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Sherbs @sherbet-dibdab.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2025

"The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – Now In Paperback! – Tim Worthington" Can't recommend Tim's writing & podcastery enough... timworthington.org/2025/10/23/the-g… #BBCChildrensShows #CheggersPlaysPop #RentaGhost

Front cover of the paperback:

A nostalgic look at Brilliant British Telly!

The Golden Age of Children's TV
1950 to 1990

TIM WORTHINGTON

"I Love this book" - Grace Dent

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Sherbs @sherbet-dibdab.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2025

If you remember the things nobody else seems to remember, you're in for a treat with Tim's site: "The Josie That Came Up Was Not The Josie That Went Down – Tim Worthington" […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

front page of a Josie and the Pussycats comic

THE FORCES OF EVIL SLEEP, LIKE DEADLY GASES
FROM THE DANK , ROTTING TIMBERS OF AN ANCIENT CASKET.
DEEP INTO THE INNOCENT HEART OF OUR GOOD FRIEND THEY FLOW, AND JOSIE BECOMES THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE ,
A SCREAMING, HATE -RIDDEN BANSHEE , A MONSTROUS MESSENGER , BENT ON DELIVERING --

VENGEANCE FROM THE CRYPT

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Sherbs @sherbet-dibdab.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2025

Being a former 80s schoolboy and childish now-man I've struggled with the naming of a key corporate coding tool as "git" and saying it out loud. Like if SQL was called "Prat" or something. But now I read that it was literally called that because the creator […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

origin of the version control tool git:"This word is widely used in the UK and often carries a humorous tone, though it can sometimes be seen as insulting.

In an interview, Linus explained why he chose this name:

“I’m an egotistical bastard, so I named it Git – because I am a git.”

It’s a rather direct statement. 😁

Of course, Linus meant it humorously, although “git” in British slang is indeed not a compliment.

The choice of name was also meant to highlight that this tool wasn’t the product of some large corporation but rather the work of one man unafraid to speak his mind.

In this way, Git from the beginning reflected the open and straightforward nature of the open-source community."

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Sherbs @sherbet-dibdab.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2024

The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – by Tim Worthington "Now, in The Golden Age of Children's TV, Tim Worthington brings back the joy of those times and the programmes we loved, sharing a deep-dive behind the scenes of key programmes, how they came about and […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

cover of the Golden Age of Children's TV by Tim Worthington. BBC Test Card F with the girl playing noughts and crosses with a toy clown is in the centre with greenish yellow haze in the background. The border lists various classics, Crackerjack, Captain Scarlet, Tiswas, Ivor the Engine, Grange Hill, Magpie and more

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Sherbs @sherbet-dibdab.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2024

@HollyGoDarkly @Legopolis please tell me it’s through trying to find the Alex Kingston-featuring Grange Hill episodes on Britbox! From an appreciative Verity and RFS listener

A sausage on a fork flies into a school dinner table seating, drawn in a stylised comic strip style. We are in the opening titles of the BBC school based drama Grange Hill

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Sherbs @sherbet-dibdab.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2024

Thta's my C****tmas list sorted - 'The Golden Age of Children's TV' by Tim Worthington @outonbluesix "..out in October - you can pre-order it at www.amazon.co.uk/Golden-Age- Childrens-TV/dp/1785306405" "It's an in-depth and frequently tongue-in-cheek […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

The cover of book 'The Golden Age Of Children's TV!' by TIM WORTHINGTON
Strapline: A Nostalgic Look at Brilliant British Telly! The BBC Test Card F image is shown with the iconic girl playing toy clown at noughts and crosses on a blackboard image at the centre. Round the brassy rectangular border of the cover page are the names of classic children's TV programmes such as 'ANDY PANDY, ANIMAL MAGIC, MAGPIE, IVOR THE ENGINE, HECTOR'S HOUSE, TISWAS, CLANGERS, CRACKERJACK(CRACKERJACK!)'
Text from Tim's Patreon reads: "Right, this is out on October - you can pre-order it at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Golden-Age- Childrens-TV/dp/1785306405 - and | thought | should let the Patreon crowd know about it first! It's an in-depth and frequently tongue-in-cheek history of ITV, BBC and Channel 4 children's programmes from the late fifties to the late eighties, featuring everything from Tiswas and Bagpuss to Everybody Here and Hey, It's My Birthday Too!, as well as the Test Card, Look-In, the BBC's Jigsaw' Continuity Slides and much much more - including birthday parties, 'space'- themed toys and the home computing boom. There are plenty of tie-ins planned - hopefully including a couple of Patreon exclusives - and I'll be posting a couple of extracts here too. Starting with... "

Title of new book "The Golden Age Of Children's TV - A Nostalgic Look at Brilliant British Telly!" The title type face is in gold brick lettering with a white border, against a diffuse turquoise, blue, yellow and green haze.

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Sherbs @sherbet-dibdab.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2024

Echoes of The Bunnymen – Preston, The Continental | #writewyattuk. check out latest post from Malc Wyatt's music interviews and features blog -- "l was going to start this post with, ‘I don’t usually do covers bands, but…" "..their set spread across four […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

silhouetted figures in the crowd look on to the shadowy figures of the band The Amber List as 'Echoes of the Bunnymen' on stage in blue light with spotlights shining outwards

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