Mark Braxton
@braxtm.bsky.social
Journalist, nostalgist, outdoorsist. Classic and current telly, archive posts. Radio Times writer, from Doctor Who to Detectorists and beyond.
The Porridge episode No Peace for the Wicked was shown for the first time #OTD 50 years ago. @radiotimes.bsky.social photographer Don Smith was at Ealing Studios for the filmed sequences. Behind Ronnie Barker you can see Fulton Mackay, plus Barbara New and Ivor Roberts playing Home Office visitors.
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Porridge episode No Peace for the Wicked was shown for the first time #OTD 50 years ago. @radiotimes.bsky.social photographer Don Smith was at Ealing Studios for the filmed sequences. Behind Ronnie Barker you can see Fulton Mackay, plus Barbara New and Ivor Roberts playing Home Office visitors.
I've had a chat with Jools Holland about meeting his heroes, near misses, and a time and place in TV that doesn't exist any more: radiotimes.com/tv/entertain... His fantastic 1985 documentary Walking to New Orleans is showing again this Sunday from 9.30pm on BBC Four. @radiotimes.bsky.social
Jools Holland on walking back to New Orleans, breaking down barriers and one very big bang
The pianist and presenter recalls his explosive 1985 documentary, a time in television that no longer exists – and meeting his musical heroes.
radiotimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I've had a chat with Jools Holland about meeting his heroes, near misses, and a time and place in TV that doesn't exist any more: radiotimes.com/tv/entertain... His fantastic 1985 documentary Walking to New Orleans is showing again this Sunday from 9.30pm on BBC Four. @radiotimes.bsky.social
The documentary Richard Burton: Wild Genius is the @radiotimes.bsky.social Pick of the Day, tonight at 9pm on BBC Two.
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The documentary Richard Burton: Wild Genius is the @radiotimes.bsky.social Pick of the Day, tonight at 9pm on BBC Two.
Remembering June Whitfield, who would have been 100 today. Pictured with her Happy Ever After co-star Terry Scott on 2 April 1974 by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Remembering June Whitfield, who would have been 100 today. Pictured with her Happy Ever After co-star Terry Scott on 2 April 1974 by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social
Tom Conti and Barbara Kellerman are guests on a 1978 edition of Call My Bluff, tonight at 9pm on BBC Four. Photo taken by Jeremy Grayson for @radiotimes.bsky.social on the set of The Glittering Prizes.
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Tom Conti and Barbara Kellerman are guests on a 1978 edition of Call My Bluff, tonight at 9pm on BBC Four. Photo taken by Jeremy Grayson for @radiotimes.bsky.social on the set of The Glittering Prizes.
Reposted by Mark Braxton
Spring in the Weald of Kent by the Kentish artist Rowland Hilder
I love everything about it. The blossom on the trees, the long gone Elm trees, the horse and cart slowly moving through a hedgerow lined lane, the Oasts
I love everything about it. The blossom on the trees, the long gone Elm trees, the horse and cart slowly moving through a hedgerow lined lane, the Oasts
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Spring in the Weald of Kent by the Kentish artist Rowland Hilder
I love everything about it. The blossom on the trees, the long gone Elm trees, the horse and cart slowly moving through a hedgerow lined lane, the Oasts
I love everything about it. The blossom on the trees, the long gone Elm trees, the horse and cart slowly moving through a hedgerow lined lane, the Oasts
Remembering Eric Thompson, born #OTD in 1929, who wrote and narrated The Magic Roundabout. Photographed, with daughters Emma and Sophie plus Dougal and Florence, by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social...
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Remembering Eric Thompson, born #OTD in 1929, who wrote and narrated The Magic Roundabout. Photographed, with daughters Emma and Sophie plus Dougal and Florence, by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social...
Looking back...
The Goodies began #OTD 55 years ago.
Photo taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.
The Goodies began #OTD 55 years ago.
Photo taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Looking back...
The Goodies began #OTD 55 years ago.
Photo taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.
The Goodies began #OTD 55 years ago.
Photo taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.
Portrait of a great. Anthony Hopkins: Talking Pictures is tonight at 8.20pm on BBC Four. Photos taken on 7 September 1970 by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Portrait of a great. Anthony Hopkins: Talking Pictures is tonight at 8.20pm on BBC Four. Photos taken on 7 September 1970 by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social
Monumental...
Edge of Darkness, 40 today...
Photo of Bob Peck by Andrea Cringean for @radiotimes.bsky.social
Edge of Darkness, 40 today...
Photo of Bob Peck by Andrea Cringean for @radiotimes.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Monumental...
Edge of Darkness, 40 today...
Photo of Bob Peck by Andrea Cringean for @radiotimes.bsky.social
Edge of Darkness, 40 today...
Photo of Bob Peck by Andrea Cringean for @radiotimes.bsky.social
Scuddy clouds over Nelson.
November 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Scuddy clouds over Nelson.
Go behind the scenes of a TV masterpiece with
@radiotimes.bsky.social and actor Ian "Harcourt" McNeice: radiotimes.com/tv/drama/edg... And you can watch Edge of Darkness on BBC Four tonight, introduced by McNeice at 9pm.
@radiotimes.bsky.social and actor Ian "Harcourt" McNeice: radiotimes.com/tv/drama/edg... And you can watch Edge of Darkness on BBC Four tonight, introduced by McNeice at 9pm.
November 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Go behind the scenes of a TV masterpiece with
@radiotimes.bsky.social and actor Ian "Harcourt" McNeice: radiotimes.com/tv/drama/edg... And you can watch Edge of Darkness on BBC Four tonight, introduced by McNeice at 9pm.
@radiotimes.bsky.social and actor Ian "Harcourt" McNeice: radiotimes.com/tv/drama/edg... And you can watch Edge of Darkness on BBC Four tonight, introduced by McNeice at 9pm.
Back to the brink... @radiotimes.bsky.social digs deep into the TV masterpiece that is Edge of Darkness, on its 40th anniversary, with rare photos and a special interview with actor Ian McNeice... www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/edg...
Back to the Edge: The inside story, with rare RT photos, of one of the greatest TV dramas of them all
Actor Ian McNeice digs deep into Edge of Darkness – 40 years old but still hailed by critics and viewers as a masterpiece – and Radio Times celebrates by mining its picture archive.
www.radiotimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Back to the brink... @radiotimes.bsky.social digs deep into the TV masterpiece that is Edge of Darkness, on its 40th anniversary, with rare photos and a special interview with actor Ian McNeice... www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/edg...
Fountain of Love in the low autumn sun.
October 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Fountain of Love in the low autumn sun.
Thank you to the whole team that made the Season 13 Collection of #DoctorWho. It's a Tardis of magical contents: glorious stories, warm memories and empathetic documentaries about the people, like Ian Marter, who mean so much to fans. It's a lovely thing. B&W photo @radiotimes.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Thank you to the whole team that made the Season 13 Collection of #DoctorWho. It's a Tardis of magical contents: glorious stories, warm memories and empathetic documentaries about the people, like Ian Marter, who mean so much to fans. It's a lovely thing. B&W photo @radiotimes.bsky.social
"I'm doing it! I'm doing it now!"
Mr Moose was up... in the Fawlty Towers episode The Germans, which first aired #OTD 50 years ago. Photographer Don Smith of @radiotimes.bsky.social was on set to capture the chaos. #Fawltyat50.
Mr Moose was up... in the Fawlty Towers episode The Germans, which first aired #OTD 50 years ago. Photographer Don Smith of @radiotimes.bsky.social was on set to capture the chaos. #Fawltyat50.
October 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"I'm doing it! I'm doing it now!"
Mr Moose was up... in the Fawlty Towers episode The Germans, which first aired #OTD 50 years ago. Photographer Don Smith of @radiotimes.bsky.social was on set to capture the chaos. #Fawltyat50.
Mr Moose was up... in the Fawlty Towers episode The Germans, which first aired #OTD 50 years ago. Photographer Don Smith of @radiotimes.bsky.social was on set to capture the chaos. #Fawltyat50.
For many, the greatest TV drama of all time...
BBC Four confirms a repeat screening of Edge of Darkness, introduced by Ian "Harcourt" McNeice, on Saturday 1 November. @radiotimes.bsky.social will pay its own tribute...
BBC Four confirms a repeat screening of Edge of Darkness, introduced by Ian "Harcourt" McNeice, on Saturday 1 November. @radiotimes.bsky.social will pay its own tribute...
October 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
For many, the greatest TV drama of all time...
BBC Four confirms a repeat screening of Edge of Darkness, introduced by Ian "Harcourt" McNeice, on Saturday 1 November. @radiotimes.bsky.social will pay its own tribute...
BBC Four confirms a repeat screening of Edge of Darkness, introduced by Ian "Harcourt" McNeice, on Saturday 1 November. @radiotimes.bsky.social will pay its own tribute...
Diamond Dog.
Happy 60th to Dougal and The Magic Roundabout! Our @radiotimes.bsky.social celebration is here:
www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/mag...
Happy 60th to Dougal and The Magic Roundabout! Our @radiotimes.bsky.social celebration is here:
www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/mag...
October 18, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Diamond Dog.
Happy 60th to Dougal and The Magic Roundabout! Our @radiotimes.bsky.social celebration is here:
www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/mag...
Happy 60th to Dougal and The Magic Roundabout! Our @radiotimes.bsky.social celebration is here:
www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/mag...
Comedy gold.
This scene is 50 years old today.
This scene is 50 years old today.
October 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Comedy gold.
This scene is 50 years old today.
This scene is 50 years old today.
Remembering the brilliant Tony Hart, who would have been 100 today. He encouraged so many of us to paint and draw. Photographed for @radiotimes.bsky.social in December 1976.
October 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Remembering the brilliant Tony Hart, who would have been 100 today. He encouraged so many of us to paint and draw. Photographed for @radiotimes.bsky.social in December 1976.
Who put the magic into The Magic Roundabout? Find out in
@radiotimes.bsky.social's 60th birthday celebration of a children's classic... radiotimes.com/tv/drama/mag... #TheMagicRoundabout #TheHerbs #TheWombles #Paddington #PostmanPat
@radiotimes.bsky.social's 60th birthday celebration of a children's classic... radiotimes.com/tv/drama/mag... #TheMagicRoundabout #TheHerbs #TheWombles #Paddington #PostmanPat
October 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Who put the magic into The Magic Roundabout? Find out in
@radiotimes.bsky.social's 60th birthday celebration of a children's classic... radiotimes.com/tv/drama/mag... #TheMagicRoundabout #TheHerbs #TheWombles #Paddington #PostmanPat
@radiotimes.bsky.social's 60th birthday celebration of a children's classic... radiotimes.com/tv/drama/mag... #TheMagicRoundabout #TheHerbs #TheWombles #Paddington #PostmanPat
Here's the @radiotimes.bsky.social article on the book...
October 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Here's the @radiotimes.bsky.social article on the book...