1974: Welcome to the Independent Territories of Haws and Greystone | Nationwide

"Victor has established the new Haws Sovereign Independent Territories. He has written to the Prime Minister to tell him that no longer will this tiny patch of England be in England at all."

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1972: The power of friendship

Janet and Nicholas from Bolton, talked about their life-long friendship of seven years, and how it had even survived one of them moving half a mile away.

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1959: So You're Thinking of Buying a Plane? | Tonight

Tonight's Geoffrey Johnson-Smith visits an airstrip outside Oxford, where the only public sale of light aircraft in Britain is underway. There are around 70 aircraft available for purchase, but it doesn't seem like there are too many takers. Geoffrey

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1978: The Future of Fry’s Chocolate | The Factory

Fry’s have been producing chocolate for 250 years, but the family firm has undergone modernisation and become part of a large business empire. With increased mechanisation and fewer staff, what do the workers make of life in a modern chocolate factor

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1949: A Leisurely Day in Post-War London | August Bank Holiday

"We haven't prepared any script, we're at the moment discussing a list of places we thought we'd take you to."

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1981: The Englishwoman and the Horse

*Contains upsetting scenes.*

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1971: A Woman's Place? | Scene

What happens when a girl becomes the only female engineering apprentice in a large factory, or a young husband has to bring up his family by himself? Scene follows the lives of three people who do not accept the traditional view of the 'woman's role'

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1961: The Street With Confounding House Numbers | Tonight

"That's number one, and this is number two, and this is number eight... number eight?!"

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1989: Napalm Death on writing indecipherable grindcore lyrics

Famed for their ultra-fast, short and aggressive songs, West Midlands band Napalm Death write songs which are challenging to join in with. Talking to poet and broadcaster Craig Charles, the band explained how an accompanying lyric sheet is the only w

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1989: Chewit – The Dog Who Can Climb Ladders | That's Life!

It’s not unusual for collies to be working dogs, but for one west country pup, her job is in building maintenance rather than sheep herding. Chewit has a head for heights and joins her owner in the roof thatching business, expertly climbing up and do

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1967: Employment in Burnley | Panorama

"The long-serving steam engines are being sold for scrap, and in mill after mill the clatter of the cotton looms will never be heard again."

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1979: The Disappearing Coastline of Holderness | Network

The significant coastal erosion in Holderness, East Yorkshire has already led to some residents losing their homes, while others run businesses which are getting closer to the cliff edge each year.

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1982: From Novice to Pro Rally Co-Driver in Two Months | In at the Deep End

Television presenter Chris Serle tests his nerve in the gruelling, high speed world of rallying. His target is one of the world's toughest motoring events, the RAC Rally, co-driving for Britain's top star, Roger Clark.

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1974: Kevin Keegan Interview | Val Meets the VIPs

Valerie Singleton talks to people who have earned the title 'Very Important Person.' A studio audience of children join in to put their questions to the England and Liverpool footballer, Kevin Keegan.

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1966: In Defence of Modern Youth | BBC 3

Robert Robinson chairs a studio discussion between the journalist Godfrey Winn, who is critical of modern youth culture trends and what he sees as the 'worship' of pop stars, and Andrew Oldham, the manager of the Rolling Stones, who defends modern yo

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1991: Mancunians and Man Bags | That's Life

Are Mancunian men happy to carry a handbag? If so, what do they put in it? Fashion expert Richard Creme took to the streets of Manchester with Esther Rantzen to find out.

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1970: The Village With Only One Loo | Nationwide

With no mains drainage, the small Scottish village of Auchmithie is a place where residents don’t have their own private toilets. For years, anyone without a home-made "thunderbox" on their property, relied on a dark, drafty communal privy, where buc

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1987: Controlling Machines With Your Voice? | Blue Peter

"Meet William - the microchip manservant."

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1958: The State of Britain's Roads | Second Enquiry

"If traffic increases at the present rate, it will just have doubled itself in ten years' time, and congestion will be far worse..."

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1983: Kick Start Grand Final | Kick Start

Peter Purves and Mick Andrews present the 1983 Grand Final of the motorcycle trials competition, Kick Start.

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1974: A Day Trip to Margate | Man Alive

"Marion's the one with leopardskin platforms, Janice is the one with six cans of light ale in her handbag."

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1955: What Next for Germany? | Special Enquiry

Edward Ward reports on the mood of Germany ten years after the end of World War Two. What are ordinary Germans, West and East, thinking about their future and about the major problems of rearmament and reunification?

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1979: Masquerade - A Real Life Treasure Hunt | Nationwide

Nationwide's John Hitchins reports from the Gloucestershire studio of Kit Williams, where the artist and author has been working for three years on an ambitious new picture book called Masquerade.

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1968: Peter Cook - Talk of the Devil | Meeting Point

"In order for people to be really good, they have to make a free choice between Good and Evil. I'm a vital part of his plan. I provide the Evil." - George Spiggot, Bedazzled (1967)

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1983: A TV With a Flat Screen? | Tomorrow's World

Peter Macann demonstrates some of the latest developments in flatscreen technology.

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1979: Masquerade - A Real Life Treasure Hunt | Nationwide | BBC Archive

Nationwide's John Hitchins reports from the Gloucestershire studio of Kit Williams, where the artist and author has been working for three years on an ambitious new picture book called Masquerade. What makes Masquerade unique is that its striking artwork contains cryptic clues and riddles which, when solved, will lead readers to the hiding place of a valuable piece of jewellery - a gold hare inlaid with precious stones. The first person to solve the mystery of Masquerade will get to keep the golden hare - which is valued at around £5,000. The multi-talented Williams has crafted the prize himself, and buried it in a sealed terracotta pot, on public property, somewhere in Britain... Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 19 September, 1979. 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 - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1 You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive

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1973: A School Trip to France | Scene | BBC Archive

"Most of them had never been abroad before, and the only French they knew were a few words they had picked up themselves." Programme for schools and colleges. As Britain prepares to enter the EEC, a group of teenagers from Somerset go on a ten-day trip to Houlgate in northwestern France, to find out about the French way of life. They are joined on their trip by two French teenagers. They attend a motoball match, visit a local farm, experience the market in Dives-sur-Mer, and have a meal at the home of a French family. Clip taken from Scene: The French Scene, originally broadcast on BBC One, 15 February, 1973. 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 - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1 You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive

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1980: Could You Make it as a Pro Wrestler? | The Big Time | BBC Archive

Keith Rawlinson is a schoolmaster in Burnley - but he has always longed to be a professional wrestler. Now The Big Time gives him the chance. It will take three months of strict training and body building to prepare, during which Keith will be advised by some of the biggest names in wrestling including promoter Max Crabtree, wrestling referee Joe D'Orazio, and "The Voice of Wrestling" World of Sport commentator, Kent Walton. Keith's training will be overseen by wrestling star Peter "Tally Ho" Kaye, and on his journey he will cross paths with top British wrestlers like "Cyanide" Sid Cooper, Big Daddy and the current World Lightweight Champion, Johnny Saint. His big moment is a match against professional John Naylor, in an all-star bill at the most glamorous wrestling venue in the country - London's Royal Albert Hall. Reporter: Paul Heiney Clip taken from The Big Time, originally broadcast on BBC One, 11 June, 1980. 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 - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1 You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive

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1970: Trans African Hovercraft Expedition | World About Us | BBC Archive

*This video reflects attitudes of its time and contains some information which is dated.* "We shall attempt to navigate 7,000 miles of river and falls, lake and swamp, salt bed and desert, from the Atlantic Ocean to the heart of the African continent." Ten tons of hovercraft arrive in the West African republic of Senegal, and the first stage of the expedition, the journey from St Louis to Bamako, begins. This edition begins in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, as the SRN6 hovercraft and its crew make their way along the coastal route to St Louis, where the expedition begins in earnest. 00:00 Introduction 00:45 Dakar 02:31 Leaving for St Louis 03:36 The expedition route 04:35 Gorée Island 06:23 St Louis 10:55 Richard Toll arrival 12:16 Scientific expedition aboard The African Queen 14:02 Richard Toll departure 15:24 Podor 18:38 Podor departure 20:25 Cascas 23:33 Cascas departure 25:10 Scientific expedition reaches a fishing village in Mauritania 25:48 City of Nouakchott 26:50 A photograph for the Chief 27:52 Nigel Hepper, biologist 28:23 Leaving the fishing village 29:46 Hovercraft struggles at Matam 32:42 Scientists debate on The African Queen 34:15 The end of the Senegal River 35:05 Kayes in Mali - mounting the hovercraft on a train 43:54 Leaving Kayes by train 46:44 End credits 48:00 Part 2 teaser Script by John Pilger, narrated by John Stockbridge. Clip taken from The World About Us, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 12 July, 1970. 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 - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1 You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive

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1996: Can the North West Become Britain's Silicon Valley? | Close Up North | BBC Archive

"California may have sun, sea and Silicon Valley, but up here in the grim North West, we have the Silicon Canal." - Simon O'Brien. Close Up North investigates the growth of the computer games industry in the North West of England. Talented youngsters - like Martin Kenwright, founder of Runcorn based Digital Image Design - are becoming millionaires by writing best-selling computer games. The North West is home to around a dozen leading software houses. Liverpool based Psygnosis rose from the ashes of Imagine software, and have had massive success with recent Playstation hits Wipeout and Destruction Derby. Manchester publisher Ocean Software made its name with a string of hits on the home computers of the 1980s, their next project is the ambitious steampunk shooter HMS Carnage, overseen by Nigel Kershaw. The days of the lone, self-taught bedroom coder are not entirely over, however. In North Manchester, Jason C Brooke has spent four long years hard at work on his game, Darker. He discusses the trials and tribulations of solo game design. Software development in the North West is not just limited to video games, though. The aforementioned Digital Image Design's commercial flight simulator games impressed the RAF to such an extent that they are now working together to create official training simulators for RAF pilots. Professor Bob Stone of VR Solutions, meanwhile, harnesses virtual reality to create both the virtual L.S. Lowry museum, and as an architectural and marketing aid for small businesses. The success of British software houses has attracted international attention - it is estimated that more than half of British developers have been partially or completely bought out by multinationals in the past three years. Sony has bought Psygnosis, whose staff have grown from 50 to 300 employees, but with international investment comes inevitable changes to working practices. Will the British games industry thrive in the cutthroat world of big business, or will it lose its identity? Clip taken from Close Up North: The Silicon Canal, originally broadcast on BBC One, 25 April, 1996. 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 - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1 You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive

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