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Special books celebrating great TV and the people who make it. https://linktr.ee/tenacrebooks

18/10/2025

Get in the mood for spooky season and darkening nights with The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic, an in-depth history bringing Nigel Kneale's seminal lost horror thriller back to life. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk/

16/10/2025

Happy birthday to Blue Peter, first broadcast on this day in 1958. Read about the show's history and key figures in The Blue Peter Diaries, an insider account of its 1990s renaissance, and our intimate biography of its longtime Editor, Biddy Baxter. Available now from tenacrebooks.co.uk/

07/10/2025

The latest printing of David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television is almost sold out but more are on the way. An in-depth biography of Doctor Who’s first script editor by Simon Guerrier, shining new light on an enigmatic figure. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk.

04/10/2025

Good news, the forthcoming collector's edition hardback of our new book Box of Delights will now be signed by author Richard Marson.

The 500-page definitive story of BBC Children's Programmes, limited to 300 copies, with cover illustrations by Paul Cemmick. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk

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/

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