"A WAP phone - it's a mobile phone with internet!" Lindsey Fallow reports on the latest kit, that can change your humble mobile phone into a multimedia communicator. From services that can forward…

"The noise of old agricultural engines is Ken's kind of music." Luke Casey reports on retired engineer Ken White of Essex, whose hobby is collecting old agricultural machinery and listening to…

Why do you keep a pet? What do you demand from your dog, your cat, your budgie in return for feeding it and teaching it to be clean about the house? Is it companionship you want? Do you keep a dog…

Chatterley Whitfield coal mine in Stoke-on-Trent employed 4,000 people and was the first UK mine to produce 1 million tonnes of coal per year. After it closed for business in 1977, the site became…

"The do-it-yourself anti-hypothermia brigade is hard at work." Chris Rainbow reports from a communtiy centre in Wandsworth, London, where a group of old people are making their own "continental…

"Imagine being able to watch whatever you want, whenever you want." Your own, personal television channel - it may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but the ability to view television…

Over 30 years ago, current Manchester United caretaker manager Michael Carrick appeared on Live & Kicking to talk about his dreams of becoming a professional footballer. Clip taken from Live &…

"There's a Penfold 7,000 feet up in the Himalayas, and I myself have seen another one in the middle of the Malayan jungle." Julian Pettifer looks at some of the oldest Post Office pillar boxes in…

"It was only about three hours and 50 minutes ago that you waved me goodbye at London's Heathrow airport and now, here I am - I've travelled 3,658 miles - and I'm standing in America!" - Lesley…

A BBC Wales documentary about people who make and buy sweets. We hear from the people who love them, the people who sell them, the people who make them... and a dentist. Clip taken from Between…

The number of British people going abroad to retire is doubling every year. The Englishman's dream of a pleasant old age is no longer one of roses round a cottage door in Devon; it is more likely to…

A group of Youth Training Scheme trainees at the Tyne North Engineering Centre in Wallsend, Tyneside stop for a breather, to talk about their lives, jobs and concerns. Among the topics they discuss…

Trevor Philpott explores the expanding world of vegetarianism which is gaining new ground in the 1970s with the help of the health food store boom. He visits a conference run by the Vegetarian…

'If I hadn't left Cork, I'm quite certain I wouldn't have been the writer I am; but I think that if I hadn't been brought up in a city like this, I wouldn't have been a writer at all...' Frank…

"The throwing up of a ski-slope in Hillingdon has thrown up a lot of disturbing questions..." Martin Young reports from Hillingdon's swanky new plastc ski slope. Hillingdon's rates payers have spent a cool £100,000 on the new amenity, and they're hoping it will be a solid investment. There are rumours though, that the Hillingdon ski slope has been built on rather shaky foundations. Martin goes in search of some answers - and in the process uncovers an extraordinary council document, a "secret report" that details some extremely unorthodox activity at Hillingdon Council. Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 26 May, 1976. You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1 You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive

"My first impression is that there can't be, really, a great deal of skill in this traditional sport" Scene Around Six reporter David Capper visits Benburb - a small village in County Tyrone near…

"Only in Britain, where sporting success is so often achieved without any official encouragement, would a world-class athlete have to send his wife out to work so he could pursue a strictly amateur sport." John Hitchins reports on the leading British pole vaulter, Keith Stock, who - unable to get sponsorship or Government help - stays home and does housework while his wife Debbie goes out to work to finance his training. Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 30 July, 1981. You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1 You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive

Many people enjoy being scared and will happily pay for the pleasure of being frightened out of their lives. Tellers of ghost stories have profited from this shadowy side of our natures for…

Gerry Gadsen looks at the people who wish to turn their back on the city and start a new life in the Welsh countryside. It's an appealing and romantic prospect for many; move to a small farm, grow crops, perhaps rear some pigs or chickens, and ultimately become completely self-sufficent. Just how realistic is it though? In spite of appearances, country life in Wales has changed dramatically in recent years - the increase in agricultural mechanisation and the rapid amalgamation of small farms means that there are fewer people living and working in rural areas than ever before. Anybody planning to move to the country needs to be aware of the challenges they're letting themselves in for. Clip taken from In Our Nature: Back to the Land, originally broadcast on BBC One Wales, 17 May, 1978. You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1 You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive

"Is AI really achieveable? When, if ever, will we have genuinely intelligent machines? And how far have we progressed so far? Is AI even desireable?" The Turing Debate: Simon Singh chairs a debate…

As the battle hots up between Eurotunnel and P&O Ferries for cross-Channel business, Modern Times takes a look behind the scenes. The cola war is nothing compared to the Channel Wars. This candid documentary traces the intense rivalry between Eurotunnel and the ferry companies in the run-up to Eurotunnel's application for a car passenger licence. There's certainly no love lost between the bosses - one P&O executive dismisses Eurotunnel's amenties as a "lightbulb and loo," while Eurotunnel maintains that passengers want speed rather than luxurious surroundings. Both P&O and Eurotunnel have enlisted advertising agencies to agressively battle for the hearts and minds of channel crossers - be that by extolling their own virtues, or mocking their rivals weaknesses. It's not just the executives who have their say: opinion is also canvassed from tunnel staff and passengers, including disgruntled lorry drivers complaining about rubbery omelettes and rock-hard croissants, and ferry passengers considering whether to try the train for their cross-channel booze run. Clip taken from Modern Times: Channel War, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 26 April, 1995. You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1 You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive

To the boarding-houses of Blackpool, buffeted by howling winds and high seas, come 700 hopeful couples with one thing in common - a passion for dancing. Competing in the World Ballroom Dancing Championships - the most important ballroom dancing contest of the year - are a 6ft 4in plumber, a 56-year-old gas fitter, a secretary from the Ministry of Defence, two shop assistants from a smart London store, and a teenage couple still at school. They're all tough, fit and determined; prepared to sacrifice everything for a sport that can cost well over £3,000 a year. It is an evening of excitement, tension and humour in which much is at stake, with moments of high drama for couples who, for a whole year, have dreamt about 'winning at Blackpool'. Clip taken from Forty Minutes: Dancing in the Rain, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 16 October, 1986. You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1 You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive

Merry-Go-Round is a schools programme for 7 - 9 year olds. In this edition, primary school children from Hallfield and Thomas Fairchild Schools in London, and St. Chrysostom's and St. Cuthbert's…

Nick Ross hosts Fair Comment - a show in which BBC programme makers reply to viewers' letters and vox pops on a variety of topics. In this edition, Head of BBC TV Documentary Features, Will Wyatt,…