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BBC Documentaries / Season 1966

08 Feb, 1966 · 7 episodes

 
Season 1965Season 1967

S1966 Season 1966

BBC Documentaries / Season 1966

08 Feb, 1966 · 7 episodes

 
Travelling for a Living
S1966 | E01

1h

Four young people huddle in the cold and discomfort of an old van as they travel, maybe hundreds of miles, to a singing engagement in a folk club, and back again to their home town of Hull. They are a group called the Watersons - Michael, Norma and Elaine Waterson, brother and two sisters, and their cousin John Harrison. The three Watersons were orphaned in early life and brought up by a fierce... Read more

21/05/1966 | 20:00
Intimations: John Le Carre
S1966 | E02

1h

First transmitted in 1966, Malcolm Muggeridge talks to the novelist John le Carre, who at the age of 34 had written the best-seller The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Although their conversation covers much about the author's influences and ambitions - with the notable exception of any mention of his time as a spy - much of the interview looks at the modern phenomenon of the secret service agent a... Read more

08/02/1966 | 21:00
Francis Bacon: Fragments Of A Portrait
S1966 | E03

1h

Francis Bacon's paintings have been called sick and corrupt. He has also been hailed as the greatest British painter since Turner. This film study - Bacon's first appearance on BBC Television - shows his work and its sources, and critically assesses his paintings. (1966)

18/09/1966 | 20:00
St Kilda Football Club and the 1966 VFL Grandfinal
S1966 | E04

1h

A behind the scenes experience of the the famous 1966 VFL Grandfinal between St Kilda and Collingwood.

01/11/1966 | 21:00
Choice: Holiday Camps
S1966 | E05

1h

Choice reports on a unique British institution - the holiday camp. There are 100 of them, all over the country, and this summer nearly two million Britons will be joining in the fun. Derek Hart asks what kind of value holidaymakers will be getting for their money.

17/06/1966 | 20:00
Going to Work: The Rag Trade
S1966 | E06

1h

First transmitted in 1966, Going to Work looks at some of the many sides of the hectic fashion industry in the 60s. The programme features interviews with fashion designers Mary Quant and James Wedge, catwalk shows of the 60s, and follows the process of turning wool into finished cloth.

21/11/1966 | 21:00
Too Near the Sun
S1966 | E07

1h

Documentary, first broadcast in 1966, that tells the history of the superbomb, exploring the race by scientists to imitate the nuclear reactions of the sun and build the first thermonuclear weapon. The film reveals how the careers and reputations of some of the scientists involved were seared in the process.

09/06/1966 | 20:00
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