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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Don’t forget The Protectors from TV Action. I’d be up for that but I very much doubt you’ll ever do it…

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most TV is just this now.

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This looks wonderful (as always) but what exactly is it and where is the material culled from?

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

And yet… and yet… the Grange Hill theme tune *was* on Thames in as much as it was also the theme to Give us a Clue. So you can almost make it make sense!

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The Protectors! Everything else has been done to death but The Protectors has always been overlooked…

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Take your point but these are more works of art than timepieces. I’ve resisted my partner’s idea of having 3 clocks next to each other until now because knowing that they would never be perfectly in sync would bug me. But I’ve decided that there are more important things to worry about!

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

What do you mean, I’ve got too many beautiful, retro TV ident clocks from @hiddenbritain.bsky.social?

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I know a fair bit about archive television but I'd never heard of the show which sits at number one on this list. Obviously, I'm desperate to watch it now. But predictably, all six episodes have been wiped so I can't. Bugger. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2026/07/1...

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Yes, the steelbook has now arrived. Thanks very much for intervening, Fred. Most kind of you. Very much looking forward to your book, by the way. I have the Tim Heald original so will be interested to see what you’ve done with it. Not long to wait now, hopefully!

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Probably more appreciated over there to be honest!

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A gag so good it was worth posting on Roobarbs almost simultaneously 😉

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Thanks Fred. Appreciate it.

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The only way I can get the steelbook right now is to cancel my order for the book. Which is just silly. Can’t be bothered with that palaver so will just wait. I’ve waited since before last Christmas so a bit longer won’t hurt. Seriously unimpressed with customer service though. FAB it is not.

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The only way I can get the steelbook right now is to cancel my order for your book. Which is pretty pathetic. Can’t be bothered with that palaver so will just wait. I’ve waited since before last Christmas so a bit longer won’t hurt. Seriously unimpressed with customer service though. FAB it is not.

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Already tried that last Christmas (!) and they told me to wait until the book was ready. Worth another try I suppose….

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Hi Fred. That’s fine; I totally get that there are sometimes delays in publishing and that those delays often mean a better product when it’s released. What annoys me is that because I ordered the Breakaway Steel-book at the same time, they won’t send me that until the book is ready. Very unhelpful.

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Mine arrived today. Have only had time for the most cursory of looks so far but my! What lovely treasures! Can’t wait to get stuck in. Thanks Jamie! 😊

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

You haven’t even sent me Breakaway and the Making Of book yet which I ordered (and paid for) last November! 8 months I’ve been waiting. 8 months!

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

What a difference a single letter can make. With the O at the end, Alberto is a sophisticated and stylish Italian hairdresser. Without the O, he sounds like a character in Coronation Street. #AlbertoBalsam

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Even the dog can’t believe that Laura Kuenssberg used this analogy with David Blunkett.

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Interesting choice of image to put front and centre on a reminder to renew your TV Licence. "Remember this terrible version of Doctor Who which tanked? Renew your licence fee and we promise not to make any more of it for a good year or two!"

TV Licence renewal advert with a very prominent photo of Ncuti Gatwa as Doctor Who. Which is no incentive to renew whatsoever.

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I know what you mean. It’s getting harder and harder to spot fakes.

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Of course it’s real! I wouldn’t have posted it otherwise. My missus took the photo.

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The leafy, expensive, well to do, Lib Dem voting London version! If Waitrose was a constituency, this would be it.

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It’s all kicking off in Richmond.

TGJones in Richmond. The name has been crossed out and replaced with WHSmith (its former name) by a disgruntled graffiti artist.

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Even though it’s not canonical, I’ve bought one anyway purely because I like it!

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"Richard Madeley Goes To Prison. No, hang on, Lynne. In Prison With Richard But Not Judy. Not the kind of bars she's interested in."

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Random. But any time this coming weekend until mid afternoon Sunday is probably good.

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Hello Ray! Long time no see. I’m well, thank you. Trust you are too. We’re overdue a catch up!

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

What did you find in the chazzers?

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Another random piece of archive TV ephemera has made its way into my collection: an original commercial break caption card from Jemima Shore Investigates (Thames, 1983).

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I always wondered why they cast David Neal as the Dad as I always found him rather sinister!

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Yes, me too, it was where I saw Flockton Flyer for the first time.

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

It was a nice little channel, that one. They had the Southern archive before Renown Pictures bought it.

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

@transdiffusion.org “the woman on the left is reading a Pan edition of "The Spirit and the Flesh" by David Weiss. That gives me a terminus post quem for the photo — 1965, the year it was published.” Similarly, the car bottom right was registered between August 1964 and July 1965!

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Got it - thanks. Still very recognisable even if the whole area looks a bit tawdry these days. Thanks so much for sharing these. It’s made me realise that I’d only ever seen that side view of the studios up to now!

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I see. So the same tree is just out of frame on the right of this shot?

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I can’t get my bearings between these two shots. Why is the big tree only visible in one of them?

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Oh please do! Not only are they gorgeous, they’re so rare, too! I’ve never seen some of these angles before and certainly not in colour…

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

My God, these photos of the studios are gorgeous. You must print them in a book or magazine!

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