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[Susan Foreman]

New book on Amazon - The BBC: A People's History - £16.79

"In 1922, three men - only one of whom had previously heard of 'broadcasting' - founded the BBC. In doing so, Arthur Burrows, Cecil Lewis, and John Reith set out to accomplish something utterly bold: using what had been a weapon of war - Marconi's wireless - to remake culture for the good of humanity.

In The BBC: A People's History, professor and historian David Hendy traces the BBC from its maverick beginnings through war, the creation of television, changing public taste, austerity and massive cultural change. The BBC has constantly evolved, developing from one radio station, to television, then multiple channels and now the competition with the internet and streaming services.

This is a history of a now global institution that defines Britain and created modern broadcasting; it is also a reflection of 100 years of British history."

I'm sure that 'Doctor Who' must be mentioned somewhere inside this tome, but even if it isn't...just look at the front cover!

There must be thousands (if not millions) of shows that have been produced by the Beeb over the last 100 years, and they chose the Daleks to illustrate it!!

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #662

Name: John Collin [1928 - 1987]
Year(s): 1980
Stories: The Leisure Hive part 1 – The Leisure Hive part 4
Character(s): Brock

Before Who:
Films: Breakout (1959), The Victim (1961), The Referees (1961), The Valiant (1962), Leading the Blind (1962), The Pirates of Blood River (1962), The Three Lives of Thomasina* (1963), The Good Soldier Schweik (1965), The Witches* (1966), Star! (1968), Before Winter Comes (1968), The Last Escape (1970), Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (1971), Innocent Bystanders (1972), A Man Without Friends (1972), Man at the Top (1973), All Creatures Great and Small (1975), Tess (1979)

Television: The Mad O'Haras [5 episodes as Jer O'Hara (1958)] / The Two Charleys: Yours to Command (1959) / Garry Halliday [3 episodes, different characters (1959-1960)] / Probation Officer (1961) / Coronation Street [13 episodes, different characters (1961-1979)] / Deadline Midnight: The Slow Night (1961) / Armchair Theatre: The Ship That Couldn't Stop (1961) / The Big Pull [3 episodes, different characters (1962)] / ITV Television Playhouse: Nuncle (1962) / Moonstrike: A Clear Field (1963) / BBC Sunday-Night Play: I'm Not Stopping (1963) / Emergency-Ward 10 [5 episodes as Bob Prentice (1964)] / The Villains [2 episodes, different characters (1964)] / Redcap: A Place of Refuge (1965) / Undermind: The New Dimension (1965) / The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: Dead Man's Chest (1965) / The Sullavan Brothers; Insufficient Evidence (1965) / Six of the Best: Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1965) / Mysteries and Miracles: Guilds and Pageants (1965) / Hereward the Wake [6 episodes as Winter (1965)] / Public Eye [3 episodes, different characters (1965-1971)] / ITV Play of the Week: The Move After Checkmate (1966) / Theatre 625: Up and Down (1966) / Five More: Are You There? (1966) / No Hiding Place: You Don't Think Twice (1966) / Emergency-Ward 10 [5 episodes as Ralph Oakley (1966)] / Dixon of Dock Green: Fire, Sleet and Candlelight (1966) / ITV Sunday Night Drama: Four Triumphant - St David (1966) / The Baron [2 episodes, different characters (1966-1967)] / Escape: Three to a Cell (1967) / The Saint: Simon and Delilah* (1967) / Boy Meets Girl: Long After Summer (1967) / The Wednesday Play: House of Character (1968) / Haunted: Through a Glass Darkly (1968) / Man in a Suitcase: Jigsaw Man (1968) / Half Hour Story: The Pub Fighter (1968) / Virgin of the Secret Service: The Great Ring of Akba (1968) / The First Lady: A Little Goodwill (1968) / The War of Darkie Pilbeam [2 episodes as Ted Pilbeam (1968)] / The Saint: The Organisation Man (1968) / Softly Softly [2 episodes, different characters (1968-1969)] / The Expert [5 episodes as Det. Chief Supt. Mowbray (1969)] / Who-Dun-It: Murder Impossible (1969) / Paul Temple: Letters from Robert (1970) / Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased): The Ghost Talks (1970) / Manhunt: Betrayal (1970) / Wicked Women: Madeleine Jury (1970) / W. Somerset Maugham: The Door of Opportunity (1970) / Confession: Death of a Ladies' Man (1970) / ITV Playhouse: A Sound from the Sea (1970) / The Main Chance: The Piper Calls the Tune (1970) / The Guardians [7 episodes as Tom Weston (1971)] / Z Cars [51 episodes as Det. Sgt. Haggar (1971-1978)] / Justice: By Order of the Magistrates (1971) / Man at the Top: You'll Never Understand Women (1972) / Crime of Passion: Cecile (1972) / Thirty-Minute Theatre: Ronnie's So Long at the Fair (1972) / The Adventurer: Action! (1972) / Play for Today: Highway Robbery (1973) / The Protectors: The First Circle* (1973) / Crown Court [7 episodes, different characters (1973-1976)] / A Raging Calm [3 episodes as Horace Batchelor (1974)] / BBC Play of the Month: The Skin Game (1974) / Dial M for Murder: Frame (1974) / The Sweeney: Contact Breaker (1975) / Our Mutual Friend [5 episodes as Rogue Riderhood (1976)] / Holocaust: 1944-1945 (1978) / Wuthering Heights (1978) / All Creatures Great and Small [3 episodes as Mr. Alderson (1978-1983)]

After Who:
Films: Rules of Justice (1981), The Guns and the Fury (1981)
Television: Born and Bred: Next Day on Your Dressing Room (1980) / Strangers: The Tender Trap (1982) / The Chinese Detective: Pasts (1982)

Music Video: Bronski Beat (1984): Smalltown Boy [As the father]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Kari (Liza Goddard) in Terminus (1983)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Out this Thursday...

[Susan Foreman]

In memory of Leonard Fenton (1926 - 2022)

Best known for playing Dr. Legg in 'EastEnders', he provided the voice for Casmus in the 2001 animated webcast feature 'Death Comes To Time'

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #663

Name: David Haig [1955 - ]
Year(s): 1980
Stories: The Leisure Hive part 1 – The Leisure Hive part 4
Character(s): Pangol

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: The Moon Stallion [6 episodes as Todman (1978)] / Blake's 7: Rumours of Death (1980)

After Who:
Films: A Flame to the Phoenix (1983), Dark Enemy (1984), Morons from Outer Space* (1985), The Alamut Ambush (1986), Cold War Killers (1986), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), The Four Corners of Nowhere (1995), Station Jim (2001), Ivor the Invisible (2001), Crime & Punishment (2002), Rachel's Attic (2002), Two Weeks Notice* (2002), A for Andromeda (2006), My Boy Jack (2007), Dickens Secret Lover (2008), Dustbin Baby (2008), The 39 Steps (2008), Mo (2010), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (2017), Downton Abbey (2019)

Television: Diamonds [5 episodes as Alex Randolph (1981)] / Chessgame: Flying Blind (1983) / Hannay: The Good Samaritan (1989) / Dramarama: Badger (1989) / Campion: Sweet Danger (1990) / Portrait of a Marriage [4 episodes as Harold Nicolson (1990)] / Chancer: Remembrance (1991) / Soldier Soldier [7 episodes as Major Tom Cadman (1991)] / Inspector Morse: Dead on Time (1992) / Boon: Is There Anybody There? (1992) / The Darling Buds of May: Climb the Greasy Pole (1993) / The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: A Man Lay Dead (1993) / Cracker: To Say I Love You (1993) / The Bill: Secrets (1994) / Love on a Branch Line [4 episodes as Lionel Virley (1994)] / Nice Day at the Office [6 episodes as Chris Selwyn (1994)] / Wycliffe: Charades (1995) / The Thin Blue Line [14 episodes as D.I. Derek Grim (1995-1996)] / Keeping Mum [16 episodes as Richard Beare (1997-1998)] / Aan Bennett's Talking Heads 2: Playing Sandwiches (1998) / The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence (1999) / Dalziel and Pascoe: A Sweeter Lazarus (2000) / Hustle: The Last Gamble (2004) / Mr. Bean's Wedding (2007) / Marple: Murder Is Easy* (2008) / My Family: The Guru (2009) / Midsomer Murders: The Glitch (2009) / Doc Martin [2 episodes as Mr. Strain (2009)] / The Thick of It [2 episodes as Steve Fleming (2009)] / Strike Back [2 episodes as Christopher Manning (2011)] / Yes, Prime Minister [6 episodes as Prime Minister James Hacker (2013)] / The Wright Way [6 episodes as Gerald Wright (2013)] / Penny Dreadful* [5 episodes as Oscar Putney (2015)] / New Tricks: Life Expectancy (2015) / The Witness for the Prosecution [2 episodes as Sir Charles Carter (2016)] / Killing Eve [3 episodes as Bill Pargrave (2018)] / Urban Myths: Hendrix & Handel [as George Frideric Handel] (2020) / Cobra [12 episodes as Archie Glover-Morgan (2020-2021)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A contemplative Doctor (Peter Capaldi) in The Pilot (2017)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #664

Name: Nigel Lambert [1944 - ]
Year(s): 1980 / 2021
Stories: The Leisure Hive part 1 – The Leisure Hive part 4 / Flux Chapter Two: War Of The Sontarans - Flux Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time
Character(s): Hardin / Voice Of The Priest Triangle

Note: Appeared in a number of Big Finish Audio Stories:

• Special Releases story 'The Four Doctors'
• The Lost Stories 'Thin Ice' and 'The Guardians of Prophecy'
• The Eighth Doctor Adventure 'The Cannibalists'
• The Bernice Summerfield story 'Bad Habits'

Before Who:
Films: Cry Wolf! (1956), Any Old Iron? (1957), Victory (1958), Macbeth (1966), Where Eagles Dare* (1968), Scream and Scream Again (1970), Margie and Me (1978)

Television: Dixon of Dock Green: The High Price of Radishes (1957) / The Thompson Family [18 episodes as Andrew Thompson (1957-1958)] / The Pocket Lancer [4 episodes as Timothy Bretwyn (1959)] / Emergency-Ward 10 (1959) / Saturday Playhouse: The Breadwinner (1960) / Sheep's Clothing (1960) / ITV Television Playhouse: A Blow to the Head (1961) / Katy [2 episodes as Ned Worthington (1962)] / Heiress of Garth [4 episodes as Smith (1965)] / The Avengers: The Master Minds (1965) / 199 Park Lane [2 episodes as Andrew Finch (1965)] / Out of the Unknown: Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come......? (1965) / Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft (1965) / The Wednesday Play: Calf Love (1966) / Redcap: Rough Justice (1966) / The Further Adventures of the Musketeers [7 episodes as Planchet (1967)] / The Avengers: The £50,000 Breakfast* (1967) / The Newcomers [2 episodes as the Salesman (1968)] / Merry-Go-Round: Tom's Midnight Garden (1968) '/ UFO: Computer Affair (1970) / Fathers and Sons (1971) / The Onedin Line: Winner Take All (1972) / Words and Pictures [20 episodes as Sell-Boff / Bird-Boff / No-Boff (1972-1973)] / Play for Today: Steps Back (1973) / Special Branch: Hostage (1973) / Sporting Scenes: When the Boys Come Out to Play (1974) / Microbes and Men: The Invisible Enemy (1974) / The Venturers: The Rich Lunch (1975) / The Main Chance: Process (1975) / The Expert: Suspended Verdict (1976) / The Crezz: A Flash of Inspiration (1976) / The Phoenix and the Carpet [2 episodes as the Rev. Septimus Blenkinsop (1977)] / The Mackinnons: Shame the Devil (1977) / Marie Curie (1977) / The Fuzz [7 episodes as PC Stevie Cordwainer (1977)] / Blake's 7: The Way Back* (1978) / BBC Play of the Month: Danton's Death (1978) / Whodunnit?: Before Your Very Eyes (1978) / Pickersgill People: The Primitive (1978) / Touch and Go [3 episodes as Mr. Denman (1978)] / Secret Army [2 episodes, different characters (1978-1979)] / The BBC Television Shakespeare: Henry VIII (1979) / Out of the Past: Georgian England - Mary Ann (1979)/ The History of Mr. Polly [2 episodes as Mr. Johnson (1980)]

After Who:
Films: The Boys in Blue (1982), Funny Money (1983), The Princess and the Pea (2002), The King's Beard (2002), Captain Sabertooth (2003), Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006), Murder Loves Killers Too (2009), Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
Television: Shillingbury Tales [4 episodes as Reverend Norris (1981)] / Kessler (1981) / On the Line [5 episodes as Michael Braine (1982)] / Cuffy [6 episodes as Rev. Norris (1983)] / Wuffer: Wuffer at Bay (1983) / Screen Two: Space Station - Milton Keynes (1985) / Bergerac: The Memory Man (1987) / Rude Health: Civil Defiance (1988) / The Play on One: Unreported Incident (1988) / The Bretts: A House Divided (1988) / Sob Sisters: I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore (1989) / Young, Gifted and Broke (1989) / Chelworth [2 episodes as Det. Sgt. Williams (1989)] / Boon: The Eyes of Texas (1989) / The Bill: The Last Laugh (1991) / The Upper Hand: Business and Pleasure (1992) / Married for Life: Eatin' Out (1996) / The Adventures of Paddington Bear [39 episodes as the voice of Mr. Curry (1997-2000)] / Heartbeat: Local Knowledge (1998) / Look Around You [9 episodes as the Narrator (2002)]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A Colin Howard commission for 1977's The Face of Evil.

[Susan Foreman]

Ho hum!

Doctor Who: New missing episodes 'held to ransom in Middle East' claim emerges online / Plymouth Herald

"A Doctor Who fan has made the extraordinary claim that 17 classic era stories are being used as a "political bargaining tool" in the Middle East..."