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Documentary on the term Yuppie - Part one (1986)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Vox pop
First part of a documentary on the term, Yuppie. Includes etymological discussion, cultural analysis of journalism and advertising, vox pop on awareness of the term, interviews with Peter York (author of The...
Documentary on the term Yuppie - Part two (1986)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
Second part of a documentary on the term, Yuppie. Includes cultural analysis of the term, analysis of yuppies’ wavering political stance, analysis of their consumer habits, anaysis of their diet, an...
A place in the country (1986)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Music; Speech
A Place in the Country. Chartwell: Part 1, by Steve Allen. Documentary feature on Chartwell, the former home of Sir Winston Churchill. Includes interviews with Grace Hamblin, former assistant secretary to...
A place in the country (1986)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
A Place in the Country. Chartwell: Part 2, by Steve Allen. Documentary feature on Chartwell, the former home of Sir Winston Churchill. Includes interviews with Jean Broome, on the interior of the upstairs...
The West London Mission (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary
100 years of the West London Mission of the Methodist Church, presented by Lawrence Spicer. Contributions from current Superintendent Lesley Griffiths; the Reverend Derek White who runs the West London Day...
AIDS: the facts (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary
A documentary charting the rise of the AIDS virus. Dr John Galway describes the medical background of AIDS, the incubation period, the symptoms which lead to the rapid deterioration of the immune system,...
A man’s best eyes (1987)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Special
A Man’s Best Eyes. Presenter: Lawrence Spicer. Updated repeat of documentary, first broadcast in 1981, on the British Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (GDBA), coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary...
Just another Saturday (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary; Special; Drama
Just Another Saturday. Drama documentary, broadcast originally on Piccadilly Radio, of the Burnden Park football disaster in Bolton on 09/03/46. Produced and narrated by Tom Tyrell. Reconstructions of news...
Charles Dickens’ London (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary; Special
Charles Dickens’ London: Sean Street visits Dickens’ house in Doughty Street, Holborn, London, to find the reality of the Victorian city that inspired his work. Guide on tour: Alan Watts, Honorary...
A whole different ball game (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary; Advertisement; Special
It’s a Whole Different Ball Game. Documentary on American sports in Britain. Examines coverage of Superbowl on Channel 4; popularity of American football and baseball; history of American football;...