcast on ITV from 10 October 1955 to 25 January 1956. 11 were broadcast sadly all were wiped. Among the cast were Hattie Jacques, Erik Chitty, Helen Shingler, John Bailey, Victoria Grayson, Kenneth Gilbert, Thane Bettany, John Le Mesurier, Iain Scott, James Bree, Peter Tuddenham, John Vere, Leal Douglas, Daphne Abbott and Frank Thornton. An Associated-Rediffusion production.
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John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 15h
The Great Philosophers is very good and well worth your time.
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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 1d
This is just the sort of television that they don't make any more - there's now a strong aversion to "talking heads". But if the heads are interesting enough, there is nothing more riveting. #philsky
BBC4 is repeating Bryan Magee's series The Great Philosophers
Good news. BBC4 is repeating Bryan Magee's 1987 television series The Great Philosophers . The first three programmes – on Plato, Aristotle ...
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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 16h
'AFTER MIDNIGHT' - Late Saturday Nights on @TalkingPicturesTV are going to be a bit saucy... a bit naughty... and a bit bizarre! 🤭

Starts TOMORROW! Saturday 11th October at 12:50am with EUROTRASH (Ep 1) and #KarenBlack in AUNTIE LEE'S MEAT PIES (1992) at 1:30am.
After Midnight Saturday 11th October Talking Pictures TV Sky 328 Freeview 82 Virgin 445 Freesat 306
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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 19h
Just noticed that the 1986 #TOTP on BBC Four this evening is the one we did a commentary on after recording a Looks Unfamiliar. If you've not heard it, there's arcane 1986 trivia by the can-of-Citrus-Spring load. You could even play it along with the episode...

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Looks Unfamiliar: Stephen O’Brien – The Meaning Of Christmas Is No Boris Gardiner
Looks Unfamiliar with Stephen O’Brien talking to Tim Worthington about forgotten eighties Christmas Singles. Many of which entirely deserved to be forgotten…
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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 16h
The moment when all the kids in the class pretended to shoot the 'BBC Schools' dots at the same time but their aim was rubbish.
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Hippolyta Loudbasket @loudbasket.bsky.social · 17h
Same jokes again next week, yeah? #totp
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Gavin @rollvt.bsky.social · 17h
I’ve worked with Sue many times & she was a regular at BT Sport right up until we closed Stratford in 2023 #totp
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Neil Miles (but spooky) @miles-online.co.uk · 17h
SPIN THAT WHEEL #totp
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Jack Kavanagh Homan @jkhoman.bsky.social · 17h
Show Me Heaven (Turtles Get Real) #TOTP
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DFT @dftpnk02.bsky.social · 17h
“The week’s chart looks good. What should we play?”

“How about Bobby Vinton?”

#TOTP
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Historical Television Website @htw.bsky.social · 17h
This week’s featured NTSC clip #TOTP
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DFT @dftpnk02.bsky.social · 17h
So many great tunes in the chart. And for 1990 that is impressive #TOTP
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Historical Television Website @htw.bsky.social · 17h
I feel suitably chastised by Simon #TOTP
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Neil Miles (but spooky) @miles-online.co.uk · 17h
TUNE(s) #totp
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Historical Television Website @htw.bsky.social · 17h
By Walls Ice Cream #TOTP
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Historical Television Website @htw.bsky.social · 17h
An album slot, not wanted by the #TOTP audience
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Meepy 🎃👻 🕸️💀 @floweroflondon.bsky.social · 17h
Pump up the volume, m'dears #totp
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Billy Bell @billybell99.bsky.social · 17h
So Hard often gets lost in Being Boring's slipstream but it's so so good. #totp
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Historical Television Website @htw.bsky.social · 17h
Yes! #TOTP
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Pete Deller @petedeller.bsky.social · 17h
This now looks like "You Can Call Me AI" and gets called "slop". #totp
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Historical Television Website @htw.bsky.social · 17h
The full video, definitely not broadcast originally #TOTP
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Historical Television Website @htw.bsky.social · 17h
Simon’s definitely glad that’s over with #TOTP
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Jopijedd Erasmus (Outsider) @jopijedd.bsky.social · 17h
If you look closely at Howard's monitor, it keeps saying "PET...SHOP...BOYS". #totp
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Historical Television Website @htw.bsky.social · 17h
The big question on everyone’s lips: When is Nik Kershaw on? #TOTP
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