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Mike Read presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 November 1978 and featuring Racey, Elkie Brooks, Emerson Lake & Palmer, David Essex and The Boomtown Rats. Show more
Richard Fortey travels to find the survivors of mass extinction events. He focuses on a series of cataclysms over a million-year period 250 million years ago. Show more
Peter Hall, Richard Eyre, Trevor Nunn and Nicholas Hytner talk about running the new National Theatre from its opening in 1976 to the fulfilment of Olivier's original dream. Show more
Documentary which explores the British love of fast, daring and sometimes reckless motorbike riding during a period when home-grown machines were the envy of the world. Show more
The history of the North West 200 motorcycle race from its beginnings in the 1920s to the present day, told using a wealth of archive pictures and film. Show more
Mike Read presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 November 1978 and featuring Racey, Elkie Brooks, Emerson Lake & Palmer, David Essex and The Boomtown Rats. Show more
Richard Fortey travels to find the survivors of mass extinction events. He focuses on a series of cataclysms over a million-year period 250 million years ago. Show more
Look at Life's coverage of the Cold War, with footage from anti-nuclear protests in London, British forces stationed in Berlin and everyday life in Eastern Europe. Show more
Peter Hall, Richard Eyre, Trevor Nunn and Nicholas Hytner talk about running the new National Theatre from its opening in 1976 to the fulfilment of Olivier's original dream. Show more
