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Donna Halper @devorahleah.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

SO disappointing to see some commenters reverting to the old "blaming the victim" tropes. She was drinking. She shouldn't have been there. It was her own fault. Makes my head hurt. (When I was sexually assaulted, I was asked what I had been wearing. That was in the 1980s. In 2026, the same tropes?)

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Jon Potts @jabberwocky65.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Jon Potts @jabberwocky65.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

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Save Redland Library @saveredlandlibr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

3pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4 Great Lives Pauline Black of The Selecter on Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex Pauline Black of The Selecter chooses Poly Styrene, who inspired her early career and attitude.

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BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Pauline Black of The Selecter on Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex

Famous people pick someone they love or admire.

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Jon Dies At The End @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Stick A Ghost Story for Christmas on BBC One.

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

'The Rainbow Ends Here', as does the videotaped era of #VanDerValk. My DVD rewatch of the series concludes tonight with this episode - ATV Midlands TVT Wed 10th October 1973.

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Jon Potts @jabberwocky65.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

My DVD viewing tonight takes me back to 9pm on Wed 26/09/73. Barry Foster who plays #VanDerValk appears again in the Thames region at 11.30pm in an Edgar Wallace mystery (see London TVT below), in which he also plays a policeman.

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

My #VanDerValk viewing continues this evening with 'A Dangerous Point of View'. Excellent taped drama from Lloyd Shirley at Thames TV.

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

'Spell of Evil', another brilliant watch. Much I remember of it from 1973. Clara's bouffant hair, outrageous apparel & bling. The ugly polystyrene ashtray with the toy car, the effigy, the old drawing, & of course the burning. The supernatural ones always stick in the mind. #BrianClemensThriller

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

A slightly truncated synopsis in the TVT. I think this is the Granada edition? #BrianClemensThriller

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I've really been enjoying my weekend viewing of late. Perhaps it's because Saturdays were just made for #BrianClemensThriller . So out come the DVDs, the Tizer, the Hula Hoops tonight to sit down to watch another one of my faves 'Spell of Evil' (Anglia TVT 16/06/73, NOTE Tomy (sic) Mansell) 🤣🤣🤣

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Oh dear, we've lost another one. I remember her mainly for her role as schoolteacher turned spy Jane Walker in Tightrope. Her part in the #BrianClemensThriller 'The Next Voice You See' was important though as you say. 89 is a good age. RIP Marian.

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Alan Briscoe @alanbriscoe.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I've just discovered that actress Marian Diamond died early this year aged 89. She had a brief but important role in the Thriller episode "The Next Scream You Hear" but was a frequent face in archive TV. One of her central roles was as a villainous agent in the 1972 ATV serial Tightrope. RIP Marian.

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

One of my all time favourite #BrianClemensThriller stories, Anglia TVT from 09/06/73, gets another outing tonight. This was the only episode I saw twice (both times in colour) in the 1970s. Tizer & Hula Hoops at the ready. ☺️

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Alan Briscoe @alanbriscoe.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

That's sad news - she was very good in both her Thriller guest appearances. RIP Joanna.

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Jon Potts @jabberwocky65.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I’ve just seen online the news that Joanna Pettet has sadly died aged 83. The #BrianClemensThriller episode Midsummer Nightmare has always been a favourite and she was excellent as Jodie. She also starred in A Killer in every Corner as Sylvia.

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

George trying to prove himself a man buying cigarettes. Perhaps she should have offered him some from the pack just to the right of his head. He'd have got a free picture card with it too. Poor old George wouldn't be so frustrated if he had his own key to the library. #BrianClemensThriller

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I will be heading back to Sat 02/06/73 for 'File it Under Fear', my #BrianClemensThriller tonight. It must have made a big impression on me originally, 53-years-ago now, as I remember very well the tense build up in the locked library towards the end.

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Jon Potts @jabberwocky65.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Having a #BrianClemensThriller night tonight. The 2nd appearance of Matthew Earp in The Next Scream you Hear almost 52 years to the day it was first broadcast. One of the best twists in the series @martinmauthor1.bsky.social @rozzyc.bsky.social

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Jon Potts @jabberwocky65.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

God help us if this grifting racist ever gets in to No.10.

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

So sad. I'm sure I spotted Michael Byrne in a Bond movie I watched recently. And he was still a very busy actor right up until recently I understand. RIP. #BrianClemensThriller

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

After a one week break, I'm resuming my #VanDerValk viewing shortly with the second series opener from Wed 29/08/73. I also not no fewer than three ITC film series on Anglia the same evening.

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Joanna Dunham guest starring in #VanDerValk . She played his wife Arlette in the Euston Films version later on. Also one of two #BrianClemensThriller stars as well, the other in this episode being Patrick Allen.

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Martin Marshall @martinmauthor1.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

We've lost another #BrianClemensThriller actor, RIP Michael Byrne, you certainly proved memorable in the latter stages of 'If It's a Man Hang Up' www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...

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Michael Byrne obituary

Character actor whose decades-long career encompassed the National Theatre, war films and Coronation Street

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

A new bottle of Tizer, packet of Hula Hoops, & DVD at the ready for my TV feast later tonight. #BrianClemensThriller from 26/05/73 is 'A Place to Die' starring Bryan Marshall & Alexandra Hay. Here's the page from the ATV Midlands edition of TV Times.

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Kate Hardcastle MBE is a guest on my show today talking about scams, dishonest online marketplace sellers, & the pros & cons of buying unseen. Have you ever had a bad experience buying or selling something online? 97.8FM, DAB, & www.gateway978.com

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Oh no. That is very sad news. We've lost so many now. I remember David the most from his role in Boon. Gone but not forgotten, and the legacy and body of work will live on. 😢 #BrianClemensThriller .

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Jon Potts @jabberwocky65.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I’ve just read online that David Daker has passed. Kill Two Birds will always be one of my favourite #BrianClemensThriller episodes @rozzyc.bsky.social @martinmauthor1.bsky.social

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

The part of it I remember clearly from watching it in 1973 is when the record player gets knocked during the fight & you hear Bartok with a loud scratch over it as Drew flies off the landing & then his death stare at the end. Eeek! #BrianClemensThriller

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Well, it has just ended. The last 10-minutes, are absolutely nailbiting, heightened by the silence with just the sound of a click, or glass breaking & Mrs Drew wide awake in her bed & terrified. No matter how many times I've seen these before I never tire of watching them. #BrianClemensThriller

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I think that 'Murder in Mind' was the last #BrianClemensThriller shown by Bravo wasn't it? I wonder if @jabberwocky65.bsky.social has found his VHS recordings yet? 🙂

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

"Send for Tom Patterson!" I think Saturdays were made for #BrianClemensThriller , so I'm treating myself to another classic mystery later on. Armed with my Tizer & Hula Hoops it's back to 19.05.73 on ITV, for an episode that doesn't appear to have aired at all in its original form in the US.

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Catching up with my #VanDerValk postings from the last two weeks, 4th, 11th, October 1972, plus tonight's DVD viewing from 18th Oct which I do believe brings me to the end of a successful first series.

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

'The Colour of Blood' (Anglia TVT 12th May 1973) was a great watch last night. Are there any filming locations still to find from this one? #BrianClemensThriller

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I think the very first budget VHS tape I bought was a Channel 5 release of The Prisoner for £6.99, with the episodes 'A,B & C' & 'Free for All' on it. The reason being Channel 4 had broadcast a hideously edited print of 'A,B & C' which ruined the story. @simoncoward.bsky.social might remember this?

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Martin Marshall @martinmauthor1.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

NEW! An original ABC-TV promo trailer for the #BrianClemensThriller 'Death in Deep Water' which aired on 3 Nov 1975, a day before its' premiere broadcast in the US. @jabberwocky65.bsky.social @rozzyc.bsky.social @alanbriscoe.bsky.social

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Alan Briscoe @alanbriscoe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

1st June 1996 - satellite channel Bravo repeated the Thriller episode "Death in Deep Water". For those of us who had only just discovered the show via the 4 episodes released on VHS this was the first "new" one we saw. Whether for that reason or not this has always been one of my favourites...

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Just re-reading a section about DVD releases of #BrianClemensThriller in @martinmauthor1.bsky.social book 'A THRILLER in Every Corner', & there's more irony on page 668 with "The undoubtebly clever 'Brain' Clemens. 🤣🤣🤣

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Alan Briscoe @alanbriscoe.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

RIP Michael Beint (1925-2026). He played the butler Hawkins in the Thriller episode "One Deadly Owner" & while not one of the show's best-known actors he was the joint longest-lived having just left us at the age of 100 (the late Geoffrey Chater also achieved that distinction a few years ago).

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Blimey! The Protectors, Jason King, & Van Der Valk all on the same evening in Yorkshire (TVT Wed 27.09.72). However, it is the exploits of the Dutch detective I'm going to be watching at 9pm this evening as he tries to solve another case in 'Blue Notes'. 🙂

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Of the original broadcasts of Sapphire & Steel, I seem to recall starting to watch it & then it being interrupted by a strike? I'm not sure I saw it when it came back. I have vague memories of borrowing a tape from another fan of a story set at a petrol station, & time being frozen?

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Aha! A reused prop. I wonder if the book is still around today? I expect it will just be another book title with that made-up jacket around it. #BrianClemensThriller

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Well, I must have enjoyed it then as it has stuck in my head all these years, but like many things, it is one of those series I've just not gotten around to revisiting. Maybe the time is right now to think about looking at it.

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Rosalyn Connors BEM BCAc @rozzyc.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

And it is a series that works so well on video too @martinmauthor1.bsky.social I think Laurie's music lifts it out of the usual humdrum of a traditional 70s show made on videotape. I reckon @jabberwocky65.bsky.social is right though that it reminds us of happy times long ago. #BrianClemensThriller

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