On 26 August 1959 a baby car, the brainchild of Sir Alec Issigonis, was launched on to the world market.

Lord Snowdon and Peter Sellers were just two of the famous owners who helped this revolutionary car achieve a successful acceptance with a reluctant public. But could more than five million have been sold with a different marketing policy?
Raymond Baxter and Gordon Wilkins report on the first 20 years of the Mini.

BBC Birmingham