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@tenacrebooks.bsky.socialIt's 50 years since the debut of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop. Read about the show's creation and how it set the template for two decades of live Saturday morning TV in our book Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children's Television. Available now from tenacrebooks.co.uk
@tenacrebooks.bsky.socialThe Who Shop is stocking the book and will ship to the US: thewhoshop.com
@tenacrebooks.bsky.socialWe're counting down to the release of our new book The Reality War. Pre-order now to get the early discount price of £12.99, which will rise to the RRP of £14.99 upon release.
@tenacrebooks.bsky.socialWe've just received a new crop of reprints. You Are Not Alone, Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene, Maximum Power! and David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television are all back in stock. Phew! Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk
@whenisbirths.bsky.socialReposted by @tenacrebooks.bsky.socialNot just nostalgic but open and revealing. Numerous insiders from both in front of and behind the camera share their memories, opinions and working methods. Yet another winner from @tenacrebooks.bsky.social.
@darkshadowsnews.bsky.socialReposted by @tenacrebooks.bsky.socialThanks to everyone who's supported our 60th Anniversary Dark Shadows charity fanzine Daytime Gothic. Here's a look at the contents – 160 pages of interviews, features, essays and fiction celebrating the TV's supernatural soap opera. Order yours from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/product/dayt...
@paul-hayes.bsky.socialReposted by @tenacrebooks.bsky.socialIt's 23 years ago today since the recommissioning of #DoctorWho was announced. But how did that come about...? My book from Ten Acre Books tells the story...
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@tenacrebooks.bsky.socialFrom Crackerjack to Rentaghost, Grange Hill to Record Breakers, Narnia to Maid Marian… Relive over 30 years of unforgettable TV shows for young viewers with Box of Delights, the definitive inside story of the BBC Children's Television. Available now from tenacrebooks.co.uk
@pussellrarker.bsky.socialReposted by @tenacrebooks.bsky.social-“Oh don’t worry, I’ll get my daughter to do it, she’ll be fine” was her response. So she did. Here’s young Caroline Hawkins in #PendasFen the play, and here she is with me tonight
@pussellrarker.bsky.socialReposted by @tenacrebooks.bsky.socialSo tonight I went to an exhibition of the work of the late BBC Costume Designer, Joyce Hawkins, covering her 3 decade long career from 1958 to her retirement in 1988. She died in May this year, aged 95. Well done on all that, Joyce
@dhollingsworth.bsky.socialReposted by @tenacrebooks.bsky.socialI don't need more books about Doctor Who... 🤔 Oh! But this looks great! 😍 Just bought another book about Doctor Who. Hurrah! 👍
@tenacrebooks.bsky.social63 years ago this week, Doctor Who was in studio, recording for the first time. Read about the show's journey from concept to first broadcast in Pull to Open, the definitive account of those early days by @paul-hayes.bsky.social. Available now from tenacrebooks.co.uk
@davidebrown.bsky.socialReposted by @tenacrebooks.bsky.socialCan't believe I got a BBC News alert that #Strictly was starting. They didn't go to that trouble when Penda's Fen got shown on BBC Four. What has the BBC ever done for me?
@tenacrebooks.bsky.social"Another beat of aghastness" is a perfect sentence.
@tenacrebooks.bsky.socialBroadcaster and actor Peter Purves got in touch to say how much he’d enjoyed our book The Quatermass Experiment, @tobyhadoke.bsky.social’s definitive guide to TV’s first sci-fi classic, available now from tenacrebooks.co.uk 🚀
@dreamcargoes.bsky.socialReposted by @tenacrebooks.bsky.socialLast word on #Pendesfen for now is: read Ian Greaves's book if you are interested in learning more for a reasonable 15 nicker! It's aptly expansive & detailed, going into every scene, every theme &, well, Roger Casement & Churchill's People!
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@ianzpotter.bsky.socialReposted by @tenacrebooks.bsky.socialYou should read Ian Greaves' absolutely brilliant book on it.
He's one of my favourite Ians in a fairly packed field.
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@alkennedy.bsky.socialReposted by @tenacrebooks.bsky.socialGreat thing about Ten Acre is that while I know very little about Blake's 7, this ad got me to go to their site, where I ended up buying an entirely different book. And this isn't even the first time it's happened!
@andreworton.bsky.socialReposted by @tenacrebooks.bsky.socialBuy this book, for charity! We've never said who wrote which bits of Maximum Power! but I can now exclusively reveal that I wrote the 'Barbara Smelley' joke in page 301.
@martang66.bsky.socialReposted by @tenacrebooks.bsky.socialIf you are a fan of Dark Shadows, do pick up a copy of Daytime Gothic II before they are all gone! A thing of beauty and all proceeds are going to Peace4Kids www.peace4kids.org
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