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Robert Symes investigates the background to Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. Was her idea for creating human life based on fact? And who was the original Frankenstein?

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'Joseph is coming out of a long sleep, like a hedgehog that's been in hibernation'. This time last year, 5-year-old Joseph Horsley had been virtually written-off by his doctors. He was probably blind. He couldn't sit, talk or do anything for himself. Joseph is a spastic quadriplegic. His parents were told to have another baby if they wanted to enjoy the pleasures of parenthood. Now his doctors say... Read more

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Ray Alan, Ken Dodd, Alan Freeman, Sir Charles Groves, Stuart Hall, Sooty, The Spinners, Harry Worth and Godfrey Talbot all help Tom O'Connor to mark 64 BBC years that began when receivers had 'cat's whiskers'.

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England's winter of discontent showed yet again the absolute world supremacy of West Indian cricket. Top sports writer Ian Wooldridge goes to its Caribbean roots to discover why. Viv Richards , Gary Sobers , Clive Walcott , Everton Weekes and others tell their stories ... In Barbados and Antigua, Wooldridge looks for the youngsters who will succeed them. He asks how these tiny islands can prod... Read more

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A programme that follows the production of a new recording of the music from South Pacific, the classic musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.

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Through recollections of his personal friend and journalist Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, this three part documentary takes a look at one of the most influential leaders of the Arab nationalist movement.

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Through recollections of his personal friend and journalist Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, this three part documentary takes a look at one of the most influential leaders of the Arab nationalist movement.