Cold but crisp. Burnham Beeches today.

Don't take the bunting down just yet... There's another celebration coming. Stay on this channel. @radiotimes.bsky.social "Can you guess what is in it today?"

Step into another world... I hope the coming year brings you joy. #HappyNewYear

There was a new series of Charlie Brown starting on New Year's Eve 50 years ago. Followed by The Magic Roundabout. @radiotimes.bsky.social

Tim Curry, Michael Palin and Stephen Moore starred in Three Men in a Boat on BBC Two #OTD 50 years ago. It was adapted from the Jerome K Jerome novel by Tom Stoppard and directed by Stephen Frears. John Timbers was there to photograph the production for @radiotimes.bsky.social.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is showing from tonight at 10.10pm on BBC Four as part of John le Carré Night. Photo of Alec Guinness as George Smiley taken for a 1979 @radiotimes.bsky.social cover by John Timbers.

Good morning.

A natural in front of the camera... Bernard Cribbins, born #OTD in 1928, photographed for @radiotimes.bsky.social in 1965.

Taplow Foot Bridge, Maidenhead.

Five-star #DoctorWho... You could watch an omnibus edition of Genesis of the Daleks #OTD 50 years ago. Photos of Michael Wisher as Davros and Tom Baker as the Doctor taken by Don Smith in February 1975 for @radiotimes.bsky.social www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do...

"Oooh, I know..." BBC Four celebrates the life and work of Prunella Scales, tonight from 9pm. Captured in character as Sybil Fawlty during a photoshoot by Brian Moody for @radiotimes.bsky.social in 1979. Fawlty Towers is on BBC Two at 7.05pm.

Christmas with Rutland Weekend Television #OTD 50 years ago included How to Ski in Your Own Home, a review of rock opera Pommy and George Harrison dressed as a pirate. Thank you for RWT, Eric! @ericidle.bsky.social

Happy birthday, Bod! The very first episode, Bod's Present, first aired at 1.45pm #OTD 50 years ago. #TheregoesBod

Man on the Moon. Happy birthday to Tomorrow's World's James Burke, photographed in 1973 by on a model landscape for the science-fiction drama Moonbase 3, on which Burke was a technical adviser.

John Le Mesurier photographed in Bury St Edmunds in July 1973, by William Raynor for @radiotimes.bsky.social. On BBC Four tonight Le Mes narrates Bod (8.10pm), is profiled in the documentary It's All Been Rather Lovely (8.30pm) and stars in the Christmas 1976 episode of Dad's Army (9.30pm).

Happy birthday, Bod, 50 years old this week! Derek Griffiths Remembers... Bod is tonight at 8pm, followed by the Christmas episode at 8.10pm, on BBC Four. #HappyBirthdayBod @radiotimes.bsky.social

Activate the Christmas @radiotimes.bsky.social! The double issue starts today – highlighters ready! ✍️⛄

Some lovely stuff coming up in Christmas week. I can recommend: Derek Griffiths Remembers... Bod (20 December BBC Four); Hamleys: Top 100 Toys of All Time (22 December C4); The Scarecrows' Wedding and Shaun the Sheep: Fleece Navidad (both Christmas Day BBC One) 🧑‍🎄🎄🐏 🎁

Postman Pat had snow and ice to contend with in Greendale in Letters on Ice #OTD 40 years ago. A lovely episode designed and directed by the great Ivor Wood. I explored his fantastic work earlier this year for @radiotimes.bsky.social: www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/mag...

Design classic... The Atomium, Brussels.

I'll tell you a story of Jackanory... Just a few pieces of art used in the children's storytime series, which is 60 years old tomorrow. They've just had a lovely tribute on BBC Breakfast – it's well worth catching up with on BBC iPlayer. #Jackanoryat60 @radiotimes.bsky.social

Gentle genius. "He was just a very bright guy and he absolutely loved language... every single word had to be right." Remembering musician and comedian Neil Innes, born #OTD in 1944, about whom it was a privilege to talk with Yvonne Innes earlier this year: www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/ne...

Spirit of Christmas... present! #11 And finally the 2020s. The latest double issue of @radiotimes.bsky.social, a cosy scene featuring Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and a fair few Easter eggs, was created by Aardman Animations. It's on sale in some regions already, and nationwide from tomorrow🎄

The War between the Land and the Sea kicks off tonight at 8.30pm on BBC One. Learn all about its origins on BBC Four at 7pm, and by reading the @radiotimes.bsky.social Story Guide here: www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do...

Spirit of Christmas past... #10 The 2010s. The 2019 double issue of @radiotimes.bsky.social, with Santa's reindeer in flight, was created by Robin Shaw. #ChristmasRadioTimes

Spirit of Christmas past... #9 The 2000s. This robin in flight, surrounded by Christmas decorations, was created by James Marsh for the 2002 double issue of @radiotimes.bsky.social #ChristmasRadioTimes

If you love music, do check out this wonderful podcast hosted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social. There's an especially great episode with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social: www.allaboutthemusicpod.com/home

Spirit of Christmas past #8 The 1990s. This @radiotimes.bsky.social cover from 1997 of a jolly Santa is by illustrator Kevin Hauff. #ChristmasRadioTimes

Spirit of Christmas #7 The 1980s: the colourful, panto-themed cover of the 1988 Christmas @radiotimes.bsky.social was painted by Lynda Gray. The issue was the biggest-selling edition of any British magazine in history: 11,220,666 copies were sold. #ChristmasRadioTimes

Spirit of Christmas past #6 The 1970s. This gorgeous @radiotimes.bsky.social cover from 1977 conjures up the magic of Christmas perfectly. I contacted its painter, Pauline Ellison, to ask her all about it last year: www.radiotimes.com/tv/radio-tim... #ChristmasRadioTimes

Spirit of Christmas past #1 The 1920s: the first in a series of @radiotimes.bsky.social decade-a-day posts is a colourful scene from 1924, painted by Salomon van Abbé, also known as Jack Abbey. With thanks to @markbungle.bsky.social #ChristmasRadioTimes

Thank you for these posts, Helen. I love them.

Spirit of Christmas past #5 The 1960s. This stylised scene of pastoral charm was painted by Gaynor Chapman for the 24 December 1966 issue. It was her second successive festive cover for @radiotimes.bsky.social #ChristmasRadioTimes

Spirit of Christmas past #4 The 1950s. This striking red, white and black cover from December 1959 was by Victor Reinganum, a prolific illustrator for @radiotimes.bsky.social #ChristmasRadioTimes

Spirit of Christmas past... #3 The 1940s. The December 1946 cover of Santa dispensing cheer was by writer, watercolourist and illustrator John Strickland Goodall. @radiotimes.bsky.social #ChristmasRadioTimes

Spirit of Christmas past... #2 The 1930s. December 1931's Christmas cover was painted by Rex Whistler, who became famous for his murals, portraits and book illustrations. @radiotimes.bsky.social #ChristmasRadioTimes

Spare a thought, and raise a mug of cocoa, to Santa's little elves, starting to work today on the Radio Times Christmas double issue after weeks of prep! On sale Tuesday 9 December. @radiotimes.bsky.social 🎄🎁🎅

A word to the Wise... Ernie Wise would have been 100 today. Photographed with Glenda Jackson and Eric Morecambe on 7 December 1971 by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.

A chat with Jools Holland in the new edition of @radiotimes.bsky.social, on sale today. Jools Holland's New Orleans Jukebox is on @BBCiPlayer now: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Remembering the magnificent, imperious Joan Sanderson, born #OTD in 1912. Photographed in 1988 and 1986 by @radiotimes.bsky.social for the Radio 4 sitcom After Henry.

It's Doctor Who Day. To celebrate, I've edited and designed a new digital bookazine for @radiotimes.bsky.social, collecting the best of the magazine's articles and rare photography from the show's early years. Download it FREE from www.radiotimes.com/doctor-who-t...

Terry Nation's four-part #DoctorWho adventure The Android Invasion began #OTD 50 years ago. Impressive elements included Kraal masks designed by John Friedlander. Don Smith took this picture of Tom Baker as the Doctor and Martin Friend as Styggron for @radiotimes.bsky.social in August 1975.

Time to open the Box... Family favourite The Box of Delights began #OTD in 1984 on BBC1. But what became of the @radiotimes.bsky.social cover star, Devin Stanfield? @patrickmulkern.bsky.social found out last year: www.radiotimes.com/tv/fantasy/b...

The sky's the limit in the final heat of Portrait Artist of the Year, tonight at 8.00pm on Sky Arts. #PAOTY

“The more you see it the more amazing it is..." Jools Holland talked to me about conducting the original interviews for The Beatles Anthology, remastered for Disney+ and featured in the new @radiotimes.bsky.social, on sale today: www.radiotimes.com/audio/the-be...

The final episode of The Good Life was captured on location in Northwood for @radiotimes.bsky.social. When I'm 65 is on BBC Four tonight at 8pm. Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith, Richard Briers and Paul Eddington photographed by Chris Ridley.

Peter Cook, born #OTD in 1937, photographed with Dudley Moore on the set of Not Only... But Also in November 1964 by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social

An amazing collection of music, memories and ways of making a documentary 40 years ago... Jools Holland's New Orleans Jukebox is at 9.30pm on BBC Four. Read more in our interview with Jools: www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertain... @radiotimes.bsky.social

Such scope, such global themes and such widescreen ambition. Will we ever see its like again? The magnificent final episodes of Edge of Darkness are on BBC Four tonight from 9.30pm. @radiotimes.bsky.social was there on location with the production team in late 1984. Photo Andrea Cringean.

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.