Marcus Payne

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Television news director; Dad; lover of old television (programmes and companies), character comedy and random bands.

A bottle of Alberto Balsam shampoo
Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg 5/7/26
TV Licence renewal advert with a very prominent photo of Ncuti Gatwa as Doctor Who. Which is no incentive to renew whatsoever.
BBC News runs a strap saying that Hockney has resigned rather than died. Oops.
TGJones in Richmond. The name has been crossed out and replaced with WHSmith (its former name) by a disgruntled graffiti artist.
ATV Elstree from the air in 1976.
An original (I assume) On Air light as used in a BBC studio. From the 1980s would be my guess.
A terrible photo of Jon Pertwee as Doctor Who. He looks crazy and not in a good way.
A harrowing 1973 pin-up of a band called Middle of the Road. Also, who calls their band that?
A reader letter from Polystyle’s TV Action.
Pictured on the 18th February 1980, car dealer Mr George Macleod, MD of Distinctive Marks of Hatfield, poses with The Saint’s car number plate, which was presumably for sale.
Looks like a vintage Thames Television camera plate, doesn’t it?
Thames TV staff magazine from 1987
Exterior of a mock paintbox used in a 1988 Thames TV promo
EastEnders’ Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley) made up to look like the Easter bunny with dubious looking whiskers.
Original Thames News set dressing from the 1980s.
Instructions on how to handle a book without damaging it
Steve Delaney (left) who plays Count Arthur Strong and Graham Fellows (right) who plays John Shuttleworth
Sleeping foxes
Ian Ogilvy as Simon Templar in Return of the Saint (1978)
London Live launch memorabilia from 2014
M&S chocolate monstrosity which, by design or accident, brings anal sex to mind…
Original TV-am wall clock
BBC1 ident clock by Hidden Britain
Southern Television, Southampton
Signed postcard of Colin Baker as Doctor Who.
Pentagon Television, Leeds LS3 1JS
Old style Thames Television camera plate from one of the big old studio cameras that were used at Teddington in the 1970s and 1980s.
Colin Baker