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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 23/09/2026

Popped into our Special Collections at work (Southampton Solent University), and took another look at the Philip Mackie and Andrew Marshall archives. Material from Mr Rose and The Naked Civil Servant to The Burkiss Way and 2point4 Children! Ripe for a research project, if anyone wants one...

The Andrew Marshall archive at Southampton Solent University

The Philip Mackie archive at Southampton Solent University

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 15/09/2026

Happy birthday to Agatha Christie. Without whom... #AgathaChristie

Agatha Christie between two piles of her books

Me between two piles of Agatha Christie books

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 14/09/2026

Wait is the name of those low calorie yoghurts really a pun on the safety changes brought in after an 1864 murder on a train

A screenshot from Franz Müller's Wikipedia page describing the addition of "Muller's Lights" to railway carriages

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 07/09/2026

Mollie Sugden, Mandy Rice Davies, Valentine Dyall and Michael Wisher in THE HOLLOW?! Take me to 1982.

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 04/09/2026

Yes, Jamie, that is a big one

Cover of The Doctor Who Production Diary: The Troughton Years

Side-on picture of The Doctor Who Production Diary: The Troughton Years (774 pages)

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 01/09/2026

You think you know pretty much everything about a film then discover that the Pink Windmill kids were in The Mirror Crack'd

Pink Windmill kids listed as uncredited children in crowd on imdb listing of The Mirror Crack'd (1980).

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 19/08/2026

I've got a hodge-podge of Who steelbooks and this is one I did pick up, and I dunno maybe I'll swap it in for minibreak or something

Doctor Who Season 9 Steelbook sold for £608.50 on eBay

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 19/08/2026

What a lovely evening at the BFI Bookish screening! It's a brilliant opening episode, so confident and pacy, and they left us on tenterhooks as the screening was of part one only! Have I worked out who (and how) dunnit? Judging by the reactions to my theory from Those In The Know... no 😂

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 17/08/2026

Made a rare trip to Sainsbury's the other day, and it was a nice treat to see they have stuff on the shelves for once. Happy to HIGHLY RECOMMEND two new (to me) products, although I hasten to add that I only had six of the cheddar olives in my pack, not the pictured eight. End of exciting message.

Fruit flakes and clusters cereal with cinnamon, raisins, apple and cranberries

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 14/08/2026

Watching The Bourne Ultimatum and feeling nostalgic seeing scenes on the bridge that used to take you straight from Waterloo Station across York Road towards the South Bank, can't believe they took it from us 😢

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 14/08/2026

I spend too much time thinking about when Jim McDonald arrived in Corrie, stated that "everyone calls me Mac", and nobody ever did

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 11/08/2026

These bar charts, they mean nothing

Bar chart on the Met Office app showing one degree difference, but the chart is about 25% lower

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 08/08/2026

Watched the final episode of Hacks

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 08/08/2026

Why do I feel there's a story here

Bio of Gwen Plumb that highlights the fact she didn't perform in a circus

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 08/08/2026

Put up some more rarely-seen #AgathaChristie illustrations over at Agathaillustrated on Instagram, including this nice picture accompanying The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest in The Strand www.instagram.com/agathaillust...

Picture from The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest in The Strand, 1932

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 06/08/2026

Love it when the wrong version of episodes are uploaded/broadcast. What's the name of the movie, Ru? (Sound on)

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 02/08/2026

Yeah thanks Google AI summary

Google AI summary saying that the BBC didn't show Neighbours in January 1988 before listing the episodes because of course it did

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 01/08/2026

I remember when this was announced as Ghost Bitch 😢

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 01/08/2026

The Ultimate Adventure revival starring Jo Martin when

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 01/08/2026

Spent the morning organising my Agatha mags. They are HEAVY.

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 31/07/2026

Watching The Avengers: 'Mission... Highly Improbable' and do you know that Nicholas Courtney and Kevin Stoney worked together on TV in 1965 (Who: Daleks' Master Plan), 1966 (Watch the Birdies, directed by Camfield), 1967 (The Avengers) and 1968 (Who: The Invasion) Anyway, just thought that was neat

Nicholas Courtney and Kevin Stoney in The Avengers

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 31/07/2026

Finished the first draft of another project. Better take a break for a few days.

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 30/07/2026

Why does the BBC Weather logo have those little blue dashes, it makes it seem like there's always rain on the way, which is confusing and depressing

BBC Weather headline with little blue dashes that look like rain

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 30/07/2026

Book covers that look like an emoji, an occasional series 👀

The Seven Dials Mystery cover with eyes that look like the sideways-look emoji

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 23/07/2026

Beginning of the summer holidays in Tesco is it

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 22/07/2026

Me to the photographer: 'yes I'd like something in the style of the prison file photo of Leon Czolgosz, who assassinated President McKinley in 1901'

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 21/07/2026

Reached the end of our (deliberately) slow watch of The New Avengers in 4K, and what's this sneaked on to the final disc?! An early trailer featuring the screen tests with sound and unused material from the first title sequence?!? 😍

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 21/07/2026

The British Library's book Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery has officially been announced! I'm very happy to have written a couple of chapters for this beautiful colour illustrated book that coincides with the exciting new exhibition. I might make an appearance there, too... #AgathaChristie

Cover of Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery, out 30 October

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 15/07/2026

I am obviously very much in favour of this #AgathaChristie #Poirot Styles Lego set, with a little mystery included too. Support it to get to the next stage of consideration! ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Screenshot of the Lego Ideas page for a Poirot at Styles Court set

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 14/07/2026

Very sorry to hear that Enyd Williams, producer of the excellent BBC radio Miss Marple and Poirot dramatisations, has died. She created an enduring legacy, and was a great help in my research. She also clarified that they were dramatisations, which gave the writers a higher fee than an 'adaptation'!

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 11/07/2026

Does anyone else constantly get 'Sorry we can't show programmes that you've been watching right now' on iPlayer? I get it at least half the time across multiple devices (this is on Fire TV OS)

iPlayer screen saying 'Sorry we can't show programmes that you've been watching right now'

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 04/07/2026

Finally getting around to framing a few items that deserve to be on the wall. Today - Rope! A French poster from an early 1960s re-release, proclaiming the film as 'Le classique du "Suspense"!'. I won't disagree there. #AlfredHitchcock #Hitchcock

French poster for the film Rope aka La Corde

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 03/07/2026

YouTube playlist of some of my #AgathaChristie telly appearances for those who like this sort of thing! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 01/07/2026

Signed copy of my Poirot book now at Foyles Waterloo Station #AgathaChristie #Poirot

Me holding a signed copy of my Poirot book

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 29/06/2026

Great to hear that 'Reassessing Murder, She Wrote' won the International Crime Fiction Association Book Prize. I was very happy to contribute a chapter but the credit and praise goes to editors Eva Burke and Jennifer Schnabel, of course! #MurderSheWrote

Image showing that Reassessing Murder, She Wrote won the prize

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 29/06/2026

One of the joys of the old ITV Cluedo is the mix of panelists. Edwina Currie and Richard O'Brien, together at last! 👀 (I discussed the series with RTD when Andy and I wrote our book - he wrote an ep - and he remembered being told that the drama bits barely mattered! The gameplay needed fixing...)

Edwina Currie and Richard O'Brien on Cluedo

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 27/06/2026

Signed copy of my Marple book now at Brighton Waterstones #AgathaChristie #MissMarple #Marple

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 23/06/2026

Aww I just think those caps and shoulder bags worn by the Cybermen-fodder boys are really cute #DoctorWho

A publicity photo from Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen. Two actors are wearing cute little caps.

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 22/06/2026

I can't find the brown-haired original version of this from a quick Google, but whatever the colour it defies physics

Jon Pertwee with round hair on the Ambassadors of Death cover

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 22/06/2026

Proper branding guidelines simply would NOT allow this awful stretched TOTP logo that's sat above the stage for ages now. Hideous! #totp

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 15/06/2026

I mean look at this!! I want an adaptation with these EXACT vibes #AgathaChristie #MissMarple #ACaribbeanMystery

An impossibly glam series of photos depicting A Caribbean Mystery from Woman's Own

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 14/06/2026

Over at agathaillustrated on Insta I'm sharing the specially shot photos taken for Woman's Own's publication of A Caribbean Mystery, with Hilda Barry as Miss Marple and a host of 'Dr No'-ish characters and locations! #AgathaChristie #MissMarple #ACaribbeanMystery www.instagram.com/agathaillust...

Hilda Barry as Miss Marple in Woman's Own's publication of A Caribbean Mystery

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