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1965: Vintage Pillar Box Spotting | Tonight | BBC Archive

"There's a Penfold 7000 feet up in the Himalayas, and I myself have seen another one in the middle of the Malayan jungle." Julian ...

7:44
1965: Vintage Pillar Box Spotting | Tonight | BBC Archive

6,396 views

15 hours ago

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2000: Television... On Demand?! | Tomorrow's World | BBC Archive

"Imagine being able to watch whatever you want, whenever you want." Your own, personal television channel - it may sound like ...

7:27
2000: Television... On Demand?! | Tomorrow's World | BBC Archive

22,674 views

1 day ago

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1992: Virtual Reality Theme Park | Tomorrow's World | BBC Archive

"One way or another, virtual reality is going to have a huge impact on the real world." Howard Stableford visits a cutting-edge ...

5:24
1992: Virtual Reality Theme Park | Tomorrow's World | BBC Archive

11,104 views

6 days ago

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1980: When Blue Peter Broadcast from an Empty Studio | BBC Archive

Here's one they didn't make earlier. When an industrial dispute at Television Centre left the Blue Peter studio devoid of both ...

8:06
1980: When Blue Peter Broadcast from an Empty Studio | BBC Archive

65,185 views

7 days ago

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1984: The Pub that Time Forgot | Breakfast Time | BBC Archive

"This, in fact, is a trip 40 years back in time." Paul Burden reports on the little known pub "The Wine Vaults" in Ross on Wye, where ...

4:13
1984: The Pub that Time Forgot | Breakfast Time | BBC Archive

268,914 views

8 days ago

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2000: Web Shoppers - The Future of Fashion? | Tomorrow's World | BBC Archive

"Some people find that shopping by computer lacks the human touch." Philippa Forrester gets to experience a shopping trip to ...

5:29
2000: Web Shoppers - The Future of Fashion? | Tomorrow's World | BBC Archive

47,998 views

9 days ago

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1982: Factory Workers Discuss Automation | A Moment to Talk | BBC Archive

A Moment to Talk sees production line workers stop for a breather, to talk about their lives, jobs and concerns. This edition ...

14:50
1982: Factory Workers Discuss Automation | A Moment to Talk | BBC Archive

9,593 views

10 days ago

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1972: Selling French Candles During the UK Power Shortages | Nationwide | BBC Archive

"Packet of ten for thirty pence - who wants the first lot?" Nationwide's Lynn Lewis takes his car on the ferry to France, to find out ...

7:29
1972: Selling French Candles During the UK Power Shortages | Nationwide | BBC Archive

26,694 views

2 weeks ago

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2002: The Biggest Change in TV History? | Tomorrow's World | BBC Archive

At present, fewer than half of British viewers have made the switchover to digital television, but don't let the recent demise of ITV ...

4:35
2002: The Biggest Change in TV History? | Tomorrow's World | BBC Archive

324,114 views

2 weeks ago

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1965: Cleaning St Paul's Cathedral | Tonight | BBC Archive

"Even the man who built it, Sir Christopher Wren, never saw it looking quite so spick and span." By the time it was finished in 1710, ...

7:31
1965: Cleaning St Paul's Cathedral | Tonight | BBC Archive

19,718 views

2 weeks ago

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1970: Could COFFEE Catch on in BRITAIN? | Scene | BBC Archive

Schools and colleges programme, Scene investigates how an advertising agency works to influence the tastes and change the ...

17:22
1970: Could COFFEE Catch on in BRITAIN? | Scene | BBC Archive

52,188 views

1 year ago

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1970: VICTORIAN TEENAGERS reminisce | Yesterday's Witness | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

What was it like to be a teenager in the Victorian era? Two women, now in their 90's, talk about their younger days in the 1890s.

9:47
1970: VICTORIAN TEENAGERS reminisce | Yesterday's Witness | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

2,369,803 views

3 years ago

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1984: The Pub that Time Forgot | Breakfast Time | BBC Archive

"This, in fact, is a trip 40 years back in time." Paul Burden reports on the little known pub "The Wine Vaults" in Ross on Wye, where ...

4:13
1984: The Pub that Time Forgot | Breakfast Time | BBC Archive

268,914 views

8 days ago

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1954: The END of RATIONING | BBC News | Classic News Report | BBC Archive

"The ration book has done its job. It's been a long job. Indeed, children up to school-leaving age have never known life without the ...

6:24
1954: The END of RATIONING | BBC News | Classic News Report | BBC Archive

297,134 views

2 years ago

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1957: BRITISH SUNDAYS - Should We Have More FREEDOM? | Panorama | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

"For years the British Sunday has amazed foreigners, for years the British themselves have argued over it." Christopher Chataway ...

8:15
1957: BRITISH SUNDAYS - Should We Have More FREEDOM? | Panorama | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

547,550 views

1 year ago

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1972: Welcome to SPAGHETTI JUNCTION | Wheelbase | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

"This is the missing link, the part of the jigsaw that we needed to make our motorway system make sense." The day before it opens ...

4:51
1972: Welcome to SPAGHETTI JUNCTION | Wheelbase | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

160,952 views

8 months ago

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1963: HOW LOCAL IS YOUR LOCAL? | Tonight | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

As areas of Salford were being flattened for new development, Julian Pettifer went to look at some of the few remaining buildings ...

8:54
1963: HOW LOCAL IS YOUR LOCAL? | Tonight | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

246,619 views

1 year ago

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1971: The '70s CARS of your DREAMS | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

Nationwide reports from the 1971 British Motor Show at Earl's Court, on the latest developments in cars, car safety and in-car ...

14:00
1971: The '70s CARS of your DREAMS | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

202,694 views

1 year ago

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1978: Keith is Plane Crazy | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

"He's determined one day to reach a million miles." Nationwide's Kevin Cosgrove reports on the jet-setting lifestyle of Worcester ...

7:58
1978: Keith is Plane Crazy | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

97,059 views

4 weeks ago

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2002: Will 3G Mobiles Take Off? | Newsnight | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

Paul Mason reports from Douglas on the Isle of Man, where the first full-scale consumer trial of 3G mobile phone systems is being ...

10:03
2002: Will 3G Mobiles Take Off? | Newsnight | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

216,845 views

1 month ago

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1962: The People Who Live on Spurn Point  | Tonight | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

"Oh yes, there are actually people who live on this wind-blasted strip of shingle, all the time." Julian Pettifer reports from Spurn ...

10:07
1962: The People Who Live on Spurn Point | Tonight | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

63,699 views

3 months ago

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1970: TYNEHAM - The Ghost Village | Nationwide | BBC Archive

Bob Langley takes a dip in the pleasant waters of Worbarrow Bay, off the coast of Dorset. It's a rare treat for Langley, and indeed ...

7:57
1970: TYNEHAM - The Ghost Village | Nationwide | BBC Archive

58,011 views

4 months ago

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1972: Selling French Candles During the UK Power Shortages | Nationwide | BBC Archive

"Packet of ten for thirty pence - who wants the first lot?" Nationwide's Lynn Lewis takes his car on the ferry to France, to find out ...

7:29
1972: Selling French Candles During the UK Power Shortages | Nationwide | BBC Archive

26,694 views

2 weeks ago

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1976: Nevermind the Bollards | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

"If you think about it, all a bollard ever does is get in the way." Nationwide's Bernard Clark reports on Islington Council's fondness ...

4:50
1976: Nevermind the Bollards | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

23,819 views

1 month ago

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1962: The Last Railway Horses | Tonight | World of Work | BBC Archive

"During the last war the railways alone used 15000, by 1948 there were only 9000, by 1958 there were fewer than 50, and now ...

6:18
1962: The Last Railway Horses | Tonight | World of Work | BBC Archive

149,330 views

1 month ago

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1960: London's Changing Youth Clubs | Panorama | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

Ludovic Kennedy reports on youth clubs in the Elephant and Castle area of South London. He compares traditional youth clubs ...

11:58
1960: London's Changing Youth Clubs | Panorama | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

17,082 views

2 months ago

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1976: BIG JIM's Big BOOZY Bike Trip to Braemar | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

"He starts the day as he means to continue, with a wee dram." Join Big Jim Collie - a Scottish crofter who lives alone in a bothy in ...

7:05
1976: BIG JIM's Big BOOZY Bike Trip to Braemar | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

2,567,885 views

8 months ago

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1976: The Curious Case of the UPSIDE-DOWN Library | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

Nationwide's Martin Young reports from the new public library building in Grimond, near Milton Keynes. Rumours abound that the ...

5:49
1976: The Curious Case of the UPSIDE-DOWN Library | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

187,376 views

9 months ago

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1980: Living in the Dilapidated DIVIS FLATS | Nationwide | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

Luke Casey reports on the Divis blocks of flats in West Belfast. The Catholic residents want them demolished because of ...

13:03
1980: Living in the Dilapidated DIVIS FLATS | Nationwide | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

437,391 views

1 year ago

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1980: GROWING UP in the CITY | It's a Great Life | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

Colin Ward reports on some of the problems young people growing up in inner city areas face, and discusses ways in which their ...

16:02
1980: GROWING UP in the CITY | It's a Great Life | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

132,599 views

1 year ago

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1960: Life in HAMPSTEAD | Monitor | Writers and Wordsmiths | BBC Archive

A film about Hampstead and the people who live there, as seen by the playwright John Mortimer. Hampstead is one of the oldest ...

12:24
1960: Life in HAMPSTEAD | Monitor | Writers and Wordsmiths | BBC Archive

83,925 views

4 months ago

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1977: OLIVER REED at home in BROOME HALL | Nationwide | Classic Celebrity Interview | BBC Archive

Valerie Singleton takes a trip to Broome Hall in Surrey, the unlikely home of notorious hell raiser Oliver Reed. Reed is one of the ...

11:14
1977: OLIVER REED at home in BROOME HALL | Nationwide | Classic Celebrity Interview | BBC Archive

902,413 views

3 years ago

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1973: In Search of the PERFECT PINT | Robbie | Classic BBC documentary | BBC Archive

"In my self-sacrificing search for the best, I've sampled a lot of beers." Fyfe Robertson goes on a light-hearted personal quest to ...

9:14
1973: In Search of the PERFECT PINT | Robbie | Classic BBC documentary | BBC Archive

301,344 views

10 months ago

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1982: Factory Workers Discuss Automation | A Moment to Talk | BBC Archive

A Moment to Talk sees production line workers stop for a breather, to talk about their lives, jobs and concerns. This edition ...

14:50
1982: Factory Workers Discuss Automation | A Moment to Talk | BBC Archive

9,593 views

10 days ago

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1976: Meet the COMMUTERS | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

Bernard Falk investigates a modern social phenomenon, commuting. What inspires hundreds of thousands of people to spend up ...

12:09
1976: Meet the COMMUTERS | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

310,936 views

3 years ago

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1957: The JOY of BUDGETING | Panorama | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

Panorama's Christopher Chataway took a look at the widely varying incomes of its viewers, inviting some of them to share ...

10:20
1957: The JOY of BUDGETING | Panorama | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

504,303 views

1 year ago

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1976: LIVERPOOL accents | Word of Mouth | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

Introduced by Melvyn Bragg, Word of Mouth traces the pattern of speech in Britain. Eh La deals with Scouse, a dialect which was ...

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1976: LIVERPOOL accents | Word of Mouth | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

129,020 views

3 years ago