BBC Archive

Curated extracts from the BBC's huge content archive.

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1999: John Agard on Caribbean heritage. Video, 00:02:13
John Agard speaks about his poetry and being a Caribbean writer in England.
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29 January 1999
1955: Una Duval remembers imprisonment as a suffragette. Audio, 00:02:50
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29 January 1955
Archive Quiz: A Wonderful Winter
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1962: Manners maketh the man. Panorama. Video, 00:06:48
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29 January 1962
1995: Michael Carrick - wannabe footballer. Video, 00:05:45
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21 January 1995

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Old Grey Whistle Test

1985: Kate Bush on Hounds Of Love. Video, 00:03:34
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8 October 1985
1975: John Lennon on The Old Grey Whistle Test. Video, 00:03:45
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18 April 1975
1985: Band merchandise. Video, 00:06:23
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23 April 1985
1985: Run-DMC on Whistle Test. Video, 00:03:21
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26 March 1985

Exercise

1971: What is jogging? Video, 00:05:22
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1975: Eileen Fowler's chair exercise routine. Video, 00:01:58
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1971: Weightlifting = weight shifting? Video, 00:02:25
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Explore thousands of BBC archive films. This unique collection shows life and events across the UK since the 1940s.

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1975: Could you do your food shop just once a year? Video, 00:03:46
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5 days ago
1979: The Mallalieu: an upcycled custom built car with style. Video, 00:05:45
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5 days ago
1975: A new bedtime essential – the duvet! Video, 00:03:03
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21 January
1984: The pub that time forgot. Video, 00:03:52
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21 January
1988: The UK's best roadside food van. Video, 00:03:34
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9 January
1976: How to thwart industrial espionage. Video, 00:05:52
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15 December 2025
1977: How to keep fit whatever your age. Video, 00:03:32
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10 December 2025
A young Lando Norris on his F1 world champion dreams. Video, 00:00:31
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8 December 2025
1986: Photographer Martin Parr on the art of making the ordinary iconic. Video, 00:02:10
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8 December 2025
1973: The Death Of The Local Pub?
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5 December 2025
1975: The world's biggest Yorkshire pudding. Video, 00:02:59
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3 December 2025
1974: A day with the Yorkshire Dales mobile library. Video, 00:09:04
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3 December 2025
1975: The woman who spent her retirement literally moving house. Video, 00:03:57
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1 December 2025
1960: A Taste Of Salford With Shelagh Delaney. Video, 00:05:34
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19 November 2025
1991: Prunella Scales talks about life beyond Fawlty Towers. Video, 00:02:44
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28 October 2025
1984: Building an International Garden Festival in Liverpool. Video, 00:06:15
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28 October 2025
1975: The fate of Kirkby's controversial ski slope. Video, 00:07:01
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27 October 2025
1965: Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics. Video, 00:05:22
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27 October 2025
1956: A Girl Comes To London. Video, 00:06:57
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24 October 2025
1976: Ken Dodd's Liverpool. Video, 00:05:44
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21 October 2025
1969: Liverpool Beacon – Love It or Hate It. Video, 00:03:24
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21 October 2025
1974: Birmingham's Canadian Cabins. Video, 00:03:26
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21 October 2025
1982: Double time capsule discovered. Video, 00:01:35
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21 October 2025
1986: Satellite Navigation for Cars of the Future. Video, 00:03:44
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15 October 2025

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