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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Left speechless... The Goodies indulged in a spot of mime #OTD 50 years ago. Location photo taken by Don Smith on 1 April 1976 for @radiotimes.bsky.social.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The memorable #Doctor Who adventure The Hand of Fear began #OTD 50 today. Earlier in the day, Tom Baker and the-soon-to-leave-the-show Elisabeth Sladen had been on Swap Shop, also 50 today, to promote the story. @radiotimes.bsky.social www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do...

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Surely Scarlet or Zero X next...?

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Happy birthday to the estimable Ian McNeice. Ian was very kind to chat with @radiotimes.bsky.social last year about the RSC, his friend Bob Peck, being directed by "Zebedee" and working on a TV masterpiece... www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/edg...

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Happy 50th birthday, Swap Shop! 🦖 🎂 "Who's calling on line one?" Why, it's John Craven, who's come to join the @radiotimes.bsky.social party...

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Dame Esther Rantzen (1940–2026). Photographed for @radiotimes.bsky.social in 1978.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did you all watch it with a magnifying glass? You must have been in your element, David.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's really hard, is that. To get any kind of consistency.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"A rare treat..." The fantastic character actor Ronald Lacey, born #OTD in 1935. Photographed as 'Arris during rehearsals for the Porridge episode Storm in a Teacup, with Peter Vaughan as "Genial" Harry Grout. PLUS The bit you never really see – only hear! Another @radiotimes.bsky.social exclusive.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

They've employed the right person, clearly.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hymn to Her... A night of pop excellence celebrating Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders begins tonight at 8.45pm on BBC Two.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That's torn it... Remembering Ronnie Barker, born #OTD in 1929 – photographed by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social on 5 May 1971.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy birthday to Felicity Kendal, a delight to talk to last year about the Good old days... Photo taken on 9 November 1975 by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/go...

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fawlty Towers began in this week 51 years ago. Last year I was delighted to get co-writer and co-star Connie Booth's take on this classic sitcom for @radiotimes.bsky.social

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The height of cool... David McCallum, born #OTD in 1933, spoke to @radiotimes.bsky.social in 2022 about some very cool projects, from Colditz to The Great Escape and The Man from UNCLE to Sapphire and Steel... www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/dav...

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Second to no one... Farewell to Stephanie Cole. Photo taken on the set of Open All Hours in April 1985 by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"I wouldn't want you to think this was a tragic story. I'm not a tragic woman. Not that type...." RIP Stephanie Cole. Another of Alan Bennett's marvellous Talking Heads women gone...

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thank you, Steve. I was greatly assisted by David Renwick's participation. What a fantastic writer.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Four candles at 50! 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🎂 The Two Ronnies' classic sketch aired for the first time #OTD in 1976. It was written by Ronnie Barker under the pseudonym of Gerald Wiley. Sketch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cma... And you can read more about the Rons here: www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertain...

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A first-class production... Postman Pat is 45 today! 🎂 📮 Last year @radiotimes.bsky.social paid tribute to the genius animator who moved him and Jess around Greendale: www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/mag...

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Happy birthday to Clive Merrison. Clive was Sherlock Holmes to Michael Williams' Dr Watson on Radio 4 (I found this sweet feature about them from 1998). @radiotimes.bsky.social

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Thanks Rosalyn. Happy days indeed!

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

They are. We just happened across them on our slow amble up the hill, and were surprised by how used to people they seemed to be.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We saw them there, too, Donna, just six weeks ago.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yes indeed. A newspaper legend. I owe my career to him, and made great friends and wonderful memories under his editorship. My sincere condolences to his family.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"I really do think that the comedy becomes richer as we go on," producer John Howard Davies told @radiotimes.bsky.social as The Good Life returned for a new series on Friday 50 years ago. illustration by Barry Fantoni.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Remembering Radio Times's star photographer Don Smith, born #OTD in 1932, pictured in 1992 with a Rolleiflex camera bought around 1954 for £126 when he was earning £8 per week. Plus one of Don's classic portrait shots, of comedian Tony Hancock. @radiotimes.bsky.social

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"Maybe we are all a bit Reggie..." The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is 50 years old today. What a joy it was to ask fan, writer and Reggie collaborator Simon Nye all about the classic sitcom for @radiotimes.bsky.social: www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/re...

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Fancy a little light reading..? Coming very soon: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin at 50. Stay on this channel. @radiotimes.bsky.social

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

We Three Kings... What an amazing privilege it was to see the reunion of Kathy, Charles and Nan – Hayley Mills, Alan Barnes and Diane Holgate – and hear their memories of making Whistle Down the Wind, after a BFI screening with a theatre full of fans. Thank you, Josephine Botting, for organising it.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I remember this @radiotimes.bsky.social illustration and billing, and how excited I was for a new season of #DoctorWho, as though it was yesterday. The Masque of Mandragora by Louis Marks is 50 years old today. www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do... @patrickmulkern.bsky.social

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Remembering Pauline Collins, born #OTD in 1940. Photographed on 3 January 1969 with Polly James for the Comedy Playhouse pilot of The Liver Birds. @radiotimes.bsky.social

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Derek Fowlds, born #OTD in 1937, photographed as Bernard Woolley in Yes Minister on 1 February 1981 by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

West Sussex this afternoon. Invigorating.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Mr Saturday Night... Starsky and Hutch star David Soul, born #OTD in 1943, photographed in November 1976 by Jeremy Grayson for @radiotimes.bsky.social.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Oo-er! @radiotimes.bsky.social photos, taken by Don Smith, of the gifted and very funny actress Pat Coombs, who was born #OTD 100 years ago.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A wander down memory lane... @radiotimes.bsky.social celebrates The Duchess of Duke Street, nearly 50 and still doing well on Saturday nights... www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/duc...

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Today is yesterday Everyday in Metroland* John Betjeman Night, full of archive treats, starts tonight at 10pm on BBC Four. Photos by @radiotimes.bsky.social *Words by OMD.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Great piece, John. It remains a television colossus.

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

"He was a consummate actor and I think his performance was outstanding. It deserved the Bafta. Spielberg saw him in Edge of Darkness and took him off to do Jurassic Park, which was amazing." Ian McNeice on his co-star Bob Peck, born #OTD in 1945. Photo by Andrea Cringean for @radiotimes.bsky.social

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Mark Braxton @braxtm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

😍 I do, too. There were plans for a remake but I can't see how it would work in the modern world where everyone has a camera.

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