Happy birthday, Vision On, 62 today! I contacted producer/director Clive Doig and "The Prof" a couple of years ago about what was easily my favourite programme as a boy. They literally do not make 'em like this any more... www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertain... @radiotimes.bsky.social

You are the new day.

What goes around comes around: the final of Landscape Artist of the Year at the Falkirk Wheel, tonight at 8pm on Sky Arts. @radiotimes.bsky.social

Shine silently... tonight's episode of Small Prophets is another enchanting surprise. It's at 10pm (11pm N Ireland) on BBC Two, and the whole series is on BBC iPlayer. @radiotimes.bsky.social

An impressively cast seven-part BBC adaptation of Dickens's Our Mutual Friend began #OTD 50 years ago. Don Smith of @radiotimes.bsky.social was there at rehearsals to capture Jane Seymour, John McEnery, Leo McKern and Kathleen Harrison.

My Master... Roger Delgado, born #OTD in 1918, as #DoctorWho's elegant archenemy, on the set of The Mind of Evil. Photographed in 1970 by Don Smith © Radio Times Archive.

I always wanted to live in Festive Road. It looked like a brilliant place to be. Happy 55th birthday, Mr Benn, whose stories by David McKee were ahead of their time, and whose wonderful adventures have been continued by @thebowlerhatman.bsky.social

Marvellous to see Sir Lenny Henry at @nordenfarm.bsky.social last night for a pre-tour warm-up. The lad's still got it!

Happy Birthday to Paul Jones, @radiotimes.bsky.social cover star, along with his son, in 1973 with Jon Pertwee. #DoctorWho

You're 'aving a laugh... Kenneth Williams, who would have been 100 today, photographed for @radiotimes.bsky.social during the recording of Just a Minute by Tim Roney for @radiotimes.bsky.social.

"You know what they say, where there's crowds, there's business." Remembering James Beck, born #OTD in 1929, who played popular spiv Private Joe Walker in Dad's Army. Photo taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.

Happy 50th, Open All Hours! 🎂🛍️ The first series of the shop-centred sitcom by Roy Clarke began #OTD in 1976. Photo taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social. More from Roy here: www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/op...

Happy Ness... Wishing Graeme Garden a happy birthday 🎂 🐾. Pictured with Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor for The Goodies on 3 June 1971. Photo by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social

The BBC's acclaimed six-part historical drama Elizabeth R began #OTD 55 years ago. Location photo of Glenda Jackson taken by Keith McMillan for @radiotimes.bsky.social

An evening devoted to Kenneth Williams begins at 7.20pm on BBC Four. Photos taken by Don Smith in February 1967 for @radiotimes.bsky.social

"How lucky I was to be with this amazing group of people. I learnt my trade with them – all of them were generous with their time and their talent, and that’s something I can never forget." Ian Lavender, born #OTD in 1946, on #DadsArmy. Photo © @radiotimes.bsky.social.

Happy Friday everyone. Keep warm out there. Nerys Hughes and Elizabeth Estensen photographed on location for The Liver Birds by @radiotimes.bsky.social 50 years ago.

Heeerrrrbidacious! Another anniversary of a fabulous children's classic. The Herbs began #OTD in 1968. And @radiotimes.bsky.social photographed animator Ivor Wood with Parsley the Lion and Bayleaf the Gardener. More on the wonderful Ivor Wood here: www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/mag... 🌻🦉

Happy birthday, Bagpuss! The TV series began #OTD in 1974. I had the most magical chat with Emily a couple of years ago for the 50th anniversary: www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/bag...

Perfectly encapsulated.

Bringing cheer... The new @radiotimes.bsky.social. On sale today. Illustration by Stephen Millership.

Open All Hours... for 50 years! To celebrate the series' big birthday, @radiotimes.bsky.social was lucky enough to talk to its creator, Sir Roy Clarke. With thanks to @andrewtsmith.bsky.social: www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/op...

Jumbo Spencer, a five-part children's drama based on the book by Helen (Lizzie Dripping) Cresswell, began #OTD 50 years ago. Among the young stars was John O'Farrell. @radiotimes.bsky.social

Small Prophets, the new series from Mackenzie Crook, co-starring Pearce Quigley and Michael Palin, starts tonight at 10pm on BBC Two. It's the @radiotimes.bsky.social Pick of the Day.

A birthday toast to the incredible John Williams, with one of my favourite cues, Flight to Cairo, from Raiders of the Lost Ark... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwgg...

Shed's heaven... Mackenzie Crook writes in @radiotimes.bsky.social about his new series, Small Prophets, starting tomorrow on BBC Two.

Let the Games begin... @radiotimes.bsky.social has it covered.

Happy Wombles day! The TV series began #OTD in 1973, when @radiotimes.bsky.social went to take a photo of series animator Ivor Wood and Wombles creator Elisabeth Beresford, but Orinoco and Great Uncle Bulgaria got in the way...

Landscape Artist of the Year visits the Lakes in tonight's heat at 8pm on Sky Arts. @radiotimes.bsky.social #LAOTY

A beautifully judged profile. And it will make you miss her.

Fascinating history of a briefly spectacular band.

Classic #DoctorWho story The Seeds of Doom began #OTD 50 years ago. Frank Bellamy provided a teaser illustration in @radiotimes.bsky.social, and there's more about him here: www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do...

The Dambji oak - Burtnieki, Latvia One of the largest oaks in Europe Photo: Zeltins

Confirmed: #SmallProphets, Mackenzie Crook's new series, begins Monday 9 February at 10pm on BBC Two. If you liked #Detectorists, I think you'll enjoy this. Not that they're alike, but because they share the same spirit and humanity. I ❤️ it. Feature and review in next week's @radiotimes.bsky.social.

A very happy birthday to the amazing Sir Roy Clarke. A chat with Roy about one of his TV hits also celebrating a birthday, Open All Hours, is in next week's @radiotimes.bsky.social

"Breathe. Take a moment..." Landscape Artist of the Year visits Dover for tonight's episode on Sky Arts at 8pm. #LAOTY @radiotimes.bsky.social

"Not so very long ago, in the top left-hand corner of Wales, there was a railway..." Ivor the Engine puffed back onto TV in a new series of colour episodes starting #OTD 50 years ago. @radiotimes.bsky.social photographed co-creators Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin (Ivor background artwork on wall).

A modest hero... Nicholas Winton, dubbed the #BritishSchindler, is the subject of the film premiere One Life on BBC Two tonight at 9pm. Maidenhead commuters see the statue of this amazing man every day. @radiotimes.bsky.social

Wonderful to have Harry Hill back, in his new, "visualised podcast": www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhJx...

Portrait Artist of the Year visits St James's Park in London in tonight's heat, which starts at 8pm on Sky Arts. It looked marvellous in the winter sunshine a couple of weeks ago. #PAOTY

Happy birthday to Ben Willbond 🍰 I had a very enjoyable chat with him for @radiotimes.bsky.social four years ago when Ghosts was mid-run... www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/gh...

A breath of fresh air... Great to have Landscape Artist of the Year back. It's on Sky Arts tonight at 8pm, and is the @radiotimes.bsky.social pick of the day. #LAOTY

Derek was back in Just a Nimmo #OTD 50 years ago.

The Play for Today Nuts in May is 50 years old today. @radiotimes.bsky.social went on location with stars Alison Steadman and Roger Sloman, and director Mike Leigh, and as you can see, the weather wasn't always the best... you can watch Nuts in May on BBC iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

You could watch Alice in Wonderland on BBC One #OTD 40 years ago. It was directed by Barry (Doctor Who) Letts and starred Kate Dorning as Alice, Jonathan Cecil as the White Rabbit and Elisabeth Sladen as the Dormouse. @radiotimes.bsky.social

Stable mates... Clive Dunn, born #OTD in 1920, with his Dad's Army co-star John Le Mesurier, at Sandown Races in September 1973. Photo by William Raynor for @radiotimes.bsky.social

When the Boat Comes In, starring James Bolam and created by James Mitchell, began #OTD 50 years ago. The distinctive theme tune was adapted from the traditional song by David Fanshawe. Photo: Barry Wilkinson for @radiotimes.bsky.social.

Happy 50th birthday, Ripping Yarns! The comedy anthology created by Michael Palin and Terry Jones began #OTD in 1976 with the pilot episode. A few years ago I sought the views of Sir Michael and superfan @johnofarrell.bsky.social: www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/si... @radiotimes.bsky.social

Golden ghosts! Happy birthday to Rentaghost, which is 50 today 🎂👻 Despite the knockabout style, it's a surprisingly bleak premise! Photo of Michael Staniforth as Timothy Claypole taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social

Z Cars was back for a scary-looking new series #OTD 50 years ago. Writer Allan Prior set the scene in @radiotimes.bsky.social