Farewell, old soldier. That’s goodnight and goodbye to our beloved Bernard. Wilf is mentioned in dispatches next week, all safe and sound, don’t worry, but that’s the only scene Bernard was able to film. We had a wonderful time! We’d never lost touch, in all these years, so I phoned him up and asked him to come back. He sniffed and said, ‘Let me see the script.’😂 We had a wonderful readthrough with 120 people at which he was adored by one and all. A lovely dinner in Cardiff where he regaled us with tales galore, twinkling as ever. Then the shoot in Camden – you can see in Unleashed and read in next week’s DWM how much he enjoyed that. And then… we had a little more written, but it wasn’t to be; at 93 years old, the old soldier had given us his best, and stepped away. Night, Bernard, and thank you. I love you.♥️
That’s A Really Divine Interior, Slay 🟦 Bad Wolf Studios
Our wedding anniversary! ♥️ Manchester
MISSING LINES. Okay, so I know the Doctor has been to the edge of the universe before, and further. The First Doctor went to Quinnis “in the fourth universe.” The Fourth Doctor went to the Planet of Evil! And the 13th was on board Tecteun’s ship in-between universes. So, this is the scene with the Doctor & Donna looking out at the nothingness, Draft 3, 17.04.22, where I acknowledged that. And then I cut it, because 😴 But still, the Doctor was thinking it! True fact! #truefact @bbcdoctorwho Script to Screen
This is our real colour @bbctheoneshow 🧡 The One Show
TONIGHT! The Star Beast (pictured, left) arrives on BBC One and WORLDWIDE on Disney+ ♥️♥️➕🟦 @bbcdoctorwho @disneyplus @bbcone @bbciplayer @bad_wolf_tv Bad Wolf Studios
TONIGHT. Yes, repeated on BBC3 at 8pm, followed by Doctor Who Unleashed at 9pm. Or any time you like on iPlayer or Disney+ worldwide. The Star Beast, everywhere now. Thank you for the love! ♥️ @bad_wolf_tv Bad Wolf Studios
We had a biiiiiig cake 🎂 @bad_wolf_tv Bad Wolf Studios
“Fenslaw, colliss, brate.” 🤔 TONIGHT, Wild Blue Yonder on @bbcone & @bbciplayer in the UK and @disneyplus worldwide! Enjoy! 😱 BBC One
Brigit Forsyth (1940-2023) Brigit starred in the very first drama I ever wrote, Dark Season (1991). She played Miss Maitland, who saved the day by driving a bulldozer into a supercomputer! She had to have bulldozer lessons, which she loved. I went to the rehearsal rooms in North Acton and I was tongue-tied, she was the most famous person I’d ever met! Thelma! From The Likely Lads! And nothing like poor Thelma, of course, she was warm and funny and great with a muttered aside. I’d see her over the years, when I worked at Granada, because she was married to a fine old Coronation Street director, Brian Mills. Then, in 2021, Big Finish brought Dark Season back for a 30th anniversary. Brigit was retired, and not well by that stage, but she came back for a lap of victory, that old fire still burning. Miss Maitland saved the world, one last time. It was nice to thank her, and to say goodbye. Night darling ♥️xxx RIP
The Doctor Who roadshow continues! Such a laugh with @zoetheball this morning! ♥️ @bbcradio2 Radio 2
TONIGHT! BBC One! Who is this mysterious man? How will his life collide with the Doctor’s? And how are they connected to the Doctor’s greatest enemies, the Daleks? DESTINATION: SKARO for @bbccin, please donate if you can @bbcone @bbciplayer @mawaanr ♥️ BBC Children in Need
In the Guardian today @guardian The Guardian
The BBC!
Good old Canal Street ♥️ Canal Street, Manchester
More DT! The Star Beast will have an in-vision commentary with Phil Collinson (Exec Producer), David Tennant (the Doctor!) and Vicki Delow (Producer) on iPlayer. You know like DVD commentaries? That, but you can SEE them, and you don’t have to buy the DVD! We’ll also have this for The Giggle and Christmas. More extras for you in the UK! 😃♥️ BBC Iplayer
Ebook available NOW! Paperback in January. Delighted to welcome our old friend Gary Russell back into the fold – he wrote the novelisation of Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor’s first adventure, and now he’s back for the Fourteenth. Enjoy! Meep meep! 🐰 @bbcdoctorwho My Bookshelf
NOLLY! Winner at the RTS North West Awards, Best Writer, Best Drama, Best Actor for Helena Bonham Carter, Best Visual Post Production! Thank you @nicolanshindler @mskarenlewis @pjuk and hooray for @quaystreetproductions and @itv @itvxofficial ♥️ Manchester
Happy birthday Jay, much missed ♥️
Manchester
Even the Beano is celebrating! Thanks to @yourpalfanton and happy 85th, Beano! Great word,“Beano.” ♥️
Two men meet by chance and we follow their relationship across the decades, from the heights of McCarthyism in the 50s to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. This is devastating, gripping, hot, brilliant and absolutely wonderful. Landmark TV, written with such ferocious, unsparing intelligence. I’ve never seen, so clearly, how the closet, with all its lies, power and compromise, perfectly fits the world of politics. And such a profound understanding of sex, with joy, fear, kink, roleplay and the sheer complications of two men negotiating with each other. Let alone the complications of love! The most brilliant cast, led by @mattbomer and @jbayleaf, wonderful script by @ronnyswaner and a gorgeous score by @paulleonardmorgan, led by the mighty @danminahan. Available on @paramountplusuk. I’ve been thinking a lot about the brilliant review of this by @paul_flynn which asked the fundamental question, “What was it about us that caused such opprobrium?” Television
Sister Act! @thecentre_yganolfan Oh my God, so much fun. Starring Lesley Joseph, who’s absolutely wonderful. @philcollinson and I hooted. Nuns fighting gangsters! Brilliant cast. Joyous, hilarious and unexpectedly wise. Great night out, still some tickets left! ♥️ 😇 Wales Millennium Centre – Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru
1985! Me, on the left, in Grease at the @shermantheatre. I was Kenickie! So much fun 🎵♥️ Foreground, my old friend Susie Mair who was once mentioned by Donna Noble! #greaseistheword Sherman Theatre
