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1976: Birmingham's Fruit and Veg Man | Look Stranger | Classic Documentary | BBC Archive

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1974: Gandolfi Brothers Handmade Cameras | Industrial Grand Tour | Making of... | BBC Archive

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1956: The END OF THE LINE? | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive

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1979: Life in a Shinty Town | A Diary of Britain | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

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1963: Six Days to Saturday | Classic Football Documentary | BBC Archive

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1972: Mother Thames - Lady of the London docks | Look Stranger | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

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1964: The Curious Case of Australia's Uranium Town | Tonight | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

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1978: Truck of the Future? | Tomorrow's World | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

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1974: The Explosive World of "Blaster" Bates | Look Stranger | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

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1984: Looking for Love in LISDOONVARNA | The Mating Season | Classic Documentary | BBC Archive

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1975: Is Life in INVERNESS Getting Better? | All Change | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

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1980: Ruefrex - Belfast Punk Documentary | Cross The Line | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive

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1969: The Cost of BRITISH MOTORWAYS | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

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1976: ROBERT REDFORD on Fame, Freedom and Watergate | Classic Movie Interviews | BBC Archive

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1969: Computer Banking and the end of Cash | Tomorrow's World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

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1974: Rich Life, Poor Life | Scene: What Does Money Matter? | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

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1979: Fish and Ships in North East England | A Diary of Britain | Classic Documentary | BBC Archive

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1975: Could YOU Live off the Land? | World About Us: Back to Nature | BBC Archive

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1974: 150 Years of the RNLI | We Never Turn Back | BBC Archive

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1974: Working in a Traditional English Brewery | Industrial Grand Tour | World of Work | BBC Archive

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1963: The Life of a Local Newspaper | In View: Paper Roots | Making of... | BBC Archive

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1978: Real life Mumsnet of the 1970s | Grapevine | BBC Archive

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1973: The Story of MANCHESTER's WATER | The Longest Drink | BBC Archive

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1980: Life on a North Sea Oil Rig | The Black and the Gold | World of Work | BBC Archive

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1993: Car Salesman Versus the RECESSION | Mart and Mandy | Classic BBC documentaries | BBC Archive

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1974: Dingwall to Kyle of Lochalsh Railway | Breathing Space | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

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1971: Gigha - the Island that Refused to Die | Classic Documentary | BBC Archive

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1975: Fyfe Robertson's Thoughts For Food | Robbie | BBC Archive

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

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

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1970: BIRMINGHAM - The Venice of England? | Look Stranger | BBC Archive

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1962: Bristol's Bonfire Kids | In View | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

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1981: The SCHOOL with HIGHLAND COWS on the CURRICULUM | Nationwide | Animal Magic | BBC Archive

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1986: Satellite Navigation for Cars of the Future | Tomorrow's World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

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1974: Raspberry Picking in the Merry Berry Fields of Blair | Breathing Space | BBC Archive

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1970: A Boy's Last Summer of Freedom | Look Stranger | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive

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1968: The Evolution of MOTOR RACING | Wheelbase | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

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1984: Battle of the BATON TWIRLERS | Raining Batons | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive

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1962: Portland - The Island that Sells Itself | In View | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

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1976: Texas to Canada - 2000 Miles of Harvest | World About Us | Classic Documentary | BBC Archive

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1967: The Man With a HOME COMPUTER | Tomorrow's World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

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1967: A Day trip to France | Children Talking | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

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1970: GYRO CAMERA - No More Shakey Pictures? | Tomorrow's World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

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1969: Keeping the LIGHTHOUSES Shining | For the Safety of All | Classic Documentary | BBC Archive

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Living in Britain in 1984 | Forty Minutes: Voices in a City | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive

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1963: Meet the COSMOLOGISTS | The Cosmologists | Science and Nature | BBC Archive

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1985: BOBBY ROBSON, WADDLE and BARNES on the Art of DRIBBLING | Blue Peter | BBC Archive

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1969: Dart Valley Railway | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

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1980: The BAIRD Television System | Tomorrow's World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

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1972: What is a HOUSEWIFE WORTH? | The Money Programme | BBC Archive

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1962: MILTON BABBITT and the Music Machine | Monitor | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

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1995: The REAL Vicar of Dibley | Everyman | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

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1980: Greatest REVOLUTION Since the PRINTING PRESS? | Goodbye Gutenberg | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

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1960: What Future for the SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS? | Enquiry | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

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1982: Can COMPUTERS THINK? | The Computer Programme | Retro Technology | BBC Archive

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1969: What on Earth is the LIVERPOOL BEACON? | Nationwide | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

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1981: Will the DELOREAN Motor Car be a Success? | Newsnight | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

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1963: Living on a FUN FAIR | In View | World of Work | BBC Archive

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1995: What Next for AMSTRAD? | The Money Programme | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

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1965: A VISION For the NORTH EAST of England | Dan's Castle | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive

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