These nearly 3000 items from the BBC Archive have been made freely available for personal, educational, and research use, licensed under the terms of the RemArc licence.

The material is searchable, can be browsed by ‘Theme’ or ‘Decade’, and filtered by media type.

You can download individual items from the collection, or use the search and filtering to produce your own downloadable collections.

Notes on downloading:

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Search Results

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  1. Come Dancing

    The Russell Vale North London Formation Team competing against South London in the BBC Inter-Regional dancing contest on the December 1962.

    56 KB

    1960s, tv and radio, images

  2. Cracker Jack

    Jillian Comber, Michael Aspel, Frances Barlow, Rod McLennan, and Peter Glaze, presenters of the children's TV programme 'Crackerjack'.

    51 KB

    1960s, tv and radio, images

  3. Crackerjack Quiz

    Michael Aspel with two competitors playing the Crackerjack, Quiz Game 'Jets Away'.

    50 KB

    1960s, tv and radio, images

  4. Dick Emery & Joan Sims

    Dick Emery and Joan Sims in The Dick Emery Show.

    30 KB

    1960s, tv and radio, images

  5. Dick Emery Show

    Dick Emery (left) with singer Gary Miller, Joan Sims, Mary Millar and Una Stubbs.

    45 KB

    1960s, tv and radio, images

  6. Dixon Of Dock Green

    Jack Warner as Sergeant Dixon in 'Dixon of Dock Green'

    57 KB

    1960s, tv and radio, images

  7. Doctor Who Hartnell

    William Hartnell as the first Doctor in Dr Who in 1966

    34 KB

    1960s, tv and radio, images

  8. Frankie Howerd

    Frankie Howerd as Norman Fox and Bill Kerr as 1st Customs Officer in 'Comedy Playhouse: Have You Read This Notice?' from 1963

    37 KB

    1960s, tv and radio, images

  9. Gardeners' Question Time

    Fred Loads; Franklin Engelmann, Bill Sowerbutts and Alan Gemmell in the 500th edition of Gardeners Question Time broadcast from Southport on the 29th October 1961.

    66 KB

    1960s, tv and radio, images

  10. Hancock

    Tony Hancock and June Whitfield as the reception nurse.

    42 KB

    1960s, tv and radio, images

  11. Harry Secombe

    Harry Secombe, 1968

    30 KB

    1960s, tv and radio, images

  12. It's a Deal

    Sid James, June Whitfield, Wallas Eaton and Robin Ray in 'It's A Deal' from 1961

    54 KB

    1960s, tv and radio, images