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#OnThisDay in 1960: Tony Hart gave young viewers a sneak preview of some of the BBC television shows that were airing over the Christmas period. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjrQ5...
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With the 2025 Christmas number 1 set to be announced later on today, let's enjoy this 1989 news report about the "British obsession with the novelty Christmas record" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S0UR...
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The much-loved children’s series Jackanory began on BBC One 60 years ago. Many famous faces took part in the series over the years, reading familiar books and creating childhood memories.
1. 1986: Rik Mayall reading from George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl.
2. 1968: Miriam Margolyes reading from Albert the Dragon and the Centaur by Rosemary Weir.
3. 1983: Indira Joshi reading from Indian Folk Tales by Ilay Cooper.
4. 1996: Alan Bennett reading from Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne.
5. 1984: Norman Beaton reading from A Gift To The Family by Geoffrey Kilner.
6. 1974: Judi Dench reading from What the Neighbours Did by Philippa Pearce.
#Jackanory #ChildrensTV #ChildrensBooks #BBCArchive #Jackanory60 #Storytelling #Storytime #RikMayall #MiriamMargolyes #JudiDench #IndiraJoshi #AlanBennett #NormanBeaton
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We previously posted a very young Ke Huy Quan on @bluepeter, back in 1984: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h702Z...
He was back on the show this week, 41 years later, to talk about Zootropolis 2, and he got to watch his younger self.
#BluePeter #CBBC #BBCArchive #KeHuyQuan #Zootropolis2
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#OnThisDay in 1997: The Money Programme spoke to some of the team that made Tomb Raider - about their surprise hit, and about how the British computing boom of the 1980s had furnished the UK with a supremely talented generation of programmers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l25Ii...
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#OnThisDay in 1985: Eleven-year-old Jeff Cohen, spoke to Terry Wogan about starring in beloved 1980s children's action-adventure comedy The Goonies, and meeting Steven Spielberg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_tVP...
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#OnThisDay in 1999: Mark Cousins met the cult US director David Lynch, creator of such idiosyncratic cinematic fare as Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, Twin Peaks and The Straight Story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v28ZG...
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#OnThisDay in 1956: Titanic survivors Kate Manning (née Gilnagh) and Maude Louise Slocombe (née Walden) relived their experiences of being saved from the stricken ship - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNiwu...
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#OnThisDay in 1969: Cliff Michelmore travelled to Killarney in the Republic of Ireland, to play eighteen holes with young golfing sensation Bridget Gleeson. Bridget was just 5 years old, but had been playing for four years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQyA0...
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#OnThisDay in 1976: Nationwide's Glyn Worsnip reported from a building site in Richmond, Surrey where workers carrying out alteration work on a shop have experienced a series of mysterious events. Could this be mere incompetence? Carelessness? Or is something sinister afoot?
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