#  @bbcarchive BBC Archive BBC Archive posts on YouTube about classic, history, in the, nostalgia the most. 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They are the Gladden family and they all live within a stone's throw of each other in Bethnal Green in the East End of London along with eight children and a budgerigar. Eye to Eye spends a week in the company of this typical close-knit London family as they go about their daily lives. Introduced by Robert Reid. Written and produced by Stephen Hearst. Clip taken from Eye to Eye: The More We Are Together originally" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BH-pNMdui00) 2025-07-11T07:00Z 638K followers, 221.6K engagements "1970: The Office Christmas Party Man Alive Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive It can be the greatest pitfall of the social year. And it can be followed by a 12-month hangover. If your boss hasn't spoken to you since it's a fair bet that you had a good time at your office Christmas party. Traditionally it's the one night of the year when the firm's hierarchical structure that normally so rigidly holds sway totters towards anarchy. Reporter Gillian Strickland and the Man Alive team took a typical office and filmed the preparations for the annual party the spree itself and the aftermath. Here" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OxAzCyCY7Ms) 2025-11-30T08:00Z 637K followers, 343.8K engagements "Remembering The Big Freeze of [----] Tonight Special BBC Archive Cliff Michelmore Derek Hart and Kenneth Allsop present a Tonight Special about the winter of 1962-1963 dubbed "the Big Freeze." It arrived suddenly on December 22nd [----] and over the course of seven weeks greatly impacted the daily lives of almost every person in Britain. Tonight traces the evolution of the Big Freeze from the early delight that white Christmas through to the widespread chaos caused by severe disruption to essential infrastructure. How did people cope What can we learn for the future Clip taken from Tonight: The" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=grhcGPYLPYg) 2025-12-31T08:01Z 638K followers, 270.7K engagements "1964: CHANGING Times in SOUTH LONDON South of the River Voice of the People BBC Archive Therese Denny's documentary looks at the changes which have taken place in Bermondsey Camberwell Deptford and Southwark - areas that were extensively damaged in World War II. A variety of South Londoners from old age pensioners to young bikers talk about their daily lives and consider how South London - and by extension society as a whole - is changing. Are all of these changes for the better or is something being lost Clip taken from South of the River originally broadcast on BBC Television Tuesday 4" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0-nIK9yDhlc) 2024-11-07T08:00Z 637K followers, 327.4K engagements "1964: SHETLAND SHAWLS are more valuable than GOLD Tonight Fashion BBC Archive Cathal O'Shannon reports from Unst northernmost of the inhabited British Isles where he has discovered a material more valuable than gold or platinum - the island's intricate gossamer shawls. Shetland shawls are made from the gossamer wool that surrounds the neck of Shetland sheep which must be hand-plucked not sheared. There are fewer than half a dozen people left with the skill to spin this incredibly fine wool into thread and a single shawl can use as much as six miles of the stuff. Allied to the relative" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0JX-Le5WDhs) 2022-04-08T09:00Z 637K followers, 363.7K engagements "1976: SCARBOROUGH Bank Holiday Classic BBC documentary BBC Archive Gerry Troyna's beautiful observational documentary takes a look back at the [----] May bank holiday in Scarborough and follows the events of the day from dawn preparations by street cleaners and deckchair attendants to night-time patrols by the local police. In between we see day-trippers arrive by the coach load traditional English breakfasts prepared by traditional seaside landladies donkey rides bingo Max Jaffa and lots and lots of chips and ice cream. Clip taken from Scarborough Bank Holiday originally broadcast on BBC One" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5KUz2rMdRds) 2024-11-26T08:00Z 638K followers, 584.6K engagements "GRAND THEFT AUTO [----] Making Of - GTA - Retro Gaming BBC Archive Rory Cellan Jones visits the Dundee studios of DMA Design - fresh from the success of Lemmings but before they became Rockstar Games - where artists level designers musicians and video game testers are hard at work developing an ambitious and tonally very different follow-up: Grand Theft Auto. The original 2D Grand Theft Auto was released in [----] on PlayStation and PC. Clip taken from Working Lunch originally broadcast on BBC Two Thursday [--] May [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7vWSi44ZTSw) 2021-12-16T00:00Z 637K followers, 1.1M engagements "1986: JANE GOODALL Interview Wogan Classic Interviews BBC Archive Primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall - perhaps the world's preeminent authority on chimpanzees - takes a rare break from studying the chimpanzees of the Gombe National Park in Tanzania to have a chat with Terry Wogan at the BBC Television Theatre in Shepherd's Bush. Originally broadcast [--] December [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8ohQCorMhHo) 2023-02-28T10:00Z 638K followers, 57.5K engagements "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 piloted by Manx Telecom and MM02. As the meteoric growth in revenue for both voice and SMS messaging begins to tail off data is seen as the next big thing in mobile communication. It's clear that the communications industry is betting big on 3G technology - in the UK alone five mobile phone companies have paid [--] billion pounds for the licence to run the 3G network. Less clear is what exactly 3G will" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AkE6w2CRxaw) 2025-12-12T08:00Z 637K followers, 224.3K engagements "1977: The BATTLE for BEER The Philpott File Classic Documentaries BBC Archive Trevor Philpott looks at the brewing industry and the national giants who control it. The jolly brewer and his good honest ale have been part of the British tradition for [---] years. But in the last generation momentous changes have taken place in the brewing industry. The national giants have been born. What is left now of the famous families who were known as the Beerage What has happened to the beer they brewed How much of the jollity and how much of the quality is left Clip taken from The Philpott File: Another" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ApPpymQG9zw) 2025-02-21T08:00Z 638K followers, 258.8K engagements "1972: Living on the State Pension Man Alive Voice of the People BBC Archive Man Alive's Jeanne La Chard looks at life on the Pension. In future a single pensioner will live on [----] a week - and married couples on [-----]. Is money all that is needed The old face problems which the rest of us too often push to one side - while we live in the Welfare State that their generation built. In almost every other country they are respected as 'senior citizens.' Here they are usually just 'the old' and often made to feel a nuisance. Jeanne asks them about how they make ends meet what they spend their" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HgbugbUbslY) 2025-12-03T08:00Z 638K followers, 202.2K engagements "1963: The BIG FREEZE Tonight Science and Nature BBC Archive Derek Hart looks at the big freeze of [----] one of the coldest winters on record in the UK when it snowed from December '62 to February '63. During this period there was snow on the ground for [--] days with chaos on the roads and railways. The long bitterly cold spell caused lakes and rivers to freeze even turning sea water in some of England's harbours to ice. Clip taken from Tonight originally broadcast on BBC Television Tuesday [--] December [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JPFsxT-D8jE) 2023-12-31T08:00Z 637K followers, 175.8K engagements "1962: TOLKIEN on LORD OF THE RINGS Bookstand Writers and Wordsmiths BBC Archive "I myself think that a work of imagination of this order must reflect the fears the desires the moral ideals of the man who created it." Playwright and novelist John Bowen interviews JRR Tolkien about his fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings which took him [--] years to write. Does The Lord of the Rings reflect Tolkien's worldview and is Middle Earth the kind of place that he would like the world to be Clip taken from Bookstand originally broadcast on BBC Television Wednesday [--] December [----]. You have now entered the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=K7WulvC1lyQ) 2025-01-06T08:00Z 637K followers, 15.8K engagements "1995: MICHAEL CARRICK - Future FOOTBALL STAR Live and Kicking Classic BBC Sport BBC Archive "I don't know if I will become a professional footballer but I hope I do. There's still a long way to go now - anything could happen." 13-year-old schoolboy footballer Michael Carrick who plays for Wallsend Boys Club in his native Newcastle is already being touted as a potential star of English football. Live and Kicking profiles the young midfielder who is on the radar of a variety of Premier League clubs. Will he one day become a professional and maybe even an England international Originally" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KDSX8T0FLPw) 2023-04-18T09:00Z 638K followers, 148.5K engagements "1969: Marty Feldman - What is Comedy One Pair of Eyes Comedy Icons BBC Archive What makes you laugh It is always easier to describe humour than to analyse it. Marty Feldman for many years a successful comedy writer before his more recent activities as a performer prefers to look at humour through the people who create it comparing their traditions motivations and anxieties with his own. Among the people he talks to for this documentary are Peter Sellers Sandy Powell Eric Morecambe Peter Brough and Archie Andrews Dudley Moore Annie Ross and Jon Hendricks Johnny Speight Denis Norden and Barry" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=S0it6iARj64) 2025-11-14T08:00Z 638K followers, 61.7K engagements "1992: A Tale of Two Sisters Between Ourselves BBC Archive Carol Bell and Helen Williams are sisters from Felindre a small village on the outskirts of Swansea. Carol now works in finance with JP Morgan bank; Helen married a local farmer and still lives and works in Felindre. Between Ourselves looks at their different lifestyles. Clip taken from Between Ourselves originally broadcast on BBC One Wales [--] November [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WG0XRTvD9wQ) 2026-02-16T08:00Z 638K followers, [----] engagements "1964: ARTHUR C CLARKE predicts the FUTURE Horizon Past Predictions BBC Archive "The only thing we can be sure of about the future is that it will be absolutely fantastic. So if what I say now seems to you to be very reasonable then I will have failed completely" - Arthur C Clarke. The science-fiction writer and futurist Arthur C Clarke undertakes that most impossible and unrewarding of tasks - attempting to accurately predict the future. What will the world of tomorrow look like Will the inhabitants of the future have monkey butlers Yes according to Mr Clarke but only until they unionise." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YwELr8ir9qM) 2021-12-31T00:00Z 637K followers, 1.8M engagements "1968: How to Travel by PLANE in the 60s Blue Peter Retro Transport BBC Archive "Whenever you go to get on board an aircraft there are an awful a lot of formalities" Valerie Singleton demonstrates all the complicated procedures you can expect to experience if you ever travel in an aircraft. First you have to get to the airport in this case London Heathrow Airport - the busiest international airport in the world. Once at the airport you have to get your ticket checked and hand in your luggage then you have your passport checked and then you have to wait for the plane. Jon Noakes meanwhile meets" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_RGI8xLOmp0) 2025-07-07T07:00Z 638K followers, 803.9K engagements "1964: The FIRST CHIP SHOP in DUNDEE Tonight World of Work BBC Archive "What genius arranged such a happy and satisfying marriage" From Dundee the first spot where chips were sold Fyfe Robertson explores the origins of the perfect pairing of fish and chips. Clip taken from Tonight originally broadcast on [--] October [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=d7kas-jb-ms) 2023-10-26T09:00Z 637K followers, 195.3K engagements "1977: Sylvester Stallone on making ROCKY Film [--] Classic Movie Interviews BBC Archive Sylvester Stallone talks to Barry Norman about the arduous task of getting Rocky - his uplifting script about an underdog boxer - made into an Oscar-winning film. Chief among the issues was his desire to star as the film's lead Rocky Balboa despite being a "small part" actor while Hollywood studio bosses wanted a big name like James Caan Burt Reynolds or Ryan O'Neal in the role. Like the film itself the story of bringing Rocky to the screen is a tale of determination perseverance and Stallone's uncanny" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dFlybZL1mWE) 2022-01-02T09:30Z 637K followers, 1.7M engagements "1986: Children Imagine Life in [----] Tomorrow's World Past Predictions BBC Archive As Tomorrow's World looks forward to its 22nd year it asks how the children of [----] see the future - just as it asked children in [----] to imagine the year [----]. Clip taken from Tomorrow's World originally broadcast on BBC One [--] May [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ih3LDRuup2s) 2024-06-03T07:00Z 638K followers, 1.2M engagements "1968: The Man Who Made LOTUS Racing - Colin Chapman Millionaire Classic Motorsport BBC Archive "If we don't win it's because we aren't trying hard enough." Colin Chapman started his highly successful career building a home-made racing car in a dilapidated garage in Hornsey. Now he owns a brand-new factory in Norfolk turning out three thousand Lotus sports cars a year. Since those early days he has also found time to revolutionise Formula [--] Grand Prix racing. In this classic motor racing documentary Richard Kershaw tries to keep up with Chapman as he flies between his office in East Anglia and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=neJ6VeLK1SU) 2025-06-22T07:00Z 638K followers, 92.4K engagements "1986: How to spot the upper class BBC Archive Australian anthropologist Allan Pease took to the streets of Park Lane in London along with Esther Rantzen to see if they could identify upper class people by their body language. Clip taken from Thats Life originally broadcast on BBC One [--] February [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tr4-oXuwJME) 2026-02-09T10:01Z 638K followers, 42.4K engagements "1959: WALT DISNEY as MICKEY MOUSE BBC Archive In [----] Derek Hart interviewed Walt Disney on the BBC's Tonight show and got him to revisit the days when he was the original voice of Mickey Mouse. bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage walt disney disney mickey mouse bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage walt disney disney mickey mouse" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-3SGPlTEK88) 2023-10-21T20:00Z 637K followers, 82.1K engagements "1965: WHINGING POMS Go Down Under Tonight Weird and Wonderful BBC Archive For some newly-arrived English immigrants Australia is many things too hot too expensive too outdoors but not the utopia theyd hoped for. And the Australian press has had some scathing words for these whinging poms who seem unlikely to make a go of it. So Trevor Philpott dons his Factor [--] and heads out to ask the fresh arrivals about the pros and cons of this new life in a new land and whether they might stay. Excerpt taken from Tonight originally broadcast on BBC One Friday [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0-J-WbPBPUM) 2024-03-05T08:00Z 635K followers, 16K engagements "1973: Checking the Weather with a Home Made Satellite Dish Nationwide BBC Archive "So in fact you have a more up-to-date picture than even the weatherman on the television" John Swinfield reports on on John Tuke an amateur weather forecaster from Scotland who can give an accurate prediction with the aid of his own equipment - a satellite dish made from chicken wire. Electronical engineer John uses his cheap and cheerful dish to communicate with state-of-the-art US weather satellites all from the comfort of his bungalow bedroom. Clip taken from Nationwide originally broadcast on BBC One 16" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0EYntanZS1M) 2026-02-05T08:00Z 638K followers, 19.3K engagements "1980: Life on a North Sea Oil Rig The Black and the Gold World of Work BBC Archive Millions of years ago generations of living creatures died and were buried then crushed among the rocks. Now their remains are brought up from deep under the sea and fire our machines. The Brent Delta is but one of [--] platforms between the Shetlands and Norway which reap this black liquid harvest. It is a strange and eerie world: the night sky glows bright orange; men work on deck sweltering in tropical warmth but surrounded by a sub-Arctic sea; [---] miles from any city commuters shuttle daily to and from their" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1Hc7VURsEQ4) 2025-09-07T07:00Z 636K followers, 94.4K engagements "1984: The Pub that Time Forgot Breakfast Time BBC Archive "This in fact is a trip [--] years back in time." Paul Burden reports on the little known pub "The Wine Vaults" in Ross on Wye where time has effectively stood still for [--] years. The pub known locally as the Hole in the Wall has remained unchanged since the landlord died in [----]. Now it is up for auction. Clip taken from Breakfast Time originally broadcast on BBC One [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1HpjhntaLX0) 2026-01-21T08:00Z 638K followers, 312.9K engagements "1969: Keeping the LIGHTHOUSES Shining For the Safety of All Classic Documentary BBC Archive There are [--] manned lighthouses around the Scottish coast and it takes a vast and complex organisation to administer them. The isolated rock stations are serviced by four ships. These ships are crewed by seamen who know every rock in the gullies which are the hazardous landing places. This documentary is a story of storm and danger of bravery and determination - and a story of lonely living. Written and produced by Finlay J. MacDonald Narrator: Tom Flemming Camera Operator: Stuart Wyld Sound: Nigel" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1MYpjFvAcHI) 2025-08-18T07:00Z 635K followers, 211.5K engagements "1972: Rise of the Vegetarians The Philpott File BBC Archive Trevor Philpott explores the expanding world of vegetarianism which is gaining new ground in the 1970s with the help of the health food store boom. He visits a conference run by the Vegetarian Society which not only includes talks and cooking demonstrations but also has its own beauty contest as well as a meeting of the Vegetarian Cycling and Athletic Club. Also featured is a school which serves no meat in any of its school dinners - vegetarianism isnt just being taken up by adults children are changing their diets too. Some people" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1txaGMSKRvE) 2026-01-25T08:00Z 638K followers, 18.8K engagements "1972: 84-year-old woman has an INDOOR CARAVAN Nationwide Classic BBC Clips Jack Pizzey tells the amazing story of Mrs Mary Anderson an 84-year-old camping enthusiast who keeps two caravans (they're Birmingham tourers since you ask) in her house. She sleeps in one and uses the other as a guest room - and has a third one parked outside for when she fancies a more authentic camping experience. This clip is from Nationwide originally broadcast [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1ykXnTlUOO0) 2022-02-18T08:15Z 637K followers, 878.9K engagements "1979: Pel Franz Beckenbauer and George Best dazzle in the NASL Fantasy football as the game soared in popularity in the US. This clip is from a [----] edition of Brass Tacks which compared the commercialisation of soccer with the considerably less flashy version of top flight football that was on show in the UK. You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2E4zKinT9Fo) 2022-08-15T14:53Z 635K followers, 185K engagements "1984: How RIK MAYALL created Rick from THE YOUNG ONES In [----] the inimitable Rik Mayall explained the origins of his character Rick from the Young Ones on Wogan. You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2MbwYs13UKY) 2022-06-09T17:47Z 637K followers, 760.7K engagements "1989: POPULOUS - The First "God Game" The Late Show Retro Gaming BBC Archive "You can almost watch the evolution of a complete race." - Peter Molyneux Peter Molyneux and Les Edgar demonstrate Bullfrog Productions' latest computer game Populous. In the game players assume the role of an unseen deity who can indirectly influence the lives of a population of settlers. Originally broadcast [--] September [----]. bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage lost interviews interview talk show celebrity interviews" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3Hs6Bg_JvyA) 2023-05-17T09:00Z 636K followers, 13K engagements "1962: Bristol's Bonfire Kids In View Voice of the People BBC Archive In View follow a gang of Bristol teenagers who call themselves the 'Bashers'. The gang prepare for bonfire night by building up the fire with wood they even sleep in the middle of the pile to guard it from rival gangs. The bonfire gives these young people a sense of purpose something which is often otherwise lacking in their derelict area of Bristol. Camera Operators: James Saunders Maurice Fisher Ewart Needham Sound Recordist: James Caulfield Sound Mixer: Jack Robottom Film Editor: George Inger Written and Directed by:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3XCl9H2J0AQ) 2025-08-30T07:00Z 634K followers, 58.9K engagements "1973: The MUHAMMAD ALI of MARBLES Nationwide Classic BBC Sport BBC Archive Len Smith is quite possibly the most dominant sportsperson on the planet. The Crawley resident is crafting perfect porcelain spheres from discarded toilet bowls as he prepares to defend his world title at the [----] British and World Marbles Championship on the hallowed concrete circle at Tinsley Green. If he wins Len will claim the twelfth world title of his marbling career - and his sixth in successive years - a frankly astonishing and possibly unsurpassable sporting feat. Nationwide's Bernard Falk quizzes the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=53w9E774fGE) 2022-03-30T09:00Z 636K followers, 588.3K engagements "CHISTOPHER LEE on why we like to be SPOOKED 🧟 🧛 👻 HappyHalloween Watch this spooky [----] Whicker's World clip featuring horror legend Christopher Lee. if you dare You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage halloween bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage halloween" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8TSlwlhvFtU) 2022-10-26T08:00Z 635K followers, 425.8K engagements "1982: Why are People Queuing Up For Snooker Nationwide Classic BBC Sport BBC Archive "Snooker seems to thrive in times of recession." Michael Wale reports from the Lucania Snooker Hall in Romford Essex where young and unemployed men are showing up in their droves hoping to become the next Steve Davis. Interestingly Steve owns the business next door. Snooker has had something of a renaissance in recent years fuelled by television coverage and is now as popular as it has been since its 1930s heyday. What is it about snooker that sees its appeal rocket when times are tough What are the chances" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9-pkeLfy-ho) 2026-01-08T08:00Z 638K followers, 17.1K engagements "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 to four hours a day commuting to work in London How do they pass all that time spent cooped up inside crowded train carriages and buses Bernard meets all manner of people on his travels from the Waterloo Station announcer Margaret Knight - who only ever sees the commuters from afar - to Spud Murphy the helpful stationmaster at East Farleigh - who knows the names of every commuter at his station and tries to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=A6WPnx_DWQQ) 2022-11-25T10:00Z 633K followers, 317.9K engagements "1983: A Day Out Down a Coal Mine Day Out BBC Archive Chatterley Whitfield coal mine in Stoke-on-Trent employed [----] people and was the first UK mine to produce [--] million tonnes of coal per year. After it closed for business in [----] the site became the countrys first mining museum with former miners taking visitors [---] feet underground for a unique tour of the tunnels. Day Out presenter Gwyn Richards dons a hard hat and headlamp to take a look. Clip taken from Day Out originally broadcast on BBC One (Midlands) [--] December [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Af8GLLHOM4s) 2026-01-26T08:00Z 638K followers, 89K engagements "1975: COMPETITIVE LEEK GROWING scene in Durham Nationwide Weird and Wonderful BBC Archive "In Durham it's Derby Day cup final and The Ashes all rolled into one" - Luke Casey In Durham they take their giant vegetable growing seriously. Very seriously. Luke Casey reports from the Charlaw Inn in Edmondsley ahead of the much-anticipated Leek Show of [----]. This year superstar leek growers like reigning champion Dennis Curtin talented upstart Nickel Robson and seasoned veteran Sid Bunn will be joined in the competition for the first time by women growers - though nobody seriously expects a woman to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Awe8QKtk7is) 2022-08-03T09:00Z 636K followers, 22.8K engagements "1964: Stefan Westmann: How it felt to kill a man The Great War Interviews BBC Archive Stefan Westmann who served as a Corporal with the German 29th Infantry Division remembers - with harrowing candour - how he killed a French Corporal while fighting for ground on the Western Front. The experience led Stefan to wonder how war can turn civilised men like him into killers. This is an extraordinary account of the life of a soldier in The Great War. This clip is an extended cut of an interview originally recorded for the [----] documentary The Great War. You have now entered the BBC Archive an" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=B8log371ADA) 2021-12-19T00:00Z 634K followers, 587.8K engagements "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 Virtual Reality theme park in Nottingham. But with the ability to be whoever you want to be and do whatever you want to do isn't there a risk that people might be tempted to stay in this fantasy world forever Clip taken from Tomorrow's World originally broadcast on BBC One [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DD4qoif7lvY) 2026-01-23T08:00Z 638K followers, 13.6K engagements "1974: The WORLD DIDDLING CHAMPIONSHIPS Nationwide Weird and Wonderful BBC Archive "Let's face it; diddling is harmless diddling is fun and above all diddling is free." Bernard Falk reports from Kinross in Scotland where the Kinross Music Festival is underway. Bernard isn't here to listen to the ceilidh bands or the pipers though he's here for the prestigious Kinross International World Diddling Championship - arguably the greatest prize in diddling. This year the event has even greater significance than usual due to the mooted return of a modern day great a living legend the crown prince of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FxTUOWBZIFQ) 2025-02-10T08:00Z 635K followers, 262.5K engagements "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 features the quality circle of tobacco workers at the Wills No.2 factory in Bristol. Chief among the production line workers' concerns is a rumoured increase in the numer of cigars per minute the factory will be required to make with workers fearing that only robots will be able to deliver such numbers. Discussion then turns to a TV documentary about automation in Japan and the wider Japanese" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GrIN084zhe4) 2026-01-19T08:00Z 638K followers, 10.7K engagements "1981: Uppies versus Doonies in Kirkwall Spectrum Niche Sports BBC Archive Every Christmas and New Year's Day the people of Kirkwall in Orkney take to the streets to play in the Ba'. The game has been labelled 'barbarous' 'absurd' 'ruffian sport'. Yet this centuries-old game is as strong now as it ever was. This film focuses on the New Year's Day Ba' [----]. Clip taken from Spectrum: Uppies and Doonies originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] January [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HqK8on4Iexc) 2025-12-26T08:00Z 636K followers, 26.6K engagements "1987: PREDICTING the Person of the FUTURE Tomorrow's World Past Predictions BBC Archive Back in [----] Tomorrow's World imagined what "Tomorrow's Girl" might be like. Maggie Philbin considers how well that prediction holds up [--] years on. Of course technology has changed dramatically since [----]. The advent of the microprocessor in particular has shaped the modern world in ways that were almost inconceivable back when Raymond Baxter made his predictions. So what does the future look like now through the prism of [----] Howard Stableford has another crack at imagining the "person of tomorrow"." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IHmB1vyML9E) 2023-02-12T10:00Z 633K followers, 122.6K engagements "1972: A FREE Computer Blue Peter Retro Tech BBC Archive "Just about the best giveaway ever" Peter Purves is shown a computer that - just eight years ago - cost over [------] pounds. Now they're literally giving it away for nothing. Do you fancy getting your hands on it You'll need quite a bit of space and somebody who can operate it. Clip taken from Blue Peter originally broadcast on BBC One [--] June [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JRc5BXn_SsE) 2026-01-07T08:00Z 638K followers, 59.2K engagements "1980: The ONLY GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANNY in the UK Record Breakers BBC Archive Record Breakers delves into a story spanning six generations as Roy Castle meets the only known great-great-great-grandmother in the UK - Mrs Violet Lewis from Southampton (born on [--] June 1885). It presented a great opportunity for a unique family portrait. Clip taken from Record Breakers originally broadcast on BBC One Wednesday [--] November [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JcIneL26fZY) 2023-12-13T08:15Z 633K followers, 173.9K engagements "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 how profitable it can be to import French candles into electricity-starved Britain during the [----] miners' strike. He hopes to make [---] profit by purchasing [----] boxes of candles in Boulogne-sur-Mer and selling them in Petticoat Lane London. Clip taken from Nationwide originally broadcast on BBC One [--] February [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LsvLBvaaIPM) 2026-01-15T08:00Z 638K followers, 28.3K engagements "1949: HMS IMPLACABLE's Last Voyage BBC Television Newsreel Retro Transport BBC Archive HMS Implacable a [---] year-old ship of the line - which survived the Battle of Trafalgar - embarks on her final solemn voyage. The figurehead deck and stern cabin of this captured French ship are to be kept at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich but her hulk is to be towed out from Portsmouth dockyard and scuttled. Originally broadcast [--] December [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of tv to educate entertain and enlighten you with" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OUOBQhojEfE) 2022-11-19T10:00Z 635K followers, 112.3K engagements "1966: Is the BRITISH CLASS SYSTEM Changing Man Alive Voice of the People BBC Archive "Nobody talks about the upper and lower classes now we are As or Bs C1s C2s Ds or Es." Trevor Philpott investigates how class is categorised in '60s Britain and its importance in market research. He considers whether old snobberies are dead or whether they're merely being replaced by new prejudices. Philpott speaks to people from a variety of backgrounds and examines how class seems dependent upon employment money education and use of language. Clip taken from Man Alive: Not In Our Class Dear originally" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OVz9p31Wtws) 2024-11-30T08:00Z 637K followers, 124.4K engagements "1965: ASIMOV'S [--] laws of ROBOTICS Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics 🤖 In [----] science fiction author Isaac Asimov (the mind behind I Robot Foundation Bicentennial Man and The Caves of Steel) discussed his laws of robotics on Horizon. bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ov9SJnBkoFY) 2022-07-28T17:30Z 636K followers, 79.5K engagements "1965: ISAAC ASIMOV's [--] laws of ROBOTICS Horizon Past Predictions BBC Archive Science fiction author Isaac Asimov the mind behind I Robot Foundation Bicentennial Man and The Caves of Steel discusses his three laws of robotics. He also muses about a future where humankind becomes more and more mechanical while robots become more and more organic - to the point where it will become hard to tell the difference. between the two. This clip is taken from Horizon originally broadcast [--] July [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of tv" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=P9b4tg640ys) 2022-02-27T10:30Z 636K followers, 36.9K engagements "1986: GEM versus WINDOWS - BATTLE of the GUIs Micro Live Retro Tech BBC Archive Micro Live's Fred Harris considers how daunting computers can be to novice users. He chats to psychologist Professor David Canter who notes how finding your way around a computer system can be frustrating and unintuitive. Professor Canter visits the Barbican Centre which proves an excellent metaphor for navigating the endless corridors of unfriendly operating systems. With the Apple Macintosh proving that computers can be user friendly Ian McNaught-Davis delves into the sexy but largely unheralded world of GUIs" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q2PNLsvDxqw) 2024-07-31T07:00Z 636K followers, 143.5K engagements "1981: Will the DELOREAN Motor Car be a Success Newsnight Retro Transport BBC Archive Newsnight's Gavin Esler reports from California on the US launch of the DeLorean motor car. Manufactured in Northern Ireland with large UK government investment there is a lot riding on this futuristic-looking vehicle. The DeLorean sells at $25000 and the company will need to sell [-----] a year to make a profit. The gull-winged stainless steel spors car certainly looks the part - but will it appeal to the American public particularly now in the middle of a fuel crisis that has seen a rise in demand for more" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q4ODAUhdDeM) 2025-08-05T07:00Z 635K followers, 54.8K engagements "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 areas in London and is where his new play "The Wrong Side of the Park" takes place. Clip taken from Monitor: Mortimer's Hampstead originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] January [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QPZbPJ4L2qs) 2025-09-01T07:00Z 635K followers, 88.2K engagements "1975: Armagh Road Bowls Nationwide Niche Sports BBC Archive "What's been described locally as the sporting event of the decade." Bernard Falk reports from Armagh about the ancient game of road bowls or bullet throwing. He's picked a good time to visit - the clash between Danny McParland and Aidan Toal promises to be a memorable one. It's the young pretender versus the versus the old master the champion of the country folk against the unbeaten city slicker. Who will be named King of the Roads Clip taken from Nationwide originally broadcast on BBC One [--] December [----]. You have now entered the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QiCQJFgJPsQ) 2026-01-06T08:00Z 638K followers, 145.5K engagements "1966: LONDON to MANCHESTER as FAST as POSSIBLE Tomorrow's World Retro Transport BBC Archive In a world where manned spaceflight has been accomplished and where Britain and France are on the cusp of delivering supersonic commercial air travel Tomorrow's World comes down to earth to consider the efficiency of day-to-day public transport in Britain. Producer Paul Ferris travels from his Putney home in London to the BBC Dickenson Road Studios in Manchester - on foot bus underground and overground train and plane - to see if England has a public transport system fit for the space age. How fast can" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RJYXYkN2QZY) 2025-01-29T08:00Z 634K followers, 56.5K engagements "1981: Meet the Toughest Tug of War Team in the World Niche Sports BBC Archive The oldest - and simplest - of sports; so old that they say it was used to train the slaves who built the pyramids in ancient Egypt. The modern version grew out of village sports days in rural England and this country has consistently produced the best tug-of-war teams. Of all our teams none has been more successful than Bosley Wood Treatment who for over [--] years have sallied forth from their Cheshire valley to take on the might of the tug-of-war world - and beat them. Ron Pickering meets the mighty men of Bosley" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Rxo3JPdWHXo) 2026-01-03T08:00Z 638K followers, [----] engagements "1964: NOTTINGHAM - Queen of the MIDLANDS Two Town Mad Voice of the People BBC Archive In his charming documentary Two Town Mad Ray Gosling looks at what it means to him to be a midlander - by comparing and contrasting the cities of Leicester and Nottingham. Gosling has lived in and loved both places and is fascinated by the differences between two cities that are less than thirty miles apart. This clip focuses on his time in Nottingham - Queen of the midlands - with its metropolitan outlook and architecture evoking sheer northern rawness. Clip taken from Two Town Mad originally broadcast on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SDwiJXXroFk) 2024-08-14T07:00Z 636K followers, 119.2K engagements "1980: The SCI-FI Models of MAT IRVINE Small World Making of. BBC Archive Eric Thompson looks at the work of BBC special effects designer Mat Irvine whose visual effects can be found in BBC shows ranging from the science-fiction of Doctor Who Moonbase [--] and Blake's [--] to the science-fact of Tomorrow's World and The Sky at Night all the way through to the thoroughly unscientific Rentaghost and many more besides. Mat's enthusiasm for all things space-related and his keen eye for detail makes him the perfect person to design and model futuristic vehicles and spacecraft. Here he demonstrates some" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WLmUzSCxS3o) 2023-02-02T10:00Z 633K followers, 25K engagements "1976: Old Machinery Man Nationwide BBC Archive "The noise of old agricultural engines is Ken's kind of music." Luke Casey reports on retired engineer Ken White of Essex whose hobby is collecting old agricultural machinery and listening to tape-recordings of their sound. Unfortunately for Ken his neighbours don't share his appreciation for industrial music so Ken retreats to the country where he can enjoy the sweet sounds of his vintage fruit sprayer his [----] Wade drag saw and his antique threshing machine in peace. When he isn't pottering about with agricultural machinery Ken enjoys repairing" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z0rIFmEKwNs) 2026-02-12T08:00Z 638K followers, 12.7K engagements "1973: The LAST DAYS of PORTER Scene Around Six Archivist Picks BBC Archive BBC Northern Ireland reporter Larry McCoubrey delivers a poetic send-off for porter. The "pint of plain" has long been an institution in many a Belfast bar but it is a beer which is not long for this world. Originally broadcast [--] May [----]. To mark the BBC's 100th birthday our wonderful archivists have been asked to pick THEIR favourite BBC moments. 'If work was the curse of the drinking classes then porter was their salvation.' Larry McCoubreys wonderfully written and gently paced news report on the final days of the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZKDwwVR5fd4) 2022-10-22T09:00Z 634K followers, 786.9K engagements "1981: Inventor CLIVE SINCLAIR on the ZX80 and TV80 Pacesetters Retro Tech BBC Archive Look East's Neil Lyndon looks at the extraordinary career of Clive Sinclair. The Cambridge inventor is on the cusp of releasing a new flatscreen CRT pocket television which may change television design for ever. Sinclair had great success with the Sinclair Executive - an electronic pocket calculator which he followed up with the ill-fated Sinclair Black Watch only to bounce back with his low cost Sinclair ZX80 Home Computer. Despite his success rumours abound that Clive Sinclair's business acumen does not" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aRfazZK-nVs) 2022-08-15T09:00Z 636K followers, 81K engagements "1980: BUZZ ALDRIN - After the MOON LANDING Change of Direction Classic Interviews BBC Archive Buzz Aldrin - the second person to walk on the moon - talks to Ludovic Kennedy about his career with Nasa and his struggles with mental health following his return to Earth. Clip taken from Change of Direction originally broadcast [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you through our classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=c7bD5fxfBi4) 2023-07-24T09:00Z 637K followers, 245.4K engagements "1987: How to Grow a WORLD CHAMPION LEEK Forty Minutes Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive Now spring is here they're planting out championship leeks throughout Durham and Northumberland. It's a sport in which competition is keen and sabotage is a real threat. And there is one event every leek man dreams of winning - The World Open Leek Championship. Harry Bone a retired shipbuilder was last year's champion but he's a relative newcomer to leeks. Can he and his wife Joan retain the title Joe Jones is [--] the grand old man of leek growing. Two years ago his crop failed. Will his old-fashioned" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cYukkc9Ink4) 2025-07-13T07:00Z 636K followers, [----] engagements "1990: A Day Trip to Barry Island Between Ourselves BBC Archive Like countless thousands of others Between Ourselves goes on a day trip to sunny Barry Island the popular seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan. Clip taken from Between Ourselves: A Glimpse of the Sea originally broadcast on BBC One Wales [--] April [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=f1tDmEU3uLo) 2026-02-06T08:00Z 638K followers, 34.1K engagements "1975: Ear-Splitting FOOTBALL FAN BAN Nationwide BBC Archive The football season had barely started and already one local football fanatic had been banned from the grounds of Barrow and Lancaster City. His crime Just being too blooming loud. In this clip he attends an away game to cheer on his beloved Burscough FC and is greeted with the pursed lips tuts and disapproving frowns of fans of home team Aston. Maybe use headphones for this one. Clip taken from Nationwide originally broadcast on BBC One Friday [--] October [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=frUqq4Q8gsg) 2023-10-24T07:30Z 635K followers, 29.5K engagements "1996: CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN talks CHAT-UP LINES GOOD MORNING WITH ANNE AND NICK BBC Archive Good Morning with Anne and Nick draft in Claudia Winkleman to provide some top tips for improving your pulling power. Clip taken from Good Morning With Anne and Nick originally broadcast on [--] May [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h7me5ewyBsI) 2025-06-06T11:40Z 637K followers, 78.3K engagements "1984: Dundee Night Shift Workers Set the World to Rights A Moment to Talk BBC Archive A Moment to Talk captures the thoughts of a group of night shift workers at the Kestrel Marine shipbuilding factory in Dundee who have a wide ranging discussion about the current state of industry in Scotland. Clip taken from A Moment to Talk originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] August [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=i8IO7AMGe5E) 2026-01-05T08:01Z 638K followers, 27.7K engagements "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 the stuff of science fiction but the ability to view television programmes on demand is already here. A new system called ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line) allows video fast internet and interactive services to be sent down ordinary telephone lines. Peter Snow explains how the system works while the Balcombe family try it out ahead of its full UK launch later in the year. Clip taken from Tomorrow's World" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jdLMa785DUo) 2026-01-28T08:01Z 638K followers, 50.7K engagements "1980: The Sound of the FUTURE With the Fairlight CMI Tomorrow's World Retro Tech BBC Archive Kieran Prendiville demonstrates the sonic weaponry that is the Fairlight CMI The Fairlight was one of the first commercially available digital samplers and could manipulate sounds in all sorts of interesting ways. There's a whole world of BBC Sound Effects you can explore at https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/ Originally broadcast [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=k0dn0lcvWkY) 2023-03-03T10:00Z 635K followers, 33.3K engagements "1958: Ready for a 1950s Style Workout Keep Fit With Eileen Fowler BBC Archive Join Eileen Fowler for some exercises from her new fitness supplement "Look Slimmer For Spring" - focusing on the back and stomach muscles to ensure proper posture. Clip taken from Mainly For Women: Keep Fit With Eileen Fowler originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mnntQu4ueuM) 2026-01-02T08:01Z 638K followers, 46K engagements "1980: When Blue Peter Broadcast from an Empty Studio BBC Archive Heres one they didnt make earlier. When an industrial dispute at Television Centre left the Blue Peter studio devoid of both furniture and sets the plucky presenters sat on the floor and presented the entire programme from an empty studio. Goldie the dog was clearly enjoying the extra space while Sarah Greene Simon Groom and Peter Duncan used the opening item to explain what a cyclorama is and how without it the studio doesnt look quite so nice and tidy. Clip taken from Blue Pete originally broadcast on BBC One [--] September" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oIF8HSsQ3dM) 2026-01-22T08:00Z 638K followers, 74.5K engagements "1995: The Curious Case of Kilo [--] Tomorrow's World BBC Archive "It all goes back to one small cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy that was made over a hundred years ago in Paris. This is the mother of all kilos." All over the world there are precious blocks of metal carefully stored away which are supposed to represent the perfect kilogram. But lately something strange seems to be happening - the kilogramme is getting heavier. Monty Don visits Bushy House in Teddingtom London the home of "Kilo 18" - so named because it is the 18th copy of the international original - the standard by which all" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ov2Fe3I62Ag) 2026-02-04T08:00Z 638K followers, 117.7K engagements "1970: The Serious Business of Shopping Tuesday Documentary: The Retail Game BBC Archive Contains Graphic Imagery. The multiples and chain stores have been growing since the beginning of the century and in the past [--] years they have grown very fast. Today more than a third of all the money spent by shoppers in Britain goes to the multiples - Mothercare Halfords H. Samuels Dorothy Perkins Timpson Shoes Marley Tiles Jackson Suits Boots British Home Stores C&A Woolworths Marks & Spencer and the like. This film tells the story of the growth of the multiples or chain stores and the way they play" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qiSou0ndgxA) 2025-12-07T08:01Z 637K followers, 145.8K engagements "1984: YTS Trainees on the State of Britain A Moment to Talk BBC Archive A group of Youth Training Scheme trainees at the Tyne North Engineering Centre in Wallsend Tyneside stop for a breather to talk about their lives jobs and concerns. Among the topics they discuss are education employment nuclear war the imperial and metric systems of measurement politics and the harsh reality of moving from school onto the YTS scheme. Clip taken from A Moment to Talk: YTS Trainees originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] August [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qs5tqHOKDPM) 2026-02-02T08:01Z 638K followers, 15K engagements "1978: The PALAEONTOLOGIST and BALLS the FRUIT BAT That's Life Funny Animals BBC Archive Cherrie Bramwell a highly respected palaeontologist and zoologist who specialises in pterodactyls lives with Balls - the showbiz fruit bat. Balls spends most of his days dutifully hanging from Cherrie's neck like a big furry pendant but it is not uncommon for him to accompany her to the shops or even to the occasional party. Balls being nocturnal after all is at his best at night - and he loves a tipple. Despite living with a human Balls has fathered over [---] baby bats - thanks to a lonely hearts ad" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sRVcxWx_b_I) 2022-01-28T08:15Z 634K followers, 30.6K engagements "1968: THUNDERBIRD FAB [--] in the Blue Peter studio Retro Transport BBC Archive Blue Peter presenters Valerie Singleton John Noakes and Peter Purves bring a fully-functioning life-size replica of Lady Penelope's iconic Rolls-Royce FAB [--] into the studio. Originally broadcast [--] June [----]. Blue Peter is still going strong with new editions of the show broadcast live on CBBC and BBC iPlayer every Friday at 5pm: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006md2v/blue-peter For details about how your child (or grandchild) can earn a Blue Peter badge visit the CBBC website:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=w44qGwA1t58) 2022-05-17T09:00Z 636K followers, 108.8K engagements "1974: The Teenage Telephone Addict Nationwide BBC Archive John Swinfield reports on Nick Gooding a teenage telephone addict. Nick has connected a whopping [--] telephones to an exchange creating a telephone network that spans his house and garden - he even has a phone in the bathroom. His interest began with the acquisition of an antique phone and he has since spent [--] years building his present system. Understandably Nick hopes to work for the Post Office when he leaves school - where he can "get paid for mucking around with phones." Clip taken from Nationwide originally broadcast on BBC One 17" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wjGSpzje-mQ) 2026-02-03T08:01Z 638K followers, 18.6K engagements "1979: Why Collect Stamps In the Post BBC Archive In The Post is a series of programmes on the subject of stamp collecting introduced by Gwyn Richards and Jill Cochrane. The first programme in the series asks the obvious question and provides some of the answers. In the studio actor documentarian and collector of Boer War postal material Kenneth Griffiths Dr. Douglas Latto obstetrician philatelist and practical joker and Dr. Jean Alexander one of the few women prominent in the stamp world. Clip taken from In The Post originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] January [----]. You have now entered the BBC" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xpPlJ0m3F70) 2026-02-09T08:01Z 638K followers, 10.3K engagements "1965: The Joy of Vintage Post Boxes Tonight BBC Archive "There's a Penfold [----] feet up in the Himalayas and I myself have seen another one in the middle of the Malayan jungle." Julian Pettifer looks at some of the oldest Post Office pillar boxes in Britain. Liverpool Birkenhead and the surrounding areas have proved to be particularly fruitful sources of vintage pillar boxes. Enthusiasts rallied by the Post Office Magazine have discovered Liverpool Specials Penfolds First National Standards Low Apertures and even an early Fluted which is still in regular use. Julian is joined on his pillar" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zkrjQEY7SbI) 2026-01-29T08:01Z 638K followers, 17K engagements "1984: RIK MAYALL discusses THE YOUNG ONES comedy Wogan Classic TV Interview BBC Archive Rik Mayall in the guise and garb of his character Rick from the Young Ones chats to Terry Wogan about comedy. Originally broadcast [--] October [----]. Watch The Young Ones on the BBC iPlayer now: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b00glhzn/the-young-ones You have now entered the BBC Archive an audiovisual time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zmHadtXzXkw) 2022-02-21T08:15Z 634K followers, 405.8K engagements "1982: Tron - How Was it Made Nationwide Science Fiction BBC Archive "A lot of it's based on traditional photographic techniques now transposed into the computer." Disney's Tron is the latest special effects laden science fiction blockbuster to hit cinemas. Visually it's fair to say that Tron is unlike anything commited to celluloid to date - a videogame brought vivdly to life. Perhaps inevitably given the subject matter a videogame adaptation of the movie by Bally Midway has also been released. Frank Bough chats to the writer and director of Tron Steven Lisberger about how the film's distinct" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zr1QuMnoLvQ) 2025-12-02T08:01Z 634K followers, 13.2K engagements "1989: Leslie Nielsen on THE NAKED GUN's Police Squad origins BBC Archive Leslie Nielsen promoting the original The Naked Gun film back in [----] talks about its beginnings as the Police Squad TV show and working with Priscilla Presley. In the newly released reboot of the spoof comedy franchise Liam Neeson plays Detective Drebin's son alongside Palmela Anderson. Clip taken from Wogan originally broadcast on [--] February [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-udTfGK-b68) 2025-08-01T16:41Z 637K followers, 102.5K engagements "1969: Retiring to the Sunshine The Philpott File BBC Archive The number of British people going abroad to retire is doubling every year. The Englishman's dream of a pleasant old age is no longer one of roses round a cottage door in Devon; it is more likely to be geraniums round a Mediterranean balcony. He wants a little place where the taxes are low and living is easy and the sun is always shining. A vast industry has grown up to make this dream come true an industry which has grown fat selling plots of sunshine all the way from Greece to the Caribbean. And every year when retirement day" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0NIx68eNhm4) 2026-02-01T08:00Z 638K followers, 56.4K engagements "1957: The Onion Seller Eye to Eye: Onion Johnnie Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive He is a man who lives half his life in France and half in Britain. In this film we follow the Breton onion-sellers - the distinctive "Onion Johnnies" with their bicycles berets and strings of onions from their homes in Roscoff Brittany to the doorsteps of houses throughout Britain. Clip taken from Eye to Eye: Onion Johnnie originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] September [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0xQYzbJqjcg) 2025-12-22T08:00Z 638K followers, 83.3K engagements "1976: Meet the BIN MEN Ulster in Focus World of Work BBC Archive "No need to hide us under smart labels - call me what the people call me" This gentle observational documentary follows a day in the life of Hughie John Tommy Charlie Frankie and Jimmy - an elite refuse disposal squad who work for the Belfast City Council Cleansing Section. They'd rather you just called them binmen. Clip taken from Ulster In Focus: Binman originally broadcast on BBC Northern Ireland [--] October [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1x0heeBTUFc) 2025-05-16T07:00Z 637K followers, 236.6K engagements "1978: Could You Start a New Life in the Country In Our Nature BBC Archive Gerry Gadsen looks at the people who wish to turn their back on the city and start a new life in the Welsh countryside. It's an appealing and romantic prospect for many; move to a small farm grow crops perhaps rear some pigs or chickens and ultimately become completely self-sufficent. Just how realistic is it though In spite of appearances country life in Wales has changed dramatically in recent years - the increase in agricultural mechanisation and the rapid amalgamation of small farms means that there are fewer people" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2526Nuy6xgk) 2025-12-15T08:00Z 637K followers, 58.4K engagements "1957: THE BIG GAMBLE - A Trip to the UK Seaside Eye to Eye Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive Eye to Eye follows the British holidaymakers who take the 'Big Gamble' every summer - those who are willing to risk their savings on a stay at a British seaside resort - despite the very real possibility that it may be spoiled by bad weather. Jack Warner narrates this documentary by Pamela Bower and Richard Cawston which was filmed by James Balfour at Broadstairs beach. Clip taken from Eye to Eye: The Big Gamble originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] August [----]. You have now entered the BBC" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=25TzUxZRlZk) 2025-01-04T08:00Z 637K followers, 562.8K engagements "1963: Six Days to Saturday Classic Football Documentary BBC Archive In View documents a week in the life of "Bert's Babes" - the exciting young Swindon Town football team. What do these players - so visible and exhaulted at 3pm every Saturday - do on the other six days of the week John Boorman's excellent documentary film offers a glimpse into the lives of a professional football team. Featured in this documentary are Swindon manager Bert Head chairman Wilf Castle outside right Mick Summerbee inside right Ernie Hunt left half Bobby Woodruff full back Owen Dawson left winger Donald Rogers" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2aUaeOw6Q-c) 2025-09-26T07:00Z 637K followers, 100.9K engagements "1979: Fish and Ships in North East England A Diary of Britain Classic Documentary BBC Archive Cullercoats and North Shields are two communities which live cheek by jowl on the North East coast of England. They're communities dominated by the changing moods of the North Sea. In a period which included the postponement of the General Election; the UK screening of the NBC drama series Holocaust; and Muhammad Ali regaining the Heavyweight Championship of the World from Leon Spinks we see the way in which these national and international issues interact with ordinary people's struggle to win a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2si49AFf_AU) 2025-09-14T07:00Z 638K followers, 325.3K engagements "1965: AUSTRALIA's GOLD COAST - Heaven Down Under Tonight Special BBC Archive The industrial cities of Australia are a long way from the French Riviera a long way from Miami Beach but the prospering Australians cried out for a holiday paradise of their own and they were willing to pay for it. So began a mad season of land gambling and property speculation. On the Gold Coast millionaires came up like mushrooms and the backs of great corporations were broken. The end of it all is on the surface at least paradise. Trevor Philpott reports from the Gold Coast of Queensland the area which has been" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3oXhw8m-3rk) 2025-06-06T07:00Z 637K followers, 232K engagements "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 Paris from the comfort of her room thanks to the wonders of turn-of-the-millenium technology. In [----] British shoppers spent an estimated [---] million pounds shopping on the internet a figure that is expected to grow and grow. When it comes to shopping for clothes though internet shopping can lack the sense of discovery of an old-fashioned trip to the shops. Enter the "web shopper" - in this case" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=453D33ljT_g) 2026-01-20T08:00Z 638K followers, 54.4K engagements "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 [----] St Paul's Cathedral was already blackened by soot from the coal fires of London and two and a half centuries of pollution and pigeon poo only made matters worse. Julian Pettifer reports on the careful wash-and-brush-up being given to London's most famous building. Never before has St Paul's looked quite as it does today. Clip taken from Tonight originally broadcast on BBC One [--] May [----]. You have now entered" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4Z8ygyxz3HY) 2026-01-13T08:00Z 638K followers, 21.2K engagements "1965: Moving House. Slowly. Tonight Weird and Wonderful BBC Archive "You can't pull down an ancient monument so the only thing you can do is to shut off the street all night and move it." Christopher Brasher reports on the moving of an ancient house in Hereford to make way for a new development. The old house has been reinforced carefully mounted on hydraulic jacks and will be pulled along steel tracks - an inch at a time - by two lorries to a place where it can be safely parked. The plan is for it to be placed in the corner of the new development - a Littlewood's store. A huge crowd has come" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4n4uT5E0RnY) 2026-02-10T08:00Z 638K followers, 40.7K engagements "In-Car Sat Nav Without a Satellite In [----] Tomorrow's World Retro Tech BBC Archive Michael Rodd demonstrates an extraordinary new invention that could transform the way drivers negotiate the roads forever. A nifty control unit reads information from the car's milometer and relays instructions to the driver using pre-recorded phrases stored on a cassette tape. With such clear precise navigation might this spell the end for unwieldy paper maps and stopping to ask unreliable pedestrians This clip is taken from Tomorrow's World originally broadcast on BBC One Friday [--] October [----]. You have now" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4qqnHtH1RAs) 2021-12-21T09:30Z 637K followers, 1.7M engagements "1984: A CD Player for Your CAR Tomorrow's World Retro Tech BBC Archive Peter Macann reports on the latest innovation in digital hi fi technology. A system has been developed that enables the CD player's laser head to accurately read information from a compact disc even when the player is subjected to vibration - technology that means that a CD player can finally be portable. Peter gleefully tests out the new system by taking a spin around the studio in a car fitted with its own compact disc player. Clip taken from Tomorrow's World originally broadcast on BBC One [--] October [----]. You have now" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6ui1fzt6mU4) 2025-05-02T07:00Z 637K followers, 118.3K engagements "2001: CAMERAS. on PHONES BBC News Retro Tech BBC Archive Mobile phones are changing the way that people communicate. Britons now send a billion texts each month but the popularity of the SMS text messaging service took phone manufacturers by surprise. As sales of mobile phones begin to drop off manufacturers are hoping that a new generation of handset - which can take and send digital photographs - might give the industry a boost and become the next big craze among young people. BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones investigates whether "picture-texting" is likely to take off." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6ywODcJ8yu8) 2022-11-03T10:00Z 638K followers, 1.1M engagements "1960: Housing Standards in Britain Enquiry Homes and Housing BBC Archive Robert Reid reports on the standard of house building in Britain. In the next year around [------] people will be buying new houses for most of them it will be the single largest investment they ever make. But how much does the average person know about housebuilding What are they looking for in a house Can they be sure that their homes will be properly built What can be done to protect buyers from shoddy builders Robert talks to the architect Eric Lyons Mr Bailey of the National House Building Council the Chairman of the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=72TNhxbDU7U) 2026-01-11T08:00Z 638K followers, 101.4K engagements "1957: The JOY of BUDGETING Panorama Voice of the People BBC Archive Panoramas Christopher Chataway took a look at the widely varying incomes of its viewers inviting some of them to share breakdowns of their household budgets. People from three different income groups talked about their household bills how they spent their money and what items took priority when parting with their hard earned cash. Clip taken from Panorama originally broadcast on BBC One Monday [--] December [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8V4-HAGDObg) 2024-07-20T07:00Z 638K followers, 517.4K engagements "1992: The World of Sweets Childhood Nostalgia BBC Archive A BBC Wales documentary about people who make and buy sweets. We hear from the people who love them the people who sell them the people who make them. and a dentist. Clip taken from Between Ourselves: Sweet Dreams originally broadcast on 5th October [----]. Note: Some music has been changed for copyright reasons. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8w6IcohkGPY) 2026-01-31T08:00Z 638K followers, 79.4K engagements "1983: SEAT BELTS become COMPULSORY BBC News Retro Transport BBC Archive Today - the 31st January [----] - is the first day of the new law making the wearing of seat belts compulsory for all car drivers and front seat passengers. Peter Gould reports from West London and John Thorne from Merseyside to hear what drivers think about being ordered to belt up and measure the level of compliance with the new laws. Originally broadcast [--] Janunary [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=950kIPv3f38) 2022-11-13T10:00Z 637K followers, 1.9M engagements "1967: When an OUTSIDE LOO just WON'T DO In Your Place Classic BBC Clips BBC Archive Many older houses across the UK were built without inside toilets or bathrooms. The Corbett family have moved into such a house in Manchester. Rather than embracing chilly trips across the yard and the dubious joys of a tin bath Mr and Mrs Corbett have decided to convert one of their bedrooms into a modern indoor bathroom. Eric Thompson chats to the Corbetts about what their ideal bathroom would look like and what sort of budget they have. To help them interior deigners David Hicks and Alan Tye have have come" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9Fwf9tmcMSI) 2025-12-08T09:45Z 637K followers, 61.4K engagements "1977: LIVERPOOL FC - Behind the Scenes with the TREBLE CHASERS Sportsnight BBC Archive John Motson reports from Anfield where Bob Paisley's treble-chasing Liverpool FC side prepare to host bitter rivals Manchester United in the league. With the same teams due to meet in the FA cup final in just a matter of weeks anticipation for this match is even higher than usual. Sportsnight documents how a first division football team prepares for a big game from the cleaners secretary and ground staff to the coaches physios and players. Some of the players making an appearance include Emlyn Hughes Kevin" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=A5nbHG6AejE) 2025-04-27T07:00Z 637K followers, 240.7K engagements "1959: Unemployment in Britain The Unemployed Classic Documentary BBC Archive In this examination of the present state of unemployment in Britain Aidan Crawley makes a tour which begins in Cornwall and ends in Dundee. On the way he visits South Wales Merseyside and East Lancashire and talks to economists union leaders and industrialists as well as men and women who are unemployed. Clip taken from The Unemployed originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] May [----]. 00:00 Introduction 01:51 The economists' view 04:33 How many unemployed people are there 05:47 Areas of unemployment 06:40" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=A9wUiSlZPkQ) 2025-11-22T08:00Z 637K followers, 28.2K engagements "1976: ROBERT REDFORD on Fame Freedom and Watergate Classic Movie Interviews BBC Archive Hollywood star Robert Redford talks with Melvyn Bragg about journalism politics ecology and movies. Redford's latest film is All The President's Men a passion project about the Watergate scandal which he has funded produced and in which he co-stars alongside Dustin Hoffman. The film is based on the book by journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward who investigated Watergate for The Washington Post. Clip taken from Robert Redford Talks With Melvyn Bragg originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] April [----]. You" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=A_gvdH282xs) 2025-09-17T07:00Z 637K followers, 54.9K engagements "1994: Christmas is Hell Voice of the People BBC Archive Christmas Hell talks to people about their sense of despair at seeing cards go on sale in August; the madness of shopping on Christmas Eve; the tension of the family gathering; the expression of gratefulness you try to contrive as you unwrap yet another pair of socks and the sigh of relief when finally it's all over. Merry Christmas. Clip taken from Christmas Hell originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] December [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=C3dUDE8OkTU) 2025-12-23T08:00Z 637K followers, 90.8K engagements "1976: Concorde's First Commercial Transatlantic Flight Blue Peter BBC Archive "It was only about three hours and [--] minutes ago that you waved me goodbye at London's Heathrow airport and now here I am - I've travelled [----] miles - and I'm standing in America" - Lesley Judd. John Noakes and Peter Purves host a special live edition of Blue Peter focusing on Lesley Judd's trip on the inaugural transatlantic flight of Concorde from London to Washington. Having made the transatlantic crossing at supersonic speed Lesley will have to return to England on an 'ordinary' plane. NB - There are several" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=C8OL2BkOnoc) 2026-01-30T08:00Z 638K followers, 130.6K engagements "2000: Internet Email and the Wonder of WAP Tomorrow's World BBC Archive "A WAP phone - it's a mobile phone with internet" Lindsey Fallow reports on the latest kit that can change your humble mobile phone into a multimedia communicator. From services that can forward emails to from your inbox to your mobile via SMS text message to the latest WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) enabled phones - which are capable of email and internet browsing - it seems like your mobile phone is only going to become more essential in future. Clip taken from Tomorrow's World originally broadcast on BBC One 12" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CYW0LngZ7v8) 2026-02-11T08:00Z 638K followers, 114.9K engagements "1956: The END OF THE LINE Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive The first documentary produced by the BBC Film Unit in Northern Ireland looks at the problems the railways are facing in NI. Can anything be done to arrest the decline of the permanent way in the face of rising competition from road traffic Indeed should anything be done Clip taken from End of the Line originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] August [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CmjEgPbUGTQ) 2025-09-28T07:00Z 638K followers, 135.4K engagements "1963: Fyfe Robertson's Hebridean Voyage Tonight Special BBC Archive "Britain's North-Western ouposts with nothing between them and America but [----] miles of blue water." Take a journey through the Inner and Outer Hebrides with Fyfe Robertson. Tonight has chartered the St. Ebba a nineteen-ton yacht and sent Fyfe Robertson off to report from the beautiful remote and almost deserted islands beyond the West coast of Scotland. He voyages to Staffa Islay Barra Eriskay Vatersay. 00:00 Introduction 02:44 The dream of the open sea 03:46 The reality of the open sea 05:05 Life on a boat 05:56 Steering" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DADDxdxxgiQ) 2025-11-16T08:00Z 637K followers, 51K engagements "1976: GEOFF CAPES and his MOUNTAINOUS DAILY MENU BBC Archive "Feeding Capes is rather like stoking a human furnace." Geoff Capes welcomed Michael Delahaye into his home back in the summer of [----] as he prepared to participate in the shot put at the Montral Olympics. There he saw the stockpiles of food required to fuel Capes' 12000-calorie high-protein daily diet dutifully prepared by his wife Jill. Clip taken from Nationwide originally broadcast on BBC One Wednesday [--] June [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DZksiXUMSSQ) 2024-08-09T16:00Z 637K followers, 341.5K engagements "1977: The Sky Above. The Earth Below Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive David Jason narrates this information-packed documentary looking at the people who make air travel possible from the pilots to the air traffic controllers and other unheralded but essential workers. Captain Bjarnason who lives on the outskirts of Reykjavk is the pilot of Icelandair's Boeing [---] Gullfaxi the country's first jetliner. Though he has never met them Captain Bjarnason relies on people like Derek Rams and Anne Carlton who work at Gailes Radar Station in Ayrshire and Stuart Wright who works at Redbrae house." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ETSVSXgJagE) 2025-11-23T09:30Z 637K followers, 113.4K engagements "1981: Life of the EXTREMELY WEALTHY Man Alive Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive Cigars at [---] a time. [----] a year on hairdos. Gold-plated baths costing [----] each. Handkerchiefs at [--] a blow. A yacht at a quarter of a million pounds. Who is buying them And more intriguingly how Despite the worst recession since the 1930s there still seems to be plenty of money about - in some pockets. Is it that a lucky few are simply born with a rare get-rich gene Or is it that they have got themselves the advice of extra-sharp accountants Can anyone get rich Man Alive looks at the lifestyle of some big" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Edp5TuQalkY) 2025-07-12T07:00Z 637K followers, 361K engagements "1986: Satellite Navigation for Cars of the Future Tomorrow's World Retro Tech BBC Archive "It may not look futuristic but this is a highly intelligent car." Tomorrow's World presenters Judith Hann and Peter Macann look at a concept car that aims to predict the kind of vehicles we might well be driving in the 21st Century. One of the most interesting features of the car is a large navigation panel that will offer drivers assistance using satellite navigation. How feasible is in-car navigation in [----] Maggie Philbin visits the Transport and Road Research Facility in Crowthorne to test out two" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EpA8Lf8Gt1Q) 2025-08-28T07:00Z 637K followers, 1.2M engagements "1965: A Flatshare in London Man Alive Classic Documentary BBC Archive "4th Girl wanted 28-ish to share new centrally-heated Bayswater flat." For many bachelor girls working in a big city like London there is probably only one answer to the high rents - to share a flat with other girls. Every day hundreds of girls scan the advertisements for a flat to share. Man Alive meets a typical group of London housemates: Anne [--] Hermione [--] Susan [--] and Pat [--]. Pat is leaving the flat to get married so the three remaining women need to find a suitable replacement. Enter fashion buyer Pauline [--] - how" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EpBjKXQun7k) 2025-12-27T08:00Z 638K followers, 635.3K engagements "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 travel agent Keith George. Keith's hobby is flying on airliners - he has been on over [---] flights and racked up [------] air miles. Despite Keith having visited countries all over the world he rarely ever leaves the airport - it's the flying that interests him not the destination. Clip taken from Nationwide originally broadcast on BBC One [--] July [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EsrPIKKXPk8) 2025-12-30T08:00Z 638K followers, 101.1K engagements "1981: BURGER BOOM - Will US fast-food CONQUER BRITAIN Newsround Extra BBC Archive Paul McDowell and reporter John Craven look at the influx into Britain of American fast food restaurant chains like Burger King and McDonalds. They're clean they're family friendly and they're very very quick. Is this the end of the traditional British chippy Originally broadcast [--] May [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive an audiovisual time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you through our classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GXoQkbyaoxY) 2022-05-07T09:00Z 638K followers, 972.1K engagements "1979: Can Triumph Survive Man Alive BBC Archive Defeat or Triumph When the workers take over a factory to run it themselves the conventions have to be rewritten; no boss no 'them' and 'us' - everyone is in it together. Can it work Who gives the orders and who takes them Co-operatives may work in some countries but in Britain all but one have collapsed - why Now even that one - which makes the Triumph Bonneville motorcycle at Meriden - carries a massive debt and is under threat of bankruptcy and liquidation. If Meriden is allowed to die it will be the end of a British motorcycle legend. The" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GbIimta-TJs) 2026-02-15T08:00Z 638K followers, 23.7K engagements "1977: CLINT EASTWOOD and SERGIO LEONE talk WESTERNS The Man With No Name Movies BBC Archive "I really wanted James Coburn but he was too expensive. we got Clint for $15000." Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood are interviewed about working together on Leone's classic spaghetti western films of the 1960s including A Fistful of Dollars and The Good The Bad and The Ugly. Clint Eastwood: "My agent in Los Angeles called me up. and asked me if I would like to go to Europe and make an Italian-German-Spanish co-production of a remake of a Japanese film in the plains of Spain - and I said 'not" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gj38eRz_t6A) 2023-07-29T08:00Z 638K followers, 126.4K engagements "1974: Working in a Traditional English Brewery Industrial Grand Tour World of Work BBC Archive "I like to be actually concerned with the beer instead of being a brewery where it's all push button. You're actually concerned with it here in amongst it all the time." David Clarke brewer. Until a generation ago the magnificent pagoda-like tower of the local brewery was a familiar landmark of the English country town and even in the city its remarkable architecture and heady aroma added to the visual variety and richness of life. Today that compact and economical tower brewery an integral part of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HHDESSHVpcc) 2025-09-11T07:00Z 637K followers, 104.7K engagements "1970: England's NORTH-SOUTH divide Man Alive Voice of the People BBC Archive Harold Williamson explores some of the most entrenched attitudes in England - namely how people in the south of England view those in the north of England and vice-versa. This clip is from Man Alive originally broadcast [--] May [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hjdhhc27_r0) 2022-06-27T09:09Z 637K followers, 1.2M engagements "1979: The Model World of Robert Symes BBC Archive Presenter inventor and amateur model maker Bob Symes-Schutzmann shares his interest in and involvement with models and modellers throughout his life and explains how modelling has helped him to become self sufficient. In the world of Robert Symes every model works and each one tells a story. Clip taken from The Model World of Robert Symes originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] January [----]. 00:00 Introduction 01:13 Radio Control 02:35 The case for model making 03:09 Robert's early days in Austria 03:57 Model trams 05:36 Model soldiers with Roy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HmDxmxhrGDc) 2026-02-07T08:00Z 638K followers, 110.7K engagements "1977: ROGER MOORE on The Spy Who Loved Me Ask Aspel Classic Celebrity Interview BBC Archive Roger Moore answers questions from viewers and host Michael Aspel about his latest role in The Spy Who Loved Me the debonair actor's third outing as super spy James Bond. Is the submersible Lotus Esprit really waterproof Does he aspire to direct more in future Does he do his own stunts How big is Richard Kiel and what metal were Jaws' teeth made out of Who would win in a fight James Bond or The Saint Originally broadcast [--] September [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive an audiovisual time" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hut-dYtZhQs) 2022-07-07T09:00Z 638K followers, 237.9K engagements "1980: PETER DUNCAN cleaning Big Ben is NERVE-WRACKING Blue Peter Classic BBC clips BBC Archive Peter Duncan visits Big Ben where - in the spirit of his Blue Peter predecessor John Noakes - he joins a team of steeplejacks in a hair-raising mission to clean the famous monument's clock face. This is another terrifying watch not one for the faint-hearted Originally broadcast [--] September [----]. Blue Peter is still going strong with new editions of the show broadcast live on CBBC and BBC iPlayer every Friday at 5pm: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006md2v/blue-peter For details about how" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ID5cViSga68) 2022-06-18T09:00Z 637K followers, 300.3K engagements "1975: MODEL RAILWAYS - All You Need to Know Model World BBC Archive Join Bob Symes-Schutzmann for three special model railway themed editions of the hobby series Model World. In the first edition Bob asks what are the advantages and disadvantages of the various model 'gauges' and how do you set about planning a model railway with studio guests Don Boreham and Bert White. In the second programme Bob asks Jack Kine to demonstrate some of the finer points of track laying - including how to build and paint a realistic world to surround your tracks and how to easily construct your own model trees" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ItRnBVTkN-8) 2025-06-01T07:00Z 638K followers, 508.9K engagements "1977: Glasgow's FAIR FORTNIGHT Holiday Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive Reporter Martin Young follows the fortunes of a group of Glaswegian holidaymakers as they spend their annual Glasgow Fair holiday in the seaside resort of Whitley Bay Tyneside during the blistering July of [----]. There's crazy golf and a trawl around the arcades followed by a drink at the club and a snooze on the beach. Refreshments of cheese rolls and drinks from a thermos flask complete the picture. The Glasgow Fair is a traditional holiday dating from the 12th Century and taking place during the last two weeks of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IuJxKgn22cg) 2025-03-09T08:00Z 637K followers, 178.8K engagements "1979: FRED DIBNAH narrowly avoids COLLAPSING CHIMNEY "Did yer like that" Legendary steeplejack Fred Dibnah demolishes a huge chimney stack. Clip taken from Fred Dibnah Steeplejack. Originally broadcast [--] September [----]. #freddibnah #steeplejack #bbc #bbcarchive You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage fred dibnah steeplejack demolition fred dibnah steeplejack rochdale british industrial buildings buildings chimneys" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JVNk4T9FOWI) 2023-09-27T18:00Z 638K followers, 1.7M engagements "1989: NODDY HOLDER on SLADEs CHRISTMAS NO. [--] Open Air Christmas BBC Archive You know Christmas is approaching when you hear Slades Noddy Holder loudly telling you it is usually in a high street shop on the radio or in the supermarket possibly as early as October. In [----] Noddy talked to Eamonn Holmes about the ongoing success of Slades massive hit Merry Xmas Everybody and how the song continues to pay its way. Clip taken from Open Air originally broadcast on BBC One [--] December [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KrwqPV4Ctb4) 2025-12-24T10:00Z 637K followers, 22.9K engagements "1979: The MOD REVIVAL Nationwide Retro Fashion BBC Archive James Hogg reports on the mod revival currently taking place in London. He interviews Ian Page - the vocalist with the new mod group Secret Affair - and John Entwistle of mod's elder statesmen The Who. Is the mod rebirth just a flash-in-the-pan motivated by money or is there more to it than that The whole affair is regarded with some amusement in Yorkshire where the mod scene never really went away and where there are still several thriving scooter clubs. What do these veteran mods make of what is happening down in London Originally" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KyuDsFf46aI) 2022-10-14T09:00Z 637K followers, 269K engagements "1977: ROGER MOORE leaves camera SHAKEN not stirred "It has women action and me." 🤵♂ In [----] Agent [---] himself Roger Moore appeared in the Nationwide studio to promote the latest James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L2feEatWPPk) 2022-07-08T10:07Z 637K followers, 204.7K engagements "1957: Running a FAMILY FARM Family Farm World of Work BBC Archive William Forsythe tells the story of life on his farm in Ballynure where he lives and works with his wife Joyce and children Wilson Charles and Muriel. How do they live and how do they like living in the country This is the way they see their life and their countryside village market town and big city in Northern Ireland. Clip taken from Family Farm originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] February [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MJvpm9nFXic) 2025-01-26T08:00Z 638K followers, 98.7K engagements "1969: Stalin's Daughter on Defecting From the Soviet Union Classic Interviews BBC Archive This programme contains discussion of suicide. Robin Day talks to Svetlana Allileyua the daughter of the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Josef Stalin. Sveltana caused a political sensation when in [----] she defected to the United States during a trip to India to scatter the ashes of her Indian lover. She discusses the reasons for her defection her life in the Soviet Union her relationship with her father - whom she refers to as "a moral and spiritual monster" - and the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MhUQlid4Dwc) 2025-11-21T08:00Z 637K followers, 619.5K engagements "1959: What Worries the People of Sheffield Tonight Voice of the People BBC Archive "It's just the butter situation - five shillings a pound" Tonight's John Morgan spends a rainy afternoon in the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield to find out what if anything worries the residents of the steel city. Clip taken from Tonight originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] November [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ms43wghxbBk) 2025-11-04T08:00Z 637K followers, 140.5K engagements "1964: Tales of Three Cities England Our England Voice of the People BBC Archive Contains discussions which are racially insensitive. Bristol Birmingham and Manchester three very different English cities. England Our England offers three idiosyncratic perspectives from people who live in them - a teenage shopworker shares her experiences of life in Bristol a deputy headmaster describes his life and work Birmingham and a clothing manufacturer reflects on a lifetime living in Manchester. 00:00 Bristol 07:30 Birmingham 15:29 Manchester Clip taken from England Our England originally broadcast on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=N08enXSPPK8) 2026-01-04T08:00Z 638K followers, 37.5K engagements "1982: JACK NICHOLSON on BRANDO KUBRICK and declining THE GODFATHER Film [--] Movies BBC Archive "I understand you turned down The Godfather and The Sting" Academy Award winning actor Jack Nicholson is interviewed by Ian Johnstone on his acting career. He talks about turning down the lead role in The Godfather working with Marlon Brando and Stanley Kubrick and the inspiration behind his accent in Easy Rider. He also recounts some of his early forays into the world of acting. During the interview Nicholson receives a phone call from his partner Anjelica Huston about their plans for dinner that" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=N8ZQ3EX-jtc) 2023-12-16T08:00Z 637K followers, 519.9K engagements "1979: Steeplejack FRED DIBNAH takes down a MASSIVE chimney BRICK by BRICK BBC Archive Profile of the one and only Lancashire steeplejack Fred Dibnah. Fred demolishes unwanted chimneys the old fashioned way - brick by brick starting at the top - or by taking bricks from the bottom and lighting a fire underneath. His scant regard for health and safety made him something of an anachronism even in the 1970s while his infectious personality turned him into a beloved television institution. This is his first ever TV appearance. Needless to say don't try this at home or - more pertinently - on any" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NKPApAsJbj4) 2022-02-10T08:15Z 637K followers, 5M engagements "1974: The Explosive World of "Blaster" Bates Look Stranger Weird and Wonderful BBC Archive Derek Macintosh 'Blaster' Bates is not only one of Britain's leading demolition experts but also an in-demand comedian and after dinner speaker - calling on his wealth of experience as a blaster for hire. When he's not blasting down chimneys trees redundant buildings or tonnes of antique coagulated human effluent he spends his time describing his exploits to enraptured convulsing gatherings at working mens clubs. Looks Stranger spends some time - at a safe distance - in the presence of the incomparable" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=O-gt7QzUy5M) 2025-09-22T07:00Z 637K followers, 243.3K engagements "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 ration book." On the fourth of July the rationing of meat in Britain came to an end the final step in dismantling Britain's whole wartime system of food distribution. After fourteen long years Britons can at last tear up their ration books. Richard Baker looks back at some of the key moments in the story of rationing and de-rationing. Originally broadcast [--] July [----]. You have now entered the BBC" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PSQ4W3y88eo) 2023-03-05T10:00Z 637K followers, 305K engagements "1977: Is PUNK ROCK a Threat to BRITISH SOCIETY Brass Tacks Voice of the People BBC Archive "For many people it's become a bigger threat to our way of life than Russian communism or hyperinflation." - Brian Trueman "Do I look vile and obscene" - Pete Shelley Brian Trueman hosts a studio discussion on the rise of punk culture among Britain's youth. Brass Tacks reporter Eric Robson attends a Vibrators gig in Manchester's Electric Circus where he meets punks like Denise Lloyd Paul Doyle Pete Shelley Ian Hodge Steve Burke and Linda and Allan Deaves. What is life like for a typical punk rocker How" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PVy5DD2oTxQ) 2025-02-14T08:00Z 638K followers, 131.7K engagements "1983: A Package Holiday to Benidorm Forty Minutes Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive Every Saturday Air Europe flight AE54 from Manchester empties [---] passengers at Alicante Airport in Spain. Nearly all the travellers are bound for a summer holiday in Benidorm whose sun sand and sangria will weave its magic spell for [--] days until flight AE55 whisks them back again to the 'dark satanic mills' of Manchester and another year. This observational documentary follows a handful of Brits abroad as they navigate springy hotel beds sunlounger etiquette alien foodstuff the relentless heat the wild" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PfU6XX5XU4M) 2025-10-26T08:00Z 638K followers, 210.9K engagements "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 find his favourite brew. Will he find it in the futuristic sterile confines of a gargantuan state-of-the-art brewery in the aisles of a high-street chemist - where home brew beer kits are now flying off the shelves - or in a CAMRA-owned traditional pub Or is finding the perfect pint less about the pint in your hand and more about the pint in your soul Clip taken from Robbie In Search" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PgnlfEE2Q-8) 2025-03-02T08:00Z 638K followers, 318.3K engagements "1964: A Curious Case of Black Magic in Norfolk Tonight Weird and Wonderful BBC Archive "Through the ages Norfolk has been riddled with witchcraft." - F.R. Buckley Chris Brasher reports on three incidents involving what appears to black magic rituals in Norfolk. The incidents occured at three separate locations; the ruins of Castle Rising - where two human effigies and a sheep's heart were nailed to the door; Bawsey Church where a sheep's heart and a black candle was discovered; and at Babingley Church where another human effigy a sheep's heart and a black candle were discovered. In all three" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QWTw3xoGhg4) 2025-10-30T08:00Z 637K followers, 334.5K engagements "1975: JELLIED EELS and SMOKED HADDOCK A Taste of Britain Voice of the People BBC Archive Derek Cooper explores some of the traditional dishes of the East End of London - from jellied eels to smoked haddock. Derek first visits Joyce's Pie and Mash Shop on Tower Bridge Road the oldest eel and pie shop in the East End where the menu - pie parsley sauce mashed potatoes and stewed eels - has remained unchanged for decades. Then on to Tubby Isaac's jellied eel stall in Aldgate where Tubby himself addresses the rumour that eels are an aphrodisiac and bemoans the rising price of his most famous" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QaS0EIqESc4) 2022-09-05T09:00Z 637K followers, 746.7K engagements "1969: How do You Live on the AVERAGE WAGE Man Alive Voice of the People BBC Archive The Average Way of Life. If you're married with two children and with about [--] a week coming into the house you will already know all about the problems of spinning out money to make ends meet. And you are far from being alone in this - in fact you're average. The British national average wage is exactly 22/5s/3d the highest it's ever been. But this doesn't make you Midas and living on it is nearly always a question of what can't be afforded what has to go. How do you decide what it shall be How do you sort" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=S05gEklAL5E) 2025-07-27T07:00Z 638K followers, 764.2K engagements "1968: "The Mating Market" at the Concord Hotel Man Alive BBC Archive Up in the Catskill Mountains two hours' drive from New York City stands the Concord Hotel a vast concrete camp renowned for one speciality - dating. Here most weekends a human hotchpotch of [----] men and women can pay as much as [---] dollars a day to be herded together like cattle in a market and forcefully paired off by a social hostess called Rose. Girls living dull city lives plan their robes and their roles weeks ahead; men who are normally office clerks promote themselves to lawyers and doctors. Many of the women are" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=THMg2Whvi18) 2026-01-18T08:00Z 638K followers, 46.7K engagements "1985: Introducing the AMIGA Micro Live Retro Tech BBC Archive Fred Harris gets his hands on the new Commodore Amiga a personal computer so advanced that you can let the keyboard gather dust while you use the WIMP (Windows Icons Mouse and Pull-down menus) interface. Marvel as this multi-tasking monster runs three programs simultaneously thanks to the awesome power of its 32-bit microprocessor Behold: more than [----] colours on screen at once thanks to its custom graphics chips Hark is that the sound of angels No it's just the sophisticated stereo sound made possible by its dedicated audio chip" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Tl6092fMkZY) 2021-12-27T08:30Z 637K followers, 107.2K engagements "1961: Minicabs - a Diabolical Liberty News Extra BBC Archive BBC reporter Peter Woods considers London's newest fleet of taxis the [---] Renault Dauphines - better known as minicabs - that began operating in the city last week. Do they provide fair competition to the established London cab Or are their lower requirements for drivers an affront to the traditional London taxi drivers who are required to spend months and even years painstakingly acquiring "the knowledge" before they can legally operate Should minicab drivers be subject to the same tests and checks Mr Woods interviews the director" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VZnOZx42X8o) 2026-02-13T08:00Z 638K followers, 20.9K engagements "1973: The Death of the Local Pub Man Alive Voice of the People BBC You used to be lucky to get bread and cheese or a pie with your pint in the pub. Today along with booze they serve up go-go girls topless dancers strippers female impersonators and music music music. Right now the traditional local is in danger. Big cities are being swamped with disco bars ideal for those who don't want to talk to each other; popular 'mine hosts' are being replaced by managers; old pubs frequented by old men in old villages are being closed down. Some people are making a lot of money out of the changes like" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VpSeO8r69GY) 2025-11-15T08:00Z 637K followers, 100K engagements "Living in Britain in [----] Forty Minutes: Voices in a City Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive In [----] George Orwell wrote his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four an imaginary account of what life in Britain might be like in that year. Of his book Orwell said: 'I do not believe that the kind of society I describe will arrive but I believe that something resembling it could arrive.' The visually striking documentary Forty Minutes: 1984: Voices in a City considers the reality of living in Britain in [----]. With automation on the rise mass surveillance of the population in effect advertising propaganda on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VwNWUNykqAs) 2025-08-17T07:00Z 637K followers, 366.1K engagements "1981: How COMPUTER GRAPHICS Will Change the World Horizon Retro Tech BBC Archive "The promise is enormous." Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly between the skyscrapers of a city centre Or to take a trip through Saturn's rings Or walk around a molecule of DNA Computer graphics provide ways of simulating reality or building fantastic new worlds and the power to explore and manipulate those 3D worlds. For the artist it's a new way to paint for the filmmaker it's a new way to animate a film; for the scientist it's a means to visualise data or test a hypothesis; and for everyone" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=W8-54-9J9ns) 2025-04-16T07:00Z 637K followers, 302.6K engagements "1961: Coventry - [--] Years After the Blitz Target City Voice of the People BBC Documentary [--] years ago Coventry became famous as the victim of an act of destruction. Today it is also famous as an experiment in post-war planning under democracy. Robert Reid reports on the progress Coventry has made since the Coventry Blitz. He speaks to architects planners business owners home owners clergymen and residents of Coventry old and new. Clip taken from Target City: Coventry originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] November [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WYDWVQFGbIw) 2025-10-06T07:00Z 637K followers, 81.7K engagements "1968: Is ALF GARNETT the PIPE SMOKER OF THE YEAR BBC Archive Warren Mitchell has been given the Pipe Smoker of the Year award for [----]. However the actor is refusing to accept the award brandishing it a "stunt" and admitting he is not proud to be a smoker nor is he inclined to endorse or advertise pipe smoking. His alter ego - Till Death Us Do Part star Alf Garnett - might be a little more open to persuasion. Clip taken from BBC News originally broadcast on BBC One Wednesday [--] January [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WwJ-sTF6zsc) 2024-01-18T10:00Z 637K followers, 215.9K engagements "1994: Are YOU Ready for the INTERNET Tomorrow's World Retro Tech BBC Archive Kate Bellingham reports that an exciting new interconnected world - a world where every word ever written every picture ever painted and ever film ever shot will be at our fingertips - is tantalisingly close. The information superhighway will be a high-capacity digital communication network which in time could revolutionise the way we shop socialise and work. The groundwork for this technological behemoth is already well underway with computers already communicating with one another to allow users to send electronic" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XpZ5STahhPE) 2022-08-30T09:00Z 638K followers, 1.8M engagements "1970: MANX ALIVE - Life on the Isle of Man Man Alive Voice of the People BBC Archive It's where they have the TT races. It's where they still use the birch on boys. It's been described as a wind-swept rock in the middle of the Irish Sea. On one of its rare clear days you can see England Scotland and Ireland: the Isle of Man; in the middle of but not part of Great Britain. The Queen is the Lord of Man and is represented by a governor; Westminster looks after the foreign policy; but the Island is independent. It has its own language; its own people; its own traditions; and it makes its own" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YQElBkdj-ac) 2025-04-13T07:00Z 637K followers, 79.4K engagements "1982: SYLVESTER STALLONE and HENRY COOPER Saturday Live Classic Interviews BBC Archive Sylvester Stallone chats to Gloria Hunniford about his new movie Rocky [--] - which he claims is the most personal film he has made to date. Stallone shot to overnight international fame following the success of Rocky - which he both wrote and starred in - the story of an underdog boxer who gets an unlikely shot at the world title. Since then his life - and the life of his character Rocky Balboa - has changed dramatically. How is he coping with his new found fame and fortune What lessons has he learned from" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YcYvACn77wI) 2024-10-05T07:00Z 637K followers, 257K engagements "1996: [---] Years of Country Life Magazine Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive A documentary marking the centenary of Country Life magazine the weekly publication reflecting the concerns of Britain's landed classes. Noted for advertisements for magnificent country houses and society portraits of young women Country Life has [-----] subscribers who clearly regard it as a magazine made to last - on average each copy is kept for two years before being finally consigned to the dustbin. This film is a profile of both the people who produce the magazine and the readers - like Queen's Roger Taylor - who" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z7vCu_4Hd6g) 2025-12-28T08:00Z 637K followers, 35.9K engagements "1976: Introducing the incredible cordless 'MOBILE' phone Blue Peter Retro Tech BBC Archive Blue Peter presenters Lesley Judd Peter Purves and John Noakes demonstrate some exciting new technology with no strings attached - a completely portable telephone. How does it work This clip was originally broadcast [--] October [----]. Blue Peter is still going strong with new editions of the show broadcast live on CBBC and BBC iPlayer every Friday at 5pm: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006md2v/blue-peter For details about how your child (or grandchild) can earn a Blue Peter badge visit the CBBC" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZMcChLsGKWc) 2021-12-25T09:00Z 637K followers, 1.1M engagements "1987: On The Piste for a Ski Holiday Niche Sports Classic Documentary BBC Archive An entertaining documentary film for all those who ski want to ski or wouldn't be seen dead near a ski-slope. It follows the fortunes of two sets of skiers - a group of accident-prone beginners in Sll (known as the Benidorm of the ski-slopes) and members of the aristocratic and exclusive Downhill Only Club in the faded elegance of Wengen. As well as following the dramas and disasters of the ski-slopes the film features some of the more uninhibited aspects of life apres ski. Clip taken from On The Piste" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZldYPZ_HaaY) 2025-11-08T08:00Z 637K followers, 123.5K engagements "1997: Karting Star LEWIS HAMILTON Set for F1 Black Britain When They Were Young BBC Archive Black Britain caught up with Lewis Hamilton and his dad Anthony as the 12-year-old was making waves on the UK's karting circuit. Could he possibly become a star in Formula One Many challenges remained on the road to stardom but McLaren boss Ron Dennis and Formula One scout Bill Sisley were both confident he would make it. Clip taken from Black Britain originally broadcast on BBC Two Wednesday [--] November [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_SEfKjBEl18) 2024-08-01T07:00Z 637K followers, 409.1K engagements "1982: JACK NICHOLSON on declining THE GODFATHER lead role "I understand you turned down The Godfather and The Sting" Academy Award winning actor Jack Nicholson talks to the BBC's Ian Johnstone about turning down the lead role in The Godfather and working with Marlon Brando. Clip taken from Film [--] Special: Jack Nicholson originally broadcast on BBC One Monday [--] January [----]. #bbcarchive #jacknicholson #marlonbrando #thegodfather You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_W6cw9Afs2U) 2023-12-16T18:00Z 638K followers, 2.4M engagements "1977: The ENFIELD POLTERGEIST Nationwide Weird and Wonderful BBC Archive "Either [--] people have all been having hallucinations - including the police - or this is the best-documented ghost story of all time." Nationwide's James Hogg reports from a seemingly ordinary suburban house in Ponder's End Enfield where residents have reported experiencing a variety of unusual phenomena. There has been knocking in the walls and furniture is regularly thrown around the house - apparently unaided. These bizarre occurrences have piqued the interest of Maurice Grosse an inventor and a member of the Society" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_iqvDOEcjsM) 2023-10-30T10:00Z 637K followers, 73.6K engagements "The BEST TIMED Shot in TV HISTORY James Burke hits his mark with perfect timing in this astounding clip from the science documentary series Connections. #short #shorts You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage james burke james burke rocket launch james burke connections amazing timing perfect timing iconic tv moments uk perfectly timed piece to camera bbc archive shorts vintage rocket launch classic bbc documentary" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_jQ5JjvDtKA) 2022-10-19T09:00Z 637K followers, 5.4M engagements "1974: Rich Life Poor Life Scene: What Does Money Matter Voice of the People BBC Archive Series for schools and colleges. Just how important is money Very for those who have little or none at all. This week's programme looks at life above and below the poverty line through the lens of two young Glaswegian women who lead very different lives. Valerie comes from a wealthy family doesn't have to work and spends much of her time pursing her interests - rally driving horse riding drumming shopping - whatever takes her fancy. She lives in a luxury flat bought with money from her grandparents and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=a5Pg92fBybA) 2025-09-15T07:00Z 638K followers, 246.1K engagements "1968: Inside the APOLLO COMMAND MODULE Tomorrows World Retro Tech BBC Archive "Before the end of next year men could be flying across the moon's surface and preparing to land" - John Parry. James Burke and John Parry report from inside an Apollo space capsule simulator at the NASA space research centre in California. Every effort has been made to ensure these simulated flights are as authentic as possible so that astronauts Michael Collins Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong are prepared for every eventuality. A bespoke camera system is trained on a large model of the Earth to give the illusion of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=agOK5a2enxA) 2022-06-19T09:00Z 637K followers, 62.2K engagements "1991: PRUNELLA SCALES on life beyond FAWLTY TOWERS BBC Archive In [----] she spoke about becoming a household name as Sybil Fawlty and the enduring appeal of the sit-com Fawlty Towers which gained huge popularity despite its short run. During the interview she was also joined by her husband the actor Timothy West and they discussed working together and co-starring in the theatre production of Long Day's Journey into Night. Clip taken from Wogan originally broadcast on BBC One [--] February [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=anq3eC8NmS8) 2025-10-28T12:32Z 637K followers, 286.4K engagements "1973: Life on the LAST LIGHTHOUSE Tuesday Documentary World of Work BBC Archive An inside view of life on the Bishop Rock Lighthouse. Perched on a tiny outcrop of rock at the edge of the Atlantic ' the Bishop ' has something special about it for the Trinity House officers who man Britain's light-houses. It's the last lighthouse for westward-bound ships and the last still operating almost as it did under Queen Victoria's patronage. Soon it may be replaced by an unmanned light but in this ruggedly beautiful documentary Tony Parker talks with the men who still maintain their lonely vigil in the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bc9qxyf_suI) 2025-08-01T07:00Z 637K followers, 2M engagements "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 the foothills of the Cairngorms - as he embarks on one of his epic cross-highland trips. Jim is on his way to Braemar which is [--] miles away - if you plan on sticking to the roads. Luckily Big Jim knows a shortcut through the Lairig Ghru - the highest mountain pass in the highest mountain range in Britain - that brings the journey down to a more manageable [--] miles albeit" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cZk2jV5gJbM) 2025-05-19T07:00Z 637K followers, 2.7M engagements "1976: A Traditional Country Christmas Dinner A Taste of Britain BBC Archive Some scenes may be upsetting. From the fruits and nuts in the early dawn stocking to the after-math of Boxing Day food is at the heart of the English Christmas. Traditionally it is the one time in the year that everyone unbuttons and eats their fill. Derek Cooper looks at traditional Christmas fare - he visits a family farm at Minsterworth in Gloucestershire where goose is prepared by hand. He meets the regulars at the Red Lion pub in Arlingham who consider the merits of the current festive favourite turkey and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=d2NW9f5FRdA) 2025-12-24T08:00Z 638K followers, 186K engagements "1959: WALT DISNEY on how to CREATE ICONIC CHARACTERS Tonight Classic Interviews BBC Archive "You have to appeal to the adult. the children don't have any money" Walt Disney was a guest on Tonight where spoke about censorship the evolution of animation and making shorter subject films Originally broadcast [--] July [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dMvUrrFLRlg) 2023-03-18T10:00Z 638K followers, 51.9K engagements "1983: SMUGGLING on the IRISH BORDER Nationwide Voice of the People BBC Archive "Smuggling's a way of life here." Anne Diamond reports on the rampant smuggling from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland which is damaging the Irish economy and causing huge problems for Irish pubs off-licences and petrol stations in particular due to large quantities of cheap alcohol and petrol being smuggled in from North. Anne visits an off-licence in Strabane that is doing a roaring trade much of it due to customers making the trip from across the border to take advantage of lower prices in the North." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dPN1hkmoE0M) 2025-06-19T07:00Z 637K followers, 190.7K engagements "1962: Britain's "Scrap Iron Armada" Tonight BBC Archive "A ship that's built to withstand shell fire is no pushover in the breaker's yard." Alan Whicker reports on the fate of obsolete naval warships which are lying in bays around the country waiting to be scrapped or sold. Among this "scrap iron armada" is the Leviathon - a mammoth [--] million aircraft carrier - that has never sailed. It was abandoned approximately [--] percent complete in [----] after the war ended. Clip taken from Tonight originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dWgVqbbrXfg) 2025-11-10T08:00Z 637K followers, 140.7K engagements "1968: A History of English Windmills A Couris Thing Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive "The windmill is a couris thing Completely built by art of man To grind the corn for man and beast That they alike may have a feast" This is the story of the English Windmill. A gentle meditative film about some of the surviving examples of those thousands of mills that one hundred years ago were at work all over England. Written and produced by Malcolm Freegard. Clip taken from A Couris Thing originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=e5m4TALNvog) 2026-01-01T08:00Z 638K followers, 66.4K engagements "1970: SHETLAND Life Tuesday Documentary Voice of the People BBC Archive In the vast expanse of sea between Scotland and Norway lies the archipelago of Shetland a 70-mile-long tangle of rock and cliff which provides home and livelihood for some [-----] British citizens. Shetland is the northernmost part of Britain. Though politically British these people are first and foremost Shetlanders who have never forgotten that Shetland once belonged to the Norsemen of Scandinavia until it was pawned to the Kingdom of Scotland as part of a thoroughly dubious marriage settlement [---] years ago. This is the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=eoM11P9PcsU) 2025-04-04T07:00Z 638K followers, 350.8K engagements "1977: Original STAR WARS Review Film [--] Classic Movie Review BBC Archive "Family entertainment at its most sublime" Barry Norman gives his thoughts on George Lucas's phenomenally successful science fantasy film Star Wars ahead of its UK release. Originally broadcast [--] November [----]. You can listen to UK fans flocking to see Star Wars at the cinema on [--] December [----] in the BBC Sounds archive series On This Day - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0dqk8zt You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fSKJW1wazQ8) 2022-01-10T08:00Z 637K followers, 1.9M engagements "1965: Could YOU be a STEEPLEJACK Tonight Classic BBC Clips BBC Archive "Their job is one of the most dangerous in the world. You fall off a stack like this only once so if you're a steeplejack then you're a careful man." Tonight's Cathal O'Shannon reports on the craft of steeplejacking. As industrial chimney stacks grow taller and taller the number of willing and able steeplejacks to build and maintain them is in sharp decline. Steeplejacking is a dying art. With that in mind the largest British steeplejack firm has set up a 'steeplejack school' in an attempt to encourage a new generation of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fsBD4E4t1ck) 2022-03-16T10:00Z 637K followers, 1.5M engagements "1979: The Unbelievable TALKING DOG That's Life Animal Magic BBC Archive That's Life's insatiable quest to find unusual or talented pets sees reporter Paul Heiney head to Leeds to meet Paul Allan and his loquacious canine friend Prince. Prince holds the distinction of being British television's first ever talking dog. Sausage Originally broadcast [--] February [----]. #bbcarchive #shorts #talkingdog bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage pets tv animal kingdom strangest animal behaviours funny animals" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g5qLcjcJ3UQ) 2023-05-24T09:00Z 637K followers, 78.4K engagements "1976: ROBERT REDFORD on the tension between FAME and PRIVACY BBC Archive Robert Redford talks to Melvyn Bragg about his fear of becoming typecast as an actor and the pleasure he takes in retreating back to nature. He also shares some fun stories about his life before he was famous. Clip taken from Robert Redford originally broadcast [--] April [----] You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g8UCUy6piDc) 2025-09-16T15:38Z 637K followers, 74.7K engagements "1974: The KOPITES of Liverpool FC The Kop Classic BBC sport BBC Archive Writer and director Walter McEvoy examines the quasi-religious relationship Liverpool fans have with Anfield's Spion Kop - perhaps the most famous stand in English football - using testimony from a cross-section of self-confessed Kopites. Clip taken from The Kop originally broadcast on BBC North West [--] May [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g8zpu6yukyM) 2024-05-20T07:00Z 638K followers, 195.3K engagements "GRACE JONES talks about AGGRESSION Heeeeeres Grace (Jones) chatting to Terry Wogan in1984 about aggression and the influence of her father. You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage GraceJones IslandLife bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage GraceJones IslandLife" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hodZL1d3Dy8) 2022-10-12T07:00Z 638K followers, 995.2K engagements "1969: BRADFORD PARK AVENUE - As Grim as FOOTBALL Gets Nationwide Classic Sport BBC Archive "Sports writers have run out of Saturday night cliches to describe them; lowly humbled disheartened." Nationwide's Philip Tibenham visits Bradford Park Avenue the football team currently at the bottom of the Fourth Division propping up the rest of the English football league. In fact Bradford Park Avenue have been bottom of the Fourth Division for three seasons and if temporary manager Don McCalman's charges finish bottom again this season they may be refused readmission to the league. Bradford Park" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=i2tFFib2IOw) 2025-02-15T08:00Z 638K followers, 81.4K engagements "1966: A Roof Over Your Head - The Tenant Man Alive Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive Twenty-five million of us live in houses that do not belong to us pay a landlord obey his rules. Council flats private houses rooms for rent: a headache for local government new legislation for Parliament. Misery for some tenants. Crooked profits for some landlords. Man Alive looks at the world of the landlord the tenant the area where they confront each other Clip taken from Man Alive: A Roof Over Your Head - The Tenant originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] July [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kLQ9o3ZSEFQ) 2025-10-19T07:00Z 638K followers, 205.4K engagements "1970: BIRMINGHAM - The Venice of England Look Stranger BBC Archive Take a voyage by narrow boat with Ken Dunham and his family to the centre of Birmingham along the once flourishing Canal Navigations of the Black Country. Today this great waterway system has served its purpose - industry has turned its back on "the cut"; but with "just a touch of Venice" Park Head Locks Gas Street Basin and Pudding Green Junction may come alive again - inland ports along a colourful cruiseway for voyaging into England. Written and directed by Peter Bale Camera operator: Ewart Needham Film Recordist: Howard" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lMX-hOpchP4) 2025-08-31T07:00Z 637K followers, 104.7K engagements "1976: Bringing AMBRIDGE to life in the STUDIO News 1970s BBC Archive [----] is the 75th anniversary of radio drama The Archers and where would the folk of Ambridge be without church bells mooing cattle and all the noises of village life When the everyday story of country folk reached its silver jubilee in [----] BBC News filmed an episode being recorded and captured the work of some of the foley artists bringing Ambridge to life. Clip taken from News originally broadcast on BBC One [--] January [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mZVwXTUBLdo) 2026-01-01T10:01Z 638K followers, 25.1K engagements "2006: WERNER HERZOG is SHOT during TV interview The Culture Show Movie Interviews BBC Archive Film director Werner Herzog is shot and wounded by an air rifle whilst conducting an interview with film critic and broadcaster Mark Kermode. "Far from the hazards of a South American jungle or the wilderness of Alaska I met up with Werner Herzog in the suburban wilds of LA which he currently calls home." "We wanted to get a quick exterior shot of Herzog in his native habitat when things took an unexpected turn." "We quickly realised that some wacko had taken a pot-shot at us with an air rifle and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=n24jxqknB2s) 2023-06-10T08:00Z 637K followers, 89K engagements "1966: Harnessing the Power of "The Snowies" Looking at Australia BBC Archive Looking at Australia is a geography series for twelve-to-fourteen-year-olds this edition is about the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales. The Snowy Mountains are the highest mountain range in Australia and - because they are the only part of Australia where snow reliably forms - a popular destination for skiing holidays in the winter. Each spring the snow melts creating vast quantities of that most valuable Australian commodity water. Keith Alexander looks at how this seasonal abundance of water is controlled and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=n9dHBYqDAYQ) 2026-01-09T08:00Z 638K followers, 44.5K engagements "1976: OTTO FRANK on the Diary of Anne Frank Blue Peter Children's Television BBC Archive Lesley Judd interviews Otto Frank - the father of Anne Frank - who has made a special visit to Britain to show Blue Peter viewers his daughter's original diaries. Valerie Singleton meanwhile reports from Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam on the story behind the diary. Originally broadcast [--] May [----]. To mark the BBC's 100th birthday our wonderful archivists have been asked to pick THEIR favourite BBC moments. "It was a sensitive memorable interview in the last year before Otto Frank's death a perfect" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nWUlZqsh2gQ) 2022-10-28T09:00Z 637K followers, 1.5M engagements "1962: The Last Railway Horses Tonight World of Work BBC Archive "During the last war the railways alone used [-----] by [----] there were only [----] by [----] there were fewer than [--] and now there are just three." Fyfe Robertson meets shire horses Butch and Charlie two of the three remaining railway horses still working in Britain. Butch and Charlie work as shunting horses at the Newmarket goods station while another horse works as a draught horse in Stoke. Once those three have retired it will be the end of an era. What will they do when they retire Fyfe visits the "retirement farm" in Larling" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nqw-y9FQ6bI) 2025-12-10T08:01Z 637K followers, 159.6K engagements "1951: Christmas Day [----] Newsreel BBC Archive BBC Television Newsreel captures some of the way that the people of Britain spent their Christmas holiday. After the gruelling run-up to Christmas day shop workers clocked out ready for a well-earned rest. Across the country there was church-going the traditional brisk Christmas swim in the bitterly cold Hampstead swimming ponds the annual fancy-dress cycling event at Brookmans park and for many people Christmas wouldn't be complete without a trip to the pantomime or the football. Clip taken from BBC Television Newsreel originally broadcast on BBC" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=o4z9_-Zw9mk) 2025-12-25T08:01Z 637K followers, 107.5K engagements "1986: Life on a Coaster Ship Forty Minutes BBC Archive "I resent people calling my ship a rust-bucket. She's an old lady who needs the occasional helping hand." - Rick Waters. Carrick is a dirty British Coaster - a 30-year-old relic carrying unglamorous cargoes from port to port in the Channel and the North Sea. Her skipper and owner is Rick Waters once part-time butler to Edward Heath. George Norman the mate looks after the cargoes - the ship could capsize if a cargo shifts at sea. Deckhands Alan Jopling and Victor Gauld turn their hand to almost anything and young trainee Dele Okukenu is" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oPtvw91fQ88) 2026-02-08T08:01Z 638K followers, 101.4K engagements "1975: TIM CURRY on ROCKY HORROR Tim Curry on Frank N Furter 👄 In [----] Film Night went behind the scenes at the filming of The Rocky Horror Picture Show based on Richard O'Brien's cult stage musical. You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=okbchpGA-_s) 2022-07-26T17:01Z 637K followers, 1.3M engagements "1985: RAVI SHANKAR - master of the SITAR Maestro and Guru Classic BBC Music BBC Archive Marian Foster chats to Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar perhaps the most famous sitar player of all time. How is a sitar made how much practice does it take and what are the fundamentals of good sitar music This clip is from Ravi Shankar: Maestro and Guru originally broadcast [--] June [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive an audiovisual time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=opdRDGwhs38) 2022-10-04T09:00Z 637K followers, 1.5M engagements "1972: The CURIOUS CASE of the BLOCKED WINDOW Nationwide Weird and Wonderful BBC Archive "I should leave those alone if I was you.this is governed by the law of ancient lights." When Mr Max Jenkins bought his house - a substantial Victorian villa in the village of Bacton-on-Sea - he thought he'd snagged himself a bargain. There was only one minor issue with the property - an unusual wooden structure just three feet from his windows obscuring the view of the sea - but he could surely dismantle that couldn't he Nationwide reporter Susan Hall investigates this bizarre case involving the 'law of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=p8fOJdmSbdU) 2024-10-03T07:00Z 637K followers, 2.8M engagements "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. Frances 'Effy' Jones - one of the first women to be trained to use a typewriter and to take up cycling as a hobby - recalls the life of a young working woman in London. Berta Ruck a romantic novelist remembers her formative years at art school and the culture shock she experienced after moving from her secluded home in rural Wales to the muddy hustle and bustle in the heart of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pv6V1yHvJyo) 2022-04-30T09:00Z 637K followers, 2.4M engagements "1975: Fyfe Robertson's Thoughts For Food Robbie BBC Archive Fyfe Robertson looks at the way British eating habits have changed in the last generation due to modern methods of food technology and production and the influence of food from around the world. Fyfe's food Odyssey sees him trying gourmet French cusine at the Imperial Hotel in Torquay visiting an organic farm in Suffolk an old-fashioned grocers in Ennis County Clare Harry Ramsden's fish and chip restaurant in Guisley and a food factory at Alveston - where restaurant quality meals are made on an industrial scale. Finally Robbie visits" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qMWl1_mjuNM) 2025-09-03T07:01Z 637K followers, 49.1K engagements "1985: PHIL LYNOTT And GARY MOORE - The Boys Are Back Together Whistle Test BBC Archive When Gary Moore left Thin Lizzy in [----] during a US tour Phil Lynott was not amused. The pair fell out and didn't speak for three years. Now they're back together and have recorded a new song; Out in the Fields. How did that happen Originally broadcast [--] May [----]. You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage bbc music music bbc music" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qyMV5MSUM6k) 2023-03-29T09:00Z 637K followers, 684.5K engagements "1976: A Morning With the Fruit and Veg Men Look Stranger World of Work BBC Archive Getting up at four o'clock in the morning is for most people a rare experience. Fred Davis does it six days a week travelling through the eerily empty streets to run his business in Birmingham's Vegetable Market. Rene Cutforth spends a day with Fred in a world of pawpaws pineapples and carrots from California. Clip taken from Look Stranger originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] November [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=r257_UANnOA) 2025-09-30T07:00Z 637K followers, 138.6K engagements "1968: TOLKIEN on LORD OF THE RINGS Release Writers and Wordsmiths BBC Archive JRR Tolkien speaks to John Ezard about his extraordinarily popular Lord of the Rings series of fantasy novels. The author touches upon their genesis and themes his fondness for invented languages - and how they are often misinterpreted. This clip is from Release: Tolkien in Oxford. Originally broadcast on BBC Two Saturday [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive an audiovisual time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you through our classic clips" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rre7zQGcldI) 2022-03-08T10:00Z 637K followers, 642K engagements Limited data mode. 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"1958: Life of a LONDON FAMILY Eye to Eye Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive Life as seen through the eyes of Mum and Dad Vi Lil Nell and Eileen - four sisters with four husbands. They are the Gladden family and they all live within a stone's throw of each other in Bethnal Green in the East End of London along with eight children and a budgerigar. Eye to Eye spends a week in the company of this typical close-knit London family as they go about their daily lives. Introduced by Robert Reid. Written and produced by Stephen Hearst. Clip taken from Eye to Eye: The More We Are Together originally"
YouTube Link 2025-07-11T07:00Z 638K followers, 221.6K engagements
"1970: The Office Christmas Party Man Alive Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive It can be the greatest pitfall of the social year. And it can be followed by a 12-month hangover. If your boss hasn't spoken to you since it's a fair bet that you had a good time at your office Christmas party. Traditionally it's the one night of the year when the firm's hierarchical structure that normally so rigidly holds sway totters towards anarchy. Reporter Gillian Strickland and the Man Alive team took a typical office and filmed the preparations for the annual party the spree itself and the aftermath. Here"
YouTube Link 2025-11-30T08:00Z 637K followers, 343.8K engagements
"Remembering The Big Freeze of [----] Tonight Special BBC Archive Cliff Michelmore Derek Hart and Kenneth Allsop present a Tonight Special about the winter of 1962-1963 dubbed "the Big Freeze." It arrived suddenly on December 22nd [----] and over the course of seven weeks greatly impacted the daily lives of almost every person in Britain. Tonight traces the evolution of the Big Freeze from the early delight that white Christmas through to the widespread chaos caused by severe disruption to essential infrastructure. How did people cope What can we learn for the future Clip taken from Tonight: The"
YouTube Link 2025-12-31T08:01Z 638K followers, 270.7K engagements
"1964: CHANGING Times in SOUTH LONDON South of the River Voice of the People BBC Archive Therese Denny's documentary looks at the changes which have taken place in Bermondsey Camberwell Deptford and Southwark - areas that were extensively damaged in World War II. A variety of South Londoners from old age pensioners to young bikers talk about their daily lives and consider how South London - and by extension society as a whole - is changing. Are all of these changes for the better or is something being lost Clip taken from South of the River originally broadcast on BBC Television Tuesday 4"
YouTube Link 2024-11-07T08:00Z 637K followers, 327.4K engagements
"1964: SHETLAND SHAWLS are more valuable than GOLD Tonight Fashion BBC Archive Cathal O'Shannon reports from Unst northernmost of the inhabited British Isles where he has discovered a material more valuable than gold or platinum - the island's intricate gossamer shawls. Shetland shawls are made from the gossamer wool that surrounds the neck of Shetland sheep which must be hand-plucked not sheared. There are fewer than half a dozen people left with the skill to spin this incredibly fine wool into thread and a single shawl can use as much as six miles of the stuff. Allied to the relative"
YouTube Link 2022-04-08T09:00Z 637K followers, 363.7K engagements
"1976: SCARBOROUGH Bank Holiday Classic BBC documentary BBC Archive Gerry Troyna's beautiful observational documentary takes a look back at the [----] May bank holiday in Scarborough and follows the events of the day from dawn preparations by street cleaners and deckchair attendants to night-time patrols by the local police. In between we see day-trippers arrive by the coach load traditional English breakfasts prepared by traditional seaside landladies donkey rides bingo Max Jaffa and lots and lots of chips and ice cream. Clip taken from Scarborough Bank Holiday originally broadcast on BBC One"
YouTube Link 2024-11-26T08:00Z 638K followers, 584.6K engagements
"GRAND THEFT AUTO [----] Making Of - GTA - Retro Gaming BBC Archive Rory Cellan Jones visits the Dundee studios of DMA Design - fresh from the success of Lemmings but before they became Rockstar Games - where artists level designers musicians and video game testers are hard at work developing an ambitious and tonally very different follow-up: Grand Theft Auto. The original 2D Grand Theft Auto was released in [----] on PlayStation and PC. Clip taken from Working Lunch originally broadcast on BBC Two Thursday [--] May [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you"
YouTube Link 2021-12-16T00:00Z 637K followers, 1.1M engagements
"1986: JANE GOODALL Interview Wogan Classic Interviews BBC Archive Primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall - perhaps the world's preeminent authority on chimpanzees - takes a rare break from studying the chimpanzees of the Gombe National Park in Tanzania to have a chat with Terry Wogan at the BBC Television Theatre in Shepherd's Bush. Originally broadcast [--] December [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that"
YouTube Link 2023-02-28T10:00Z 638K followers, 57.5K engagements
"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 piloted by Manx Telecom and MM02. As the meteoric growth in revenue for both voice and SMS messaging begins to tail off data is seen as the next big thing in mobile communication. It's clear that the communications industry is betting big on 3G technology - in the UK alone five mobile phone companies have paid [--] billion pounds for the licence to run the 3G network. Less clear is what exactly 3G will"
YouTube Link 2025-12-12T08:00Z 637K followers, 224.3K engagements
"1977: The BATTLE for BEER The Philpott File Classic Documentaries BBC Archive Trevor Philpott looks at the brewing industry and the national giants who control it. The jolly brewer and his good honest ale have been part of the British tradition for [---] years. But in the last generation momentous changes have taken place in the brewing industry. The national giants have been born. What is left now of the famous families who were known as the Beerage What has happened to the beer they brewed How much of the jollity and how much of the quality is left Clip taken from The Philpott File: Another"
YouTube Link 2025-02-21T08:00Z 638K followers, 258.8K engagements
"1972: Living on the State Pension Man Alive Voice of the People BBC Archive Man Alive's Jeanne La Chard looks at life on the Pension. In future a single pensioner will live on [----] a week - and married couples on [-----]. Is money all that is needed The old face problems which the rest of us too often push to one side - while we live in the Welfare State that their generation built. In almost every other country they are respected as 'senior citizens.' Here they are usually just 'the old' and often made to feel a nuisance. Jeanne asks them about how they make ends meet what they spend their"
YouTube Link 2025-12-03T08:00Z 638K followers, 202.2K engagements
"1963: The BIG FREEZE Tonight Science and Nature BBC Archive Derek Hart looks at the big freeze of [----] one of the coldest winters on record in the UK when it snowed from December '62 to February '63. During this period there was snow on the ground for [--] days with chaos on the roads and railways. The long bitterly cold spell caused lakes and rivers to freeze even turning sea water in some of England's harbours to ice. Clip taken from Tonight originally broadcast on BBC Television Tuesday [--] December [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the"
YouTube Link 2023-12-31T08:00Z 637K followers, 175.8K engagements
"1962: TOLKIEN on LORD OF THE RINGS Bookstand Writers and Wordsmiths BBC Archive "I myself think that a work of imagination of this order must reflect the fears the desires the moral ideals of the man who created it." Playwright and novelist John Bowen interviews JRR Tolkien about his fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings which took him [--] years to write. Does The Lord of the Rings reflect Tolkien's worldview and is Middle Earth the kind of place that he would like the world to be Clip taken from Bookstand originally broadcast on BBC Television Wednesday [--] December [----]. You have now entered the"
YouTube Link 2025-01-06T08:00Z 637K followers, 15.8K engagements
"1995: MICHAEL CARRICK - Future FOOTBALL STAR Live and Kicking Classic BBC Sport BBC Archive "I don't know if I will become a professional footballer but I hope I do. There's still a long way to go now - anything could happen." 13-year-old schoolboy footballer Michael Carrick who plays for Wallsend Boys Club in his native Newcastle is already being touted as a potential star of English football. Live and Kicking profiles the young midfielder who is on the radar of a variety of Premier League clubs. Will he one day become a professional and maybe even an England international Originally"
YouTube Link 2023-04-18T09:00Z 638K followers, 148.5K engagements
"1969: Marty Feldman - What is Comedy One Pair of Eyes Comedy Icons BBC Archive What makes you laugh It is always easier to describe humour than to analyse it. Marty Feldman for many years a successful comedy writer before his more recent activities as a performer prefers to look at humour through the people who create it comparing their traditions motivations and anxieties with his own. Among the people he talks to for this documentary are Peter Sellers Sandy Powell Eric Morecambe Peter Brough and Archie Andrews Dudley Moore Annie Ross and Jon Hendricks Johnny Speight Denis Norden and Barry"
YouTube Link 2025-11-14T08:00Z 638K followers, 61.7K engagements
"1992: A Tale of Two Sisters Between Ourselves BBC Archive Carol Bell and Helen Williams are sisters from Felindre a small village on the outskirts of Swansea. Carol now works in finance with JP Morgan bank; Helen married a local farmer and still lives and works in Felindre. Between Ourselves looks at their different lifestyles. Clip taken from Between Ourselves originally broadcast on BBC One Wales [--] November [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC"
YouTube Link 2026-02-16T08:00Z 638K followers, [----] engagements
"1964: ARTHUR C CLARKE predicts the FUTURE Horizon Past Predictions BBC Archive "The only thing we can be sure of about the future is that it will be absolutely fantastic. So if what I say now seems to you to be very reasonable then I will have failed completely" - Arthur C Clarke. The science-fiction writer and futurist Arthur C Clarke undertakes that most impossible and unrewarding of tasks - attempting to accurately predict the future. What will the world of tomorrow look like Will the inhabitants of the future have monkey butlers Yes according to Mr Clarke but only until they unionise."
YouTube Link 2021-12-31T00:00Z 637K followers, 1.8M engagements
"1968: How to Travel by PLANE in the 60s Blue Peter Retro Transport BBC Archive "Whenever you go to get on board an aircraft there are an awful a lot of formalities" Valerie Singleton demonstrates all the complicated procedures you can expect to experience if you ever travel in an aircraft. First you have to get to the airport in this case London Heathrow Airport - the busiest international airport in the world. Once at the airport you have to get your ticket checked and hand in your luggage then you have your passport checked and then you have to wait for the plane. Jon Noakes meanwhile meets"
YouTube Link 2025-07-07T07:00Z 638K followers, 803.9K engagements
"1964: The FIRST CHIP SHOP in DUNDEE Tonight World of Work BBC Archive "What genius arranged such a happy and satisfying marriage" From Dundee the first spot where chips were sold Fyfe Robertson explores the origins of the perfect pairing of fish and chips. Clip taken from Tonight originally broadcast on [--] October [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through"
YouTube Link 2023-10-26T09:00Z 637K followers, 195.3K engagements
"1977: Sylvester Stallone on making ROCKY Film [--] Classic Movie Interviews BBC Archive Sylvester Stallone talks to Barry Norman about the arduous task of getting Rocky - his uplifting script about an underdog boxer - made into an Oscar-winning film. Chief among the issues was his desire to star as the film's lead Rocky Balboa despite being a "small part" actor while Hollywood studio bosses wanted a big name like James Caan Burt Reynolds or Ryan O'Neal in the role. Like the film itself the story of bringing Rocky to the screen is a tale of determination perseverance and Stallone's uncanny"
YouTube Link 2022-01-02T09:30Z 637K followers, 1.7M engagements
"1986: Children Imagine Life in [----] Tomorrow's World Past Predictions BBC Archive As Tomorrow's World looks forward to its 22nd year it asks how the children of [----] see the future - just as it asked children in [----] to imagine the year [----]. Clip taken from Tomorrow's World originally broadcast on BBC One [--] May [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through"
YouTube Link 2024-06-03T07:00Z 638K followers, 1.2M engagements
"1968: The Man Who Made LOTUS Racing - Colin Chapman Millionaire Classic Motorsport BBC Archive "If we don't win it's because we aren't trying hard enough." Colin Chapman started his highly successful career building a home-made racing car in a dilapidated garage in Hornsey. Now he owns a brand-new factory in Norfolk turning out three thousand Lotus sports cars a year. Since those early days he has also found time to revolutionise Formula [--] Grand Prix racing. In this classic motor racing documentary Richard Kershaw tries to keep up with Chapman as he flies between his office in East Anglia and"
YouTube Link 2025-06-22T07:00Z 638K followers, 92.4K engagements
"1986: How to spot the upper class BBC Archive Australian anthropologist Allan Pease took to the streets of Park Lane in London along with Esther Rantzen to see if they could identify upper class people by their body language. Clip taken from Thats Life originally broadcast on BBC One [--] February [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive -"
YouTube Link 2026-02-09T10:01Z 638K followers, 42.4K engagements
"1959: WALT DISNEY as MICKEY MOUSE BBC Archive In [----] Derek Hart interviewed Walt Disney on the BBC's Tonight show and got him to revisit the days when he was the original voice of Mickey Mouse. bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage walt disney disney mickey mouse bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage walt disney disney mickey mouse"
YouTube Link 2023-10-21T20:00Z 637K followers, 82.1K engagements
"1965: WHINGING POMS Go Down Under Tonight Weird and Wonderful BBC Archive For some newly-arrived English immigrants Australia is many things too hot too expensive too outdoors but not the utopia theyd hoped for. And the Australian press has had some scathing words for these whinging poms who seem unlikely to make a go of it. So Trevor Philpott dons his Factor [--] and heads out to ask the fresh arrivals about the pros and cons of this new life in a new land and whether they might stay. Excerpt taken from Tonight originally broadcast on BBC One Friday [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC"
YouTube Link 2024-03-05T08:00Z 635K followers, 16K engagements
"1973: Checking the Weather with a Home Made Satellite Dish Nationwide BBC Archive "So in fact you have a more up-to-date picture than even the weatherman on the television" John Swinfield reports on on John Tuke an amateur weather forecaster from Scotland who can give an accurate prediction with the aid of his own equipment - a satellite dish made from chicken wire. Electronical engineer John uses his cheap and cheerful dish to communicate with state-of-the-art US weather satellites all from the comfort of his bungalow bedroom. Clip taken from Nationwide originally broadcast on BBC One 16"
YouTube Link 2026-02-05T08:00Z 638K followers, 19.3K engagements
"1980: Life on a North Sea Oil Rig The Black and the Gold World of Work BBC Archive Millions of years ago generations of living creatures died and were buried then crushed among the rocks. Now their remains are brought up from deep under the sea and fire our machines. The Brent Delta is but one of [--] platforms between the Shetlands and Norway which reap this black liquid harvest. It is a strange and eerie world: the night sky glows bright orange; men work on deck sweltering in tropical warmth but surrounded by a sub-Arctic sea; [---] miles from any city commuters shuttle daily to and from their"
YouTube Link 2025-09-07T07:00Z 636K followers, 94.4K engagements
"1984: The Pub that Time Forgot Breakfast Time BBC Archive "This in fact is a trip [--] years back in time." Paul Burden reports on the little known pub "The Wine Vaults" in Ross on Wye where time has effectively stood still for [--] years. The pub known locally as the Hole in the Wall has remained unchanged since the landlord died in [----]. Now it is up for auction. Clip taken from Breakfast Time originally broadcast on BBC One [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic"
YouTube Link 2026-01-21T08:00Z 638K followers, 312.9K engagements
"1969: Keeping the LIGHTHOUSES Shining For the Safety of All Classic Documentary BBC Archive There are [--] manned lighthouses around the Scottish coast and it takes a vast and complex organisation to administer them. The isolated rock stations are serviced by four ships. These ships are crewed by seamen who know every rock in the gullies which are the hazardous landing places. This documentary is a story of storm and danger of bravery and determination - and a story of lonely living. Written and produced by Finlay J. MacDonald Narrator: Tom Flemming Camera Operator: Stuart Wyld Sound: Nigel"
YouTube Link 2025-08-18T07:00Z 635K followers, 211.5K engagements
"1972: Rise of the Vegetarians The Philpott File BBC Archive Trevor Philpott explores the expanding world of vegetarianism which is gaining new ground in the 1970s with the help of the health food store boom. He visits a conference run by the Vegetarian Society which not only includes talks and cooking demonstrations but also has its own beauty contest as well as a meeting of the Vegetarian Cycling and Athletic Club. Also featured is a school which serves no meat in any of its school dinners - vegetarianism isnt just being taken up by adults children are changing their diets too. Some people"
YouTube Link 2026-01-25T08:00Z 638K followers, 18.8K engagements
"1972: 84-year-old woman has an INDOOR CARAVAN Nationwide Classic BBC Clips Jack Pizzey tells the amazing story of Mrs Mary Anderson an 84-year-old camping enthusiast who keeps two caravans (they're Birmingham tourers since you ask) in her house. She sleeps in one and uses the other as a guest room - and has a third one parked outside for when she fancies a more authentic camping experience. This clip is from Nationwide originally broadcast [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten"
YouTube Link 2022-02-18T08:15Z 637K followers, 878.9K engagements
"1979: Pel Franz Beckenbauer and George Best dazzle in the NASL Fantasy football as the game soared in popularity in the US. This clip is from a [----] edition of Brass Tacks which compared the commercialisation of soccer with the considerably less flashy version of top flight football that was on show in the UK. You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive"
YouTube Link 2022-08-15T14:53Z 635K followers, 185K engagements
"1984: How RIK MAYALL created Rick from THE YOUNG ONES In [----] the inimitable Rik Mayall explained the origins of his character Rick from the Young Ones on Wogan. You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage"
YouTube Link 2022-06-09T17:47Z 637K followers, 760.7K engagements
"1989: POPULOUS - The First "God Game" The Late Show Retro Gaming BBC Archive "You can almost watch the evolution of a complete race." - Peter Molyneux Peter Molyneux and Les Edgar demonstrate Bullfrog Productions' latest computer game Populous. In the game players assume the role of an unseen deity who can indirectly influence the lives of a population of settlers. Originally broadcast [--] September [----]. bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage lost interviews interview talk show celebrity interviews"
YouTube Link 2023-05-17T09:00Z 636K followers, 13K engagements
"1962: Bristol's Bonfire Kids In View Voice of the People BBC Archive In View follow a gang of Bristol teenagers who call themselves the 'Bashers'. The gang prepare for bonfire night by building up the fire with wood they even sleep in the middle of the pile to guard it from rival gangs. The bonfire gives these young people a sense of purpose something which is often otherwise lacking in their derelict area of Bristol. Camera Operators: James Saunders Maurice Fisher Ewart Needham Sound Recordist: James Caulfield Sound Mixer: Jack Robottom Film Editor: George Inger Written and Directed by:"
YouTube Link 2025-08-30T07:00Z 634K followers, 58.9K engagements
"1973: The MUHAMMAD ALI of MARBLES Nationwide Classic BBC Sport BBC Archive Len Smith is quite possibly the most dominant sportsperson on the planet. The Crawley resident is crafting perfect porcelain spheres from discarded toilet bowls as he prepares to defend his world title at the [----] British and World Marbles Championship on the hallowed concrete circle at Tinsley Green. If he wins Len will claim the twelfth world title of his marbling career - and his sixth in successive years - a frankly astonishing and possibly unsurpassable sporting feat. Nationwide's Bernard Falk quizzes the"
YouTube Link 2022-03-30T09:00Z 636K followers, 588.3K engagements
"CHISTOPHER LEE on why we like to be SPOOKED 🧟 🧛 👻 HappyHalloween Watch this spooky [----] Whicker's World clip featuring horror legend Christopher Lee. if you dare You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage halloween bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage halloween"
YouTube Link 2022-10-26T08:00Z 635K followers, 425.8K engagements
"1982: Why are People Queuing Up For Snooker Nationwide Classic BBC Sport BBC Archive "Snooker seems to thrive in times of recession." Michael Wale reports from the Lucania Snooker Hall in Romford Essex where young and unemployed men are showing up in their droves hoping to become the next Steve Davis. Interestingly Steve owns the business next door. Snooker has had something of a renaissance in recent years fuelled by television coverage and is now as popular as it has been since its 1930s heyday. What is it about snooker that sees its appeal rocket when times are tough What are the chances"
YouTube Link 2026-01-08T08:00Z 638K followers, 17.1K engagements
"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 to four hours a day commuting to work in London How do they pass all that time spent cooped up inside crowded train carriages and buses Bernard meets all manner of people on his travels from the Waterloo Station announcer Margaret Knight - who only ever sees the commuters from afar - to Spud Murphy the helpful stationmaster at East Farleigh - who knows the names of every commuter at his station and tries to"
YouTube Link 2022-11-25T10:00Z 633K followers, 317.9K engagements
"1983: A Day Out Down a Coal Mine Day Out BBC Archive Chatterley Whitfield coal mine in Stoke-on-Trent employed [----] people and was the first UK mine to produce [--] million tonnes of coal per year. After it closed for business in [----] the site became the countrys first mining museum with former miners taking visitors [---] feet underground for a unique tour of the tunnels. Day Out presenter Gwyn Richards dons a hard hat and headlamp to take a look. Clip taken from Day Out originally broadcast on BBC One (Midlands) [--] December [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will"
YouTube Link 2026-01-26T08:00Z 638K followers, 89K engagements
"1975: COMPETITIVE LEEK GROWING scene in Durham Nationwide Weird and Wonderful BBC Archive "In Durham it's Derby Day cup final and The Ashes all rolled into one" - Luke Casey In Durham they take their giant vegetable growing seriously. Very seriously. Luke Casey reports from the Charlaw Inn in Edmondsley ahead of the much-anticipated Leek Show of [----]. This year superstar leek growers like reigning champion Dennis Curtin talented upstart Nickel Robson and seasoned veteran Sid Bunn will be joined in the competition for the first time by women growers - though nobody seriously expects a woman to"
YouTube Link 2022-08-03T09:00Z 636K followers, 22.8K engagements
"1964: Stefan Westmann: How it felt to kill a man The Great War Interviews BBC Archive Stefan Westmann who served as a Corporal with the German 29th Infantry Division remembers - with harrowing candour - how he killed a French Corporal while fighting for ground on the Western Front. The experience led Stefan to wonder how war can turn civilised men like him into killers. This is an extraordinary account of the life of a soldier in The Great War. This clip is an extended cut of an interview originally recorded for the [----] documentary The Great War. You have now entered the BBC Archive an"
YouTube Link 2021-12-19T00:00Z 634K followers, 587.8K engagements
"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 Virtual Reality theme park in Nottingham. But with the ability to be whoever you want to be and do whatever you want to do isn't there a risk that people might be tempted to stay in this fantasy world forever Clip taken from Tomorrow's World originally broadcast on BBC One [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate"
YouTube Link 2026-01-23T08:00Z 638K followers, 13.6K engagements
"1974: The WORLD DIDDLING CHAMPIONSHIPS Nationwide Weird and Wonderful BBC Archive "Let's face it; diddling is harmless diddling is fun and above all diddling is free." Bernard Falk reports from Kinross in Scotland where the Kinross Music Festival is underway. Bernard isn't here to listen to the ceilidh bands or the pipers though he's here for the prestigious Kinross International World Diddling Championship - arguably the greatest prize in diddling. This year the event has even greater significance than usual due to the mooted return of a modern day great a living legend the crown prince of"
YouTube Link 2025-02-10T08:00Z 635K followers, 262.5K engagements
"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 features the quality circle of tobacco workers at the Wills No.2 factory in Bristol. Chief among the production line workers' concerns is a rumoured increase in the numer of cigars per minute the factory will be required to make with workers fearing that only robots will be able to deliver such numbers. Discussion then turns to a TV documentary about automation in Japan and the wider Japanese"
YouTube Link 2026-01-19T08:00Z 638K followers, 10.7K engagements
"1981: Uppies versus Doonies in Kirkwall Spectrum Niche Sports BBC Archive Every Christmas and New Year's Day the people of Kirkwall in Orkney take to the streets to play in the Ba'. The game has been labelled 'barbarous' 'absurd' 'ruffian sport'. Yet this centuries-old game is as strong now as it ever was. This film focuses on the New Year's Day Ba' [----]. Clip taken from Spectrum: Uppies and Doonies originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] January [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with"
YouTube Link 2025-12-26T08:00Z 636K followers, 26.6K engagements
"1987: PREDICTING the Person of the FUTURE Tomorrow's World Past Predictions BBC Archive Back in [----] Tomorrow's World imagined what "Tomorrow's Girl" might be like. Maggie Philbin considers how well that prediction holds up [--] years on. Of course technology has changed dramatically since [----]. The advent of the microprocessor in particular has shaped the modern world in ways that were almost inconceivable back when Raymond Baxter made his predictions. So what does the future look like now through the prism of [----] Howard Stableford has another crack at imagining the "person of tomorrow"."
YouTube Link 2023-02-12T10:00Z 633K followers, 122.6K engagements
"1972: A FREE Computer Blue Peter Retro Tech BBC Archive "Just about the best giveaway ever" Peter Purves is shown a computer that - just eight years ago - cost over [------] pounds. Now they're literally giving it away for nothing. Do you fancy getting your hands on it You'll need quite a bit of space and somebody who can operate it. Clip taken from Blue Peter originally broadcast on BBC One [--] June [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make"
YouTube Link 2026-01-07T08:00Z 638K followers, 59.2K engagements
"1980: The ONLY GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANNY in the UK Record Breakers BBC Archive Record Breakers delves into a story spanning six generations as Roy Castle meets the only known great-great-great-grandmother in the UK - Mrs Violet Lewis from Southampton (born on [--] June 1885). It presented a great opportunity for a unique family portrait. Clip taken from Record Breakers originally broadcast on BBC One Wednesday [--] November [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from"
YouTube Link 2023-12-13T08:15Z 633K followers, 173.9K engagements
"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 how profitable it can be to import French candles into electricity-starved Britain during the [----] miners' strike. He hopes to make [---] profit by purchasing [----] boxes of candles in Boulogne-sur-Mer and selling them in Petticoat Lane London. Clip taken from Nationwide originally broadcast on BBC One [--] February [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will"
YouTube Link 2026-01-15T08:00Z 638K followers, 28.3K engagements
"1949: HMS IMPLACABLE's Last Voyage BBC Television Newsreel Retro Transport BBC Archive HMS Implacable a [---] year-old ship of the line - which survived the Battle of Trafalgar - embarks on her final solemn voyage. The figurehead deck and stern cabin of this captured French ship are to be kept at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich but her hulk is to be towed out from Portsmouth dockyard and scuttled. Originally broadcast [--] December [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of tv to educate entertain and enlighten you with"
YouTube Link 2022-11-19T10:00Z 635K followers, 112.3K engagements
"1966: Is the BRITISH CLASS SYSTEM Changing Man Alive Voice of the People BBC Archive "Nobody talks about the upper and lower classes now we are As or Bs C1s C2s Ds or Es." Trevor Philpott investigates how class is categorised in '60s Britain and its importance in market research. He considers whether old snobberies are dead or whether they're merely being replaced by new prejudices. Philpott speaks to people from a variety of backgrounds and examines how class seems dependent upon employment money education and use of language. Clip taken from Man Alive: Not In Our Class Dear originally"
YouTube Link 2024-11-30T08:00Z 637K followers, 124.4K engagements
"1965: ASIMOV'S [--] laws of ROBOTICS Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics 🤖 In [----] science fiction author Isaac Asimov (the mind behind I Robot Foundation Bicentennial Man and The Caves of Steel) discussed his laws of robotics on Horizon. bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage"
YouTube Link 2022-07-28T17:30Z 636K followers, 79.5K engagements
"1965: ISAAC ASIMOV's [--] laws of ROBOTICS Horizon Past Predictions BBC Archive Science fiction author Isaac Asimov the mind behind I Robot Foundation Bicentennial Man and The Caves of Steel discusses his three laws of robotics. He also muses about a future where humankind becomes more and more mechanical while robots become more and more organic - to the point where it will become hard to tell the difference. between the two. This clip is taken from Horizon originally broadcast [--] July [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of tv"
YouTube Link 2022-02-27T10:30Z 636K followers, 36.9K engagements
"1986: GEM versus WINDOWS - BATTLE of the GUIs Micro Live Retro Tech BBC Archive Micro Live's Fred Harris considers how daunting computers can be to novice users. He chats to psychologist Professor David Canter who notes how finding your way around a computer system can be frustrating and unintuitive. Professor Canter visits the Barbican Centre which proves an excellent metaphor for navigating the endless corridors of unfriendly operating systems. With the Apple Macintosh proving that computers can be user friendly Ian McNaught-Davis delves into the sexy but largely unheralded world of GUIs"
YouTube Link 2024-07-31T07:00Z 636K followers, 143.5K engagements
"1981: Will the DELOREAN Motor Car be a Success Newsnight Retro Transport BBC Archive Newsnight's Gavin Esler reports from California on the US launch of the DeLorean motor car. Manufactured in Northern Ireland with large UK government investment there is a lot riding on this futuristic-looking vehicle. The DeLorean sells at $25000 and the company will need to sell [-----] a year to make a profit. The gull-winged stainless steel spors car certainly looks the part - but will it appeal to the American public particularly now in the middle of a fuel crisis that has seen a rise in demand for more"
YouTube Link 2025-08-05T07:00Z 635K followers, 54.8K engagements
"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 areas in London and is where his new play "The Wrong Side of the Park" takes place. Clip taken from Monitor: Mortimer's Hampstead originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] January [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you"
YouTube Link 2025-09-01T07:00Z 635K followers, 88.2K engagements
"1975: Armagh Road Bowls Nationwide Niche Sports BBC Archive "What's been described locally as the sporting event of the decade." Bernard Falk reports from Armagh about the ancient game of road bowls or bullet throwing. He's picked a good time to visit - the clash between Danny McParland and Aidan Toal promises to be a memorable one. It's the young pretender versus the versus the old master the champion of the country folk against the unbeaten city slicker. Who will be named King of the Roads Clip taken from Nationwide originally broadcast on BBC One [--] December [----]. You have now entered the"
YouTube Link 2026-01-06T08:00Z 638K followers, 145.5K engagements
"1966: LONDON to MANCHESTER as FAST as POSSIBLE Tomorrow's World Retro Transport BBC Archive In a world where manned spaceflight has been accomplished and where Britain and France are on the cusp of delivering supersonic commercial air travel Tomorrow's World comes down to earth to consider the efficiency of day-to-day public transport in Britain. Producer Paul Ferris travels from his Putney home in London to the BBC Dickenson Road Studios in Manchester - on foot bus underground and overground train and plane - to see if England has a public transport system fit for the space age. How fast can"
YouTube Link 2025-01-29T08:00Z 634K followers, 56.5K engagements
"1981: Meet the Toughest Tug of War Team in the World Niche Sports BBC Archive The oldest - and simplest - of sports; so old that they say it was used to train the slaves who built the pyramids in ancient Egypt. The modern version grew out of village sports days in rural England and this country has consistently produced the best tug-of-war teams. Of all our teams none has been more successful than Bosley Wood Treatment who for over [--] years have sallied forth from their Cheshire valley to take on the might of the tug-of-war world - and beat them. Ron Pickering meets the mighty men of Bosley"
YouTube Link 2026-01-03T08:00Z 638K followers, [----] engagements
"1964: NOTTINGHAM - Queen of the MIDLANDS Two Town Mad Voice of the People BBC Archive In his charming documentary Two Town Mad Ray Gosling looks at what it means to him to be a midlander - by comparing and contrasting the cities of Leicester and Nottingham. Gosling has lived in and loved both places and is fascinated by the differences between two cities that are less than thirty miles apart. This clip focuses on his time in Nottingham - Queen of the midlands - with its metropolitan outlook and architecture evoking sheer northern rawness. Clip taken from Two Town Mad originally broadcast on"
YouTube Link 2024-08-14T07:00Z 636K followers, 119.2K engagements
"1980: The SCI-FI Models of MAT IRVINE Small World Making of. BBC Archive Eric Thompson looks at the work of BBC special effects designer Mat Irvine whose visual effects can be found in BBC shows ranging from the science-fiction of Doctor Who Moonbase [--] and Blake's [--] to the science-fact of Tomorrow's World and The Sky at Night all the way through to the thoroughly unscientific Rentaghost and many more besides. Mat's enthusiasm for all things space-related and his keen eye for detail makes him the perfect person to design and model futuristic vehicles and spacecraft. Here he demonstrates some"
YouTube Link 2023-02-02T10:00Z 633K followers, 25K engagements
"1976: Old Machinery Man Nationwide BBC Archive "The noise of old agricultural engines is Ken's kind of music." Luke Casey reports on retired engineer Ken White of Essex whose hobby is collecting old agricultural machinery and listening to tape-recordings of their sound. Unfortunately for Ken his neighbours don't share his appreciation for industrial music so Ken retreats to the country where he can enjoy the sweet sounds of his vintage fruit sprayer his [----] Wade drag saw and his antique threshing machine in peace. When he isn't pottering about with agricultural machinery Ken enjoys repairing"
YouTube Link 2026-02-12T08:00Z 638K followers, 12.7K engagements
"1973: The LAST DAYS of PORTER Scene Around Six Archivist Picks BBC Archive BBC Northern Ireland reporter Larry McCoubrey delivers a poetic send-off for porter. The "pint of plain" has long been an institution in many a Belfast bar but it is a beer which is not long for this world. Originally broadcast [--] May [----]. To mark the BBC's 100th birthday our wonderful archivists have been asked to pick THEIR favourite BBC moments. 'If work was the curse of the drinking classes then porter was their salvation.' Larry McCoubreys wonderfully written and gently paced news report on the final days of the"
YouTube Link 2022-10-22T09:00Z 634K followers, 786.9K engagements
"1981: Inventor CLIVE SINCLAIR on the ZX80 and TV80 Pacesetters Retro Tech BBC Archive Look East's Neil Lyndon looks at the extraordinary career of Clive Sinclair. The Cambridge inventor is on the cusp of releasing a new flatscreen CRT pocket television which may change television design for ever. Sinclair had great success with the Sinclair Executive - an electronic pocket calculator which he followed up with the ill-fated Sinclair Black Watch only to bounce back with his low cost Sinclair ZX80 Home Computer. Despite his success rumours abound that Clive Sinclair's business acumen does not"
YouTube Link 2022-08-15T09:00Z 636K followers, 81K engagements
"1980: BUZZ ALDRIN - After the MOON LANDING Change of Direction Classic Interviews BBC Archive Buzz Aldrin - the second person to walk on the moon - talks to Ludovic Kennedy about his career with Nasa and his struggles with mental health following his return to Earth. Clip taken from Change of Direction originally broadcast [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you through our classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our"
YouTube Link 2023-07-24T09:00Z 637K followers, 245.4K engagements
"1987: How to Grow a WORLD CHAMPION LEEK Forty Minutes Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive Now spring is here they're planting out championship leeks throughout Durham and Northumberland. It's a sport in which competition is keen and sabotage is a real threat. And there is one event every leek man dreams of winning - The World Open Leek Championship. Harry Bone a retired shipbuilder was last year's champion but he's a relative newcomer to leeks. Can he and his wife Joan retain the title Joe Jones is [--] the grand old man of leek growing. Two years ago his crop failed. Will his old-fashioned"
YouTube Link 2025-07-13T07:00Z 636K followers, [----] engagements
"1990: A Day Trip to Barry Island Between Ourselves BBC Archive Like countless thousands of others Between Ourselves goes on a day trip to sunny Barry Island the popular seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan. Clip taken from Between Ourselves: A Glimpse of the Sea originally broadcast on BBC One Wales [--] April [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T08:00Z 638K followers, 34.1K engagements
"1975: Ear-Splitting FOOTBALL FAN BAN Nationwide BBC Archive The football season had barely started and already one local football fanatic had been banned from the grounds of Barrow and Lancaster City. His crime Just being too blooming loud. In this clip he attends an away game to cheer on his beloved Burscough FC and is greeted with the pursed lips tuts and disapproving frowns of fans of home team Aston. Maybe use headphones for this one. Clip taken from Nationwide originally broadcast on BBC One Friday [--] October [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport"
YouTube Link 2023-10-24T07:30Z 635K followers, 29.5K engagements
"1996: CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN talks CHAT-UP LINES GOOD MORNING WITH ANNE AND NICK BBC Archive Good Morning with Anne and Nick draft in Claudia Winkleman to provide some top tips for improving your pulling power. Clip taken from Good Morning With Anne and Nick originally broadcast on [--] May [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive -"
YouTube Link 2025-06-06T11:40Z 637K followers, 78.3K engagements
"1984: Dundee Night Shift Workers Set the World to Rights A Moment to Talk BBC Archive A Moment to Talk captures the thoughts of a group of night shift workers at the Kestrel Marine shipbuilding factory in Dundee who have a wide ranging discussion about the current state of industry in Scotland. Clip taken from A Moment to Talk originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] August [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you"
YouTube Link 2026-01-05T08:01Z 638K followers, 27.7K engagements
"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 the stuff of science fiction but the ability to view television programmes on demand is already here. A new system called ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line) allows video fast internet and interactive services to be sent down ordinary telephone lines. Peter Snow explains how the system works while the Balcombe family try it out ahead of its full UK launch later in the year. Clip taken from Tomorrow's World"
YouTube Link 2026-01-28T08:01Z 638K followers, 50.7K engagements
"1980: The Sound of the FUTURE With the Fairlight CMI Tomorrow's World Retro Tech BBC Archive Kieran Prendiville demonstrates the sonic weaponry that is the Fairlight CMI The Fairlight was one of the first commercially available digital samplers and could manipulate sounds in all sorts of interesting ways. There's a whole world of BBC Sound Effects you can explore at https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/ Originally broadcast [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with"
YouTube Link 2023-03-03T10:00Z 635K followers, 33.3K engagements
"1958: Ready for a 1950s Style Workout Keep Fit With Eileen Fowler BBC Archive Join Eileen Fowler for some exercises from her new fitness supplement "Look Slimmer For Spring" - focusing on the back and stomach muscles to ensure proper posture. Clip taken from Mainly For Women: Keep Fit With Eileen Fowler originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single"
YouTube Link 2026-01-02T08:01Z 638K followers, 46K engagements
"1980: When Blue Peter Broadcast from an Empty Studio BBC Archive Heres one they didnt make earlier. When an industrial dispute at Television Centre left the Blue Peter studio devoid of both furniture and sets the plucky presenters sat on the floor and presented the entire programme from an empty studio. Goldie the dog was clearly enjoying the extra space while Sarah Greene Simon Groom and Peter Duncan used the opening item to explain what a cyclorama is and how without it the studio doesnt look quite so nice and tidy. Clip taken from Blue Pete originally broadcast on BBC One [--] September"
YouTube Link 2026-01-22T08:00Z 638K followers, 74.5K engagements
"1995: The Curious Case of Kilo [--] Tomorrow's World BBC Archive "It all goes back to one small cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy that was made over a hundred years ago in Paris. This is the mother of all kilos." All over the world there are precious blocks of metal carefully stored away which are supposed to represent the perfect kilogram. But lately something strange seems to be happening - the kilogramme is getting heavier. Monty Don visits Bushy House in Teddingtom London the home of "Kilo 18" - so named because it is the 18th copy of the international original - the standard by which all"
YouTube Link 2026-02-04T08:00Z 638K followers, 117.7K engagements
"1970: The Serious Business of Shopping Tuesday Documentary: The Retail Game BBC Archive Contains Graphic Imagery. The multiples and chain stores have been growing since the beginning of the century and in the past [--] years they have grown very fast. Today more than a third of all the money spent by shoppers in Britain goes to the multiples - Mothercare Halfords H. Samuels Dorothy Perkins Timpson Shoes Marley Tiles Jackson Suits Boots British Home Stores C&A Woolworths Marks & Spencer and the like. This film tells the story of the growth of the multiples or chain stores and the way they play"
YouTube Link 2025-12-07T08:01Z 637K followers, 145.8K engagements
"1984: YTS Trainees on the State of Britain A Moment to Talk BBC Archive A group of Youth Training Scheme trainees at the Tyne North Engineering Centre in Wallsend Tyneside stop for a breather to talk about their lives jobs and concerns. Among the topics they discuss are education employment nuclear war the imperial and metric systems of measurement politics and the harsh reality of moving from school onto the YTS scheme. Clip taken from A Moment to Talk: YTS Trainees originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] August [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you"
YouTube Link 2026-02-02T08:01Z 638K followers, 15K engagements
"1978: The PALAEONTOLOGIST and BALLS the FRUIT BAT That's Life Funny Animals BBC Archive Cherrie Bramwell a highly respected palaeontologist and zoologist who specialises in pterodactyls lives with Balls - the showbiz fruit bat. Balls spends most of his days dutifully hanging from Cherrie's neck like a big furry pendant but it is not uncommon for him to accompany her to the shops or even to the occasional party. Balls being nocturnal after all is at his best at night - and he loves a tipple. Despite living with a human Balls has fathered over [---] baby bats - thanks to a lonely hearts ad"
YouTube Link 2022-01-28T08:15Z 634K followers, 30.6K engagements
"1968: THUNDERBIRD FAB [--] in the Blue Peter studio Retro Transport BBC Archive Blue Peter presenters Valerie Singleton John Noakes and Peter Purves bring a fully-functioning life-size replica of Lady Penelope's iconic Rolls-Royce FAB [--] into the studio. Originally broadcast [--] June [----]. Blue Peter is still going strong with new editions of the show broadcast live on CBBC and BBC iPlayer every Friday at 5pm: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006md2v/blue-peter For details about how your child (or grandchild) can earn a Blue Peter badge visit the CBBC website:"
YouTube Link 2022-05-17T09:00Z 636K followers, 108.8K engagements
"1974: The Teenage Telephone Addict Nationwide BBC Archive John Swinfield reports on Nick Gooding a teenage telephone addict. Nick has connected a whopping [--] telephones to an exchange creating a telephone network that spans his house and garden - he even has a phone in the bathroom. His interest began with the acquisition of an antique phone and he has since spent [--] years building his present system. Understandably Nick hopes to work for the Post Office when he leaves school - where he can "get paid for mucking around with phones." Clip taken from Nationwide originally broadcast on BBC One 17"
YouTube Link 2026-02-03T08:01Z 638K followers, 18.6K engagements
"1979: Why Collect Stamps In the Post BBC Archive In The Post is a series of programmes on the subject of stamp collecting introduced by Gwyn Richards and Jill Cochrane. The first programme in the series asks the obvious question and provides some of the answers. In the studio actor documentarian and collector of Boer War postal material Kenneth Griffiths Dr. Douglas Latto obstetrician philatelist and practical joker and Dr. Jean Alexander one of the few women prominent in the stamp world. Clip taken from In The Post originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] January [----]. You have now entered the BBC"
YouTube Link 2026-02-09T08:01Z 638K followers, 10.3K engagements
"1965: The Joy of Vintage Post Boxes Tonight BBC Archive "There's a Penfold [----] feet up in the Himalayas and I myself have seen another one in the middle of the Malayan jungle." Julian Pettifer looks at some of the oldest Post Office pillar boxes in Britain. Liverpool Birkenhead and the surrounding areas have proved to be particularly fruitful sources of vintage pillar boxes. Enthusiasts rallied by the Post Office Magazine have discovered Liverpool Specials Penfolds First National Standards Low Apertures and even an early Fluted which is still in regular use. Julian is joined on his pillar"
YouTube Link 2026-01-29T08:01Z 638K followers, 17K engagements
"1984: RIK MAYALL discusses THE YOUNG ONES comedy Wogan Classic TV Interview BBC Archive Rik Mayall in the guise and garb of his character Rick from the Young Ones chats to Terry Wogan about comedy. Originally broadcast [--] October [----]. Watch The Young Ones on the BBC iPlayer now: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b00glhzn/the-young-ones You have now entered the BBC Archive an audiovisual time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single"
YouTube Link 2022-02-21T08:15Z 634K followers, 405.8K engagements
"1982: Tron - How Was it Made Nationwide Science Fiction BBC Archive "A lot of it's based on traditional photographic techniques now transposed into the computer." Disney's Tron is the latest special effects laden science fiction blockbuster to hit cinemas. Visually it's fair to say that Tron is unlike anything commited to celluloid to date - a videogame brought vivdly to life. Perhaps inevitably given the subject matter a videogame adaptation of the movie by Bally Midway has also been released. Frank Bough chats to the writer and director of Tron Steven Lisberger about how the film's distinct"
YouTube Link 2025-12-02T08:01Z 634K followers, 13.2K engagements
"1989: Leslie Nielsen on THE NAKED GUN's Police Squad origins BBC Archive Leslie Nielsen promoting the original The Naked Gun film back in [----] talks about its beginnings as the Police Squad TV show and working with Priscilla Presley. In the newly released reboot of the spoof comedy franchise Liam Neeson plays Detective Drebin's son alongside Palmela Anderson. Clip taken from Wogan originally broadcast on [--] February [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the"
YouTube Link 2025-08-01T16:41Z 637K followers, 102.5K engagements
"1969: Retiring to the Sunshine The Philpott File BBC Archive The number of British people going abroad to retire is doubling every year. The Englishman's dream of a pleasant old age is no longer one of roses round a cottage door in Devon; it is more likely to be geraniums round a Mediterranean balcony. He wants a little place where the taxes are low and living is easy and the sun is always shining. A vast industry has grown up to make this dream come true an industry which has grown fat selling plots of sunshine all the way from Greece to the Caribbean. And every year when retirement day"
YouTube Link 2026-02-01T08:00Z 638K followers, 56.4K engagements
"1957: The Onion Seller Eye to Eye: Onion Johnnie Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive He is a man who lives half his life in France and half in Britain. In this film we follow the Breton onion-sellers - the distinctive "Onion Johnnies" with their bicycles berets and strings of onions from their homes in Roscoff Brittany to the doorsteps of houses throughout Britain. Clip taken from Eye to Eye: Onion Johnnie originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] September [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and"
YouTube Link 2025-12-22T08:00Z 638K followers, 83.3K engagements
"1976: Meet the BIN MEN Ulster in Focus World of Work BBC Archive "No need to hide us under smart labels - call me what the people call me" This gentle observational documentary follows a day in the life of Hughie John Tommy Charlie Frankie and Jimmy - an elite refuse disposal squad who work for the Belfast City Council Cleansing Section. They'd rather you just called them binmen. Clip taken from Ulster In Focus: Binman originally broadcast on BBC Northern Ireland [--] October [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate"
YouTube Link 2025-05-16T07:00Z 637K followers, 236.6K engagements
"1978: Could You Start a New Life in the Country In Our Nature BBC Archive Gerry Gadsen looks at the people who wish to turn their back on the city and start a new life in the Welsh countryside. It's an appealing and romantic prospect for many; move to a small farm grow crops perhaps rear some pigs or chickens and ultimately become completely self-sufficent. Just how realistic is it though In spite of appearances country life in Wales has changed dramatically in recent years - the increase in agricultural mechanisation and the rapid amalgamation of small farms means that there are fewer people"
YouTube Link 2025-12-15T08:00Z 637K followers, 58.4K engagements
"1957: THE BIG GAMBLE - A Trip to the UK Seaside Eye to Eye Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive Eye to Eye follows the British holidaymakers who take the 'Big Gamble' every summer - those who are willing to risk their savings on a stay at a British seaside resort - despite the very real possibility that it may be spoiled by bad weather. Jack Warner narrates this documentary by Pamela Bower and Richard Cawston which was filmed by James Balfour at Broadstairs beach. Clip taken from Eye to Eye: The Big Gamble originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] August [----]. You have now entered the BBC"
YouTube Link 2025-01-04T08:00Z 637K followers, 562.8K engagements
"1963: Six Days to Saturday Classic Football Documentary BBC Archive In View documents a week in the life of "Bert's Babes" - the exciting young Swindon Town football team. What do these players - so visible and exhaulted at 3pm every Saturday - do on the other six days of the week John Boorman's excellent documentary film offers a glimpse into the lives of a professional football team. Featured in this documentary are Swindon manager Bert Head chairman Wilf Castle outside right Mick Summerbee inside right Ernie Hunt left half Bobby Woodruff full back Owen Dawson left winger Donald Rogers"
YouTube Link 2025-09-26T07:00Z 637K followers, 100.9K engagements
"1979: Fish and Ships in North East England A Diary of Britain Classic Documentary BBC Archive Cullercoats and North Shields are two communities which live cheek by jowl on the North East coast of England. They're communities dominated by the changing moods of the North Sea. In a period which included the postponement of the General Election; the UK screening of the NBC drama series Holocaust; and Muhammad Ali regaining the Heavyweight Championship of the World from Leon Spinks we see the way in which these national and international issues interact with ordinary people's struggle to win a"
YouTube Link 2025-09-14T07:00Z 638K followers, 325.3K engagements
"1965: AUSTRALIA's GOLD COAST - Heaven Down Under Tonight Special BBC Archive The industrial cities of Australia are a long way from the French Riviera a long way from Miami Beach but the prospering Australians cried out for a holiday paradise of their own and they were willing to pay for it. So began a mad season of land gambling and property speculation. On the Gold Coast millionaires came up like mushrooms and the backs of great corporations were broken. The end of it all is on the surface at least paradise. Trevor Philpott reports from the Gold Coast of Queensland the area which has been"
YouTube Link 2025-06-06T07:00Z 637K followers, 232K engagements
"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 Paris from the comfort of her room thanks to the wonders of turn-of-the-millenium technology. In [----] British shoppers spent an estimated [---] million pounds shopping on the internet a figure that is expected to grow and grow. When it comes to shopping for clothes though internet shopping can lack the sense of discovery of an old-fashioned trip to the shops. Enter the "web shopper" - in this case"
YouTube Link 2026-01-20T08:00Z 638K followers, 54.4K engagements
"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 [----] St Paul's Cathedral was already blackened by soot from the coal fires of London and two and a half centuries of pollution and pigeon poo only made matters worse. Julian Pettifer reports on the careful wash-and-brush-up being given to London's most famous building. Never before has St Paul's looked quite as it does today. Clip taken from Tonight originally broadcast on BBC One [--] May [----]. You have now entered"
YouTube Link 2026-01-13T08:00Z 638K followers, 21.2K engagements
"1965: Moving House. Slowly. Tonight Weird and Wonderful BBC Archive "You can't pull down an ancient monument so the only thing you can do is to shut off the street all night and move it." Christopher Brasher reports on the moving of an ancient house in Hereford to make way for a new development. The old house has been reinforced carefully mounted on hydraulic jacks and will be pulled along steel tracks - an inch at a time - by two lorries to a place where it can be safely parked. The plan is for it to be placed in the corner of the new development - a Littlewood's store. A huge crowd has come"
YouTube Link 2026-02-10T08:00Z 638K followers, 40.7K engagements
"In-Car Sat Nav Without a Satellite In [----] Tomorrow's World Retro Tech BBC Archive Michael Rodd demonstrates an extraordinary new invention that could transform the way drivers negotiate the roads forever. A nifty control unit reads information from the car's milometer and relays instructions to the driver using pre-recorded phrases stored on a cassette tape. With such clear precise navigation might this spell the end for unwieldy paper maps and stopping to ask unreliable pedestrians This clip is taken from Tomorrow's World originally broadcast on BBC One Friday [--] October [----]. You have now"
YouTube Link 2021-12-21T09:30Z 637K followers, 1.7M engagements
"1984: A CD Player for Your CAR Tomorrow's World Retro Tech BBC Archive Peter Macann reports on the latest innovation in digital hi fi technology. A system has been developed that enables the CD player's laser head to accurately read information from a compact disc even when the player is subjected to vibration - technology that means that a CD player can finally be portable. Peter gleefully tests out the new system by taking a spin around the studio in a car fitted with its own compact disc player. Clip taken from Tomorrow's World originally broadcast on BBC One [--] October [----]. You have now"
YouTube Link 2025-05-02T07:00Z 637K followers, 118.3K engagements
"2001: CAMERAS. on PHONES BBC News Retro Tech BBC Archive Mobile phones are changing the way that people communicate. Britons now send a billion texts each month but the popularity of the SMS text messaging service took phone manufacturers by surprise. As sales of mobile phones begin to drop off manufacturers are hoping that a new generation of handset - which can take and send digital photographs - might give the industry a boost and become the next big craze among young people. BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones investigates whether "picture-texting" is likely to take off."
YouTube Link 2022-11-03T10:00Z 638K followers, 1.1M engagements
"1960: Housing Standards in Britain Enquiry Homes and Housing BBC Archive Robert Reid reports on the standard of house building in Britain. In the next year around [------] people will be buying new houses for most of them it will be the single largest investment they ever make. But how much does the average person know about housebuilding What are they looking for in a house Can they be sure that their homes will be properly built What can be done to protect buyers from shoddy builders Robert talks to the architect Eric Lyons Mr Bailey of the National House Building Council the Chairman of the"
YouTube Link 2026-01-11T08:00Z 638K followers, 101.4K engagements
"1957: The JOY of BUDGETING Panorama Voice of the People BBC Archive Panoramas Christopher Chataway took a look at the widely varying incomes of its viewers inviting some of them to share breakdowns of their household budgets. People from three different income groups talked about their household bills how they spent their money and what items took priority when parting with their hard earned cash. Clip taken from Panorama originally broadcast on BBC One Monday [--] December [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate"
YouTube Link 2024-07-20T07:00Z 638K followers, 517.4K engagements
"1992: The World of Sweets Childhood Nostalgia BBC Archive A BBC Wales documentary about people who make and buy sweets. We hear from the people who love them the people who sell them the people who make them. and a dentist. Clip taken from Between Ourselves: Sweet Dreams originally broadcast on 5th October [----]. Note: Some music has been changed for copyright reasons. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never"
YouTube Link 2026-01-31T08:00Z 638K followers, 79.4K engagements
"1983: SEAT BELTS become COMPULSORY BBC News Retro Transport BBC Archive Today - the 31st January [----] - is the first day of the new law making the wearing of seat belts compulsory for all car drivers and front seat passengers. Peter Gould reports from West London and John Thorne from Merseyside to hear what drivers think about being ordered to belt up and measure the level of compliance with the new laws. Originally broadcast [--] Janunary [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with"
YouTube Link 2022-11-13T10:00Z 637K followers, 1.9M engagements
"1967: When an OUTSIDE LOO just WON'T DO In Your Place Classic BBC Clips BBC Archive Many older houses across the UK were built without inside toilets or bathrooms. The Corbett family have moved into such a house in Manchester. Rather than embracing chilly trips across the yard and the dubious joys of a tin bath Mr and Mrs Corbett have decided to convert one of their bedrooms into a modern indoor bathroom. Eric Thompson chats to the Corbetts about what their ideal bathroom would look like and what sort of budget they have. To help them interior deigners David Hicks and Alan Tye have have come"
YouTube Link 2025-12-08T09:45Z 637K followers, 61.4K engagements
"1977: LIVERPOOL FC - Behind the Scenes with the TREBLE CHASERS Sportsnight BBC Archive John Motson reports from Anfield where Bob Paisley's treble-chasing Liverpool FC side prepare to host bitter rivals Manchester United in the league. With the same teams due to meet in the FA cup final in just a matter of weeks anticipation for this match is even higher than usual. Sportsnight documents how a first division football team prepares for a big game from the cleaners secretary and ground staff to the coaches physios and players. Some of the players making an appearance include Emlyn Hughes Kevin"
YouTube Link 2025-04-27T07:00Z 637K followers, 240.7K engagements
"1959: Unemployment in Britain The Unemployed Classic Documentary BBC Archive In this examination of the present state of unemployment in Britain Aidan Crawley makes a tour which begins in Cornwall and ends in Dundee. On the way he visits South Wales Merseyside and East Lancashire and talks to economists union leaders and industrialists as well as men and women who are unemployed. Clip taken from The Unemployed originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] May [----]. 00:00 Introduction 01:51 The economists' view 04:33 How many unemployed people are there 05:47 Areas of unemployment 06:40"
YouTube Link 2025-11-22T08:00Z 637K followers, 28.2K engagements
"1976: ROBERT REDFORD on Fame Freedom and Watergate Classic Movie Interviews BBC Archive Hollywood star Robert Redford talks with Melvyn Bragg about journalism politics ecology and movies. Redford's latest film is All The President's Men a passion project about the Watergate scandal which he has funded produced and in which he co-stars alongside Dustin Hoffman. The film is based on the book by journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward who investigated Watergate for The Washington Post. Clip taken from Robert Redford Talks With Melvyn Bragg originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] April [----]. You"
YouTube Link 2025-09-17T07:00Z 637K followers, 54.9K engagements
"1994: Christmas is Hell Voice of the People BBC Archive Christmas Hell talks to people about their sense of despair at seeing cards go on sale in August; the madness of shopping on Christmas Eve; the tension of the family gathering; the expression of gratefulness you try to contrive as you unwrap yet another pair of socks and the sigh of relief when finally it's all over. Merry Christmas. Clip taken from Christmas Hell originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] December [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain"
YouTube Link 2025-12-23T08:00Z 637K followers, 90.8K engagements
"1976: Concorde's First Commercial Transatlantic Flight Blue Peter BBC Archive "It was only about three hours and [--] minutes ago that you waved me goodbye at London's Heathrow airport and now here I am - I've travelled [----] miles - and I'm standing in America" - Lesley Judd. John Noakes and Peter Purves host a special live edition of Blue Peter focusing on Lesley Judd's trip on the inaugural transatlantic flight of Concorde from London to Washington. Having made the transatlantic crossing at supersonic speed Lesley will have to return to England on an 'ordinary' plane. NB - There are several"
YouTube Link 2026-01-30T08:00Z 638K followers, 130.6K engagements
"2000: Internet Email and the Wonder of WAP Tomorrow's World BBC Archive "A WAP phone - it's a mobile phone with internet" Lindsey Fallow reports on the latest kit that can change your humble mobile phone into a multimedia communicator. From services that can forward emails to from your inbox to your mobile via SMS text message to the latest WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) enabled phones - which are capable of email and internet browsing - it seems like your mobile phone is only going to become more essential in future. Clip taken from Tomorrow's World originally broadcast on BBC One 12"
YouTube Link 2026-02-11T08:00Z 638K followers, 114.9K engagements
"1956: The END OF THE LINE Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive The first documentary produced by the BBC Film Unit in Northern Ireland looks at the problems the railways are facing in NI. Can anything be done to arrest the decline of the permanent way in the face of rising competition from road traffic Indeed should anything be done Clip taken from End of the Line originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] August [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC"
YouTube Link 2025-09-28T07:00Z 638K followers, 135.4K engagements
"1963: Fyfe Robertson's Hebridean Voyage Tonight Special BBC Archive "Britain's North-Western ouposts with nothing between them and America but [----] miles of blue water." Take a journey through the Inner and Outer Hebrides with Fyfe Robertson. Tonight has chartered the St. Ebba a nineteen-ton yacht and sent Fyfe Robertson off to report from the beautiful remote and almost deserted islands beyond the West coast of Scotland. He voyages to Staffa Islay Barra Eriskay Vatersay. 00:00 Introduction 02:44 The dream of the open sea 03:46 The reality of the open sea 05:05 Life on a boat 05:56 Steering"
YouTube Link 2025-11-16T08:00Z 637K followers, 51K engagements
"1976: GEOFF CAPES and his MOUNTAINOUS DAILY MENU BBC Archive "Feeding Capes is rather like stoking a human furnace." Geoff Capes welcomed Michael Delahaye into his home back in the summer of [----] as he prepared to participate in the shot put at the Montral Olympics. There he saw the stockpiles of food required to fuel Capes' 12000-calorie high-protein daily diet dutifully prepared by his wife Jill. Clip taken from Nationwide originally broadcast on BBC One Wednesday [--] June [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate"
YouTube Link 2024-08-09T16:00Z 637K followers, 341.5K engagements
"1977: The Sky Above. The Earth Below Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive David Jason narrates this information-packed documentary looking at the people who make air travel possible from the pilots to the air traffic controllers and other unheralded but essential workers. Captain Bjarnason who lives on the outskirts of Reykjavk is the pilot of Icelandair's Boeing [---] Gullfaxi the country's first jetliner. Though he has never met them Captain Bjarnason relies on people like Derek Rams and Anne Carlton who work at Gailes Radar Station in Ayrshire and Stuart Wright who works at Redbrae house."
YouTube Link 2025-11-23T09:30Z 637K followers, 113.4K engagements
"1981: Life of the EXTREMELY WEALTHY Man Alive Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive Cigars at [---] a time. [----] a year on hairdos. Gold-plated baths costing [----] each. Handkerchiefs at [--] a blow. A yacht at a quarter of a million pounds. Who is buying them And more intriguingly how Despite the worst recession since the 1930s there still seems to be plenty of money about - in some pockets. Is it that a lucky few are simply born with a rare get-rich gene Or is it that they have got themselves the advice of extra-sharp accountants Can anyone get rich Man Alive looks at the lifestyle of some big"
YouTube Link 2025-07-12T07:00Z 637K followers, 361K engagements
"1986: Satellite Navigation for Cars of the Future Tomorrow's World Retro Tech BBC Archive "It may not look futuristic but this is a highly intelligent car." Tomorrow's World presenters Judith Hann and Peter Macann look at a concept car that aims to predict the kind of vehicles we might well be driving in the 21st Century. One of the most interesting features of the car is a large navigation panel that will offer drivers assistance using satellite navigation. How feasible is in-car navigation in [----] Maggie Philbin visits the Transport and Road Research Facility in Crowthorne to test out two"
YouTube Link 2025-08-28T07:00Z 637K followers, 1.2M engagements
"1965: A Flatshare in London Man Alive Classic Documentary BBC Archive "4th Girl wanted 28-ish to share new centrally-heated Bayswater flat." For many bachelor girls working in a big city like London there is probably only one answer to the high rents - to share a flat with other girls. Every day hundreds of girls scan the advertisements for a flat to share. Man Alive meets a typical group of London housemates: Anne [--] Hermione [--] Susan [--] and Pat [--]. Pat is leaving the flat to get married so the three remaining women need to find a suitable replacement. Enter fashion buyer Pauline [--] - how"
YouTube Link 2025-12-27T08:00Z 638K followers, 635.3K engagements
"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 travel agent Keith George. Keith's hobby is flying on airliners - he has been on over [---] flights and racked up [------] air miles. Despite Keith having visited countries all over the world he rarely ever leaves the airport - it's the flying that interests him not the destination. Clip taken from Nationwide originally broadcast on BBC One [--] July [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time"
YouTube Link 2025-12-30T08:00Z 638K followers, 101.1K engagements
"1981: BURGER BOOM - Will US fast-food CONQUER BRITAIN Newsround Extra BBC Archive Paul McDowell and reporter John Craven look at the influx into Britain of American fast food restaurant chains like Burger King and McDonalds. They're clean they're family friendly and they're very very quick. Is this the end of the traditional British chippy Originally broadcast [--] May [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive an audiovisual time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you through our classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you"
YouTube Link 2022-05-07T09:00Z 638K followers, 972.1K engagements
"1979: Can Triumph Survive Man Alive BBC Archive Defeat or Triumph When the workers take over a factory to run it themselves the conventions have to be rewritten; no boss no 'them' and 'us' - everyone is in it together. Can it work Who gives the orders and who takes them Co-operatives may work in some countries but in Britain all but one have collapsed - why Now even that one - which makes the Triumph Bonneville motorcycle at Meriden - carries a massive debt and is under threat of bankruptcy and liquidation. If Meriden is allowed to die it will be the end of a British motorcycle legend. The"
YouTube Link 2026-02-15T08:00Z 638K followers, 23.7K engagements
"1977: CLINT EASTWOOD and SERGIO LEONE talk WESTERNS The Man With No Name Movies BBC Archive "I really wanted James Coburn but he was too expensive. we got Clint for $15000." Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood are interviewed about working together on Leone's classic spaghetti western films of the 1960s including A Fistful of Dollars and The Good The Bad and The Ugly. Clint Eastwood: "My agent in Los Angeles called me up. and asked me if I would like to go to Europe and make an Italian-German-Spanish co-production of a remake of a Japanese film in the plains of Spain - and I said 'not"
YouTube Link 2023-07-29T08:00Z 638K followers, 126.4K engagements
"1974: Working in a Traditional English Brewery Industrial Grand Tour World of Work BBC Archive "I like to be actually concerned with the beer instead of being a brewery where it's all push button. You're actually concerned with it here in amongst it all the time." David Clarke brewer. Until a generation ago the magnificent pagoda-like tower of the local brewery was a familiar landmark of the English country town and even in the city its remarkable architecture and heady aroma added to the visual variety and richness of life. Today that compact and economical tower brewery an integral part of"
YouTube Link 2025-09-11T07:00Z 637K followers, 104.7K engagements
"1970: England's NORTH-SOUTH divide Man Alive Voice of the People BBC Archive Harold Williamson explores some of the most entrenched attitudes in England - namely how people in the south of England view those in the north of England and vice-versa. This clip is from Man Alive originally broadcast [--] May [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC"
YouTube Link 2022-06-27T09:09Z 637K followers, 1.2M engagements
"1979: The Model World of Robert Symes BBC Archive Presenter inventor and amateur model maker Bob Symes-Schutzmann shares his interest in and involvement with models and modellers throughout his life and explains how modelling has helped him to become self sufficient. In the world of Robert Symes every model works and each one tells a story. Clip taken from The Model World of Robert Symes originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] January [----]. 00:00 Introduction 01:13 Radio Control 02:35 The case for model making 03:09 Robert's early days in Austria 03:57 Model trams 05:36 Model soldiers with Roy"
YouTube Link 2026-02-07T08:00Z 638K followers, 110.7K engagements
"1977: ROGER MOORE on The Spy Who Loved Me Ask Aspel Classic Celebrity Interview BBC Archive Roger Moore answers questions from viewers and host Michael Aspel about his latest role in The Spy Who Loved Me the debonair actor's third outing as super spy James Bond. Is the submersible Lotus Esprit really waterproof Does he aspire to direct more in future Does he do his own stunts How big is Richard Kiel and what metal were Jaws' teeth made out of Who would win in a fight James Bond or The Saint Originally broadcast [--] September [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive an audiovisual time"
YouTube Link 2022-07-07T09:00Z 638K followers, 237.9K engagements
"1980: PETER DUNCAN cleaning Big Ben is NERVE-WRACKING Blue Peter Classic BBC clips BBC Archive Peter Duncan visits Big Ben where - in the spirit of his Blue Peter predecessor John Noakes - he joins a team of steeplejacks in a hair-raising mission to clean the famous monument's clock face. This is another terrifying watch not one for the faint-hearted Originally broadcast [--] September [----]. Blue Peter is still going strong with new editions of the show broadcast live on CBBC and BBC iPlayer every Friday at 5pm: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006md2v/blue-peter For details about how"
YouTube Link 2022-06-18T09:00Z 637K followers, 300.3K engagements
"1975: MODEL RAILWAYS - All You Need to Know Model World BBC Archive Join Bob Symes-Schutzmann for three special model railway themed editions of the hobby series Model World. In the first edition Bob asks what are the advantages and disadvantages of the various model 'gauges' and how do you set about planning a model railway with studio guests Don Boreham and Bert White. In the second programme Bob asks Jack Kine to demonstrate some of the finer points of track laying - including how to build and paint a realistic world to surround your tracks and how to easily construct your own model trees"
YouTube Link 2025-06-01T07:00Z 638K followers, 508.9K engagements
"1977: Glasgow's FAIR FORTNIGHT Holiday Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive Reporter Martin Young follows the fortunes of a group of Glaswegian holidaymakers as they spend their annual Glasgow Fair holiday in the seaside resort of Whitley Bay Tyneside during the blistering July of [----]. There's crazy golf and a trawl around the arcades followed by a drink at the club and a snooze on the beach. Refreshments of cheese rolls and drinks from a thermos flask complete the picture. The Glasgow Fair is a traditional holiday dating from the 12th Century and taking place during the last two weeks of"
YouTube Link 2025-03-09T08:00Z 637K followers, 178.8K engagements
"1979: FRED DIBNAH narrowly avoids COLLAPSING CHIMNEY "Did yer like that" Legendary steeplejack Fred Dibnah demolishes a huge chimney stack. Clip taken from Fred Dibnah Steeplejack. Originally broadcast [--] September [----]. #freddibnah #steeplejack #bbc #bbcarchive You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage fred dibnah steeplejack demolition fred dibnah steeplejack rochdale british industrial buildings buildings chimneys"
YouTube Link 2023-09-27T18:00Z 638K followers, 1.7M engagements
"1989: NODDY HOLDER on SLADEs CHRISTMAS NO. [--] Open Air Christmas BBC Archive You know Christmas is approaching when you hear Slades Noddy Holder loudly telling you it is usually in a high street shop on the radio or in the supermarket possibly as early as October. In [----] Noddy talked to Eamonn Holmes about the ongoing success of Slades massive hit Merry Xmas Everybody and how the song continues to pay its way. Clip taken from Open Air originally broadcast on BBC One [--] December [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to"
YouTube Link 2025-12-24T10:00Z 637K followers, 22.9K engagements
"1979: The MOD REVIVAL Nationwide Retro Fashion BBC Archive James Hogg reports on the mod revival currently taking place in London. He interviews Ian Page - the vocalist with the new mod group Secret Affair - and John Entwistle of mod's elder statesmen The Who. Is the mod rebirth just a flash-in-the-pan motivated by money or is there more to it than that The whole affair is regarded with some amusement in Yorkshire where the mod scene never really went away and where there are still several thriving scooter clubs. What do these veteran mods make of what is happening down in London Originally"
YouTube Link 2022-10-14T09:00Z 637K followers, 269K engagements
"1977: ROGER MOORE leaves camera SHAKEN not stirred "It has women action and me." 🤵♂ In [----] Agent [---] himself Roger Moore appeared in the Nationwide studio to promote the latest James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage"
YouTube Link 2022-07-08T10:07Z 637K followers, 204.7K engagements
"1957: Running a FAMILY FARM Family Farm World of Work BBC Archive William Forsythe tells the story of life on his farm in Ballynure where he lives and works with his wife Joyce and children Wilson Charles and Muriel. How do they live and how do they like living in the country This is the way they see their life and their countryside village market town and big city in Northern Ireland. Clip taken from Family Farm originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] February [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain"
YouTube Link 2025-01-26T08:00Z 638K followers, 98.7K engagements
"1969: Stalin's Daughter on Defecting From the Soviet Union Classic Interviews BBC Archive This programme contains discussion of suicide. Robin Day talks to Svetlana Allileyua the daughter of the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Josef Stalin. Sveltana caused a political sensation when in [----] she defected to the United States during a trip to India to scatter the ashes of her Indian lover. She discusses the reasons for her defection her life in the Soviet Union her relationship with her father - whom she refers to as "a moral and spiritual monster" - and the"
YouTube Link 2025-11-21T08:00Z 637K followers, 619.5K engagements
"1959: What Worries the People of Sheffield Tonight Voice of the People BBC Archive "It's just the butter situation - five shillings a pound" Tonight's John Morgan spends a rainy afternoon in the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield to find out what if anything worries the residents of the steel city. Clip taken from Tonight originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] November [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you"
YouTube Link 2025-11-04T08:00Z 637K followers, 140.5K engagements
"1964: Tales of Three Cities England Our England Voice of the People BBC Archive Contains discussions which are racially insensitive. Bristol Birmingham and Manchester three very different English cities. England Our England offers three idiosyncratic perspectives from people who live in them - a teenage shopworker shares her experiences of life in Bristol a deputy headmaster describes his life and work Birmingham and a clothing manufacturer reflects on a lifetime living in Manchester. 00:00 Bristol 07:30 Birmingham 15:29 Manchester Clip taken from England Our England originally broadcast on"
YouTube Link 2026-01-04T08:00Z 638K followers, 37.5K engagements
"1982: JACK NICHOLSON on BRANDO KUBRICK and declining THE GODFATHER Film [--] Movies BBC Archive "I understand you turned down The Godfather and The Sting" Academy Award winning actor Jack Nicholson is interviewed by Ian Johnstone on his acting career. He talks about turning down the lead role in The Godfather working with Marlon Brando and Stanley Kubrick and the inspiration behind his accent in Easy Rider. He also recounts some of his early forays into the world of acting. During the interview Nicholson receives a phone call from his partner Anjelica Huston about their plans for dinner that"
YouTube Link 2023-12-16T08:00Z 637K followers, 519.9K engagements
"1979: Steeplejack FRED DIBNAH takes down a MASSIVE chimney BRICK by BRICK BBC Archive Profile of the one and only Lancashire steeplejack Fred Dibnah. Fred demolishes unwanted chimneys the old fashioned way - brick by brick starting at the top - or by taking bricks from the bottom and lighting a fire underneath. His scant regard for health and safety made him something of an anachronism even in the 1970s while his infectious personality turned him into a beloved television institution. This is his first ever TV appearance. Needless to say don't try this at home or - more pertinently - on any"
YouTube Link 2022-02-10T08:15Z 637K followers, 5M engagements
"1974: The Explosive World of "Blaster" Bates Look Stranger Weird and Wonderful BBC Archive Derek Macintosh 'Blaster' Bates is not only one of Britain's leading demolition experts but also an in-demand comedian and after dinner speaker - calling on his wealth of experience as a blaster for hire. When he's not blasting down chimneys trees redundant buildings or tonnes of antique coagulated human effluent he spends his time describing his exploits to enraptured convulsing gatherings at working mens clubs. Looks Stranger spends some time - at a safe distance - in the presence of the incomparable"
YouTube Link 2025-09-22T07:00Z 637K followers, 243.3K engagements
"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 ration book." On the fourth of July the rationing of meat in Britain came to an end the final step in dismantling Britain's whole wartime system of food distribution. After fourteen long years Britons can at last tear up their ration books. Richard Baker looks back at some of the key moments in the story of rationing and de-rationing. Originally broadcast [--] July [----]. You have now entered the BBC"
YouTube Link 2023-03-05T10:00Z 637K followers, 305K engagements
"1977: Is PUNK ROCK a Threat to BRITISH SOCIETY Brass Tacks Voice of the People BBC Archive "For many people it's become a bigger threat to our way of life than Russian communism or hyperinflation." - Brian Trueman "Do I look vile and obscene" - Pete Shelley Brian Trueman hosts a studio discussion on the rise of punk culture among Britain's youth. Brass Tacks reporter Eric Robson attends a Vibrators gig in Manchester's Electric Circus where he meets punks like Denise Lloyd Paul Doyle Pete Shelley Ian Hodge Steve Burke and Linda and Allan Deaves. What is life like for a typical punk rocker How"
YouTube Link 2025-02-14T08:00Z 638K followers, 131.7K engagements
"1983: A Package Holiday to Benidorm Forty Minutes Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive Every Saturday Air Europe flight AE54 from Manchester empties [---] passengers at Alicante Airport in Spain. Nearly all the travellers are bound for a summer holiday in Benidorm whose sun sand and sangria will weave its magic spell for [--] days until flight AE55 whisks them back again to the 'dark satanic mills' of Manchester and another year. This observational documentary follows a handful of Brits abroad as they navigate springy hotel beds sunlounger etiquette alien foodstuff the relentless heat the wild"
YouTube Link 2025-10-26T08:00Z 638K followers, 210.9K engagements
"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 find his favourite brew. Will he find it in the futuristic sterile confines of a gargantuan state-of-the-art brewery in the aisles of a high-street chemist - where home brew beer kits are now flying off the shelves - or in a CAMRA-owned traditional pub Or is finding the perfect pint less about the pint in your hand and more about the pint in your soul Clip taken from Robbie In Search"
YouTube Link 2025-03-02T08:00Z 638K followers, 318.3K engagements
"1964: A Curious Case of Black Magic in Norfolk Tonight Weird and Wonderful BBC Archive "Through the ages Norfolk has been riddled with witchcraft." - F.R. Buckley Chris Brasher reports on three incidents involving what appears to black magic rituals in Norfolk. The incidents occured at three separate locations; the ruins of Castle Rising - where two human effigies and a sheep's heart were nailed to the door; Bawsey Church where a sheep's heart and a black candle was discovered; and at Babingley Church where another human effigy a sheep's heart and a black candle were discovered. In all three"
YouTube Link 2025-10-30T08:00Z 637K followers, 334.5K engagements
"1975: JELLIED EELS and SMOKED HADDOCK A Taste of Britain Voice of the People BBC Archive Derek Cooper explores some of the traditional dishes of the East End of London - from jellied eels to smoked haddock. Derek first visits Joyce's Pie and Mash Shop on Tower Bridge Road the oldest eel and pie shop in the East End where the menu - pie parsley sauce mashed potatoes and stewed eels - has remained unchanged for decades. Then on to Tubby Isaac's jellied eel stall in Aldgate where Tubby himself addresses the rumour that eels are an aphrodisiac and bemoans the rising price of his most famous"
YouTube Link 2022-09-05T09:00Z 637K followers, 746.7K engagements
"1969: How do You Live on the AVERAGE WAGE Man Alive Voice of the People BBC Archive The Average Way of Life. If you're married with two children and with about [--] a week coming into the house you will already know all about the problems of spinning out money to make ends meet. And you are far from being alone in this - in fact you're average. The British national average wage is exactly 22/5s/3d the highest it's ever been. But this doesn't make you Midas and living on it is nearly always a question of what can't be afforded what has to go. How do you decide what it shall be How do you sort"
YouTube Link 2025-07-27T07:00Z 638K followers, 764.2K engagements
"1968: "The Mating Market" at the Concord Hotel Man Alive BBC Archive Up in the Catskill Mountains two hours' drive from New York City stands the Concord Hotel a vast concrete camp renowned for one speciality - dating. Here most weekends a human hotchpotch of [----] men and women can pay as much as [---] dollars a day to be herded together like cattle in a market and forcefully paired off by a social hostess called Rose. Girls living dull city lives plan their robes and their roles weeks ahead; men who are normally office clerks promote themselves to lawyers and doctors. Many of the women are"
YouTube Link 2026-01-18T08:00Z 638K followers, 46.7K engagements
"1985: Introducing the AMIGA Micro Live Retro Tech BBC Archive Fred Harris gets his hands on the new Commodore Amiga a personal computer so advanced that you can let the keyboard gather dust while you use the WIMP (Windows Icons Mouse and Pull-down menus) interface. Marvel as this multi-tasking monster runs three programs simultaneously thanks to the awesome power of its 32-bit microprocessor Behold: more than [----] colours on screen at once thanks to its custom graphics chips Hark is that the sound of angels No it's just the sophisticated stereo sound made possible by its dedicated audio chip"
YouTube Link 2021-12-27T08:30Z 637K followers, 107.2K engagements
"1961: Minicabs - a Diabolical Liberty News Extra BBC Archive BBC reporter Peter Woods considers London's newest fleet of taxis the [---] Renault Dauphines - better known as minicabs - that began operating in the city last week. Do they provide fair competition to the established London cab Or are their lower requirements for drivers an affront to the traditional London taxi drivers who are required to spend months and even years painstakingly acquiring "the knowledge" before they can legally operate Should minicab drivers be subject to the same tests and checks Mr Woods interviews the director"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T08:00Z 638K followers, 20.9K engagements
"1973: The Death of the Local Pub Man Alive Voice of the People BBC You used to be lucky to get bread and cheese or a pie with your pint in the pub. Today along with booze they serve up go-go girls topless dancers strippers female impersonators and music music music. Right now the traditional local is in danger. Big cities are being swamped with disco bars ideal for those who don't want to talk to each other; popular 'mine hosts' are being replaced by managers; old pubs frequented by old men in old villages are being closed down. Some people are making a lot of money out of the changes like"
YouTube Link 2025-11-15T08:00Z 637K followers, 100K engagements
"Living in Britain in [----] Forty Minutes: Voices in a City Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive In [----] George Orwell wrote his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four an imaginary account of what life in Britain might be like in that year. Of his book Orwell said: 'I do not believe that the kind of society I describe will arrive but I believe that something resembling it could arrive.' The visually striking documentary Forty Minutes: 1984: Voices in a City considers the reality of living in Britain in [----]. With automation on the rise mass surveillance of the population in effect advertising propaganda on"
YouTube Link 2025-08-17T07:00Z 637K followers, 366.1K engagements
"1981: How COMPUTER GRAPHICS Will Change the World Horizon Retro Tech BBC Archive "The promise is enormous." Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly between the skyscrapers of a city centre Or to take a trip through Saturn's rings Or walk around a molecule of DNA Computer graphics provide ways of simulating reality or building fantastic new worlds and the power to explore and manipulate those 3D worlds. For the artist it's a new way to paint for the filmmaker it's a new way to animate a film; for the scientist it's a means to visualise data or test a hypothesis; and for everyone"
YouTube Link 2025-04-16T07:00Z 637K followers, 302.6K engagements
"1961: Coventry - [--] Years After the Blitz Target City Voice of the People BBC Documentary [--] years ago Coventry became famous as the victim of an act of destruction. Today it is also famous as an experiment in post-war planning under democracy. Robert Reid reports on the progress Coventry has made since the Coventry Blitz. He speaks to architects planners business owners home owners clergymen and residents of Coventry old and new. Clip taken from Target City: Coventry originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] November [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will"
YouTube Link 2025-10-06T07:00Z 637K followers, 81.7K engagements
"1968: Is ALF GARNETT the PIPE SMOKER OF THE YEAR BBC Archive Warren Mitchell has been given the Pipe Smoker of the Year award for [----]. However the actor is refusing to accept the award brandishing it a "stunt" and admitting he is not proud to be a smoker nor is he inclined to endorse or advertise pipe smoking. His alter ego - Till Death Us Do Part star Alf Garnett - might be a little more open to persuasion. Clip taken from BBC News originally broadcast on BBC One Wednesday [--] January [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of"
YouTube Link 2024-01-18T10:00Z 637K followers, 215.9K engagements
"1994: Are YOU Ready for the INTERNET Tomorrow's World Retro Tech BBC Archive Kate Bellingham reports that an exciting new interconnected world - a world where every word ever written every picture ever painted and ever film ever shot will be at our fingertips - is tantalisingly close. The information superhighway will be a high-capacity digital communication network which in time could revolutionise the way we shop socialise and work. The groundwork for this technological behemoth is already well underway with computers already communicating with one another to allow users to send electronic"
YouTube Link 2022-08-30T09:00Z 638K followers, 1.8M engagements
"1970: MANX ALIVE - Life on the Isle of Man Man Alive Voice of the People BBC Archive It's where they have the TT races. It's where they still use the birch on boys. It's been described as a wind-swept rock in the middle of the Irish Sea. On one of its rare clear days you can see England Scotland and Ireland: the Isle of Man; in the middle of but not part of Great Britain. The Queen is the Lord of Man and is represented by a governor; Westminster looks after the foreign policy; but the Island is independent. It has its own language; its own people; its own traditions; and it makes its own"
YouTube Link 2025-04-13T07:00Z 637K followers, 79.4K engagements
"1982: SYLVESTER STALLONE and HENRY COOPER Saturday Live Classic Interviews BBC Archive Sylvester Stallone chats to Gloria Hunniford about his new movie Rocky [--] - which he claims is the most personal film he has made to date. Stallone shot to overnight international fame following the success of Rocky - which he both wrote and starred in - the story of an underdog boxer who gets an unlikely shot at the world title. Since then his life - and the life of his character Rocky Balboa - has changed dramatically. How is he coping with his new found fame and fortune What lessons has he learned from"
YouTube Link 2024-10-05T07:00Z 637K followers, 257K engagements
"1996: [---] Years of Country Life Magazine Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive A documentary marking the centenary of Country Life magazine the weekly publication reflecting the concerns of Britain's landed classes. Noted for advertisements for magnificent country houses and society portraits of young women Country Life has [-----] subscribers who clearly regard it as a magazine made to last - on average each copy is kept for two years before being finally consigned to the dustbin. This film is a profile of both the people who produce the magazine and the readers - like Queen's Roger Taylor - who"
YouTube Link 2025-12-28T08:00Z 637K followers, 35.9K engagements
"1976: Introducing the incredible cordless 'MOBILE' phone Blue Peter Retro Tech BBC Archive Blue Peter presenters Lesley Judd Peter Purves and John Noakes demonstrate some exciting new technology with no strings attached - a completely portable telephone. How does it work This clip was originally broadcast [--] October [----]. Blue Peter is still going strong with new editions of the show broadcast live on CBBC and BBC iPlayer every Friday at 5pm: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006md2v/blue-peter For details about how your child (or grandchild) can earn a Blue Peter badge visit the CBBC"
YouTube Link 2021-12-25T09:00Z 637K followers, 1.1M engagements
"1987: On The Piste for a Ski Holiday Niche Sports Classic Documentary BBC Archive An entertaining documentary film for all those who ski want to ski or wouldn't be seen dead near a ski-slope. It follows the fortunes of two sets of skiers - a group of accident-prone beginners in Sll (known as the Benidorm of the ski-slopes) and members of the aristocratic and exclusive Downhill Only Club in the faded elegance of Wengen. As well as following the dramas and disasters of the ski-slopes the film features some of the more uninhibited aspects of life apres ski. Clip taken from On The Piste"
YouTube Link 2025-11-08T08:00Z 637K followers, 123.5K engagements
"1997: Karting Star LEWIS HAMILTON Set for F1 Black Britain When They Were Young BBC Archive Black Britain caught up with Lewis Hamilton and his dad Anthony as the 12-year-old was making waves on the UK's karting circuit. Could he possibly become a star in Formula One Many challenges remained on the road to stardom but McLaren boss Ron Dennis and Formula One scout Bill Sisley were both confident he would make it. Clip taken from Black Britain originally broadcast on BBC Two Wednesday [--] November [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the"
YouTube Link 2024-08-01T07:00Z 637K followers, 409.1K engagements
"1982: JACK NICHOLSON on declining THE GODFATHER lead role "I understand you turned down The Godfather and The Sting" Academy Award winning actor Jack Nicholson talks to the BBC's Ian Johnstone about turning down the lead role in The Godfather and working with Marlon Brando. Clip taken from Film [--] Special: Jack Nicholson originally broadcast on BBC One Monday [--] January [----]. #bbcarchive #jacknicholson #marlonbrando #thegodfather You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc"
YouTube Link 2023-12-16T18:00Z 638K followers, 2.4M engagements
"1977: The ENFIELD POLTERGEIST Nationwide Weird and Wonderful BBC Archive "Either [--] people have all been having hallucinations - including the police - or this is the best-documented ghost story of all time." Nationwide's James Hogg reports from a seemingly ordinary suburban house in Ponder's End Enfield where residents have reported experiencing a variety of unusual phenomena. There has been knocking in the walls and furniture is regularly thrown around the house - apparently unaided. These bizarre occurrences have piqued the interest of Maurice Grosse an inventor and a member of the Society"
YouTube Link 2023-10-30T10:00Z 637K followers, 73.6K engagements
"The BEST TIMED Shot in TV HISTORY James Burke hits his mark with perfect timing in this astounding clip from the science documentary series Connections. #short #shorts You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage james burke james burke rocket launch james burke connections amazing timing perfect timing iconic tv moments uk perfectly timed piece to camera bbc archive shorts vintage rocket launch classic bbc documentary"
YouTube Link 2022-10-19T09:00Z 637K followers, 5.4M engagements
"1974: Rich Life Poor Life Scene: What Does Money Matter Voice of the People BBC Archive Series for schools and colleges. Just how important is money Very for those who have little or none at all. This week's programme looks at life above and below the poverty line through the lens of two young Glaswegian women who lead very different lives. Valerie comes from a wealthy family doesn't have to work and spends much of her time pursing her interests - rally driving horse riding drumming shopping - whatever takes her fancy. She lives in a luxury flat bought with money from her grandparents and"
YouTube Link 2025-09-15T07:00Z 638K followers, 246.1K engagements
"1968: Inside the APOLLO COMMAND MODULE Tomorrows World Retro Tech BBC Archive "Before the end of next year men could be flying across the moon's surface and preparing to land" - John Parry. James Burke and John Parry report from inside an Apollo space capsule simulator at the NASA space research centre in California. Every effort has been made to ensure these simulated flights are as authentic as possible so that astronauts Michael Collins Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong are prepared for every eventuality. A bespoke camera system is trained on a large model of the Earth to give the illusion of"
YouTube Link 2022-06-19T09:00Z 637K followers, 62.2K engagements
"1991: PRUNELLA SCALES on life beyond FAWLTY TOWERS BBC Archive In [----] she spoke about becoming a household name as Sybil Fawlty and the enduring appeal of the sit-com Fawlty Towers which gained huge popularity despite its short run. During the interview she was also joined by her husband the actor Timothy West and they discussed working together and co-starring in the theatre production of Long Day's Journey into Night. Clip taken from Wogan originally broadcast on BBC One [--] February [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of"
YouTube Link 2025-10-28T12:32Z 637K followers, 286.4K engagements
"1973: Life on the LAST LIGHTHOUSE Tuesday Documentary World of Work BBC Archive An inside view of life on the Bishop Rock Lighthouse. Perched on a tiny outcrop of rock at the edge of the Atlantic ' the Bishop ' has something special about it for the Trinity House officers who man Britain's light-houses. It's the last lighthouse for westward-bound ships and the last still operating almost as it did under Queen Victoria's patronage. Soon it may be replaced by an unmanned light but in this ruggedly beautiful documentary Tony Parker talks with the men who still maintain their lonely vigil in the"
YouTube Link 2025-08-01T07:00Z 637K followers, 2M engagements
"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 the foothills of the Cairngorms - as he embarks on one of his epic cross-highland trips. Jim is on his way to Braemar which is [--] miles away - if you plan on sticking to the roads. Luckily Big Jim knows a shortcut through the Lairig Ghru - the highest mountain pass in the highest mountain range in Britain - that brings the journey down to a more manageable [--] miles albeit"
YouTube Link 2025-05-19T07:00Z 637K followers, 2.7M engagements
"1976: A Traditional Country Christmas Dinner A Taste of Britain BBC Archive Some scenes may be upsetting. From the fruits and nuts in the early dawn stocking to the after-math of Boxing Day food is at the heart of the English Christmas. Traditionally it is the one time in the year that everyone unbuttons and eats their fill. Derek Cooper looks at traditional Christmas fare - he visits a family farm at Minsterworth in Gloucestershire where goose is prepared by hand. He meets the regulars at the Red Lion pub in Arlingham who consider the merits of the current festive favourite turkey and"
YouTube Link 2025-12-24T08:00Z 638K followers, 186K engagements
"1959: WALT DISNEY on how to CREATE ICONIC CHARACTERS Tonight Classic Interviews BBC Archive "You have to appeal to the adult. the children don't have any money" Walt Disney was a guest on Tonight where spoke about censorship the evolution of animation and making shorter subject films Originally broadcast [--] July [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the"
YouTube Link 2023-03-18T10:00Z 638K followers, 51.9K engagements
"1983: SMUGGLING on the IRISH BORDER Nationwide Voice of the People BBC Archive "Smuggling's a way of life here." Anne Diamond reports on the rampant smuggling from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland which is damaging the Irish economy and causing huge problems for Irish pubs off-licences and petrol stations in particular due to large quantities of cheap alcohol and petrol being smuggled in from North. Anne visits an off-licence in Strabane that is doing a roaring trade much of it due to customers making the trip from across the border to take advantage of lower prices in the North."
YouTube Link 2025-06-19T07:00Z 637K followers, 190.7K engagements
"1962: Britain's "Scrap Iron Armada" Tonight BBC Archive "A ship that's built to withstand shell fire is no pushover in the breaker's yard." Alan Whicker reports on the fate of obsolete naval warships which are lying in bays around the country waiting to be scrapped or sold. Among this "scrap iron armada" is the Leviathon - a mammoth [--] million aircraft carrier - that has never sailed. It was abandoned approximately [--] percent complete in [----] after the war ended. Clip taken from Tonight originally broadcast on BBC Television [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine"
YouTube Link 2025-11-10T08:00Z 637K followers, 140.7K engagements
"1968: A History of English Windmills A Couris Thing Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive "The windmill is a couris thing Completely built by art of man To grind the corn for man and beast That they alike may have a feast" This is the story of the English Windmill. A gentle meditative film about some of the surviving examples of those thousands of mills that one hundred years ago were at work all over England. Written and produced by Malcolm Freegard. Clip taken from A Couris Thing originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will"
YouTube Link 2026-01-01T08:00Z 638K followers, 66.4K engagements
"1970: SHETLAND Life Tuesday Documentary Voice of the People BBC Archive In the vast expanse of sea between Scotland and Norway lies the archipelago of Shetland a 70-mile-long tangle of rock and cliff which provides home and livelihood for some [-----] British citizens. Shetland is the northernmost part of Britain. Though politically British these people are first and foremost Shetlanders who have never forgotten that Shetland once belonged to the Norsemen of Scandinavia until it was pawned to the Kingdom of Scotland as part of a thoroughly dubious marriage settlement [---] years ago. This is the"
YouTube Link 2025-04-04T07:00Z 638K followers, 350.8K engagements
"1977: Original STAR WARS Review Film [--] Classic Movie Review BBC Archive "Family entertainment at its most sublime" Barry Norman gives his thoughts on George Lucas's phenomenally successful science fantasy film Star Wars ahead of its UK release. Originally broadcast [--] November [----]. You can listen to UK fans flocking to see Star Wars at the cinema on [--] December [----] in the BBC Sounds archive series On This Day - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0dqk8zt You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and"
YouTube Link 2022-01-10T08:00Z 637K followers, 1.9M engagements
"1965: Could YOU be a STEEPLEJACK Tonight Classic BBC Clips BBC Archive "Their job is one of the most dangerous in the world. You fall off a stack like this only once so if you're a steeplejack then you're a careful man." Tonight's Cathal O'Shannon reports on the craft of steeplejacking. As industrial chimney stacks grow taller and taller the number of willing and able steeplejacks to build and maintain them is in sharp decline. Steeplejacking is a dying art. With that in mind the largest British steeplejack firm has set up a 'steeplejack school' in an attempt to encourage a new generation of"
YouTube Link 2022-03-16T10:00Z 637K followers, 1.5M engagements
"1979: The Unbelievable TALKING DOG That's Life Animal Magic BBC Archive That's Life's insatiable quest to find unusual or talented pets sees reporter Paul Heiney head to Leeds to meet Paul Allan and his loquacious canine friend Prince. Prince holds the distinction of being British television's first ever talking dog. Sausage Originally broadcast [--] February [----]. #bbcarchive #shorts #talkingdog bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage pets tv animal kingdom strangest animal behaviours funny animals"
YouTube Link 2023-05-24T09:00Z 637K followers, 78.4K engagements
"1976: ROBERT REDFORD on the tension between FAME and PRIVACY BBC Archive Robert Redford talks to Melvyn Bragg about his fear of becoming typecast as an actor and the pleasure he takes in retreating back to nature. He also shares some fun stories about his life before he was famous. Clip taken from Robert Redford originally broadcast [--] April [----] You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on"
YouTube Link 2025-09-16T15:38Z 637K followers, 74.7K engagements
"1974: The KOPITES of Liverpool FC The Kop Classic BBC sport BBC Archive Writer and director Walter McEvoy examines the quasi-religious relationship Liverpool fans have with Anfield's Spion Kop - perhaps the most famous stand in English football - using testimony from a cross-section of self-confessed Kopites. Clip taken from The Kop originally broadcast on BBC North West [--] May [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so"
YouTube Link 2024-05-20T07:00Z 638K followers, 195.3K engagements
"GRACE JONES talks about AGGRESSION Heeeeeres Grace (Jones) chatting to Terry Wogan in1984 about aggression and the influence of her father. You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage GraceJones IslandLife bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage GraceJones IslandLife"
YouTube Link 2022-10-12T07:00Z 638K followers, 995.2K engagements
"1969: BRADFORD PARK AVENUE - As Grim as FOOTBALL Gets Nationwide Classic Sport BBC Archive "Sports writers have run out of Saturday night cliches to describe them; lowly humbled disheartened." Nationwide's Philip Tibenham visits Bradford Park Avenue the football team currently at the bottom of the Fourth Division propping up the rest of the English football league. In fact Bradford Park Avenue have been bottom of the Fourth Division for three seasons and if temporary manager Don McCalman's charges finish bottom again this season they may be refused readmission to the league. Bradford Park"
YouTube Link 2025-02-15T08:00Z 638K followers, 81.4K engagements
"1966: A Roof Over Your Head - The Tenant Man Alive Classic BBC Documentary BBC Archive Twenty-five million of us live in houses that do not belong to us pay a landlord obey his rules. Council flats private houses rooms for rent: a headache for local government new legislation for Parliament. Misery for some tenants. Crooked profits for some landlords. Man Alive looks at the world of the landlord the tenant the area where they confront each other Clip taken from Man Alive: A Roof Over Your Head - The Tenant originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] July [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a"
YouTube Link 2025-10-19T07:00Z 638K followers, 205.4K engagements
"1970: BIRMINGHAM - The Venice of England Look Stranger BBC Archive Take a voyage by narrow boat with Ken Dunham and his family to the centre of Birmingham along the once flourishing Canal Navigations of the Black Country. Today this great waterway system has served its purpose - industry has turned its back on "the cut"; but with "just a touch of Venice" Park Head Locks Gas Street Basin and Pudding Green Junction may come alive again - inland ports along a colourful cruiseway for voyaging into England. Written and directed by Peter Bale Camera operator: Ewart Needham Film Recordist: Howard"
YouTube Link 2025-08-31T07:00Z 637K followers, 104.7K engagements
"1976: Bringing AMBRIDGE to life in the STUDIO News 1970s BBC Archive [----] is the 75th anniversary of radio drama The Archers and where would the folk of Ambridge be without church bells mooing cattle and all the noises of village life When the everyday story of country folk reached its silver jubilee in [----] BBC News filmed an episode being recorded and captured the work of some of the foley artists bringing Ambridge to life. Clip taken from News originally broadcast on BBC One [--] January [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age"
YouTube Link 2026-01-01T10:01Z 638K followers, 25.1K engagements
"2006: WERNER HERZOG is SHOT during TV interview The Culture Show Movie Interviews BBC Archive Film director Werner Herzog is shot and wounded by an air rifle whilst conducting an interview with film critic and broadcaster Mark Kermode. "Far from the hazards of a South American jungle or the wilderness of Alaska I met up with Werner Herzog in the suburban wilds of LA which he currently calls home." "We wanted to get a quick exterior shot of Herzog in his native habitat when things took an unexpected turn." "We quickly realised that some wacko had taken a pot-shot at us with an air rifle and"
YouTube Link 2023-06-10T08:00Z 637K followers, 89K engagements
"1966: Harnessing the Power of "The Snowies" Looking at Australia BBC Archive Looking at Australia is a geography series for twelve-to-fourteen-year-olds this edition is about the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales. The Snowy Mountains are the highest mountain range in Australia and - because they are the only part of Australia where snow reliably forms - a popular destination for skiing holidays in the winter. Each spring the snow melts creating vast quantities of that most valuable Australian commodity water. Keith Alexander looks at how this seasonal abundance of water is controlled and"
YouTube Link 2026-01-09T08:00Z 638K followers, 44.5K engagements
"1976: OTTO FRANK on the Diary of Anne Frank Blue Peter Children's Television BBC Archive Lesley Judd interviews Otto Frank - the father of Anne Frank - who has made a special visit to Britain to show Blue Peter viewers his daughter's original diaries. Valerie Singleton meanwhile reports from Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam on the story behind the diary. Originally broadcast [--] May [----]. To mark the BBC's 100th birthday our wonderful archivists have been asked to pick THEIR favourite BBC moments. "It was a sensitive memorable interview in the last year before Otto Frank's death a perfect"
YouTube Link 2022-10-28T09:00Z 637K followers, 1.5M engagements
"1962: The Last Railway Horses Tonight World of Work BBC Archive "During the last war the railways alone used [-----] by [----] there were only [----] by [----] there were fewer than [--] and now there are just three." Fyfe Robertson meets shire horses Butch and Charlie two of the three remaining railway horses still working in Britain. Butch and Charlie work as shunting horses at the Newmarket goods station while another horse works as a draught horse in Stoke. Once those three have retired it will be the end of an era. What will they do when they retire Fyfe visits the "retirement farm" in Larling"
YouTube Link 2025-12-10T08:01Z 637K followers, 159.6K engagements
"1951: Christmas Day [----] Newsreel BBC Archive BBC Television Newsreel captures some of the way that the people of Britain spent their Christmas holiday. After the gruelling run-up to Christmas day shop workers clocked out ready for a well-earned rest. Across the country there was church-going the traditional brisk Christmas swim in the bitterly cold Hampstead swimming ponds the annual fancy-dress cycling event at Brookmans park and for many people Christmas wouldn't be complete without a trip to the pantomime or the football. Clip taken from BBC Television Newsreel originally broadcast on BBC"
YouTube Link 2025-12-25T08:01Z 637K followers, 107.5K engagements
"1986: Life on a Coaster Ship Forty Minutes BBC Archive "I resent people calling my ship a rust-bucket. She's an old lady who needs the occasional helping hand." - Rick Waters. Carrick is a dirty British Coaster - a 30-year-old relic carrying unglamorous cargoes from port to port in the Channel and the North Sea. Her skipper and owner is Rick Waters once part-time butler to Edward Heath. George Norman the mate looks after the cargoes - the ship could capsize if a cargo shifts at sea. Deckhands Alan Jopling and Victor Gauld turn their hand to almost anything and young trainee Dele Okukenu is"
YouTube Link 2026-02-08T08:01Z 638K followers, 101.4K engagements
"1975: TIM CURRY on ROCKY HORROR Tim Curry on Frank N Furter 👄 In [----] Film Night went behind the scenes at the filming of The Rocky Horror Picture Show based on Richard O'Brien's cult stage musical. You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage"
YouTube Link 2022-07-26T17:01Z 637K followers, 1.3M engagements
"1985: RAVI SHANKAR - master of the SITAR Maestro and Guru Classic BBC Music BBC Archive Marian Foster chats to Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar perhaps the most famous sitar player of all time. How is a sitar made how much practice does it take and what are the fundamentals of good sitar music This clip is from Ravi Shankar: Maestro and Guru originally broadcast [--] June [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive an audiovisual time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you"
YouTube Link 2022-10-04T09:00Z 637K followers, 1.5M engagements
"1972: The CURIOUS CASE of the BLOCKED WINDOW Nationwide Weird and Wonderful BBC Archive "I should leave those alone if I was you.this is governed by the law of ancient lights." When Mr Max Jenkins bought his house - a substantial Victorian villa in the village of Bacton-on-Sea - he thought he'd snagged himself a bargain. There was only one minor issue with the property - an unusual wooden structure just three feet from his windows obscuring the view of the sea - but he could surely dismantle that couldn't he Nationwide reporter Susan Hall investigates this bizarre case involving the 'law of"
YouTube Link 2024-10-03T07:00Z 637K followers, 2.8M engagements
"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. Frances 'Effy' Jones - one of the first women to be trained to use a typewriter and to take up cycling as a hobby - recalls the life of a young working woman in London. Berta Ruck a romantic novelist remembers her formative years at art school and the culture shock she experienced after moving from her secluded home in rural Wales to the muddy hustle and bustle in the heart of"
YouTube Link 2022-04-30T09:00Z 637K followers, 2.4M engagements
"1975: Fyfe Robertson's Thoughts For Food Robbie BBC Archive Fyfe Robertson looks at the way British eating habits have changed in the last generation due to modern methods of food technology and production and the influence of food from around the world. Fyfe's food Odyssey sees him trying gourmet French cusine at the Imperial Hotel in Torquay visiting an organic farm in Suffolk an old-fashioned grocers in Ennis County Clare Harry Ramsden's fish and chip restaurant in Guisley and a food factory at Alveston - where restaurant quality meals are made on an industrial scale. Finally Robbie visits"
YouTube Link 2025-09-03T07:01Z 637K followers, 49.1K engagements
"1985: PHIL LYNOTT And GARY MOORE - The Boys Are Back Together Whistle Test BBC Archive When Gary Moore left Thin Lizzy in [----] during a US tour Phil Lynott was not amused. The pair fell out and didn't speak for three years. Now they're back together and have recorded a new song; Out in the Fields. How did that happen Originally broadcast [--] May [----]. You can dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive bbc archive bbc classic tv british tv nostalgia bbc archive archive the bbc archive nostalgia legendary television retro tv vintage bbc music music bbc music"
YouTube Link 2023-03-29T09:00Z 637K followers, 684.5K engagements
"1976: A Morning With the Fruit and Veg Men Look Stranger World of Work BBC Archive Getting up at four o'clock in the morning is for most people a rare experience. Fred Davis does it six days a week travelling through the eerily empty streets to run his business in Birmingham's Vegetable Market. Rene Cutforth spends a day with Fred in a world of pawpaws pineapples and carrots from California. Clip taken from Look Stranger originally broadcast on BBC Two [--] November [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate"
YouTube Link 2025-09-30T07:00Z 637K followers, 138.6K engagements
"1968: TOLKIEN on LORD OF THE RINGS Release Writers and Wordsmiths BBC Archive JRR Tolkien speaks to John Ezard about his extraordinarily popular Lord of the Rings series of fantasy novels. The author touches upon their genesis and themes his fondness for invented languages - and how they are often misinterpreted. This clip is from Release: Tolkien in Oxford. Originally broadcast on BBC Two Saturday [--] March [----]. You have now entered the BBC Archive an audiovisual time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate entertain and enlighten you through our classic clips"
YouTube Link 2022-03-08T10:00Z 637K followers, 642K engagements
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