Episodes
Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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19970524 | A look back at events in the news exactly 50 years ago, presented by Geoffrey Wheeler. The Chelsea Flower Show opened its gates again after a lapse of eight years. | |||
19970524 | A look back at events in the news exactly 50 years ago, presented by Geoffrey Wheeler. The Chelsea Flower Show opened its gates again after a lapse of eight years. | |||
19970531 | A look back at events in the news exactly 50 years ago, presented by Geoffrey Wheeler. The Minister of Food is considering a plan to ration horse meat for human consumption. | |||
19970607 | A look back at events in the news exactly 50 years ago, presented by Geoffrey Wheeler. An extraordinary murder investigation in Southport makes the headlines. | |||
19970614 | A look back at events in the news exactly 50 years ago, presented by Geoffrey Wheeler. This week, French rail strikes, and the Government's decision to deny equal pay for women on the grounds that they could not afford it. | |||
19970621 | A look back at events in the news exactly 50 years ago, presented by Geoffrey Wheeler. Royal Ascot returned to its prewar glory with the revival of top hat and tails, and the French swept to victory on Gold Cup Day. In Wiltshire, four intrepid oarsmen attempt to beat a record set in the 1920s. And in Norway, Britain's first woman vice-consul was learning the ropes. | |||
19970628 | A look back at events in the news exactly 50 years ago, presented by Geoffrey Wheeler. Evita Peron toured Spain on a state visit. | |||
19970705 | Geoffrey Wheeler looks back at the news and events of 1947. It was the week when Eros returned from exile to his plinth in Piccadilly Circus, London. | |||
19970712 | Geoffrey Wheeler reviews some of the stories, events and issues which made the news 50 years ago this week. The nation was celebrating the engagement of Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Mountbatten. | |||
19970719 | A review of some of the stories, events and issues which made the news 50 years ago this week. Two British soldiers were kidnapped by Irgun terrorists in Palestine. | |||
19970726 | Geoffrey Wheeler presents a review of some of the stories, events and issues which made the news 50 years ago this week. A gang of gunmen assassinate seven senior government ministers in Rangoon. | |||
19970802 | Geoffrey Wheeler presents a review of some of the stories, events and issues which made the news 50 years ago this week. Two British sergeants are found hanged in Palestine, and earth tremors are felt in parts of England after a huge explosion in the French port of Brest. | |||
19970809 | Geoffrey Wheeler presents a review of some of the stories, events and issues which made the news 50 years ago this week. American movie executives are angered at the introduction of tax on imported film. | |||
19970816 | Geoffrey Wheeler presents a review of some of the stories, events and issues which made the news 50 years ago this week. India finally gains its independence, and Pakistan becomes a separate dominion. | |||
19970823 | Geoffrey Wheeler presents a review of some of the stories, events and issues which made the news 50 years ago this week. Civil war erupts in India following the withdrawal of British presence. | |||
19970830 | A look back at the news of 50 years ago this week. | |||
19970906 | A look back at the news of 50 years ago this week, with Geoffrey Wheeler. The long hot summer is disastrous for livestock farmers, but has provided ideal conditions for the grain harvest. | |||
19970913 | A look back at the news of 50 years ago this week, with Geoffrey Wheeler. The bar restricting British boxing titles to men of white parentage is lifted. Lord Mountbatten has a narrow escape when his staff car is shot at in New Delhi. | |||
19970920 | A look back at the news of 50 years ago this week, with Geoffrey Wheeler. Extremes of weather take their toll across the world. John Cobb breaks the land speed record. | |||
19970927 | A look back at the news of 50 years ago this week, with Geoffrey Wheeler. Jewish ex-servicemen and women mobilise to crush the emergent British fascist movement, MP Barbara Castle becomes a mill girl, and the International Conference of Conjurers challenges magicians worldwide to perform the infamous Indian rope trick. | |||
19971004 | A look back at the news of 50 years ago this week, with Geoffrey Wheeler | |||
19971018 | The news of 75 years ago this week. | |||
19971025 | Geoffrey Wheeler looks back at the events of this week 50 years ago. The State Opening of Parliament is attended by Princess Elizabeth for the first time; thousands of people flock to evening classes; and the Ryder Cup golf team head for America. | |||
19971101 | Geoffrey Wheeler looks back at the events of 50 years ago this week. Hollywood stars protest about the Un-American Activities Committee, while at home smokers take exception to the rising cost of cigarettes. And stormy weather means work for Britain's lifeboatmen. | |||
19971108 | Geoffrey Wheeler looks back at the events of 50 years ago this week. The Labour government loses nearly 700 seats in local elections. Laurel and Hardy delight the Royal Family at the Royal Variety Show. | |||
19971115 | Geoffrey Wheeler looks back at the events of 50 years ago this week. Hugh Dalton resigns as Chancellor after leaking details of his autumn budget to a journalist before telling MPs. In London, strikes paralyse some of the country's finest hotels. A strike also brings much of France to a standstill. | |||
19971122 | Geoffrey Wheeler looks back at the news of 50 years ago this week. A look back at the celebrations of the Royal Wedding. | |||
19971129 | Geoffrey Wheeler looks back at the news of 50 years ago this week. Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh are still making headlines. | |||
19971206 | Geoffrey Wheeler looks back at the news of 50 years ago this week. The United Nations sanctions the partition of Palestine despite objections from the Arab states. France is in turmoil as thousands of workers go out on strike. | |||
19971213 | Geoffrey Wheeler looks back at the news of 50 years ago this week. Milwall Football Club is closed due to fans' behaviour, railway companies prepare for nationalisation, and Winston Churchill predicts that at least a quarter of all Britons will have to leave the country. | |||
19971220 | Geoffrey Wheeler looks back at the news of 50 years ago this week. On the world stage, the Council of Foreign Ministers ends in deadlock, while on the amateur stage a different sort of drama is being played out. And Joe Louis announces his retirement. | |||
19971225 | ||||
19971227 | An omnibus edition tracing Christmases over five consecutive decades. | |||
19980103 | A review of some of the stories, events and issues which made the news in 1947. | |||
19980105 | Thirty years ago, BBC local radio took to the airwaves for the first time. All this week, Kate Adie lends an ear to some pioneering, surprising and embarrassing moments from the local radio archives. | |||
19980106 | Kate Adie continues her look at 30 years of BBC local radio. | |||
19980107 | Kate Adie continues her tour through the archives of BBC local radio. | |||
19980108 | Kate Adie continues her celebration of 30 years of BBC local radio. | |||
19980109 | Kate Adie concludes her look back at 30 years of BBC local radio, examining its role on the crowded airwaves of the future. | |||
19980110 | Kate Adie celebrates 30 years of BBC local radio with a personal tour of the archives. | |||
19980113 | Kate Saunders continues her celebration of Bunty's fortieth anniversary by exploring the boarding school fantasy. | |||
19980115 | Kate Saunders discovers why some Bunty readers chose to wear their hair in pigtails rather than a beehive. | |||
19980116 | Kate Saunders considers the impact of the comic Bunty on a generation's aspirations. | |||
19980117 | Kate Saunders presents a celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the comic Bunty. | |||
19980126 | Throughout the week, Laurie Taylor looks back over the twenty-five-year history of the Open University, from Harold Wilson's idealism to the age of the internet. | |||
19980127 | Laurie Taylor continues his look back over the history of the Open University. | |||
19980128 | Laurie Taylor meets some of those whose lives have been changed by the Open University. | |||
19980129 | Continuing his look at the history of the Open University, Laurie Taylor focuses on the summer schools. | |||
19980130 | In the final part of his series looking back at twenty-five years of the Open University, Laurie Taylor discovers how new technology both shapes and threatens its future. | |||
19980131 | Laurie Taylor looks back through the archive at the triumphs and disasters of the Open University. | |||
19980302 | This week, Matthew Parris looks at the history of parliamentary scandals. | |||
19980303 | Matthew Parris continues his look at the history of parliamentary scandals. | |||
19980304 | ||||
19980305 | ||||
19980306 | Matthew Parris concludes his look at the history of parliamentary scandals. | |||
19980307 | Matthew Parris looks at the history of the parliamentary scandal. | |||
19980323 | All this week, poet and playwright Liz Lochhead discovers how books have survived and looks at the people who write them. Voices include Sir Compton MacKenzie, P D James and John Fowles. | |||
19980324 | Liz Lochhead focuses on the world of publishing. | |||
19980325 | Liz Lochhead examines the proliferation of literary prizes, from the Nobel to the Booker. | |||
19980326 | Liz Lochhead investigates the bookshop and demise of the Net Book Agreement. | |||
19980327 | Liz Lochhead concludes her look at the world of books, asking if we have any time left to read. | |||
19980328 | ||||
19980330 | ||||
19980331 | ||||
19980401 | ||||
19980402 | ||||
19980403 | ||||
19980404 | ||||
Bunty | 19980112 | Kate Saunders considers the absence of both parents and boys in the world of `Bunty'. All this week, Kate Saunders celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the magazine `Bunty'. Today, a look at the role of the magazine in the lives of girls growing up in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. | ||
Bunty | 19980114 | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960713] | A look back at the events that took place during this week - 50 years ago. Producer GaynorVaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960713] | Producer: Gaynorvaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960720] | A look back at some of the events that took place during this week - 50 years ago. It was a week when public concern was focused on the imminent introduction of bread rationing. Producer Tabitha Morgan | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960720] | Producer: Tabitha Morgan | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960727] | A look back at events 50 years ago. Producer Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960727] | Producer: Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960803] | A look back at events that took place during this week - 50 years ago. Producer Tabitha Morgan | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960803] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960810] | A look at the news 50 years ago. Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960810] | Editor: Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960817] | A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960817] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960824] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960824] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960831] | A look back at events 50 years ago. Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960831] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960907] | A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. Producer Gavin Fuller | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960907] | Producer: Gavin Fuller | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960914] | A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. Producer Paul Bajoria | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960914] | Producer: Paul Bajoria | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960921] | A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. Flash floods bring disaster to Salford. Producer Graham Hoyland | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960921] | Producer: Graham Hoyland | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960928] | A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. Two hundred and fifty British paratroopers are found guilty of mutiny. Producer Gavin Fuller | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19960928] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961005] | A look at the news of 50 years ago. Producer Tracey Cotton | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961005] | Producer: Tracey Cotton | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961012] | Today's news from exactly 50 years ago. Producer Laura Craig Gray | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961012] | Producer: Laura Craig Gray | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961019] | A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. Producer Graham Hoyland | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961019] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961026] | The news from exactly 50 years ago. Producer Gavin Fuller | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961026] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961102] | A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. A week when there was growing unrest on the London dockfront and a proposal for a Royal Commission on the Press was announced. The wedding of the daughter of Lord Mountbatten took place at Romsey and hostility between Russia and America was deepening. Producer Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961102] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961109] | A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. Producer Graham Hoyland | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961109] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961116] | A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. Producer Tracey Cotton Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961116] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961123] | A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. Producer Tracey Cotton Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961123] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961130] | A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. Tonight's programme features the anti-British riots in Egypt. Producer Libby Cross Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961130] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961207] | A look back at some of the events, new stories and features that took place 50 years ago this week. Producer Tracey Cotton Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961207] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961214] | A look back at some of the news stories and events that took place 50 years ago this week. Producer Angela Sherwin Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961214] | Producer: Angela Sherwin Editor: Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961221] | The news from 50 years ago this week, including the eyewitness account of a plane crash on a London home. Producer Judy Ward Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961221] | Producer: Judy Ward Editor: Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961228] | A look back at some of the news and events that took place 50 years ago this week. Producer Tracey Cotton Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19961228] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970104] | A look back at some of the events from 50 years ago this week. Producer Graham Hoyland Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970104] | Producer: Graham Hoyland Editor: Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970111] | The news from 50 years ago this week, including severe British weather conditions. Producer Graham Hoyland Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970111] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970118] | A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. Producer Graham Hoyland Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970118] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970125] | A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. Producer Lindsay Leonard Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970125] | Producer: Lindsay Leonard Editor: Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970201] | A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. Producer Angela Sherwin Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970201] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970201] | Producer: Angela Sherwin Editor: Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970208] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970208] | A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. Producer Tracey Cotton Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970208] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970208] | Editor: Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970215] | A look back at some of the events that took place 50 years ago this week. Producer Gavin Fuller Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970215] | Producer: Gavin Fuller Editor: Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970222] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970222] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970301] | The week's news from exactly 50 years ago. Producer Graham Hoyland Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970301] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970301] | Producer: Graham Hoyland Editor: Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970308] | A review of some of the stories, events and issues which were making the news this week fifty years ago. There were celebrations in the nation's kitchens when the government announced that extra supples of Spam would go on sale. Producer Gavin Fuller Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970308] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970315] | The news this week 50 years ago. At home, the first postwar Ideal Home Exhibition takes place at Olympia. And residents in the village of Tichborne are pleading with the Ministry of Food to ward off an 800-year-old curse. Producer Tracey Cotton Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970315] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970322] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970322] | A look back at events in the news exactly 50 years ago. Producer Angela Sherwin | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970322] | Producer: Angela Sherwin | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970329] | A look back at events in the news exactly 50 years ago. Lord Mountbatten takes up his post as the new Viceroy of India, and the inquiry into allegations of bribery at the BBC reports its findings. Producer Graham Hoyland Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970329] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970405] | With Geoffrey Wheeler. A look back at events in the news exactly 50 years ago. At Aintree, a 100-to-l outsider romped home in the Grand National and brought untold riches to his owner and the people of a small Irish village. In the classrooms of Britain, pupils were preparing themselves for an extra year as the school-leaving age was raised from 14 to 15 years. Producer Gavin Fuller Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970405] | Unknown: Geoffrey Wheeler. Producer: Gavin Fuller Editor: Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970412] | A look back at events in the news exactly 50 years ago. Producer Tracey Cotton Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970412] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970419] | A look back at events in the news exactly 50 years ago. Presented by Geoffrey Wheeler. Producer Angela Sherwin Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970419] | Presented By: Geoffrey Wheeler. Producer: Angela Sherwin Editor: Gaynor Vaughan Jones | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970426] | A look back at events in the news exactly 50 years ago presented by Geoffrey Wheeler. Producer Tracey Cotton | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970426] | Presented By: Geoffrey Wheeler. Producer: Tracey Cotton | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970503] | A look back at events in the news exactly 50 years ago, presented by Geoffrey Wheeler. Producer Gavin Fuller | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970503] | Presented By: Geoffrey Wheeler. Producer: Gavin Fuller | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970510] | A look back at events in the news exactly 50 years ago. Editor Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970510] | Editor: Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970517] | A look back at events in the news exactly 50 years ago, presented by Geoffrey Wheeler. A week in which the royal family returned from their tour of South Africa and Winston Churchill was honoured by the people of France. Editor Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970517] | Presented By: Geoffrey Wheeler. Presented By: Winston Churchill Editor: Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970524] | Events in the news of 50 years ago. Editor Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970524] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970531] | A look back at events in the news exactly 50 years ago, presented by Geoffrey Wheeler. The Minister of Food is considering a plan to ration horse meat for human consumption. Producer Tracey Cotton Editor Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970531] | Presented By: Geoffrey Wheeler. Editor: Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970607] | The news of 50 years ago today. Editor Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970607] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970614] | The news of 50 years ago today, presented by Geoffrey Wheeler. Editor Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970614] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970621] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970621] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970628] | The news of 50 years ago today. Producer Graham Hoyland | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970628] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970628] | Producer: Graham Hoyland | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970705] | A look back at the news of 1947. Producer Tracey Cotton Series editor Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970705] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970712] | The news of 50 years ago this week. Producer Gavin Fuller. Editor Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970712] | Producer: Gavin Fuller. Editor: Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970719] | The news of 50 years ago. Producer Angela Sherwin ; Editor Undsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970719] | Producer: Angela Sherwin Editor: Undsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970726] | The news of 50 years ago this week. Producer Graham Hoyland Series editor Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970726] | Producer: Graham Hoyland Editor: Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970802] | Geoffrey Wheeler reviews the news 50 years ago this week. Producer Angela Sherwin Series editor Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970802] | Unknown: Geoffrey Wheeler Producer: Angela Sherwin Editor: Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970809] | The news of 50 years ago. Producer Gavin Fuller Series editor Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970809] | Producer: Gavin Fuller Editor: Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970816] | A review of the news of 50 years ago this week, with Geoffrey Wheeler. Producer Gavin Fuller Series editor Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970816] | Unknown: Geoffrey Wheeler. Producer: Gavin Fuller Editor: Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970823] | The news of 50 years ago this week. Producer Tracey Cotton | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970823] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970823] | Producer: Tracey Cotton | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970830] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970830] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970906] | The news of 50 years ago this week. Producer Gavin Fuller Series editor Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970906] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970913] | The news of 50 ago years this week. Producer Tracey Cotton Series editor Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970913] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970920] | The news of 50 years ago this week with Geoffrey Wheeler. | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970920] | Unknown: Geoffrey Wheeler. | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970927] | The news of 50 years ago this week. Producer Graham Hoyland | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19970927] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971004] | The news of 50 years ago this week. | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971011] | The news of 50 years ago this week. Producer Gavin Fuller Series editor Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971011] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971018] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971025] | The events of 50 years ago this week. Producer Angela Sherwin Series editor Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971025] | Producer: Angela Sherwin Editor: Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971101] | Geoffrey Wheeler looks back at the events of 50 years ago this week. Producer Tracey Cotton | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971101] | Unknown: Geoffrey Wheeler Producer: Tracey Cotton | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971108] | The news of 50 years ago this week. Producers Paul Bajoria and Graham Hoyland | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971108] | Producers: Paul Bajoria Producers: Graham Hoyland | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971115] | The news of 50 years ago this week. Producer Gavin Fuller | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971115] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971115] | Producer: Gavin Fuller | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971122] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971129] | With Geoffrey Wheeler. Producer Susan Greenhaigh | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971129] | Unknown: Geoffrey Wheeler. Producer: Susan Greenhaigh | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971206] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971206] | ||||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971213] | The news of 50 years ago this week. Producers Laura Craig Gray and Adam Hoyland Series editor Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971213] | Producers: Laura Craig Gray Producers: Adam Hoyland Editor: Lindsay Leonard | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971220] | With Geoffrey Wheeler. Producer Lis Roberts | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971220] | Unknown: Geoffrey Wheeler. Producer: Lis Roberts | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971225] | The news of 75 years ago. Repeat | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971227] | An omnibus edition tracing Christmas over five consecutive decades. Producer Bob Dickinson | |||
Genome: [r4 Bd=19971227] | Producer: Bob Dickinson | |||
Working Party | 19971011 | A look back at the news of 50 years ago this week, with Geoffrey Wheeler. The formation of a new European Communist organisation causes alarm in the West. The Prime Minister, Mr Attlee, reshuffles his Cabinet and removes Mr Shinwell from the Ministry of Fuel. The Brabazon 1, the most luxurious airliner in Britain, is unveiled. Gracie Fields' acclaimed `Working Party' tour comes to an end. | ||
01 | Jarrow To Giro | 19980119 | `Jarrow to Giro'. Ray Gosling considers the way people have dealt with unemployment in the twentieth century. `Jarrow to Giro' - five programmes about the impact of joblessness in the 20th century. In this last programme of the week, Ray Gosling sums up contemporary attitudes to unemployment in the post-industrial economy. In the first of five programmes about the impact of joblessness in the 20th century, Ray Gosling listens to voices from the original Jarrow Crusade and other hunger marches and considers the influence they had on the establishment of a postwar welfare state. | |
01 | Oooh, Dr Kinsey! | 19980202 | `Oooh, Dr Kinsey!' It is fifty years since the publication of the Kinsey Report. Throughout this week, Sue Limb looks at the history of sex surveys. | |
02 | 19980120 | `Jarrow to Giro' - Ray Gosling presents five programmes about the impact of joblessness in the 20th century. 2: In the American Southwest in the mid-1930s, economic collapse combined with environmental catastrophe caused by soil erosion and dust storms set thousands of impoverished farmers on a migration west to California. | ||
02 | 19980203 | `Oooh, Dr Kinsey!' It is fifty years since the publication of the Kinsey Report. Throughout this week, Sue Limb looks at the history of sex surveys. 2: The 1950s. | ||
03 | 19980121 | `Jarrow to Giro' - Ray Gosling presents five programmes about the impact of joblessness in the 20th century. 3: Despite the chaotic effects of economic collapse, many people have existed without recourse to conventional work. | ||
03 | 19980204 | `Oooh, Dr Kinsey!' It is fifty years since the publication of the Kinsey Report. Throughout this week, Sue Limb looks at the history of sex surveys. 3: The 1960s. | ||
04 | 19980122 | `Jarrow to Giro' - Ray Gosling presents five programmes about the impact of joblessness in the 20th century. 4: Was unemployment the cause of violence in areas like Brixton, Toxteth and Moss Side? | ||
04 | 19980205 | `Oooh, Dr Kinsey!' It is fifty years since the publication of the Kinsey Report. Throughout this week, Sue Limb looks at the history of sex surveys. 4: The 1970s. | ||
04 | 19980206 | `Oooh, Dr Kinsey!' It is fifty years since the publication of the Kinsey Report. Throughout this week, Sue Limb looks at the history of sex surveys. 4: The 80s and 90s. | ||
05 | 19980207 | It is fifty years since the publication of the Kinsey Report. Sue Limb looks at the history of sex surveys. | ||
05 | Jarrow To Giro | 19980123 | ||
06 | Jarrow To Giro | 19980124 | `Jarrow to Giro'. Ray Gosling considers the way people have dealt with unemployment in the twentieth century. `Jarrow to Giro' - five programmes about the impact of joblessness in the 20th century. In this last programme of the week, Ray Gosling sums up contemporary attitudes to unemployment in the post-industrial economy. | |
198A | 01 | Before The Second World War | 19980209 | All this week, children's writer Michael Rosen looks at how toys and play have reflected the changing position of children in society. 1: `Before the Second World War'. |
198A | 01 | The Bank Manager | 19980216 | `Eating Their Words'. All this week, Martin Wainwright looks at the propaganda of food. 1: Political propaganda, from the morale-boosting wartime Ministry of Food to salmonella in eggs and the BSE crisis. All this week, author and keen walker Hunter Davies looks at the history of the access movement, which established rights of way in the countryside. 1: The battle to establish the Pennine Way. All this week, Ian Mcmillan considers the changing face of schools. 1: A look at how the public school has been portrayed in fiction. All this week, Graeme Garden looks at the changing lives of professionals who traditionally uphold values and respectability in Britain. Do people still look up to them? 1: `The Bank Manager'. |
198A | 01 | The Bank Manager | 19980223 | |
198A | 01 | The Bank Manager | 19980309 | `Eating Their Words'. All this week, Martin Wainwright looks at the propaganda of food. 1: Political propaganda, from the morale-boosting wartime Ministry of Food to salmonella in eggs and the BSE crisis. All this week, author and keen walker Hunter Davies looks at the history of the access movement, which established rights of way in the countryside. 1: The battle to establish the Pennine Way. All this week, Ian Mcmillan considers the changing face of schools. 1: A look at how the public school has been portrayed in fiction. |
198A | 01 | The Bank Manager | 19980316 | `Eating Their Words'. All this week, Martin Wainwright looks at the propaganda of food. 1: Political propaganda, from the morale-boosting wartime Ministry of Food to salmonella in eggs and the BSE crisis. All this week, author and keen walker Hunter Davies looks at the history of the access movement, which established rights of way in the countryside. 1: The battle to establish the Pennine Way. |
198A | 02 | The Second World War | 19980210 | All this week, children's writer Michael Rosen looks at how toys and play have reflected the changing position of children in society. 2: `The Second World War'. |
198A | 02 | The Solicitor | 19980217 | `Eating Their Words'. All this week, Martin Wainwright looks at the propaganda of food. 2: How ethics and ideologies have influenced our eating - from vegetarianism to the boycotting of particular foods. All this week, author and keen walker Hunter Davies looks at the history of the access movement, which established rights of way in the countryside. 2: The influence of the bicycle. Ian Mcmillan considers the changing face of schools. 2: A look at the schools of the 40s and 50s, when new opportunities were opening up for children at grammar school. All this week, Graeme Garden looks at the changing lives of professionals who traditionally uphold values and respectability in Britain. Do people still look up to them? 2: `The Solicitor'. |
198A | 02 | The Solicitor | 19980224 | |
198A | 02 | The Solicitor | 19980310 | `Eating Their Words'. All this week, Martin Wainwright looks at the propaganda of food. 2: How ethics and ideologies have influenced our eating - from vegetarianism to the boycotting of particular foods. All this week, author and keen walker Hunter Davies looks at the history of the access movement, which established rights of way in the countryside. 2: The influence of the bicycle. Ian Mcmillan considers the changing face of schools. 2: A look at the schools of the 40s and 50s, when new opportunities were opening up for children at grammar school. |
198A | 02 | The Solicitor | 19980317 | `Eating Their Words'. All this week, Martin Wainwright looks at the propaganda of food. 2: How ethics and ideologies have influenced our eating - from vegetarianism to the boycotting of particular foods. All this week, author and keen walker Hunter Davies looks at the history of the access movement, which established rights of way in the countryside. 2: The influence of the bicycle. |
198A | 03 | The Church | 19980218 | `Eating Their Words'. All this week, Martin Wainwright looks at the propaganda of food. 3: The slimming industry. All this week, author and keen walker Hunter Davies looks at the history of the access movement, which established rights of way in the countryside. 3: All things outdoors - camping, biking and hostelling. All this week, Ian Mcmillan considers the changing face of schools. 3: The fictional school meets the gritty reality of the sixties secondary modern. All this week, Graeme Garden looks at the changing lives of professionals who traditionally uphold values and respectability in Britain. Do people still look up to them? 3: `The Church'. |
198A | 03 | The Church | 19980225 | |
198A | 03 | The Church | 19980311 | `Eating Their Words'. All this week, Martin Wainwright looks at the propaganda of food. 3: The slimming industry. All this week, author and keen walker Hunter Davies looks at the history of the access movement, which established rights of way in the countryside. 3: All things outdoors - camping, biking and hostelling. All this week, Ian Mcmillan considers the changing face of schools. 3: The fictional school meets the gritty reality of the sixties secondary modern. |
198A | 03 | The Church | 19980318 | `Eating Their Words'. All this week, Martin Wainwright looks at the propaganda of food. 3: The slimming industry. All this week, author and keen walker Hunter Davies looks at the history of the access movement, which established rights of way in the countryside. 3: All things outdoors - camping, biking and hostelling. |
198A | 03 | The Postwar Years | 19980211 | All this week, children's writer Michael Rosen looks at how toys and play have reflected the changing position of children in society. 3: `The Postwar Years'. |
198A | 04 | The 60s And 70s | 19980212 | All this week, children's writer Michael Rosen looks at how toys and play have reflected the changing position of children in society. 4: `The 60s and 70s'. |
198A | 04 | The Doctor | 19980219 | `Eating Their Words'. All this week, Martin Wainwright considers the propaganda of food. 4: How the world of food advertising has affected what we eat. All this week, author and keen walker Hunter Davies looks at the history of the access movement, which established rights of way in the countryside. 4: The background to the famous Kinder Scout mass protest. All this week, Ian Mcmillan considers the changing face of schools. 4: A look at the comprehensive. All this week, Graeme Garden looks at the changing lives of professionals who traditionally uphold values and respectability in Britain. Do people still look up to them? 4: `The Doctor'. |
198A | 04 | The Doctor | 19980226 | |
198A | 04 | The Doctor | 19980312 | `Eating Their Words'. All this week, Martin Wainwright considers the propaganda of food. 4: How the world of food advertising has affected what we eat. All this week, author and keen walker Hunter Davies looks at the history of the access movement, which established rights of way in the countryside. 4: The background to the famous Kinder Scout mass protest. All this week, Ian Mcmillan considers the changing face of schools. 4: A look at the comprehensive. |
198A | 04 | The Doctor | 19980319 | `Eating Their Words'. All this week, Martin Wainwright considers the propaganda of food. 4: How the world of food advertising has affected what we eat. All this week, author and keen walker Hunter Davies looks at the history of the access movement, which established rights of way in the countryside. 4: The background to the famous Kinder Scout mass protest. |
198A | 05 | Eating Their Words | 19980320 | `Eating Their Words'. Martin Wainwright looks at the propaganda of food - from the pronouncements of slimming gurus to the celebrity chef. Martin Wainwright concludes his look at the propaganda of food by considering how foods and cooking styles go in and out of fashion. |
198A | 05 | The Estate Agent | 19980220 | |
198A | 05 | The Estate Agent | 19980220 | All this week, author and keen walker Hunter Davies looks at the history of the access movement, which established rights of way in the countryside. 5: The movement to establish Britain's national parks. Ian Mcmillan considers the changing face of schools. The last programme of the week looks at fictional schools in the new bureaucratic age of National Curriculum and key stage testing. All this week, Graeme Garden looks at the changing lives of professionals who traditionally uphold values and respectability in Britain. Do people still look up to them? 5: `The Estate Agent'. |
198A | 05 | The Estate Agent | 19980227 | |
198A | 05 | The Estate Agent | 19980313 | |
198A | 05 | The Estate Agent | 19980313 | All this week, author and keen walker Hunter Davies looks at the history of the access movement, which established rights of way in the countryside. 5: The movement to establish Britain's national parks. Ian Mcmillan considers the changing face of schools. The last programme of the week looks at fictional schools in the new bureaucratic age of National Curriculum and key stage testing. |
198A | 05 | The Sophisticated Generation | 19980213 | All this week, children's writer Michael Rosen looks at how toys and play have reflected the changing position of children in society. 5: `The Sophisticated Generation'. |
198A | 06 | Eating Their Words | 19980321 | |
198A | 06 | Pillars Of The Community | 19980214 | Author and keen walker Hunter Davies looks at the history of the access movement which established rights of way in the countryside. Ian Mcmillan considers the changing face of the school story. Graeme Garden looks at how life has changed over the past fifty years for the professionals who traditionally uphold values and respectability in Britain. Writer Michael Rosen looks at childhood through the century and at how toys and play have reflected the changing position of children in society. |
198A | 06 | Pillars Of The Community | 19980221 | |
198A | 06 | Pillars Of The Community | 19980228 | Author and keen walker Hunter Davies looks at the history of the access movement which established rights of way in the countryside. Ian Mcmillan considers the changing face of the school story. Graeme Garden looks at how life has changed over the past fifty years for the professionals who traditionally uphold values and respectability in Britain. |
198A | 06 | Pillars Of The Community | 19980314 | Author and keen walker Hunter Davies looks at the history of the access movement which established rights of way in the countryside. Ian Mcmillan considers the changing face of the school story. |