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The ICE Age
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The ICE Age

Martin Handley turns on and tunes in to in-car entertainment through the decades

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4 mins  |
April 2023
Just Williams
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Just Williams

Chris Hallam remembers a true genius of the comedy world

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5 mins  |
April 2023
CARTER, CARNARVON AND A KING
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CARTER, CARNARVON AND A KING

Glenys Adams puts together the pieces of a historical drama and murder mystery set in Ancient Egypt which continues to fascinate over hundreds of years

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5 mins  |
November 2022
SOFA SURFER
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SOFA SURFER

Chris Hallam pays tribute to former BBC Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull whose long career enabled him to build up an easy intimacy with his audience

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5 mins  |
November 2022
THE BIG CHANNEL 4-O
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THE BIG CHANNEL 4-O

Neil Anthony was in at the start of the UK’s first new television channel for 18 years and recalls the heady and hectic times of producing new programmes

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5 mins  |
November 2022
England’s Forgotten Football Great
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England’s Forgotten Football Great

Yorkshireman George Raynor led Sweden to the final of the 1958 World Cup. Margaret Brecknell remembers a managerial pioneer whose achievements are little recognised in his homeland

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5 mins  |
November 2022
THE ORIGINAL BHOY
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THE ORIGINAL BHOY

Celtic are one of Britain’s biggest football clubs but, as Mark Hornsey reveals, they were founded by a humble religious brother as part of his efforts to raise money to help the poor and disadvantaged of Glasgow’s East End

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4 mins  |
November 2022
POSTCARD FROM SOUTH YORKSHIRE
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POSTCARD FROM SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Bob Barton visits a man-made island in the cradle of the steel city, enjoys a pub crawl with a rock legends theme and spends a day on the buses

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5 mins  |
November 2022
AUNT ESTHER GOES TO WAR
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AUNT ESTHER GOES TO WAR

Stephen Bourne remembers his beloved aunt who told him about her life in wartime London as she survived the blitz

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November 2022
Well Worth a Pepys
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Well Worth a Pepys

Simon Stabler discovers a vintage inn that really did improve with age

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3 mins  |
November 2022
The Queen's Jesters
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The Queen's Jesters

Robert Ross runs his rule over the favourite comedians of Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

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9 mins  |
November 2022
The Queen's Champion
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The Queen's Champion

Simon Stabler speaks to writer and actor Sanjeev Bhaskar, the star of The Kumars at No 42, Queen Elizabeth II's favourite television programme

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November 2022
"The story of a ship"
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"The story of a ship"

Chris Hallam looks back on the making of In Which We Serve, probably the best British film about World War Two to be made during the conflict itself

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September 2022
Iced Dreams
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Iced Dreams

Angeline Wilcox uncovers the history of Britain's frozen favourite

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4 mins  |
September 2022
You Lucky People!
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You Lucky People!

In the first of a two-part series, Robert Ross looks back on 100 years of BBC comedy, starting with 1922-71

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9 mins  |
September 2022
ALL IS SAFELY GATHERED IN
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ALL IS SAFELY GATHERED IN

Harvest time memories from The Francis Frith Collection

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3 mins  |
September 2022
POSTCARD FROM SOMERSET
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POSTCARD FROM SOMERSET

While taking a tranquil, traffic-free cycle ride through the countryside, Bob Barton discovers that the chocolate box south-western county wasn’t always so peaceful

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5 mins  |
September 2022
COOL CATS
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COOL CATS

François Prins looks back over 100 years of Jaguar Cars, one of Britain’s best-loved marques, which started life as a manufacturer of sidecars

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7 mins  |
September 2022
Lighting Up Our Lives
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Lighting Up Our Lives

Clive Beautyman shines a light on the history of the lava lamp, a British design classic, which was launched almost 60 years ago

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5 mins  |
September 2022
PINBALL WIZARDS
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PINBALL WIZARDS

Margaret Mather visits a former working men’s club in Nuneaton, Warwickshire to play her way through Europe’s largest public collection of pinball machines

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5 mins  |
September 2022
A Real Dead Ringer
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A Real Dead Ringer

Simon Stabler speaks to actor, comedian and impressionist Jon Culshaw

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7 mins  |
September 2022
The World Was His Lobster
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The World Was His Lobster

Derek Lamb looks back over the the long career of versatile and popular actor George Cole

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5 mins  |
September 2022
Ratty Not Tatty
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Ratty Not Tatty

Simon Stabler hops on board the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, to offer a brief history of the narrow-gauge line that is affectionately known as the La’al Ratty

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5 mins  |
September 2022
Heritage Highlights
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Heritage Highlights

From bell ringing to balloons, and flowers to football, Claire Saul samples some great ideas for days out this month

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4 mins  |
September 2022
Green Goddess
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Green Goddess

A rare Daimler is on public display at the British Motor Museum. François Prins admires its rich and glamorous history

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6 mins  |
August 2022
Widow’s Peak
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Widow’s Peak

Chris Hallam profiles the stage and screen career of Dame Joan Plowright

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5 mins  |
August 2022
LAWRENCE of THE SORTING OFFICE
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LAWRENCE of THE SORTING OFFICE

John Wright on the famous faces who once delivered the post

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5 mins  |
August 2022
Sculpture Town
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Sculpture Town

Susan Brewer takes a tour of Harlow’s exceptional collection of public artworks

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5 mins  |
August 2022
MORE THAN JUST CHUCKLES IN CHURCH
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MORE THAN JUST CHUCKLES IN CHURCH

Martin Handley remembers Derek Nimmo who, although best known for portraying bumbling clerics, did so much more on stage and screen

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August 2022
A CLASS ACT IN EVERY WAY
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A CLASS ACT IN EVERY WAY

On the centenary of her birth, Robert Ross celebrates the prodigious talent of character actress Marianne Stone who squeezed maximum fun from minor roles

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August 2022

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