Film 178 for '26

▶️ On his last day at school, a ‘no hope’ 16-year-old pupil holds his teachers hostage using a motor-bike petrol tank as a bomb:

#NowWatching "Gotcha/Campion’s Interview" (1977)

#Film #PhysicalMedia #Bluray #PlayForToday #GarethThomas

#PostOfficeScandal #Horizon #Fujitsu #KeirStarmer #GarethThomas #PostOffice

Film 171 for '26

▶️ It's not easy being a striker with a strike-breaking policeman billeted in your home but Stocker and Griffith
make a go of it. Until events turn violent:

#NowWatching "Stocker's Copper" (1972)

#Film #PhysicalMedia #PlayForToday #GarethThomas #JaneLapotaire #TonyCaunter

Today we celebrate the birthday to Welsh actor Gareth Thomas, born today in 1945. Thomas rose to national prominence playing the role of Roj Blake in the 1970s BBC science-fiction television drama series Blake's 7. #GarethThomas

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to Wyrd Britain stalwart Gareth Thomas (1945), star of Children of the Stones, Blake's 7, Knights of God, and more.
#wyrdbritainbirthdays #gareththomas #blakes7 #childrenofthestones #knightsofgod

Bad business and rewarding failure 🤔 #Fujitsu #procurement #HorizonScandal #PostOffice #GarethThomas

On this day (21st December) in 1981, 'Blake', the final episode of 'Blake's 7' was broadcast on BBC1.

#Blakes7 #Blake #TerryNation #PaulDarrow #MichaelKeating #GlynisBarber #StevenPacey #JosetteSimon #GarethThomas #ChrisBoucher #DavidCollings #SashaMitchell

15 years on from the MPs' expenses scandal, the self-serving political class are at it again Little has changed since the MPs expenses scandal - and it seems that some are claiming huge amounts, particularly Friends of Israel ones

Meanwhile, #MPs CLAIMING some of the LARGEST STAFFING COSTS included:

* #EmilyThornberry £252,957
* #FleurAnderson £252,789
* #SiobhainMcDonagh £252,576
* #GarethThomas £252,533
* #WesStreeting £252,415

WHAT'S that #SMELL?🤔.. #Greed?🤑..#Fraud?🤑

#JustAskin💅💄👄👇

www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Temple, Paul Temple and Steve, 8. The Final Curtain Belasco is close to capture, but there's still a trick or two up their sleeve.

5pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra

From 2010, Ep 8 (of 8) of #Detective #Drama📻 #PaulTempleAndSteve - “The Final Curtain”

A faithful re-creation of Francis Durbridge's 1947 serial not kept in BBC archives

🌟 #CrawfordLogan #GerdaStevenson #GarethThomas

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Temple, Paul Temple and Steve, 7. The Suspects The net is closing on Dr Belasco, but Paul Temple and Steve are now in danger.

5pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra

From 2010, Ep 7 (of 8) of #Detective #Drama📻 #PaulTempleAndSteve - “The Suspects”

A faithful re-creation of Francis Durbridge's 1947 serial not kept in BBC archives

🌟 #CrawfordLogan #GerdaStevenson #GarethThomas

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Temple, Paul Temple and Steve, 6. Steve's Intuition The sleuth finds a clue - but it's not Belasco's identity.

5pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra

From 2010, Ep 6 (of 8) of #Detective #Drama📻 #PaulTempleAndSteve - “Steve's Intuition”

A faithful re-creation of Francis Durbridge's 1947 serial not kept in BBC archives

🌟 #CrawfordLogan #GerdaStevenson #GarethThomas

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Temple, Paul Temple and Steve, 5. David Nelson Explains The sleuth's probe leads him to a country house on Romney Marsh

5pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra

From 2010, Ep 5 (of 8) of #Detective #Drama📻 #PaulTempleAndSteve “David Nelson Explains”

A faithful re-creation of Francis Durbridge's 1947 serial not kept in BBC archives

🌟 #CrawfordLogan #GerdaStevenson #GarethThomas

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Temple, Paul Temple and Steve, 4. Mrs Forester Is Surprised The suave sleuth faces danger on departing the Machicha Club.

5pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra

From 2010, Ep 4 (of 8) of #Detective #Drama📻 #PaulTempleAndSteve “Mrs Forester Is Surprised”

A faithful re-creation of Francis Durbridge's 1947 serial not kept in BBC archives

🌟 #CrawfordLogan #GerdaStevenson #GarethThomas

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Temple, Paul Temple and Steve, 3. Presenting Ed Bellamy Intrigue awaits at one of London's most fashionable nightspots

5pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra

From 2010, Ep 3 (of 8) of #Detective #Drama📻 #PaulTempleAndSteve “Presenting Ed Bellamy”

A faithful re-creation of Francis Durbridge's 1947 serial not kept in BBC archives

🌟 #CrawfordLogan #GerdaStevenson #GarethThomas

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Temple, Paul Temple and Steve, 2. 27a Berkeley House Place The suave sleuth faces a perilous rendezvous on the Great North Road.

5pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra

From 2010, Ep 2 (of 8) of #Detective #Drama📻 #PaulTempleAndSteve “27a Berkeley House Place ”

A faithful re-creation of Francis Durbridge's 1947 serial not kept in BBC archives

🌟 #CrawfordLogan #GerdaStevenson #GarethThomas

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Temple, Paul Temple and Steve, 1. The Notorious Dr Belasco Paul and Steve are enlisted to track down the mysterious Dr Belasco.

5pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra

From 2010, Ep 1 (of 8) of #Detective #Drama📻 #PaulTempleAndSteve “The Notorious Dr Belasco”

A faithful re-creation of Francis Durbridge's 1947 serial not kept in BBC archives

🌟 #CrawfordLogan #GerdaStevenson #GarethThomas

Gareth Thomas On Being Called an ‘AIDS Spreader’ and Spat On - Instinct Magazine There are few people whose lives define resilience in quite the way Gareth Thomas’ does. The Welsh rugby legend, activist, and outspoken advocate for both

Living with HIV: Gareth Thomas Opens Up About the Daily Stigma He Faces #aidsawareness #GarethThomas #HateCrime #HIV

Last season for this 2018 #TDF and 2016 #PARISNICE winner #GarethThomas #Photography

Today we celebrate the birthday to Welsh actor Gareth Thomas, born today in 1945. Thomas rose to national prominence playing the role of Roj Blake in the 1970s BBC science-fiction television drama series Blake's 7. #GarethThomas

Sounds to me like #BettyBrown might have been fobbed off a bit by #GarethThomas today - his reaction to her reminded me of Boris being 'shocked' when the Party-Gate Press Conference video came out... I was so angry, etc, etc. I hope #Newsnight do some good follow up work.

Betty Arvaniti (as Annika Zeferis) and Jack Hedley (as Alan Haldane) in ‘Who Pays the Ferryman?’

Tomorrow @hwam.bsky.social and I leave wintry England behind for sun-soaked Crete as we review Michael J. Bird’s ‘Who Pays the Ferryman?’ for An A to Z of UK TV Drama #podcast #archivetv #television #oldtv #jackhedley #bettyarvaniti #pariencecollier #lallaward #gareththomas #sallyknyvette

On this day (21st December) in 1981, 'Blake', the final episode of 'Blake's 7' was broadcast on BBC1.

#Blakes7 #Blake #TerryNation #PaulDarrow #MichaelKeating #GlynisBarber #StevenPacey #JosetteSimon #GarethThomas #ChrisBoucher #DavidCollings #SashaMitchell

Remembering classic Sci-fi 👽 TvTheme for Blake's 7 1978 📺 A group of diverse convicts and outcasts must try to fight a guerrilla war against Terran Federation💥 Who was your favourite character in this Space Opera 🚀🪐⁉️ #GarethThomas #PaulDarrow #JacquelinePearce #Blakes7 #Retro #Classic #TvTheme

Watching the #gareththomas documentary...moving stuff. Brings back lots of feelings too.