Culture
Best of British
CHURCHILL'S SPANIARDS
Séan F Scullion uncovers a hidden aspect of World War Two
5 min |
November 2024
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Happy Valley
Simon Stabler visits a vineyard that's already going grape guns
4 min |
November 2024
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Best You for Watching
Chris Hallam celebrates 30 years of The Vicar of Dibley
5 min |
November 2024
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THE FEW ON SCREEN
Steven Taylor looks at the Battle of Britain across film and TV
6 min |
September 2024
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Table Service
Rachel Toy looks at the history of Ridgway Homemaker tableware
5 min |
September 2024
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Hever Forever
Claire Saul studies the newly refurbished Boleyn Apartment at Hever Castle & Gardens - a castle fit for a queen
3 min |
September 2024
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Shining a Light
Tony O’Neil tunes into the history of the last manned lightvessel
4 min |
September 2024
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The Man With the Goldeneye
Film stills photographer Keith Hamshere describes how he came to enter the world of James Bond
3 min |
September 2024
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THE ORIGINAL GOLDEN BALLS
lan Wheeler looks back on 70 years of Tiger comic and Roy of the Rovers, and chats to the man who edited and oversaw both titles
6 min |
September 2024
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To Play the Queen
Chris Hallam looks back on the life of one of the UK’s best known lookalikes
5 min |
September 2024
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POOLING RESOURCES
Martin Handley looks at what life was like after the Vernons Girls
5 min |
September 2024
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POSTCARD FROM= SUSSEX
Bob Barton indulges in pleasure piers and fairground delights, as well as fulfilling a long-held ambition to visit the home of Rudyard Kipling
5 min |
September 2024
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Oh, Miss Jones
Chris Hallam looks back at the origins and legacy of Rising Damp, ITV's most successful sitcom
10+ min |
September 2024
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Forties Post – Plastic Fantastic – Andrew Wilson shines the spotlight on a pioneering plastic surgeon
A hero in many people's books and even a war hero to others - John was recognised in his lifetime by his contemporaries, his patients and in letters that made their way into the local newspaper, the Staffordshire Sentinel. Over time that gradually fell away, to the point where, if asked, few people would ever have heard of John Grocott - apart from his former patients, for whom the universal question appears to have been: "How do you say thank you to someone who has made my life worth living?"
6 min |
July 2024
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POSTCARD FROM HERTFORDSHIRE
Bob Barton makes plenty of connections to the film world as he returns to the county of his birth but still finds time for a vintage bus ride
6 min |
July 2024
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Still Walking the Streets of London
Peter Robertson chats to Ralph McTell 50 years after his classic single became a hit
5 min |
July 2024
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The Tears of a Clown
Chris Hallam remembers Bob Grant, a troubled star of On the Buses
5 min |
July 2024
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David Wilkie
Peter Robertson pays tribute to one of Britain's most successful athletes
3 min |
July 2024
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A Century of Smiles, Ceremonies and Celebrations
Claire Saul visits a new exhibition at Buckingham Palace's King's Gallery that reveals life on both sides of the lens of royal photography
4 min |
July 2024
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A HARD DAY NIGHT
Greg Morse celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Beatles' first film
7 min |
July 2024
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Terrific Tucktonia
Susan Brewer remembers the UK mainland's first theme park
5 min |
July 2024
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A Chip Off the Old Block
Colin Allan looks back on the tennis career of Stanley Matthews Jr
4 min |
July 2024
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The Bucolic Frolic
Martin Claytor celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Knebworth Festival
5 min |
July 2024
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TREASURES In the ATTIC
Brian Howes unearths some nostalgic collectables that might be discarded as worthless junk but actually have a value to today's collectors. Can you estimate what each object might be worth and pick out which one is the big-money item?
2 min |
July 2024
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Hammer Humour
Robert Ross celebrates the horror great's comedy films
5 min |
July 2024
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"A Personal Stab of Shock and Horror"
Chris Hallam looks back on the British reaction to President Kennedy's assassination
6 min |
November 2023
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A BUILDING BONANZA
Claire Saul samples some of the entries in a new publication from the National Trust
3 min |
November 2023
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ON TARGET
Russell Cook browses through 50 years of a publishing phenomenon
5 min |
November 2023
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The Rise and Fall of Poole Pottery
Steve Annandale charts the history of what was, by the 1990s, Dorset's most significant tourist attraction
5 min |
November 2023
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DOCTOR HO-HO!
Robert Ross takes a swift spin through some of the comedy stars who have stumbled into the Tardis
5 min |