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BRITAIN NOW
TOPICAL SNIPPETS FROM AROUND OUR NATION
3 min |
May 2025
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POSTCARD FROM OXFORDSHIRE
Bob Barton plays Hooky and visits the city of dreaming spires
6 min |
May 2025
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The Road to Ruins
Brian Conduit on the joy of exploring architectural remains
4 min |
May 2025
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BACK IN TIME WITH COLIN BAKER
BoB's very own Time Lord recalls car trouble in Hull and, with the help of a colleague who quickly went from bit part to title role, upstaging Nigel Patrick
2 min |
May 2025
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Stand Up, Dennis Potter
Chris Hallam remembers the celebrated TV dramatist
5 min |
May 2025
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SHAPE UP AND DANCE
David Hewitt remembers a short-lived 1980s aerobics craze accompanied by chart-topping keep-fit albums
5 min |
May 2025
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Love Is All
Philip Williams and David Williams pay tribute to the rich legacy of 1960s singer Malcolm Roberts
4 min |
May 2025
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LET'S DO THE TIME WARP (AGAIN)
Chris Hallam explores the longevity of The Rocky Horror Show
5 min |
May 2025
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Finger Licking Good
Simon Stabler investigates the early days of the one of the UK's first fast-food chains
5 min |
May 2025
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Ring of Iron
Jan Johnstone remembers a game once played in nearly every village and town
4 min |
May 2025
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Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Chris Hallam takes a look back at the Channel 4 improvisation show
5 min |
March 2025
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HORNERAMA
Derek Lamb celebrates Round the Horne, the radio comedy first broadcast 60 years ago
5 min |
March 2025
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BACK IN TIME WITH COLIN BAKER
BoB's very own Time Lord recalls his early days on the amateur stage, lodging in Liverpool and playing pranks as a professional at The Playhouse
2 min |
March 2025
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Pieces of Eight
The lovable rogues of childhood fiction belie the harsh reality of the scourges of the seas. Claire Saul previews the National Maritime Museum's latest treasure
4 min |
March 2025
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Battling On
Ian Wheeler reflects on 50 years of Battle Picture Weekly, Britain's seminal war comic
5 min |
March 2025
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Another Opening, Another Show
Graham Whalan offers a brief history of amateur musical theatre
5 min |
March 2025
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Think Again
Simon Stabler talks to a television maths and science legend about his previous life in comedy and as the drummer who stood in for Ringo Starr
7 min |
March 2025
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Terry's All Gold
Chris Hallam remembers Sir Terry Pratchett
5 min |
March 2025
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By Royal Appointment
Michael Montagu traces the history of royal warrants
5 min |
March 2025
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Faster Food
Chris de Winter Hebron recalls his early experiences of \"dining at speed\"
4 min |
March 2025
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On the Road
Angeline Wilcox selects first gear to map the driving test's 90-year route
4 min |
March 2025
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Liverpool Live
As the Liverpool Empire prepares to mark its centenary, Glenys Adams takes a look at its history and investigates some of the city's other theatres
5 min |
March 2025
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Dreamers
Martin Claytor goes behind the scenes of Supertramp’s Crime of the Century aloum
5 min |
February 2025
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THE GOALKEEPER OF AUSCHWITZ
John Greeves spoke to Ron Jones, a survivor of Auschwitz and an 800-mile death march, shortly before he died aged 102
6 min |
February 2025
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The Railway Child
Peter Robertson chats to former actor Gary Warren
6 min |
February 2025
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Cruising 50s Style
Stephen Wade looks back at the postwar holiday experience on the ocean waves
4 min |
February 2025
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Rootes of Success
Dene Bebbington traces the history of Hillman cars
4 min |
February 2025
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POSTCARD FROM SURREY
Bob Barton finds himself drawn into the secret world of SOE agents and revisits his youth as he admires a vast array of buses
5 min |
February 2025
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A Taste of Hunni
Tim Hutton shines a light on TV presenterGloria Hunniford's lesser-known singing career
7 min |
February 2025
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BACK IN TIME WITH COLIN BAKER
BoB's very own Time Lord recalls his family's cars, Sunday afternoon entertainment and the perils of letting someone else drive his Sprite
2 min |