Author Iain Sinclair delves into the archives to find out why the seemingly mundane weather forecast has been a fascination for listeners and viewers since the early days of broadcasting. He examines extreme weather events such as the floods of 19
Read more…I came across this pamphlet on a comic site and I thought someone here might be interested in this old Disney memorabilia. This is titled "Dispatch From Disney's", this 1943 publication was distributed to Disney employees who were serving in the w
Read more…Frances Glessner Lee revolutionised the study of crime investigation, founding the first centre for the study of forensic pathology at Harvard University.
Glessner Lee built a series of Dolls Houses in the 1940's with a carpenter, in which she con
Read more…The Day They Shot John Lennon
By James McLure
RTE Airing of American Documentary
Forty years and a day after the senseless murder outside the Dakota apartmen
I've posted a large number of Dylan's works in the Poetry group:
https://timespast.ning.com/group/poetry/forum/topics/happy-hundredth-birthday-dylan-thomas
The collection includes several biographical and documentary pieces about Dylan and his work.
Read more…Nicholas Parsons asks how and why aging impacts so heavily on our minds and memories. He meets scientists at the forefront of research to find out why our memories diminish and speaks to others trying desperately to stop theirs from fading away. U
Read more…Date: February 14, 1962
A tour led by Jackie Kennedy of her home in Washington....
I found this on archive.org a few years ago and thought it was interesting because of the tour led by the first lady herself. The picture quality ok co
Read more…Martin Wainwright examines the reasons why the series of radio broadcasts made by Yorkshire author JB Priestley during World War Two were brought to an end, despite having attracted a large audience. The documentary uses archive clips and intervie
Read more…2003.11.17 - e01 - AR - Postscripts By J B Priestley [128-44] 15:30 Afternoon Reading Postscripts By J B Priestley: Patrick Stewart reads a selection of Priestley's 1940 Postscripts, originally delivered on the BBC by Priestley himself as postscripts
Read more…1914: Day by Day
Historian Margaret MacMillan chronicles the road to World War One in 1914, drawing on newly researched archives throughout Europe.
92.5 Mb rar file containing 44 64K mp3 files, 12 full size Cartoons, 1 fullsize jpg and 1 txt fil
Read more…Month of Madness
5 x 15 minutes@160K
Professor Christopher Clark unpicks the complex sequence of events during the July Crisis, leading to outbreak of the First World War, from the perspective of the key centres of decision-making - in Berlin, Paris,
Ghosts
A programme from a 6-part series called 'Folktales'
Toni Arthur looks at some haunting folktales.
Everybody loves the thrill of hearing a ghost story, whether set in stately home or council flat. Why do we have this morbid fascination wit
Not sure if this is the appropriate place to add some information, of which many might already be aware. The British Council at:
http://film.britishcouncil.org/british-council-film-collection
has opened its film archives. There are some very interes
Read more…The Priest, the Badger and the Little Green Men
Before the canned text on this show let me interject a personal note. Rev Lionel Fanthorpe has been a guest on the late night conspiracy and UFO show "Coast To Coast" numerous times and I would deli
Read more…Barbara Windsor's East End Men - Series 01
BBC Radio 2
Matt Monro
Episode 1 of 3
Duration: 57 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 17 February 2014
Barbara Windsor celebrates the life & career of the biggest names in popular entertainment from the worlds of
Charles Chilton - The Cockney
Duration: 1 hour
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1974.
Broadcast: Tuesday 07 January 2014
160K - 67.2 Mb - 1 RAR File Containing 2 mp3s and 1 Txt File
Part of BBC Radio 4 Extra's tribute to the remarkable talent of
Charles Chilton - Lincoln Frees the Slaves
Duration: 45 minutes
Broadcast: Thursday 09 January 2014 - History of Broadcast Below
128K - One RAR File 35.8 Mb containing 1 Program File, 1-4Extra Intro mp3 File and 1 Txt File
Part of BBC Radio 4 Extra's
A Very British Murder With Lucy Worsley
I am posting 2 different encodes of the same subject matter.
***SET #1 AND SET #2 ARE THE IDENTICAL SUBJECT MATTER***
Which one you choose depends on many factors. If you do not know if you can play them
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