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· Sep 12
We’re pleased to announce that Richard Marson’s long-awaited history of BBC Children’s TV will be published on November 17 in trade paperback and a collector’s hardback, limited to 300 copies.
Order Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children’s Television now from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com
Order Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children’s Television now from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com
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Getting started on this labour of love from @tobyhadoke.bsky.social and enjoying it immensely already. So much detail, and so well-written!
October 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Getting started on this labour of love from @tobyhadoke.bsky.social and enjoying it immensely already. So much detail, and so well-written!
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A long, long post on the novelisation Doctor Who The Revenge of the Cybermen by Terrance Dicks, the first to feature the bohemian Fourth Doctor: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/11/doct... #books #booksky #DoctorWho
Doctor Who The Revenge of the Cybermen, by Terrance Dicks
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November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A long, long post on the novelisation Doctor Who The Revenge of the Cybermen by Terrance Dicks, the first to feature the bohemian Fourth Doctor: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/11/doct... #books #booksky #DoctorWho
Our new book Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children's Television is out later this month. Here's author Richard Marson signing title pages for the limited edition hardback ahead of binding. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk/
November 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Our new book Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children's Television is out later this month. Here's author Richard Marson signing title pages for the limited edition hardback ahead of binding. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk/
Tickets for our BFI Southbank author event for Box of Delights are now on sale from tinyurl.com/9hwat82m. Hope to see you there!
Good news, our friends at London's BFI Southbank will be hosting an event with author Richard Marson on December 4 marking the release of our new book Box of Delights, with other special guests to be announced. Tickets go on sale next week at whatson.bfi.org.uk/
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Tickets for our BFI Southbank author event for Box of Delights are now on sale from tinyurl.com/9hwat82m. Hope to see you there!
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My copy of The Quatermass Experiment arrived yesterday, and so far it's a great and fascinating read. So much that I never knew about Kneale, the series, etc. Definitely worth getting hold of.
Some spooky reprints have appropriately arrived on Halloween. 🎃 The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic and Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene are back in stock and could be haunting your bookshelves. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk/
November 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
My copy of The Quatermass Experiment arrived yesterday, and so far it's a great and fascinating read. So much that I never knew about Kneale, the series, etc. Definitely worth getting hold of.
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NEW EP OUT WEDS 12 NOV! Featuring TV director, producer and former Blue Peter editor Richard Marson discussing the last-ever Rentaghost with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social, and his ace new book from @tenacrebooks.bsky.social, Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children's Television
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
NEW EP OUT WEDS 12 NOV! Featuring TV director, producer and former Blue Peter editor Richard Marson discussing the last-ever Rentaghost with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social, and his ace new book from @tenacrebooks.bsky.social, Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children's Television
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This really is the book I have been waiting for all my life
We're counting down to the release of our new book Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children's Television, Richard Marson's immersive 500-page history. Here's a first look at the full cover, illustrated by @gkw.bsky.social. Available in paperback and limited edition hardback from tenacrebooks.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This really is the book I have been waiting for all my life
We're counting down to the release of our new book Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children's Television, Richard Marson's immersive 500-page history. Here's a first look at the full cover, illustrated by @gkw.bsky.social. Available in paperback and limited edition hardback from tenacrebooks.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We're counting down to the release of our new book Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children's Television, Richard Marson's immersive 500-page history. Here's a first look at the full cover, illustrated by @gkw.bsky.social. Available in paperback and limited edition hardback from tenacrebooks.co.uk
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Good luck with that, whoniverse - if that even is your real name.
FYI Ama*** will not be stocking Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene. The book is freely available from source at cover price £14.99 plus postage (reprint next week), or from your bricks and mortar bookshop via Gardners distribution. Ta!
FYI Ama*** will not be stocking Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene. The book is freely available from source at cover price £14.99 plus postage (reprint next week), or from your bricks and mortar bookshop via Gardners distribution. Ta!
October 31, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Good luck with that, whoniverse - if that even is your real name.
FYI Ama*** will not be stocking Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene. The book is freely available from source at cover price £14.99 plus postage (reprint next week), or from your bricks and mortar bookshop via Gardners distribution. Ta!
FYI Ama*** will not be stocking Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene. The book is freely available from source at cover price £14.99 plus postage (reprint next week), or from your bricks and mortar bookshop via Gardners distribution. Ta!
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Richard Marson is the former editor of Blue Peter and author of several books, including Totally Tasteless: The Life of John-Nathan Turner and Biddy Baxter: The Woman Who Made Blue Peter, both published by Ten Acre. Box of Delights tells the story of three decades of BBC Children's Television.
October 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Richard Marson is the former editor of Blue Peter and author of several books, including Totally Tasteless: The Life of John-Nathan Turner and Biddy Baxter: The Woman Who Made Blue Peter, both published by Ten Acre. Box of Delights tells the story of three decades of BBC Children's Television.
Some spooky reprints have appropriately arrived on Halloween. 🎃 The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic and Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene are back in stock and could be haunting your bookshelves. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk/
October 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Some spooky reprints have appropriately arrived on Halloween. 🎃 The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic and Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene are back in stock and could be haunting your bookshelves. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk/
Good news, our friends at London's BFI Southbank will be hosting an event with author Richard Marson on December 4 marking the release of our new book Box of Delights, with other special guests to be announced. Tickets go on sale next week at whatson.bfi.org.uk/
October 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Good news, our friends at London's BFI Southbank will be hosting an event with author Richard Marson on December 4 marking the release of our new book Box of Delights, with other special guests to be announced. Tickets go on sale next week at whatson.bfi.org.uk/
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This is a wonderful book for any fans of the McCoy era. Buy it now, buy it often.
❓Relive the ice-hot era of the seventh Doctor with Script Doctor, script editor Andrew Cartmel's insider memoir of classic Doctor Who's final years. Available now from tenacrebooks.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This is a wonderful book for any fans of the McCoy era. Buy it now, buy it often.
❓Relive the ice-hot era of the seventh Doctor with Script Doctor, script editor Andrew Cartmel's insider memoir of classic Doctor Who's final years. Available now from tenacrebooks.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
❓Relive the ice-hot era of the seventh Doctor with Script Doctor, script editor Andrew Cartmel's insider memoir of classic Doctor Who's final years. Available now from tenacrebooks.co.uk
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Thrilled that @marklewisohn.bsky.social has contributed this passionate, personal post to the CST series against the recent BBC Written Archives policy shifts. His cri de couer is directed squarely at those who came up with the changes. Please read and share widely.
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DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
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October 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Thrilled that @marklewisohn.bsky.social has contributed this passionate, personal post to the CST series against the recent BBC Written Archives policy shifts. His cri de couer is directed squarely at those who came up with the changes. Please read and share widely.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
cstonline.net/defending-th...
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First half of a long, long plunge into the depths of the book Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster by Terrance Dicks, expertly timed to coincide with the release of the new Season 13 Blu-ray boxset: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/10/doct... #DoctorWho #Nessie #Booksky
Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster, by Terrance Dicks — I
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October 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
First half of a long, long plunge into the depths of the book Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster by Terrance Dicks, expertly timed to coincide with the release of the new Season 13 Blu-ray boxset: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/10/doct... #DoctorWho #Nessie #Booksky
Happy birthday to Blue Peter, first broadcast on this day in 1958. Read about the show's history and key figures in The Blue Peter Diaries, an insider account of its 1990s renaissance, and our intimate biography of its longtime Editor, Biddy Baxter. Available now from tenacrebooks.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Happy birthday to Blue Peter, first broadcast on this day in 1958. Read about the show's history and key figures in The Blue Peter Diaries, an insider account of its 1990s renaissance, and our intimate biography of its longtime Editor, Biddy Baxter. Available now from tenacrebooks.co.uk
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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...
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An epic, this one. The Doctor Who Monster Book by Terrance Dicks, in excruciating detail. 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
The Doctor Who Monster Book, by Terrance Dicks
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October 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
An epic, this one. The Doctor Who Monster Book by Terrance Dicks, in excruciating detail. 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
Get in the mood for spooky season and darkening nights with The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic, an in-depth history bringing Nigel Kneale's seminal lost horror thriller back to life. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Get in the mood for spooky season and darkening nights with The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic, an in-depth history bringing Nigel Kneale's seminal lost horror thriller back to life. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk
The latest printing of David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television is almost sold out but more are on the way. An in-depth biography of Doctor Who’s first script editor by @0tralala.bsky.social, shining new light on an enigmatic personality. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk.
October 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The latest printing of David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television is almost sold out but more are on the way. An in-depth biography of Doctor Who’s first script editor by @0tralala.bsky.social, shining new light on an enigmatic personality. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk.
GASP.
Bit rough and ready, and I need to graft in bits of an interview I conducted, but draft done of the first chapter of Written by Terrance Dicks. Now to celebrate by doing the washing up.
October 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
GASP.
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OMG Omega!, and other learned thoughts on the novelisation Doctor Who - The Three Doctors by Terrance Dicks 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/10/doct...
Doctor Who — The Three Doctors, by Terrance Dicks
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October 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
OMG Omega!, and other learned thoughts on the novelisation Doctor Who - The Three Doctors by Terrance Dicks 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/10/doct...
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Delighted to be chipping in at Hartlepool Folk Festival this weekend, assuming Storm Amy doesn't blow me off course. It's their 10th year and my 1st. Join me on Saturday for a Penda's Fen screening and Q&A, and on Sunday for Ivor Cutler: This and That. Books for sale! www.hartlepoolfolkfest.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Delighted to be chipping in at Hartlepool Folk Festival this weekend, assuming Storm Amy doesn't blow me off course. It's their 10th year and my 1st. Join me on Saturday for a Penda's Fen screening and Q&A, and on Sunday for Ivor Cutler: This and That. Books for sale! www.hartlepoolfolkfest.co.uk
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Independent bookshops will earn 100% of the profit from sales, and ebooks will be priced the same as they are on Amazon.
‘A tool in the fight against Amazon’: independent bookshops to begin selling ebooks
A new platform will be an alternative to Kindle, and bookshops will earn 100% of the profit from sales
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October 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Independent bookshops will earn 100% of the profit from sales, and ebooks will be priced the same as they are on Amazon.