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1975: JELLIED EELS and SMOKED HADDOCK | A Taste of Britain | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
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1994: Are YOU Ready for the INTERNET? | Tomorrow's World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1970: VICTORIAN TEENAGERS reminisce | Yesterday's Witness | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
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1967: CARL SAGAN on the search for INTELLIGENT LIFE | Where Is Everybody? | BBC Archive
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1966: WOMEN Who Return to WORK | Six Sides of A Square | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
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1983: The Making of THE HACIENDA | Riverside | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive
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1960: SCUNTHORPE is BOOMING | Panorama | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
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1977: SEX and VIOLENCE on TV | Festival 77 | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
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1974: Are YOU at your level of INCOMPETENCE? | The Peter Principle | BBC Archive
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1964: LEICESTER - the life of a MIDLANDER | Two Town Mad | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
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1987: TONY HART creates a pastel STONEHENGE | Hartbeat | Children's Television | BBC Archive
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1970: MICHAEL EAVIS before the first GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL | BBC Music | BBC Archive
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1970: How the FIRST EVER TV play was made in 1930 | Review | Making Of... | BBC Archive
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1971: KENNY EVERETT's rural rebirth | Late Night Line-Up | Classic Celebrity Profile | BBC Archive
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1978: Do the BRITISH PUBLIC want KILOMETRES? | Nationwide | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
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1966: COMPUTER DATING - 1960s style | Tomorrow's World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1980: EMPIRE STRIKES BACK stars on BLUE PETER | Classic Movie Interviews | BBC Archive
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1977: CEEFAX - The Dawn of INTERACTIVE TV | Pebble Mill | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1977: Making PORRIDGE | Blue Peter | Making of | BBC Archive
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1982: Why do we play TABLETOP GAMES? | Fields of Play | Classic BBC clips | BBC Archive
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1974: John Noakes: SIDECAR RACER | Blue Peter | Classic BBC clips | BBC Archive
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1989: Making BLACKADDER GOES FORTH | Behind The Screen | Making of | BBC Archive
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1971: Is this the CAR of the FUTURE? | Tomorrow’s World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1976: Introducing the incredible, cordless 'MOBILE' phone | Blue Peter | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1973: The MUHAMMAD ALI of MARBLES | Nationwide | Classic BBC Sport | BBC Archive
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1971: The PAINSTAKING art of RECORD RESTORATION | Tomorrow's World | BBC Archive
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1973: DAVE EDMUNDS at ROCKFIELD STUDIOS | Nationwide | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive
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1972: KNUR AND SPELL - The KING of sports | Nationwide | Classic BBC Sport | BBC Archive
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1989: LEMMON and MATTHAU's transcontinental LOVE | Wogan | Classic Celeb Interviews | BBC Archive
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1978: Uncanny HOME-MADE IRISH SUBMARINE | Nationwide | Classic BBC Clips | BBC Archive
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1965: Could YOU be a STEEPLEJACK? | Tonight | Classic BBC Clips | BBC Archive
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1980: The SPECIALS, The SELECTER and 2 TONE | Arena | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive
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1970: PERFECT ACOUSTICS with JAMES BURKE | Tomorrow's World | BBC Archive
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1957: The SPAGHETTI HARVEST | Panorama | Classic BBC clips | BBC Archive
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1985: MAYA ANGELOU on her extraordinary life | Wogan | Classic Celebrity Interviews | BBC Archive
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1972: BILLIE JEAN KING and the Breakaway Tennis Tour | Midweek | Classic BBC Sport | BBC Archive
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1978: KATE BUSH answers viewers' questions | Ask Aspel | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive
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1977: CARRIE FISHER: "Lucas wanted a fighter" | STAR WARS | Classic Movie Interviews | BBC Archive
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1978: The PALAEONTOLOGIST and BALLS, the FRUIT BAT | That's Life! | Funny Animals | BBC Archive
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1975: ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW: Behind the Scenes | Film Night | Making Of | BBC Archive
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1978: SHIRLEY HUGHES on the making of Dogger I Read All About It | The Making Of | BBC Archive
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1977: KENNY DALGLISH signs for LIVERPOOL | Grandstand | Classic BBC sport | BBC Archive
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1984: RIK MAYALL discusses THE YOUNG ONES comedy | Wogan | Classic TV Interview | BBC Archive
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1977: JOHN NOAKES scaling Nelson's Column is TERRIFYING | Blue Peter | Classic clips | BBC Archive
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1964: ARTHUR C CLARKE predicts the FUTURE | Horizon | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1982: Original BLADE RUNNER Review | Film 82 | Classic Movie Review | BBC Archive
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1979: IAN DURY and the BLOCKHEADS profile | Nationwide | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive
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1966: Children imagine life in the year 2000 | Tomorrow’s World | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1977: Making DOCTOR WHO | The Lively Arts | The Making Of | BBC Archive
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1977: Original STAR WARS Review | Film 77 | Classic Movie Review | BBC Archive
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1965: How DELIA DERBYSHIRE made the DOCTOR WHO theme I Tomorrow's World I Music I BBC Archive
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1982: ROALD DAHL's writing shed | Pebble Mill | Classic Celebrity Interview | BBC Archive
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1990: GOLDEN GIRLS Betty White and Estelle Getty | Classic Celebrity Interview | Wogan | BBC Archive
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1982: BOB HOSKINS: London is being "Sterilised by greed" | Omnibus | Classic TV report | BBC Archive
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1979: Steeplejack FRED DIBNAH takes down a MASSIVE chimney BRICK by BRICK | BBC Archive
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1986: The first VIDEO PHONE call made in Britain | Tomorrow’s World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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Have you got 1984 HAIR? | Sixty Minutes | Fashion | BBC Archive
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DAVID ATTENBOROUGH interview from 1974 | Personal Account | Classic TV Interview | BBC Archive
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1985: Original BACK TO THE FUTURE Review | Film 85 | Classic Movie Review | BBC Archive
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1995: MEAT LOAF has sage advice for young James Corden | Classic Celebrity Interviews | BBC Archive
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1959: Life in POSTWAR BERLIN before the WALL | Panorama | Iconic News Stories | BBC Archive
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1967: Children talk about EMOTIONS | Children Talking | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
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1937: The FIRST shows on BBC TELEVISION | Classic Clips | BBC Archive
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1985: RAVI SHANKAR - master of the SITAR | Maestro and Guru | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive
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1988: IAN McKELLEN on Section 28 | Wogan | Classic Celebrity Interviews | BBC Archive
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1953: POTTER'S WHEEL Interlude | BBC Television Interludes | BBC Archive
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1974: Brighton's GLASS ANIMAL Man | Look Stranger | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
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1972: DAVID ATTENBOROUGH on BBC Two's purpose | Late Night Line-Up | BBC Archive
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1976: OTTO FRANK on the Diary of Anne Frank | Blue Peter | Children's Television | BBC Archive
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1964: BELFAST kids go WILD on a SUNDAY | Tonight | Archivist Picks | BBC Archive
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1975: Kids Choose TRAIN SPOTTING | Nationwide | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
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1961: WW1 Veterans return to Ypres | Tonight | BBC Archive
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1962: What do '60s KIDS Want For CHRISTMAS? | Tonight | Childhood Nostalgia | BBC Archive
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1968: Boxing Day LUNCH With COMEDY GREATS | Braden's Week | Comedy Icons | BBC Archive
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1980: BELFAST - PUNK's Last Stronghold? | Something Else | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive
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1955: Life of a 50s TEENAGER | Special Enquiry | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
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1981: Is that a FERRET in your TROUSERS? | Look North | Animal Magic | BBC Archive
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1969: A SCEPTIC's View of the SPACE RACE | Cameron Country | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1973: MORECAMBE and WISE Interview | Val Meets the VIPs | Comedy Icons | BBC Archive
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1978: Legendary Footballer WILF MANNION | Football Documentary | Classic BBC Sport | BBC Archive
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1966: Looking For LOVE? Visit the MARRIAGE BUREAU | Man Alive | Classic BBC Clips | BBC Archive
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1982: Meet The SAMURAI From TWICKENHAM | The World About Us | Classic BBC Clips | BBC Archive
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1962: Are HUMANOID MACHINES Imminent? | Machines Like Men | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1986: JANE GOODALL Interview | Wogan | Classic Interviews | BBC Archive
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1975: Annie Sweeney - KARATE GRANNY | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
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1961: Working in a SUNDERLAND SHIPYARD | Sunderland Oak | World of Work | BBC Archive
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1974: Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen photographs BYKER | Nationwide | Voice of the People
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1974: PHOTOGRAPHING BYKER | Nationwide | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
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1967: Who Are The HIPPIES? | Panorama | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
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1971: The INFAMOUS Blue Peter CAMPFIRE Incident | Blue Peter | Classic BBC Clips | BBC Archive
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1990: INTERACTIVE CHESS on Your TELEVISION! | Your Move | Retro Gaming | BBC Archive
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1960: BBC TELEVISION CENTRE OPENS | News Extra | BBC Archive
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1973: Patrick Moore's TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE | Total Eclipse | BBC Archive
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1971: ERIC MORECAMBE Named 'Pipeman of the Year' | Nationwide | Comedy Icons | BBC Archive
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1975: Hilary GREEN & Glyn WATTS - Olympic Hopefuls | Hanna Reports | Classic Sport | BBC Archive
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1957: Blackburn's WAKES WEEK Holiday | Tonight | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
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1971: RINGO STARR unveils his STEEL FURNITURE | Blue Peter | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
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1972: Behind the Scenes at LEEDS UNITED | I Love Leeds | Classic BBC Sport | BBC Archive
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1964: LIVERPOOL FANS bring POP to the KOP | Panorama | Classic BBC Sport | BBC Archive
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Young and Old: Love and Marriage | BBC Archive Presents...
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1990: Inside the BBC Archive | Open Air | BBC Archive
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1975: Infamous KIRKBY SKI SLOPE is Condemned | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
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1977: SWOPPING the FAMILY CAR with a FORMULA FORD | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
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1969: VENICE is SINKING | Cameron Country | Classic Documentary clips | BBC Archive
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1983: RAYMOND BRIGGS on WHEN THE WIND BLOWS | Omnibus | Making of | BBC Archive
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1974: NEWCASTLE UNITED Fans Salute LOSING FA CUP Side | BBC News | Classic BBC sport | BBC Archive
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1987: COLLINS V CARTLAND Romantic Fiction Titans CLASH | Wogan | Classic Interviews | BBC Archive
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1961: Hark! The INCREDIBLE Solo BELL-RINGER | Tonight | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
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1986: Making the MUNDANE into the ICONIC | Designers | World of Work | BBC Archive
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1979: How to LAND ON THE MOON | Project Apollo | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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