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S1975 Season 1975

BBC Documentaries / Season 1975

19 Mar, 1975 · 9 episodes

 
Season 1974Season 1976

S1975 Season 1975

BBC Documentaries / Season 1975

19 Mar, 1975 · 9 episodes

 
Talk-In with Margaret Thatcher
S1975 | E01

1h

Robin Day meets the new leader of Conservative Party, Margaret Thatcher, after 100 days in the job.

16/05/1975 | 20:00
Augustus and Gwen: The Fire and the Fountain
S1975 | E02

1h

The story of the artist siblings Augustus and Gwen John, following their childhood in Wales, their days at art school in London, their love affairs and their painting careers. "As an artist, you've got to get excited before you can do anything, and beauty is a great excitant. Certainly, I have an interest in women. If it's beauty, it's love, in my case.' (1975)

19/03/1975 | 20:00
This Is 'Ceefax'
S1975 | E03

1h

Reporter Angela Rippon tells the story of CEEFAX - the BBC's latest form of broadcasting. She visits Kingswood Warren where BBC Research Department 'boffins' developed it; and looks at some of its uses: News, weather, travel, sports results, farm prices and business information. A look-behind-the-scenes at a television development that could be in everyone's home in just a few years' time.

15/07/1975 | 20:00
Going Places: 12
S1975 | E04

1h

This film includes a personal view of London's Bloomsbury area from actor Kenneth Williams, a visit to Brentford's Piano Museum, now known as the Musical Museum, before moving on for a spot of village cricket. Barry Norman covers the story as teams from Langleybury and Isleham battle it out in the Haig Village Cricket Championships to get to the final which will be played at Lords, "the Mecca of a... Read more

05/08/1975 | 20:00
The World About Us - The Romance of Indian Railways
S1975 | E05

1h

n Railways The World About Us First transmitted in 1975, the 150th anniversary of global rail transportation is marked by a visit to India to survey one of the world’s most impressive railway networks. For rail enthusiasts India’s railway system, which has continued to utilize steam locomotives, represents one of the most spectacular systems the world has to offer.The World About Us team join ... Read more

04/05/1975 | 20:00
So You Think You Know Your Rights?
S1975 | E06

1h

'Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it.' DR JOHNSON Can you really say what you think? Do you have a right to privacy? What about the neighbours? What right have they to interfere with our lives-or we with theirs? When do you have the right to say NO? Try our test and see how well you know your rights. Cliff Michelmore asks the qu... Read more

15/07/1975 | 20:00
The Ghost Hunters
S1975 | E07

1h

Ghosts abound in Britain. Thousands of people have seen and heard what they believe to be phantom footsteps, abnormal phenomena, and ghosts of all shapes and sizes, sometimes even moving above ground level. In tonight's documentary Hugh Burnett visits some of the people who have tried to track them down, or heard and seen things they cannot explain. The film ranges from a haunted house, a „ hau... Read more

04/12/1975 | 21:00
Success Story: Gore Vidal
S1975 | E08

1h

Gore Vidal, the enfant terrible of American letters, then living in some splendour in Italy, talks about the ironies of succeeding so spectacularly in a world that he delights in attacking.

06/08/1975 | 20:00
Long High Summer
S1975 | E09

1h

The story of the 1975 Cricket Season John Arlott recalls memories of a vintage summer and introduces highlights of a year that saw cricket's first World Cup, the three fastest bowlers in the world, the emergence of David Steele as an English folk hero, a streaker at Lord's, and sabotage at Leeds.

26/12/1975 | 21:00
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