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The Solitary Billionaire: J. Paul Getty
Alan Whicker interviews billionaire J. Paul Getty at his home in Surrey. (1963)
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Waiting For Work
Jack Ashley's film showed the suffering caused by high unemployment in Hartlepool. (1963)
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Barbara Hepworth
A look at how Cornish landscapes have influenced sculptor Barbara Hepworth's work. (1961)
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Elsa the Lioness
David Attenborough meets Elsa the lioness in Kenya, shortly before Elsa's death.
BBC Four
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The Sky at Night
Iconic series exploring space science and the incredible universe all around us.
BBC Four
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Meet the Red Devils: Parachute Regiment
The parachute regiment demonstrate training at their Aldershot barracks. (1960)
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A House in Bayswater
An early film by Ken Russell about the tenants of a house in Bayswater. (1960)
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Borrowed Pasture
Two Polish soldiers struggle to make a living from a derelict farm in Wales. (1960)
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The Grandeur That Was Rome
Sir Mortimer Wheeler considers some of the outstanding features of the Roman Empire
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Humphrey Burton: Profile of a Quartet
Humphrey Burton directs a film story about the life and work of a string quartet. (1960)
BBC Two
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After the Battle
Noted war correspondents return to the WWII battlefields from where they had reported.
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1959 General Election
An archive broadcast of the BBC's 1959 General Election results programme.
BBC Parliament
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Morning in the Streets
1959 documentary showing images of a Liverpool still recovering from the post-war gloom.
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Face to Face
The classic series of intense, probing interviews. With John Freeman and Jeremy Isaacs.
BBC Two
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On Call to a Nation
A programme about doctors, and the NHS as they see it - ten years after it started. (1958)
BBC
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1955 General Election
A chance to relive the first recorded BBC television election results coverage.
BBC Parliament
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Press Conference
Series featuring interviews with prominent global, political and cultural figures.
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Panorama
Investigative documentary series revealing the truth about the stories that matter.
BBC One
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Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?
A panel of experts is challenged to identify a series of unusual objects
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Trooping the Colour
Music, majesty and military precision to mark the monarch's official birthday.
BBC One
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The Reith Lectures
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
BBC Radio 4
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Woman's Hour
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
BBC Radio 4
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Letter from America
Broadcaster Alistair Cooke recounts tales from his observations on US life
BBC Radio 4
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First-Year Flashbacks
Highlights of films shown on BBC Television since it reopened in June 1946.
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The Dark Tower
A parable play on the ancient theme of the Quest. Featuring music by Benjamin Britten.
BBC Radio 4
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BBC Writers
BBC Writers seeks out fresh voices, championing writer talent from across the UK and ROI.
BBC Radio
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Fighting For A Gentle Peace
A series of programmes marking the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two
BBC World Service
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Feeding the World
A look at the causes, effects and possible solutions, of and to worldwide hunger
BBC World Service
