Who's On TV.

TV Long term readers will remember my spluttering attempts to audit appearance from Doctor Who alum in film and television. Now there's a Twitter bot which is doing it automatically during broadcast, @whosontv. Here are a few examples of its work:

#Heartbeat on ITV3: William Simons was in The Sun Makers in 1977. Geoffrey Hughes was in The Ultimate Foe in 1986... pic.twitter.com/cuSUajRMtw

— Who's On TV (@WhosOnTV) March 20, 2018

#Emmerdale on ITV: Lesley Dunlop (Brenda Walker) played the role of Susan Q in The Happiness Patrol in 1988 and Norna in Frontios in 1984. pic.twitter.com/J2bDtBpPnL

— Who's On TV (@WhosOnTV) March 19, 2018

Film4: #TheKingsSpeech is on right now. Michael Gambon (King George V) appeared in the show as Kazran Sardick in A Christmas Carol in 2010. pic.twitter.com/tukJNRkahg

— Who's On TV (@WhosOnTV) March 18, 2018