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This documentary follows three months in the life of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Green Jackets (also known as the Black Mafia) as they move from their Dover barracks for a tour of duty at the Tower of London. The Royal Green Jackets are light infantry, trained to move fast. Above all they are riflemen and take pride in their reputation of being thinking fighting soldiers.

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This programme tells the story of the private steam railway company the Strathspey Railway, which was engineered and run by a group of rail enthusiasts in Scotland.Through the use of restored locomotives the company was started purely to preserve steam passenger trains, as their fading presence across British rail networks, due to the introduction of diesel engines, was keenly felt among steam ent... Read more

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Joan Bakewell visits Haworth in Yorkshire, home of the Brontes, to see the setting in which the novelists worked.

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This programme shows Her Majesty the Queen reviewing the British Army of the Rhine on her silver jubilee. It was the biggest gathering of British military troops and equipment since World War Two with over 500 vehicles and aircraft present.

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Hugh Burnett interviews UFO witnesses, and people involved in UFO mythology.

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A classic documentary from 1977, introduced by Melvyn Bragg, which explores the ideas and attitudes which have characterised one of the most popular shows on British television.

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Reporter Martin Young follows the fortunes of a group of Glaswegian holidaymakers as they spend their annual Glasgow Fair holiday in the seaside resort of Whitley Bay, Tyneside, during the blistering July of 1976. There's crazy golf and a trawl around the arcades, followed by a drink at the club and a snooze on the beach. Refreshments of cheese rolls and drinks from a thermos flask complete the pi... Read more

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John Arlott recalls some of the outstanding matches of the 100 years since England first played Australia at cricket. W. G. Grace, Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Len Hutton are some of the names that have illuminated the history of these matches. Harold Larwood in the notorious bodyline tour, Jim Laker's 19 wickets at Old Trafford and the modern-day menace of Lillee and Thomson provide some of the actio... Read more