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19/09/2025

62 years ago today, the very first filming for took place at Ealing Studios. Read about the show's origins and early months in Pull to Open: The Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched Doctor Who, available now from https://tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/

15/09/2025

🎵 "It won't be easy…" 🎵 Above the Law: The Unofficial Guide to Star Cops is getting a reprint and will be available later this month. Order now from https://tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/

12/09/2025

We’re pleased to announce that Richard Marson’s long-awaited history of BBC Children’s TV will be published on November 17 in trade paperback and a collector’s hardback, limited to 300 copies.

Order Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children’s Television now from http://tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/

From Play School to Blue Peter, Jackanory to Newsround, Grange Hill to The Demon Headmaster, the book draws on over 170 candid new interviews with key players to tell the fascinating story behind the programmes and personalities that entertained and inspired generations of British children.

10/09/2025

Good news, on Friday at 5pm we'll be revealing the covers for Box of Delights, our new book from Richard Marson chronicling three decades of the BBC Children's Department, and opening up pre-orders. Along with the standard paperback, there will be be a special edition hardback, limited to 300 copies. Be there!

07/09/2025

We had a great time at yesterday's Barbican screening of Penda's Fen, celebrating the launch of our new book Scene by Scene. Special thanks to our speakers, actor Spencer Banks, author Ian Greaves and moderator Gareth Evans.

The book is available from https://tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/

31/08/2025

Good news, the Blue Peter Diaries is back in print next month. Programme Editor Richard Marson's candid memoir of a decade making TV's longest-running children's show. The highs, the lows… and a fateful cat.

Order now from https://tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/

27/08/2025

Thank you to SFX magazine for their five-star review of Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene. "A genuinely impressive piece of research, one that now stands as surely the definitive statement on Penda's Fen."

Order now from https://tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/

17/08/2025

Good news, we're reprinting Drama and Delight, Richard Marson's intimate biography of Doctor Who's founding producer Verity Lambert, told through the memories of those who knew her best. Pre-order now from https://tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/

14/08/2025

Sad news, with the introduction of the new US import regulations, we are no longer able to offer a USA shipping option. We thank all our American readers for their support and hope that circumstances will allow us to resume US mail order in the future.

13/08/2025

Before we jet off on holiday, we have news – Ten Acre is getting a makeover! Yes, we know… Ten Acre Films was a bit of a silly name for a publisher, so our titles will now be released under the imprint Ten Acre Books. Much better.

Look out for this natty little number, coming to book spines soon.

12/08/2025

We're about to head off for a little summer break. Our cut-off for orders will be midday tomorrow, August 13, after which mail order dispatch will be paused until Tuesday August 26.

10/08/2025

We are sad to report that longtime Blue Peter Editor Biddy Baxter has died at the age of 92. We salute a true pioneer, who navigated changing times in the television industry with instinct, tenacity and style.

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