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Mark Braxton 💙

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Radio Times journalist & fan of funny. Classic TV, music and pop-docs. Editor of Dad's Army at 50, and Monty Python at 50. Also on @braxtm.bsky.social

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Happy 50th birthday to The Rutles! Pre-fab four The Rutles were introduced to the world #OTD in 1976 when Rutland Weekend Television returned for a second series. It gave raise to a hilarious film written by @EricIdle with wonderful songs by Neil Innes. @RadioTimes #TheRutlesat50
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A shriek of outrage down the decades... Cathy Come Home, 10.15pm BBC Four.
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And a new RT feature with archive quotes from many of those who worked on the groundbreaking Wednesday Play. radiotimes.com/tv/drama/cath…
Cathy Come Home at 60: Inside the groundbreaking Ken Loach drama crowned best one-off-drama of all...

Cathy Come Home at 60: Inside the groundbreaking Ken Loach drama crowned best one-off-drama of all...

Cathy Come Home was first shown 60 years ago, but its stark message remains relevant today, says Ken Loach.

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Ken Loach Remembers... Cathy Come Home, tonight at 10pm on BBC Four. @RadioTimes
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Good Morning It was a cold walk this morning. Glittery frosty start Nicholas Hely Hutchinson begins our day with paintings I think suit the day English artist based in Dorset @helen_warlow #Art
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The Superstars was back for a new series starting #OTD 50 years ago. John Conteh, David Hemery, James Hunt, Gareth Edwards and Malcolm Macdonald were among the competitors. @RadioTimes
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The six-part drama series The Canal Children, by Brian Wright, began #OTD 50 years ago. @RadioTimes
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Richard Briers, Peter Jones and Carol Cleveland were among the stars of Oneupmanship #OTD 50 years ago. The @RadioTimes cover illustration was by Arthur Robins.
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"I am the starstruck, eternal romantic I am the gateway to the Atlantic..." Happy birthday to poet and broadcaster Roger McGough, pictured crossing the Mersey in Liverpool in 1981. Photo by Warwick Bedford for @RadioTimes
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Remembering Eric Thompson, born #OTD in 1929. The Magic Roundabout's writer and narrator was photographed with Florence and Dougal around 1968 by Don Smith for @RadioTimes.
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George Callaghan artist Goodness knows how many by him I’ve posted. Irish born and raised artist painting such evocative scenes @helen_warlow #Art
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Happy birthday to Nerys Hughes. Pictured with her Liver Birds co-star Elizabeth Estensen keeping warm while filming on location. Photo taken by @RadioTimes in 1976.
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"Here we come into town. Getting up, falling down!" The Goodies began #OTD in 1970. On the show's 50th anniversary I asked Graeme Garden about the sitcom that did anything, anywhere, any time: radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/goo… @RadioTimes
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Some crackers in tonight's compilation, 40 TV Theme Tunes at the BBC, at 8.15pm on @BBCTwo. @RadioTimes
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Some crackers in tonight's compilation, 40 TV Theme Tunes at the BBC, at 8.15pm on @BBCTwo. @RadioTimes
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You could Take a Ticket to... different parts of Britain with Play School and Play Away's Toni Arthur in a three-part series starting #OTD 50 years ago. Guests included trombonist George Chisholm and pianist/musical director Jonathan Cohen. @RadioTimes
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The kind of movie you have to see to believe. Experience Wildwood on the big screen, in theatres now. #Wildwood
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Thank you to TPTV, the home of Whistle Down the Wind! And to the @BFI for hosting a special, and very moving, screening in September, with all three of the Bostock kids answering audience questions...
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“It isn’t Jesus. It’s just a fella.” WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND (1961) 2:35pm #HayleyMills #AlanBates #BernardLee drama #TPTVsubtitles Directed by #BryanForbes
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TV fireworks! The Power of the Daleks: 60 today: radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doc…
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60 years ago, Patrick Troughton's first full Doctor Who story, The Power of the Daleks, aired! 💙⏳ A new Doctor, the return of the Daleks and the beginning of a whole new era! What's your favourite Second Doctor moment?
Radio Times graphic celebrating the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who story The Power of the Daleks, featuring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor. He has dark, bowl-cut hair and wears a dark jacket, leaning forward with his arms resting in front of him and a serious expression on his face. The TARDIS interior, with its distinctive circular wall panels, is visible behind him. Bold dark green text on white and lime-green boxes reads “The Power of the Daleks Turns 60!” The Radio Times RT logo appears in the top-left corner, with a mint-green-to-lime gradient banner along the bottom.

ALT Radio Times graphic celebrating the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who story The Power of the Daleks, featuring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor. He has dark, bowl-cut hair and wears a dark jacket, leaning forward with his arms resting in front of him and a serious expression on his face. The TARDIS interior, with its distinctive circular wall panels, is visible behind him. Bold dark green text on white and lime-green boxes reads “The Power of the Daleks Turns 60!” The Radio Times RT logo appears in the top-left corner, with a mint-green-to-lime gradient banner along the bottom.

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