Peter Dunn

I am, like most folk, many things to many people.

[Rodney Marshall @RodneyMarshall1]

Samuel Beckett in NYC making a silent movie with Buster Keaton. SB judged it "an interesting failure". Years earlier Beckett had asked Keaton to play a part in the Broadway production of Godot. It's even been suggested that Godot was inspired by a 1940s film which featured BK.

[Brexit Turmoil @BrexitTurmoil]

Oh this is mighty fine
#SNLUK Pork https://t.co/YqJvE6Bcqc

[sam buntz @SamBuntz]

At the end of Kipling’s poem, “The Secret of the Machines,” the machines say the following. Weirdly prophetic:

[Josh Glancy @joshglancy]

I try to avoid being melodramatic about cultural decline.

Then I read that, when the BBC adapted Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novels in 1974, the Radio Times published an *84* page illustrated special on its historical context.

Unimaginable today.

[James Hogg @JamesAHogg2]

A couple of years ago I was watching a few episodes of Great Canal Journeys with Tim and Pru at their home in Wandsworth when all of a sudden Tim nudged me and said, "Watch this, Pru's amazing".

Nail on the head!

God bless Pru xx

[archivetvmusings @archivetvmus71]

On this day in 1982 the first episode of Harry's Game was broadcast. Clannad provided the theme music, which reached number five in the UK hit parade and number two in the Irish singles chart.

[Rodney Marshall @RodneyMarshall1]

Sorry to hear that actor John Woodvine has passed away. A superb career on stage with the RSC and on screen. A semi-regular guest in ITC's Danger Man and The Avengers in the 60s and a notable presence in the outstanding 80s drama Edge of Darkness. Continued acting into his 90s.

[filmisfabulous @filmisfabulous]

Eric Mival’s Collection

Film is Fabulous! will catalogue the private film collection of Eric Mival, the former freelance editor, who worked for the BBC, MGM, ITC, and other production companies.

More Info: https://t.co/1MziHAqIDp

[archivetvmusings @archivetvmus71]

An Inspector Calls (6th October 1981). Bernard Hepton headed the cast of this BBC Schools production, which received a primetime BBC1 repeat slot the following year.

[Archbishop of Canterbury @ArchbishopSarah]

Hello, my name is Bishop Sarah Mullally.

I'm deeply honoured to have been called to serve as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury.

https://t.co/2FIJRUADZk

[Rodney Marshall @RodneyMarshall1]

1946. Mary Morris next to the Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens. She was preparing to play the lead role in JM Barrie's play at the Scala Theatre. Twenty years later, her appearance in The Prisoner would offer a deferential nod to her critically-acclaimed stage performance.

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Other work by the Ladybird artists.
‘ Cushendun, Northern Ireland’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt

[Angie Hobbs @drangiehobbs]

Getting ready for filming in the Italian Library in Warwick Castle this morning - a short piece introducing the BBC4 repeat of Bryan Magee’s 1987 series The Great Philosophers. My brilliant and lovely PhD supervisor, Myles Burnyeat, was the interviewee on Plato.

[David Hayward | Artist @nakedpastor]

So many of us are struggling to stay positive right now. But you don’t have to fix everything, just start small. Sow love where you are. Help one person, care for one thing. 🌱 If enough of us plant it, maybe we’ll grow a more beautiful world. ❤️

[filmisfabulous @filmisfabulous]

Eric Mival’s Film Collection

Film is Fabulous! are pleased to announce that films from the private collection of Eric Mival, the former freelance editor, who worked for the BBC, MGM, and ITC, will be catalogued and preserved.

[The Unmutual - The Prisoner & Portmeirion Website @unmutualwebsite]

TUW is very sad to announce that Eric Mival, music editor on The Prisoner sadly passed away yesterday. Rick Davy writes: "Incredibly sad news. As well as being integral to the success of the series he was also a lovely and kind hearted person." (full tribute on TUW's facebook).

[National Theatre Live @NTLive]

Ian McKellen everybody🙌

[archivetvmusings @archivetvmus71]

Brian Cant receiving a Special Award at the 2010 Children's BAFTA ceremony.

[Hiroshi Suzuki @AmbJapanUK]

Paddington is enjoying his visit in Northern Ireland!!😄

[Rodney Marshall @RodneyMarshall1]

Aarnio was asked to draw a person sitting in a chair as part of an entrance test. Feeling unable to sketch a human figure, he painted a (hidden) person reading a newspaper in a curved shape chair. The practical origins of a 'futuristic' design...