Some rogue Time Lord appears to have landed their TARDIS in the post room at work.

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HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right

#OTD - 2nd December 1953 The BBC Television Service introduced the Bat Wings ident, designed by Abraham Games, after two years of development. Games was paid 200 guineas for the design, 70 guineas for an on-screen clock, and a 15 guineas retainer.

At Caversham again today, working on my next BBC History piece - for a certain 30th anniversary coming up next month...

Giving this another post in case anyone fancies watching it this weekend - The Story of Whirligig, a 20-minute mini-documentary telling the story of one of BBC Television's first long-running, well-known children's programmes...

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Giving this another post in case anyone fancies watching it this weekend - The Story of Whirligig, a 20-minute mini-documentary telling the story of one of BBC Television's first long-running, well-known children's programmes...

Brand new on Dirty Feed: what happens when The Dick Van Dyke Show starts questioning its own worth. Spoiler: it decides it’s pretty good, actually. www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/11/i-do...

An enlightening account of children's entertainment of yore, as Paul Hayes reveals much hitherto obscure about 1950s BBC series Whirligig: www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthe...

I'm also very pleased to hear about Paul's forthcoming book When Saturday Came. My pre-order will be in like a shot once it appears on the Telos Publishing site.

This is a terrific and illuminating watch. I knew virtually nothing about Whirligig and now I can whistle the theme tune. Really great archaeology as usual from Paul.

I've done a little bit for this one. Out next week!

@tobyhadoke.bsky.social Look what's on at the pictures!

Crashed Martian spacecraft from five million years ago...?

Great stuff here - a fascinating story, entertainingly told.

Paul's work on Whirligig is part of a larger project to uncover the early years of Saturday afternoon television and the first BBC TV Children's Department:

Shows like Whirligig seemed lost to ancient history even when people wistfully mentioned them in the eighties, so it's always a thrill to watch a documentary that makes them feel just that bit closer to the world as we still know it now. Hugely entertaining. Plus Stranger From Space content!

An article, a video, and a new book announcement! My latest blog entry, announcing the publication next year of my new book When Saturday Came and talking about some related bits and pieces.

This is amazing!

A must-watch documentary for anyone interested in the history of children's television programmes, with 'Whirligig' being one of the first. Written and narrated by my friend Paul Hayes.

Exactly 75 years ago, BBC Television had just begun regular broadcasting at Saturday teatimes, with the opening episode of Whirligig at 5pm. We all know what happened 13 years later - but how does this story begin...? Here's my first ever YouTube TV history video - The Story of Whirligig:

Some lunchtime reading - happy 75th anniversary to Whirligig! The observant may have noticed that a fortnight ago I wrote a piece about what the BBC were showing on November 11 1950. I am not going to keep doing every two weeks' Saturdays, I promise! www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthe...

Exactly 75 years ago today, BBC Television began regular broadcasting at Saturday teatimes with the very first episode of Whirligig, one of its first well-known, long-running children’s shows. To mark the occasion, I’ve written a feature for the BBC website. But if you’d like to know more… (1/3)

Brand new on Dirty Feed: just how reliable are Bob Monkhouse's memories of The Golden Shot? www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/11/poor...

Great stuff. Paul used a lot of this material in Pull To Open, his excellent book on the genesis of Doctor Who, and it's fascinating to see how it unfolded in an era before rolling news and easy satellite link-ups.

ICYMI: astonishingly detailed and fascinating thread about BBC TV's schedule of Fri 22 Nov 1963 which began as just a normal Friday.

Paul is a wonderful writer and a brilliant chronicler of broadcasting history, and this is fascinating

An incredible, fascinating thread accounting how the events unfolded on BBC tv on the day that JFK was killed.

Happy Doctor Who Day! From in-depth histories of the show to revealing biographies celebrating the people who made it, we've got you covered. Explore our range of books at tenacrebooks.co.uk/ ✨

A fascinating look at how news of President John F. Kennedy's assassination broke in the UK...

Astonishingly detailed thread about the BBC’s coverage of JFK’s assassination. I was a year and two months old. Living history. Thanks for this fascinating work, Paul.

Exactly 62 years ago, the very first episode of #DoctorWho had just finished. But what was on for the rest of the evening? Here's the actual BBC Television schedule for the rest of the night, with the post-Kennedy changes. #DoctorWhoDay #DoctorWho62 (Don't worry, no great long thread this time!)

Happy 62nd birthday #DoctorWho! A big part of my life and I suspect, if you're seeing this, of yours too. A couple of years ago, I was asked to write a piece for the BBC's 'History of the BBC' site for the show's 60th anniversary. Here's what I came up with... #DoctorWhoDay #DoctorWho62

Fascinating thread.

This is a brilliant thread.

Terrific from @paul-hayes.bsky.social - and do click through the main post as well.

This is a thread and a half, especially when you get to the end.....

Incredible research on how a global news story unfolded on television in the days before three tv channels, never mind 24 hour rolling news ones.

What a thread this is

For those who enjoyed my Kennedy thread last night, I should say that the research was originally done for my #DoctorWho book Pull to Open, the story of the show's creation in 1963, which you can buy from @tenacrebooks.bsky.social. #DoctorWhoDay

Whole thread is absolutely fascinating

Fascinating thread. Blimey, some serious research has gone into this

I highly recommend this entire thread, not just the initial link.

Owen Edwards, Heddiw’s anchorman, went onto become S4C’s first director. Heddiw was later moved (in Wales only) to a post-Nationwide slot, completing a marathon 90-minute block of news and magazines, until it ended in July 1982 (a few months before S4C launched)

It was 62 years ago #OnThisDay in 1963 that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news. I'm quite pleased with this one... www.bbc.com/historyofthe...

Budget Cinderella.

I hope Craig Gordon makes their squad, purely to squeeze out one more World Cup with a player in it older than I am.

Eight minutes of BBC1 continuity from Mon 17 Nov 1969 (the third day of BBC1 in colour, I love the way they keep saying IN COLOUR). www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjyl...