A sea-panther from the amazing Orphic mosaic at Littlecote #Roman Villa, Wiltshire. c.AD 350 - 365. 📸 me #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain

I’m delighted to be part of this David Bowie event on 17 January at @britishlibrary.bsky.social. I’ll be in conversation with David’s producer and friend, the legendary Tony Visconti. In-person tickets are now sold out, but online tickets are still available: events.bl.uk/events/david-bowie-in-time

A superb documentary. Radio at its best. #Svalbard #Norway

The first episode of Paddington, narrated by Michael Hordern, was originally broadcast on 5th January 1976.

I started watching ‘Myth Runner’ by Keith Barnfather and Nicholas Briggs in 1987. It’s remained a favourite of mine ever since I bought the VHS. It’s also great to see a new range of Reeltime Pictures DVD’s with presenters such as Robert Dick, Sophie Aldred and Katy Manning.

5th January 1981 - The first episode of the BBC TV series ‘ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was broadcast. I loved the Vogons destroying Earth for an intergalactic highway construction project -a hyperspace express route.

It’s snowing quite a lot now, and I always like watching it from the window. It's nice to see it falling as the lamppost light illuminates it.

Stark and otherworldly - sunset at Mitchell’s Fold, the Bronze Age stone circle on Stapeley Hill. I got this shot at the tail end of a blizzard, when the sky took on a golden glow that made a spectacular contrast with the snow-covered landscape. It was every bit as cold as it looks. #Shropshire

I bought a dog from our local blacksmiths, as soon as I got him home he made a bolt for the door 😁

Doctor : “Oh no, K9's been damaged on a nearby star!” Romana: “Sirius?” Doctor: “Nooooo! He will be absolutely fine”

I won a competition in the Eighties. I won a ‘Brain of Morbius’ VHS for doing a Dalek voice over the phone. I honestly did 😁 I think I held my nose, as I thought it would sound more like one. I am still very proud of this fact 😂

Jen’s fact of the day: - The words 'la la la' or 'na na na' where the lyrics have no meaning in a song are called vocables.

The Book Tower’ was first broadcast on 3rd January 1979. It was presented by Tom Baker and was produced by Yorkshire Television.

“Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb" The first episode of Trumpton was shown on 3rd January 1967. I loved the series.

I had forgotten all about this book, I loved these stories!

Other work of the Ladybird artists. Winter scene Artist: SR Badmin

'The Way Back', the first episode of Blakes 7, was originally broadcast on this day in 1978.

I like this 😁😁😁 Asked a cat if it could talk today. It replied Me? How?

The crescent moon and Venus from last year. The moon looks round due to my camera exposure but it was beautifully crescent that night 🌙

"At Close of Day" 1941 by Maxfield Parrish Absolutely spellbinding, I had to share

A Happy New Year! There is a glow of cheer and optimism in the very words "New Year." The old year, with its anxieties and worries, is over. It too brought happy days and sunshine, and in memory we must cherish the bright places. May Louise Crane

On 1st January 1972 after 5 years, the Daleks returned in Day of the Daleks - Episode One.

On 1st January 1977 Louise Jameson made her debut in Doctor Who ‘The Face of Evil’

I hope that the New Year brings joy, peace and love and lots of great moments to remember and cherish. Happy New Year all

Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself. Edmund Lee

@paulmagrs.bsky.social wrote a lovely book about a young boy who wins a competition to meet David Bowie at a screening of Labyrinth. It’s magical and heartwarming. I am so happy it has now been adapted into a radio play and is on BBC Radio 4 08 January 2026 at 14.15pm. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

One of my fave things this year was getting to join in with Big Finish on stage at Big Finish Day in Robert Valentine’s ‘The Stuff of Legend’ reading Charlie. You just never think you would ever do something like that, it was a really great experience and something to always remember.

Remembering Daphne Oram on her birthday. She was the co founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

This has been a long time in the making. My new radio play, ‘The Goblin King and Me’ goes out on Radio 4 on Thursday 8th January. I’ve just seen this wonderful preview in the new Radio Times! I’m so pleased they like it and I hope everyone else will. Please do listen! What a brilliant team!

I am watching a TV documentary called ‘Alpine Train’ it’s a lovely subject and such beautiful scenery.

Sapphire and Steel is one of my favourite TV programmes, starring David McCallum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire. It ran from 1979 to 1982 on ITV and was created by Peter J. Hammond under the working title ‘The Time Menders’, after he stayed in a supposedly haunted castle.

I used to own a Viewmaster with the Fourth Doctor Full Circle discs. I wish I still had them now, they were great.

Remembering Bernard Cribbins on his birthday.

Remembering Edward Brayshaw who appeared in two Doctor Who stories, ‘The Reign of Terror’ and ‘The War Games’ He was also well known for playing the character of Harold Meaker in ‘Rentaghost”

A Girl's Best Friend’ was broadcast by BBC1 as a Christmas special on 28 December 1981.

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26th December 1964 - Carole Ann Ford made her last appearance as Susan in ‘The Dalek Invasion of Earth’ She returned to play her again in ‘The Five Doctors’ in 1983 and ‘Dimensions in Time’ in 1993.

Light the lamp, not the rat. Light the lamp! Not the rat!

Happy Christmas Eve all. 😀🎄✨🎄✨🎄✨ Christmas is truly magical and I am grateful for friends near and far. May the magic of Christmas itself warm your heart and brighten your spirit 😊🎄✨💫💫💫💫

“Maybe Christmas” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more.” Dr. Seuss - ‘ How The Grinch Stole Christmas’.

Deja Vu Time.. Ten years since I wrote my thing on time travel and Christmas.. www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

Have yourself a merry little Christmas, let your heart be light 🎵

On 22nd December 1958 the classic ‘Quatermass and the Pit’ by Nigel Kneale was first broadcast.

On 22nd December 1958 the classic ‘Quatermass and the Pit’ by Nigel Kneale was first broadcast.

That face looks familiar. 👀 Anyone fancy a ghostly tale this festive season? #AChristmasCarol #LeedsPlayhouse #EbeneezerTheGeezer 🎄 🎩 👻

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there's something stronger – something better, pushing right back.” Albert Camus.

21st December 1963 marked the first appearance of the Daleks and the first episode of 'The Daleks' ('The Dead Planet’)

What did the wise men say after they offered up their gifts of gold and frankincense? Wait, there's myrrh 😆

The plain of La Crau-May 1888 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/3108957

It's in the singing of a street corner choir It's going home and getting warm by the fire It's true whereever you find love It feels like Christmas A cup of kindness that we share with another... ‘It Feels Like Christmas’ The Muppet Christmas Carol