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The BBC Archive thread

There's some really cool stuff that pops up in the BBC Archive's Twitter thread and we've had a few threads here on various things they have shared. I thought it would be nice to have a single thread to share as they come along.

To start this one I will repost the one I shared last year when it was first posted - was supposed to be a typical "person on the street" interview but this woman has some fabulous things to say about TV and its impact.

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by Anonymousreply 55October 30, 2021 3:30 PM

"Does anyone still wear hats?"

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by Anonymousreply 1September 16, 2020 4:13 PM

Scottish men wrestling and throwing things

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by Anonymousreply 2September 17, 2020 6:12 PM

After this, he dialed the phone with a pencil to call Mummy.

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by Anonymousreply 3September 18, 2020 12:14 PM

Hop picking is a big thing, apparently. Or was.

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by Anonymousreply 4September 20, 2020 1:29 PM

British menswear of the 80s

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by Anonymousreply 5September 20, 2020 1:30 PM

the days before data leaks....sigh

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by Anonymousreply 6September 22, 2020 5:02 PM

We had a great thread about that video OP posted a few months ago:

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by Anonymousreply 7September 22, 2020 5:09 PM

That was already posted here about a year ago, OP, but thanks for reposting. It is pretty fascinating.

by Anonymousreply 8September 22, 2020 5:16 PM

Yes, I was the OP of one of those earlier/ original threads!

I thought of it to kick this one off, just because I find the stuff BBC Archives shares to be very interesting.

by Anonymousreply 9September 22, 2020 5:49 PM

"He's been around for YEARS and he always wears those earrings!"

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by Anonymousreply 10September 25, 2020 2:10 PM

That woman at OP's link is a fucking legend. I could listen to her talk for hours.

by Anonymousreply 11September 25, 2020 2:20 PM

R11 She's like a real life Dot Cotton, but a smarter, kinder one

by Anonymousreply 12September 25, 2020 2:43 PM

Why do Scottish men toss capers? It doesn't seem like it would be worth the effort.

by Anonymousreply 13September 25, 2020 3:10 PM

More unappetizing British baking. No wonder they're thinner than Americans.

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by Anonymousreply 14September 25, 2020 3:29 PM

Their ideas about God are as good as any

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by Anonymousreply 15October 13, 2020 2:01 PM

This is Yorkshire TV rather than the BBC, and it's a bit long, but I thought this documentary on Hannah Hauxwell , spinster farmer, belonged here.

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by Anonymousreply 16October 19, 2020 7:26 AM

A tea drinking kangaroo.

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by Anonymousreply 17November 8, 2020 12:21 PM

This is giving me Prancersize lady flashbacks.

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by Anonymousreply 18November 14, 2020 12:27 PM

I thought that was Celine Dion at OP...

by Anonymousreply 19November 14, 2020 12:37 PM

Making licorice

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by Anonymousreply 20November 16, 2020 4:00 AM

Who remembers this guy?

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by Anonymousreply 21December 3, 2020 5:07 AM

R21, I just remember Take Art and I used to watch it just to see Tony Hart working his magic. His voice is very soothing. It seems funny to think that Morph started with Tony Hart and I suppose was the initiator of Wallace and Gromit.

by Anonymousreply 22December 3, 2020 7:46 AM

Whoops! R22 here. The show I was thinking of initially was Vision On and the Take Hart came later.

by Anonymousreply 23December 3, 2020 7:49 AM

R16 that was WONDERFUL! I wonder what year that lady died.

by Anonymousreply 24December 3, 2020 5:39 PM

I want a new bike, and a pencil sharpe'er.....and a new bike.

Cute little pooper.

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by Anonymousreply 25December 5, 2020 3:39 PM

Madame Cedec's shop looks FABULOUS.

And she looks like an honorary DL'er. Or a DL'er's exotic French aunt.

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by Anonymousreply 26January 13, 2021 3:53 PM

I would send R26's link to my husband as I think he would enjoy Mme Cadec's store. But I won't because it will just encourage him to drop a ton of money on all new copper pots and pans of the very expensive kind.

by Anonymousreply 27January 13, 2021 4:15 PM

I do love those sorts of stores too, R27. They've been cannibalized over the years by chains like Williams Sonoma and Sur la Table, but the cute local shops, especially ones with substantial food offerings, are great.

by Anonymousreply 28January 13, 2021 7:29 PM

Female impersonator Phil Starr. Some interesting observations here.

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by Anonymousreply 29January 29, 2021 3:07 PM

Is that Bet Lynch?

by Anonymousreply 30February 2, 2021 10:12 PM

I wonder if the BBC was censoring their material then the way they censor and contort stuff now?

by Anonymousreply 31February 2, 2021 10:14 PM

I bet Alan Bennett stole material from the OP's link.

by Anonymousreply 32February 2, 2021 10:23 PM

And now on the BBC Archive: The British Open

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by Anonymousreply 33February 7, 2021 1:23 AM
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by Anonymousreply 34February 7, 2021 1:23 AM

Great thread, OP. They also have an Instagram and the content seems to vary there.

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by Anonymousreply 35February 7, 2021 3:53 AM

Perhaps the first reality show, an up close and personal look at a working class English family in 1974.

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by Anonymousreply 36February 8, 2021 12:18 PM

Cute reporter tells the 80s audience about the spiffy new video telephone.

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by Anonymousreply 37February 13, 2021 3:32 PM

A very insightful clip of Bowie.

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by Anonymousreply 38February 13, 2021 3:36 PM

I thought the lady in OP’s clip was film and television’s Moira Rose!

by Anonymousreply 39February 13, 2021 3:40 PM
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by Anonymousreply 40February 13, 2021 4:10 PM

Not sure what this is about!

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by Anonymousreply 41April 3, 2021 1:40 PM

Homosessuals!

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by Anonymousreply 42April 19, 2021 1:15 PM

adorable!

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by Anonymousreply 43April 19, 2021 1:54 PM

God bless the thread bumper - I started following this account on Twitter after I saw this post, but haven’t been there in so long that the archives slipped my mind. These are so comforting to me, in a way I can’t quite explain.

by Anonymousreply 44April 19, 2021 1:59 PM

R44 It's probably me, I follow the account on Twitter and share interesting things here when they come along.

by Anonymousreply 45April 19, 2021 2:13 PM

Dutch auctions....fascinating

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by Anonymousreply 46April 26, 2021 1:33 PM

Fancy a midday slap in the la-la's?

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by Anonymousreply 47May 2, 2021 12:29 PM

Oh, good grief.

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by Anonymousreply 48May 28, 2021 1:34 PM

Wogan!

Butterfly McQueen!

G!

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by Anonymousreply 49July 3, 2021 2:36 PM

Wasn't Wogan rumored to have a big cock?

by Anonymousreply 50July 3, 2021 3:01 PM

R50 really?

by Anonymousreply 51July 3, 2021 3:02 PM

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

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by Anonymousreply 52July 3, 2021 3:04 PM

For you lavender lovers out there......

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by Anonymousreply 53July 22, 2021 5:40 PM

"Oh, no! Automation will kill us all!"

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by Anonymousreply 54July 25, 2021 6:10 PM

Boo!

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by Anonymousreply 55October 30, 2021 3:30 PM
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