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Did You See? @tvdidyousee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#OnThisDay 4 October 1997 The BBC1 globe takes the form of a hot air balloon for the first time as the latest branding is unveiled to viewers. This clip compares continuity from the 3rd and 4th October, with the old and the new styles.

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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Every mission in the Traitors is either: 1. Scavenger hunt 2. Kayaking 3. Stanford Prison experiment

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Replacing television and film with Whatever All This Is has gone so well. The bright future that the disrupters came up with (a version of having a very big hard drive of indifferent content you can’t navigate and don’t value) has worked about as well as it did for music. We’re all so much poorer.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18/09/2026

What on earth is happening?

This had become the new normal. RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised, recognised for TV interviews he had done.

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right.

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Dismayed they haven't made the robot dog obligatory, I've got to be honest. www.bbc.co.uk/commissionin...

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New opportunity: Doctor Who invitation to tender

Deadline for initial submissions: 2 October

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James Cooray Smith @ Midday Matinées / Psychic Paper @cooraysmith.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

buttondown.com/cooray_smith... I've had what might be a new, and possibly even significant, thought about Doctor Who's late 1980s cancellation. This is a free subscribers e-mail, and free to read on the site too, but if you agree, why not become a paid subscriber? Or indeed, even if you don't.

Sophie Aldred, a young white woman, is trapped in a water tank. Don't worry, she got out.

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I had this as a MASSIVE jigsaw. Probably rotted in a cupboard by now but I'll check when I can, worth tackling again.

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Mum and very young daughter paying at this café. Daughter holds up card, barista asks, "Aww, are you paying for your mum today?" And I'm sorry, but that woman is the biggest cheapskate. Her kid is like six, she cannot possibly be earning.

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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I and the Village by Marc Chagall, 1923 botfrens.com/collections/212/conten…

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This remains a career/life highlight.

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This era in british broadcasting: Sky buying ITV. Channel 5 being bought by Paramount. BBC making £500m of cuts. and now C4 making biggest workforce cuts in its history. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...

theguardian.com

Channel 4 to axe about 300 jobs in biggest layoffs in its history

Exclusive: Staff expect ‘brutal’ cutbacks as broadcaster seeks to reduce costs amid advertising slowdown

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Getting to say a proper thank you to these three was a highlight of #Whooverville

Sitting in a row, L-R: Brian Hodgson, Peter Howell and Paddy Kingsland of the BBC Radiophonic Wokshop (and Doctor Who).

Standing behind them: me, beaming.

This is a printed photo, signed by everyone in it except me.

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Mark John @markjohn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Bikers vs Dalek #Whooverville

Dalek harassing biker chapter outside Whooverville convention

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Seen on Facebook: someone got their copy of The Dinosaur Invasion signed by Matt Haig! What a coup!

The title page of the children's novel Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion, apparently signed by the author Malcolm Hulke. However, being a signature, only the initials of M and H are beyond ddispute, the remaining letters rendered ambiguous by the quirks of handwriting, hence my rather amusing joke.

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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Farewell to Yayoi Kusama and thanks for all the fun art.

Infinity mirror room filled with yellow orange pumpkin sculptures with me in the one space to stand.

Infinity mirror room filled with balls that have colourful lit polka dots.

Giant spotty flower sculpture out in a dark rainy gallery courtyard. Red leaves of a real tree next to it have a light shining through them.

Giant yellow pumpkin sculpture with black dots in the middle of Hyde Park.

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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The first BBC repeat since NINETEEN SEVENTY-FIVE. Which is just mad.

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Usain Bolt can stop, though.

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donni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

When I read posts I feel confused and unsettled but when I read a book I feel calm enjoyment. Ah well, time to read several hundred posts

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

You know when you try to get out of someone's way, only for them to try getting out of your way, so you move back, only for them to move back, and so on? I think I just became a small boy's first ever experience of that.

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

That first high shot gets me every time. What a beautiful building.

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It was so exciting on Monday night to spot this outfit and realise what must be coming. I only got the first two right though. Not cool 😓

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Wangle-BOO-ry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I love her. My people <3

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Big Finish Insider @bigfinish.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

RETRIEVED FROM THE VORTEX! 🌀 The Radio Times 10th and 20th Anniversary Specials are returning to print as hardback books. Click bgfn.sh/rt1020 to read more and pre-order these essential Doctor Who publications.

Two Radio Times magazine covers celebrating the 10th and 20th anniversary of Doctor Who, within a colourful vortex.

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

*Man puts his hand up at a movie Q&A* MAN: Hi yeah, this is more of a wank than a question

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Wondering if tonight's government alert ruined more good Edinburgh shows or rescued more bad ones.

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Ms. Deathwish #Exist2Resist @msdeathwish.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hey I need some help from my trans buddies, preferably those with knowledge of trans masc plus size clothing. My son is REALLY struggling to find cool and comfortable stuff that fits him and its making him feel awful about himself. Any recommendations (budget is an issue) would rock so much.

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Sick of hearing people droning on that ADHD is a social construct when everyone knows it's caused by vaccines

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Peter Fleming's eclipse advice: "Never look directly at the Sun. Always filter it through a telescope." shows.acast.com/into-the-arc...

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2.5. Stargazing | Into the Archives with Peter Fleming

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

True fans would bury themselves alive in Dobby's grave #justsaying

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Michael J Dolan @michaeljdolan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

They're telling me it's Bandcamp Friday so if you're in the market for some more-than-a-decade-old stand up albums NOW IS THE TIME.

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Antiques For Geeks @antiquesforgeeks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

If haven’t fallen in love with “Sky Theme from Floating Mr. McAllister” then now would be a good time. It’s the epitome of a sunny day in the park, the grass scorched, waiting to be save by the rain, a blanket laid out for you to lie down with your favourite book in your hand. Well, to me anyway.

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Happy Bandcamp Friday! Work continues on the long overdue next series of my lost-Who-adjacent comedy podcast. Why not pass the time with the Radiophonic-inspired soundtrack I made in lockdown from my recycling? peterflemingtv.bandcamp.com

peterflemingtv.bandcamp.com

Peter Fleming

BBC children's television pioneer, searching for his legendary lost programmes. Host of the 'Into the Archives' podcast and co-creator of some of the finest TV theme tunes known to man.

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🎃 Smersh Pod 🎃 @smershpod.com · 05/08/2026

SMERSH HITS: SPIDER-MAN shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...

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SMERSH HITS: SPIDER-MAN | Smersh Pod

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

My manifesto for Doctor Who: 1) Dr Who is played by a MALE baby 2) Travels exclusively with widows 3) TARDIS sound is a trombone 4) Chuck a few out a year, keep it special 5) A sailor per series

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Tap dancing but with clown horns instead of shoes

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I mark myself out from the crowd by pronouncing the Rebel in Rebel Wilson as the verb.

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Nicholas Pegg @nicholaspegg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

What a sad day. Raising a glass to that very fine actor Tom Chadbon, who graced every franchise from James Bond to Blake’s 7 to Game of Thrones, and whose brilliant comic turn as Duggan, the out-of-his-depth private detective in the 1979 Doctor Who classic City of Death, is the stuff of TV legend.

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Jessyka @jess-tctnd.tardis.team · 27/07/2026

Bye bye, Duggan... One of the best companions that never was. This scene hits differently now...

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I'm absolutely devastated for colleagues at Jodrell Bank who found out this morning that funding for the UK's e-MERLIN radio telescope array will be terminated. This is a short-sighted move, to save a tiny fraction of the overall UK science budget. #SaveJodrellBank 🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Hey you! Want to spend 15 mins seeing what telly was like almost exactly 60 years ago? Includes! Previously missing ‘Hancock’s’ [no actual Tony Hancock, but still] Adverts! Including a woman who does NOT have dandruff! And MISSING ALAN BENNETT - FOUND! discover.york.ac.uk/collections/...

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Galton And Simpson Archive

Explore Galton And Simpson Archive in the Discover York Digital Library — high-resolution images served via IIIF.

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Ach, you know what? Why not. Here’s Alan Bennett’s closing monologue from ‘On the Margin’, missing for nearly 60 years, and found on a Sony CV2000 tape in the Galton and Simpson archive You, dear viewer, are one of the few people ever to have seen this. Enjoy! discover.york.ac.uk/collections/...

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Thank goodness quiz Mondays are back on BBC2.

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Dudley Moore Trio Found Film is Fabulous have catalogued the films within 2 private collections. During the examination of one 400ft reel, a scene from a missing BBC ep was discovered. It featured ‘The Dudley Moore Trio’, on the show: This is Petula Clark Broadcast: 19th Dec 67

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