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Veteran inmate Norman Stanley Fletcher passes on his experience to new inmate Godber.
In a programme from 1985, Bob Monkhouse talks with American comedy sensation Joan Rivers.
Maureen Lipman plays the mother of two Jewish boys evacuated to Blackpool in World War II.
Six stories that illustrate how things changed for those who returned home after WWII.
While investigating the death of an elderly lady, Hetty uncovers a dangerous secret.
A visit to three Blackpool hairdressing salons.
The life of the most glamorous plane ever built, told by those whose lives she touched.
Michael touches down at the North Pole as he starts his journey south.
What connects the suicide of a young woman and the murder of a government minister?
The story of Freddie Mercury’s final years and the tribute concert staged in his memory.
Alfred Hitchcock in conversation with fellow director Bryan Forbes. From 1969.
Robert Robinson presides over a duel of words and wit between two teams of celebrities.
Fred visits Cornwall to look at the early history of the steam engine.
Sir Michael Parkinson looks back over his 50 years as a broadcaster.
In 1972, a break-in at the Democratic Party's headquarters sparks the Watergate scandal.
Kenneth Williams explores his roots in and around St Pancras where he grew up.
A middle-aged man who lives with his mother finds her taking up with an old flame.
Ben Robinson unlocks the ancient roots of the Northumberland village of Warkworth.
Dramatised account of how Doctor Who was first brought to the screen in 1963.
Part one of an exclusive documentary following the drama behind Crossrail's construction.
Kenneth Clark's classic 1969 series looks at how European art survived the Dark Ages.
A crime is viewed through the eyes of the detective investigating it.
Paul Rose reveals the story behind the first ever circumnavigation of the world.
Drama series about a detective who suffers a car crash and wakes up in 1973.
