Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com Covering cancelled/unreleased video games and prototypes across a variety of consoles and home computers. Preserving unreleased video game history online since 1999, and longer offline.
Check out our archive and more at: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com
Saturday Mornings @saturdaymornings.co.uk Celebrating BBC Saturday morning television - from Swap Shop through Live & Kicking to Saturday Mash-Up!… and everything else in-between.
Visit the website:
http://saturdaymornings.co.uk
PantoSplaining - The Panto Poster Podcast @pantosplaining.bsky.social We pluck a poster from panto history and look at what we can find out about it for a real deep dive with many diversions into silliness.
Episode 9 ⛱️ SUMMER 🏝️ SPECIAL 🌞 out now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRCsvyEtkkI
Talking Bottom @talkingbottom.bsky.social The Bottom Podcast - discussing the greatest sitcom from Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson. From @paultanter Mat Brooks & Angela Pearson - the book TALKING BOTTOM: A GUIDE TO THE CULT SITCOM out now https://linktr.ee/talkingbottom
Jonathan Sloman @squidyuk.bsky.social Was big on Twitter
Old UK Christmas Listings Mags @oldukxmaslistings.bsky.social Wallowing in the Christmas double-issues of the TV listings mags we grew up with - going back to 1924!
A Festive version of @OldUKTVListings.bsky.social
Paul Hayes @paul-hayes.bsky.social Writer and BBC radio producer.
Author of Doctor Who: Star Flight, OUT NOW from BBC Audiobooks:
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/471521/doctor-who-star-flight
computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social The UK's leading business technology publication - since 1966. Read all the latest news and features at www.computerweekly.com. Orwell Special Prize 2024. We're the team that exposed the #PostOfficeScandal
Old UK Catalogues @oldukcatalogues.bsky.social Random selections of pages from vintage UK catalogues.
Also:
* @OldInCatalogues.bsky.social - International (non-UK) catalogues
* @OldUKCataloguesXm.bsky.social - UK Christmas catalogues, from Sept 16th
* @OldUKPrintAds.bsky.social - UK Print Ads
Fortean Times @forteantimes.bsky.social The journal of strange phenomena
Chinny Honk @chinnyhonk.bsky.social Professional Irene Handl impersonator.
ZXGuesser @zxguesser.bsky.social Online teletext viewer: https://zxnet.co.uk/teletext/viewer
Online teletext editor: https://zxnet.co.uk/teletext/editor
Teletext art: https://zxnet.co.uk/teletext/gallery
Teletext discord: https://discord.gg/JfytfS3xmg
Andrew Wiseman @aswiseman.bsky.social Runs old telly website https://625.uk.com
TV Live @tvlive.site The ultimate destination for anyone passionate about the art of television presentation, offering a nostalgic look back at the golden era of TV, as well as a modern-day exploration of how presentation has evolved. Site run by @robertfrancis.co.uk
Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social Writer. Radio host. Splainer.
I've been waiting for so long to sing my middle-aged victory song.
Buy a book here: https://linktr.ee/BenBakerBooks
RetrogamerDaz @retrogamerdaz.bsky.social I’m the editor of @retrogamermag.bsky.social and a collector of far, far too many things, from retro games, to trading cards and 1/6 and 1/12 action figures. He/him, autistic.
The Teletext Archaeologist @ttxarchaeologist.bsky.social Jason Robertson (@jaseinblack.bsky.social) presents a curated selection of teletext pages recovered from videotape. Also on Mastodon at @grim_fandango@mas.to and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/teletextarchaeologist
Gareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social Sixth SM rehash of cuddly, yet irritating, non-alcoholic but award-winning radio producer/journo/presenter, VO and sports junkie - part-Welsh, part-Granadalander. Still to be taken. Views wholly owned.
Charity Shop Classics @charityclassics.bsky.social We buy records & CDs in charity shops across the land then play them on Manchester's @allfm.bsky.social every Sunday morning at 11am. www.allfm.org to stream live, and catch up with past shows on Mixcloud. http://www.mixcloud.com/CharityShopClassics/
DadGamerUK @dadgamer.uk PC gamer dad trying to relive the best games from the 1980's to the 2000's.
The Daddy of UK Gaming
http://lzy.link/dadgameruk
The Anorak Zone @theanorakzone.bsky.social Cult Film & TV: https://www.anorakzone.com/
Gerry Anderson @gerryanderson.bsky.social 🚀 Official account of the creator of #Thunderbirds, #Space1999, #Terrahawks. Run by Anderson Entertainment | gerryanderson.com
Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social Most of my posts ignored. From Granadaland. Still misunderstanding for comic effect. Cats. Saint Etienne. Left-ish. All Doctor Who is great. Friday night TOTP commentator. More cats. MUFC. PSB. Did I mention cats?
Threads: mrdazbear@threads.net
RadioJottings @radiojottings.bsky.social Andy Walmsley writing about radio broadcasting history and occasionally about life here in France
Radio blog at andywalmsley.blogspot.com
DextersTechLab - The Quantel Guy @dexterstechlab.bsky.social UK/GB/Manchester. Saving the Quantel legacy one luma sample at a time, blundering with electronics, computers & other weird things, fixing stuff.
World of Telly @world-of-telly.bsky.social YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldofTelly
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/world-of-telly/id1806155021
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WorldofTelly
John: @worldoftelly.bsky.social
Neil: @neilperryman.bsky.social
Disc-Connected: Your trusted news source in physical media @disc-connected.bsky.social I post all physical media announcements, deals, preorders, and share TRUE information. I publish a magazine called The Physical Media Advocate. I produce discs for Terror Vision, Severin Films, Deaf Crocodile, and more. someonesfavoriteproductions.com
Christopher Wickham @cwickham.bsky.social Quite a fast reader. cwickham.blogspot.com
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
Nostalgia Nerd @nostalgianerd.com Retro YouTube nerd, author, streamer, occasionally.
🔗 nerdl.ink
Time Extension @timeextension.com Breathing new life into old games. Retro gaming news, reviews and features from the lovely people behind @nintendolife.com
@pushsquare.com and @purexbox.com
www.timeextension.com
Henrique Olifiers @olifiers.bsky.social Co-Founder, Gamer-In-Chief of BAFTA-winner Bossa Studios. Chairman tinyBuild. Driver of the ZX Spectrum Next. Retro computing fan. Maker. Space enthusiast.
Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social Television news director; Dad; lover of old television (programmes and companies), character comedy and random bands.
Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social Wallowing in TV Listings magazines of yesteryears, borrowing heavily from the BBC's Genome project. Completely unaffiliated with any organisation.
If you just want Christmas double-issues, try @OldUKXmasListings.bsky.social
Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social Non-profit dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. Our free digital archive is now open to the public! http://archive.gamehistory.org
Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social A representation of old British TV. Far more links and details in the weekly Newsletter: https://whydontyoutube.substack.com
Distinct Nostalgia @distinctnostalgia.bsky.social Home of LOST TV! Exclusives with those behind our fave tv shows/films. 350 hours of intvws, reunions, drama, comedy & panel shows. Go to https://distinctnostalgia.buzzsprout.com Prod by @mimproductions - Donate - https://buymeacoffee.com/distinctnostalgia
Mulgrave Audio @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social Original audio drama. Where white noise meets dark forests, where waking terrors meet sleepy hollows, where analogue dreams meet digital nightmares...
mulgraveaudio.co.uk
mulgraveaudio.bandcamp.com
STARBURST MAGAZINE @starburst.bsky.social The World's Longest Running Magazine of Fantastic Films & Television. First published in 1977, our 495th issue is in shops now, or can be ordered directly from us over at www.starburstmagazine.store
Zaph Camden @zaphcamden.bsky.social Powered by coffee, pizza and forest bathing. Prefers eclectic moderation to intense fandom. Sharing my life with my Groupie 💕
Þetta Reddast! 🇮🇸
@woodg31.bsky.social @woodg31.bsky.social A little bit of this a little bit of that..tv nostalgia nothing is forgotten..
Colin Baker @oldsixie.bsky.social Actor Writer Pensioned Off Time Lord
Proud Father of four daughters
Colinbakeronline
Illuminations @illuminations.bsky.social Producer of arts docs, screen performance; posts by John Wyver, Professor of the Arts on Screen, Univ of Westminster; expect broadcasting history, esp early TV, theatre, film, visual art
Images: Magic Rays of Light / de Stael, Le Saladier (detail), ‘54
Media Boy UK on Blue Sky @mediaboyuk.bsky.social MB UK's official Blue Sky account.
What do this feed post?
News on UK & ROI Broadcasters
Virgin Media O2 > Sky UK
Freesat > Freeview UK
Netflix > Freely
Sports Rights > Streaming
Podcast > Virgin Media (ROI)
All info may change, All views are of MB UK.
Doctor Who Merchandise @doctorwhomerch.bsky.social All the latest news on Doctor Who books, audio, video and more!
Amazon Storefront: https://t.co/YMdFmiUOED
Forbidden Planet: https://tinyurl.com/Doctor-Who-Merchandise
Also on X, if you are still on there…
https://x.com/whomerchandise
filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social Film is Fabulous! is an initiative to preserve vulnerable film collections held privately in the United Kingdom.
FaceBook Page https://rb.gy/owgxjr
United Kingdom filmisfabulous.org.uk
Paul Stevenson @hauntedmagazine.bsky.social A Dad to teenage twin girls. Joker. Editor of Haunted Magazine: Go to work for rest, peace & quiet. Bumbling, fumbling, stumbling, tumbling & mumbling my way through the paranormal. Email paul@hauntedmagazine.co.uk if you feel the need.
www.hauntedmag.com
BBC Records (Vinyl) @bbcrecords.co.uk All things BBC and vinyl. BBC Enterprises’ BBC Records (& Tapes) label, BBC Publications label, BBC Sound Effects Centre, Radioplay, Recorded Programmes Permanent Library, Transcription Services etc.
Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social Buildings, signs, and symbols collected by keyword. Original photographic documentation since 2010.
Chicago, IL — www.ruralindexingproject.com
Radio Merch @radiomerch.co.uk The UK Radio Merchandise Archive - the home of #radiomerch at: www.radiomerch.co.uk.
Browse 4,000+ bits of merch/memorabilia and add your own collection too!
📻🤓
Curious British Telly @curiousbritishtelly.co.uk 
Bob Fischer @bobfischer.bsky.social Writer and mumbler. Haunted Generation, Fortean Times, Electronic Sound, Doctor Who Magazine, Shindig, Mulgrave Audio, Wiffle Lever To Full, Scarred For Life and Summer Winos. Summat to do innit
Cult Edge @cultedge.bsky.social Original design on the edge of cult. Mostly Blake's 7. The 'Blake's 7 Production Diary Series C' - and all Cult Edge publications - available now from https://cultedge.art
Fast Tunes Ltd @fasttunesltd.bsky.social We are Fast Tunes, the smallest recording organisation in the world.
Twenty-five years ago, give or take 6 months, vintage telly nerds Gavin Sutherland and Martin Fenton started compiling a list of broadcasting-related things they’d like to record.
Michael Seely @mpseely.bsky.social michaelseely.substack.com Classic BBC TV researcher, biographer of Kit Pedler, Douglas Camfield and Doomwatch.
Ten Acre Books @tenacrebooks.bsky.social Special books celebrating great TV shows and the people who make them. tenacrebooks.co.uk | https://linktr.ee/tenacrebooks
Toby Hadoke @tobyhadoke.bsky.social Actor, Comedian, Writer, Voice Guy, Professional Anorak.
Arcana is my armour. And my amour. 
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine. 
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social BBC Russia Editor, Moscow
Paul at SuperDeluxeEdition.com @super-deluxe.bsky.social Runs SuperDeluxeEdition.com a website that celebrates physical music, reissues & immersive audio. Also, theSDEshop.com.
UK Media News @ukmedianews.bsky.social UK Media News - Broadcasters & Platforms
For all MCUK feeds on Bluesky - see the pinned post below.
TardisTimegirl @izskinner.bsky.social CGI Artist, 3D Animator, Doctor Who fan.
youtube.com/TardisTimegirl
Andy AVAV Systems @avavsystems.bsky.social Audio Visual Services.
Transcription of Obsolete Formats.
Satellite, Aerial, AV Installs, serving Sussex & South East.
Format Collector. Tech Geek.
Record Hoarder & Charity Shop Frequenter.
I do not have a PodCast
archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social Our purpose is to amuse, simply to amuse. Nothing serious, nothing political.
Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social A podcast which celebrates the work of Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine - and great comedy in general!
Goon Pod: https://pod.link/1569929507
Goon Pod Film Club: Patreon.com/GoonPod
The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social A Doctor Who obsessive, his long-suffering wife, their sons and our House Dalek, Colin.
None of our Dalek/family photos use AI
Cameron Yarde Jnr @cameronyardejnr.bsky.social The same nonsense that was on X but in fewer posts.
Did You See? @tvdidyousee.bsky.social Listings, clippings, cuttings and ephemera from British TV gone by.
General Witchfinders - The British Horror Podcast and Zine @generalwitch.bsky.social The British Horror Podcast and Zine
Britain… an ancient kingdom with cruelty and torment in its blood
Join Ross Jon and James as they tread where few dare
From Dracula to Damien Herbert to Hellraiser
www.generalwitchfinders.com
Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social Actor/writer/ comedian/processed snacks enthusiast
Expect some light drivel but sunny spells later.
Hidden Britain @hiddenbritain.bsky.social Handmade signs, prints, music & books inspired by British Folk Horror and unsettling TV, film & literature. Based in The Black Country, England.
https://linktr.ee/hiddenbritain
Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social Archive TV Channel. Keeping celluloid alive! Freeview82 Freesat306 Sky324 Virgin445 Freely36. FREE catch-up via Freeview Red Button and http://tptvencore.co.uk
Jan Beta @janbeta.net I repair/hack/make/destroy stuff on YouTube/PeerTube.
Retrocomputing, VintageAudio, Tinkering. As unprofessional as it gets.
Chaotic good. Anti-fascist. C64 rules.
https://janbeta.net/
Sean Reynard / Quentin Smirhes @seanreynard.bsky.social QTV, Quentin Smirhes
https://linktr.ee/seanreynard
Scarred For Life Books @scarredforlife.bsky.social A trilogy of books about the dark pop culture of the 1970s and 1980s, from public information films to nuclear war!
Buy the books: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Patreon: bit.ly/3Rfo1Xz
Contact: ste1bro@hotmail.co.uk
The TV Room @thetvroom.com Est 1999. Broadcast news, opinion, bloopers, insider info, archive clips, talent profiles, graphic design, marketing, studios, transmitters, playout and teletext.
Website: https://thetvroom.com
Forum: https://pres.cafe
Member: https://tvpres.com
The Peggy Mount Calamity Hour @peggymountpod.bsky.social A casual cultural critique of vintage television, where Britain's best-loved battleaxe is never far from our minds...
Neil Miles @neilsmiles.com "Isn't he a panic"
ASD. Deals in items salvaged from old video tapes and snark about 80s pop.
“Tinkety tonk old fruit, & down with the Nazis”
https://www.youtube.com/@NeilMiles
Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social Common person. Comedy fan. Colossal nerd. youtube.com/pipmadeley
Dr Jamiebear 🏳️🌈 @jamiebear.uk Jamie, just your average Merseyside-based foulmouthed slutty gay Welsh socialist vegetarian tattooed historian Green Party member with EDS. he/him.
In stereo (where available)
NSFW alt: @bearbehind.bsky.social
Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social Editorial bod on BBC iPlayer, Creamguide person at creamguide.substack.com, budding Industry Personality. Personal views only- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social Archive TV viewer, writer, pint drinker: time you enjoy wasting is not wasted. Regular at @cathoderays.bsky.social
“general excellent taste”
“incredibly good company”
“very nice”
📺 http://visualmutterings.com
⏪️ https://backintimefortv.co.uk
Phil @vmphil.bsky.social Posts mainly about TV, media, technology and miscellaneous topics. Merseyside, UK.
Stephen Pihlaja @stephenpihlaja.bsky.social Language Linguistics Religion Education Aston University Birmingham Community Organising Running Immigration Veganism bit.ly/m/SPihlaja
Ade Jacobs @adejacobsdj.bsky.social Views my own. DJ on Box UK Radio (boxuk.danceradiouk.com)
Doing it for fun, would consider as a career. Any offers welcome. Autistic with EUPD. Big Chance of getting all of this wrong! Thanks x
Loves old TV inc Doctor Who | Top of the Pops | Doctors 
Mark Simpson @marksimpson.bsky.social I do stuff that makes things appear on your telly.
Personal account. 🏳️🌈
Donaghadee, Northern Ireland. He/him|Sé/é
I block any new followers which do not have any content on their accounts.- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Kenneth Williams @diarieskenneth.bsky.social Diary entries by Kenneth Williams, posts by @michaelglasper.bsky.social
Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk Surface pattern designer and illustrator. Bold, colourful things inspired by brutalist architecture, mid-century graphics and music. Based in Manchester.
https://www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
ZXVintage @zxvintage.bsky.social A wave of ZX Spectrum magazine nostalgia.
Metadata from the ZXDB database, which is mostly-accurate but expect oddities.
Completely unofficial!
UKPRES @ukpres1.bsky.social Hark back to the TV Presentation of the 70s to the 90s. With wobbly film, In Vision announcers, long forgotten programmes, adverts and retro graphics
Mark GJ @brokentv.uk It takes a village of dozens to hold me back
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Current project: Auntie's Favourites - The stories behind the BBC's 250 Most-Broadcast Programmes.
Current progress: Finding all the bad bits in first draft
https://brokentv.uk/
TRANSDIFFUSI⭕️N @transdiffusion.org This is https://transdiffusion.org/, the independent broadcasting authority since 1964. A huge collection of television, radio & advertising archives, articles and more.
Russty Russ @russtyruss.bsky.social Fancy a trip to celebrate the past filled with #UK based nostalgia. Its mainly Television on here but I chuck other #retro bits in too.
Georgy Jamieson @georgyjamieson.bsky.social Producer/host of Audio Academy podcast. Weekday breakfast co-host Broadland Radio. Writer & event host https://georgyjamieson.info/ Ambassador for Autism Anglia, Patron of Bawdsey Radar Museum, Director British Comedy Society.TV & Radio comedy historian.
John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org Links to vaguely pop, vaguely culture articles over on Dirty Feed. www.dirtyfeed.org ISSN 2754-2807