Jon Dear
@accordingtojond.bsky.social
Writer on archive TV and film. Currently working on a book about the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas. Produced The Quatermass Experiment (2023) and Children of The Stone Tape (2024). Podcasts on Nigel Kneale and Giallo.
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A Birmingham Ghost Story + Peter Harness Q&A | Midlands Arts Centre
The BBC became well known in the 70s for producing popular anthology series Ghost Stories For Christmas, but Birmingham’s Pebble Mill had its own anthology
macbirmingham.co.uk
Next Sunday. Screening an ultra rare BBC Christmas ghost story and celebrating the 20th anniversary of the superb A View from a Hill, plus a chat with its writer, Peter Harness.
Details and tickets:
Details and tickets:
Looking forward to catching @bronteschiltz.bsky.social’s @miskatonicihs.bsky.social event tomorrow at The Horse Hospital.
Televisual Gothic: Mediation, Manipulation and Exploitation in British Broadcasting (London) - The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies
Tracing seventy years of Gothic drama, this talk reveals how British television has both embodied and critiqued its own capacity for horror.
miskatonicinstitute.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Looking forward to catching @bronteschiltz.bsky.social’s @miskatonicihs.bsky.social event tomorrow at The Horse Hospital.
Highly recommended. These are both excellent books. I’m struggling to think of a collection of stories that so consistently unnerved me.
I've got a fresh batch of paperbacks in if anyone wants to buy directly from me for Christmas. Same deal as back in July: £13 each, or both for £25, including UK postage.
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A rare chance to buy books direct from me
I’ve got a limited supply of paperback copies of both Municipal Gothic and Intervals of Darkness ready to ship to anyone in the UK who wants to buy one. They’re £13 each including delivery in the U…
precastreinforced.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Highly recommended. These are both excellent books. I’m struggling to think of a collection of stories that so consistently unnerved me.
“I should dearly like to see you Count Magnus.”
Somerset church tomb collapse exposes 1700s stone crypt
The church says it is currently unclear whether the collapse has damaged any surrounding graves.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“I should dearly like to see you Count Magnus.”
Next Sunday. Screening an ultra rare BBC Christmas ghost story and celebrating the 20th anniversary of the superb A View from a Hill, plus a chat with its writer, Peter Harness.
Details and tickets:
Details and tickets:
A Birmingham Ghost Story + Peter Harness Q&A | Midlands Arts Centre
The BBC became well known in the 70s for producing popular anthology series Ghost Stories For Christmas, but Birmingham’s Pebble Mill had its own anthology
macbirmingham.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Next Sunday. Screening an ultra rare BBC Christmas ghost story and celebrating the 20th anniversary of the superb A View from a Hill, plus a chat with its writer, Peter Harness.
Details and tickets:
Details and tickets:
This is giving strong ‘Julian Sands in Arachnophobia’ vibes. Never going to criticise his death scene again.
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This is giving strong ‘Julian Sands in Arachnophobia’ vibes. Never going to criticise his death scene again.
To celebrate Hammer’s birthday why not enter this competition to win a big stash of Quatermass goodies.
Celebrate Hammer’s birthday with a chance to win a Quatermass bundle
Enter now to win the ultimate Quatermass Bundle.
hammerfilms.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
To celebrate Hammer’s birthday why not enter this competition to win a big stash of Quatermass goodies.
Yeah, bollocks. I’d LOVE a bit of The Space Pirates, especially Episode 5 so we can see Dom Issigri.
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Yeah, bollocks. I’d LOVE a bit of The Space Pirates, especially Episode 5 so we can see Dom Issigri.
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The greatest moment in broadcast television history.
February 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The greatest moment in broadcast television history.
Looks like I have two spare for Blake’s 7 at the BFI tomorrow.
RT or HMU
RT or HMU
November 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Looks like I have two spare for Blake’s 7 at the BFI tomorrow.
RT or HMU
RT or HMU
Will be at The Horse Hospital for this. Can't wait!
+ HIDDEN BRITAIN // LIVE DATES +
As well as my three shows with 'The Balloonist', I'll also be bringing my AV ghost story project 'Wren's Nest' to Whitby in a few weeks as part of the 'Switched On Festival'. Hope to see some of you at these forthcoming dates.
+ More TBA & ticket links in the bio +
As well as my three shows with 'The Balloonist', I'll also be bringing my AV ghost story project 'Wren's Nest' to Whitby in a few weeks as part of the 'Switched On Festival'. Hope to see some of you at these forthcoming dates.
+ More TBA & ticket links in the bio +
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Will be at The Horse Hospital for this. Can't wait!
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R.I.P. Pauline Collins, 1940-2025.
November 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
R.I.P. Pauline Collins, 1940-2025.
Brilliant news!
***ANNOUNCEMENT***
Coming on February 23rd on Blu-ray in the UK from #BFI: #Strongroom (1962)!
Taut as a drum, Vernon Sewell’s suspense thriller is an outstanding example of the lean British ‘B’ film. A carefully planned heist on a suburban bank goes awry when the gang of three small-time
Coming on February 23rd on Blu-ray in the UK from #BFI: #Strongroom (1962)!
Taut as a drum, Vernon Sewell’s suspense thriller is an outstanding example of the lean British ‘B’ film. A carefully planned heist on a suburban bank goes awry when the gang of three small-time
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Brilliant news!
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BBC News, the finest in the world.
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
BBC News, the finest in the world.
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On the 16th I’ll hosting a Q&A with writer Peter Harness alongside a screening of his 2005 adaptation of A View from A Hill.
Before that I’ll be introducing an ultra rare screening of Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Poe’s Imp of the Perverse starring Michael Kitchen & Lalla Ward.
Details:
Before that I’ll be introducing an ultra rare screening of Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Poe’s Imp of the Perverse starring Michael Kitchen & Lalla Ward.
Details:
A Birmingham Ghost Story + Peter Harness Q&A | Midlands Arts Centre
The BBC became well known in the 70s for producing popular anthology series Ghost Stories For Christmas, but Birmingham’s Pebble Mill had its own anthology
macbirmingham.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
On the 16th I’ll hosting a Q&A with writer Peter Harness alongside a screening of his 2005 adaptation of A View from A Hill.
Before that I’ll be introducing an ultra rare screening of Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Poe’s Imp of the Perverse starring Michael Kitchen & Lalla Ward.
Details:
Before that I’ll be introducing an ultra rare screening of Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Poe’s Imp of the Perverse starring Michael Kitchen & Lalla Ward.
Details:
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME YOU USELESS NORTHERN LINE CUNTS?
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME YOU USELESS NORTHERN LINE CUNTS?
On the 16th I’ll hosting a Q&A with writer Peter Harness alongside a screening of his 2005 adaptation of A View from A Hill.
Before that I’ll be introducing an ultra rare screening of Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Poe’s Imp of the Perverse starring Michael Kitchen & Lalla Ward.
Details:
Before that I’ll be introducing an ultra rare screening of Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Poe’s Imp of the Perverse starring Michael Kitchen & Lalla Ward.
Details:
A Birmingham Ghost Story + Peter Harness Q&A | Midlands Arts Centre
The BBC became well known in the 70s for producing popular anthology series Ghost Stories For Christmas, but Birmingham’s Pebble Mill had its own anthology
macbirmingham.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
On the 16th I’ll hosting a Q&A with writer Peter Harness alongside a screening of his 2005 adaptation of A View from A Hill.
Before that I’ll be introducing an ultra rare screening of Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Poe’s Imp of the Perverse starring Michael Kitchen & Lalla Ward.
Details:
Before that I’ll be introducing an ultra rare screening of Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Poe’s Imp of the Perverse starring Michael Kitchen & Lalla Ward.
Details:
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If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!
November 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!