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.
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- Downloading video items will include both the video files and a ‘poster image’ for each video
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Crackerjack Crew
Eamonn Andrews with Michael Derbyshire (left) and Ronnie Corbett, who are seen on 'Crackerjack' on alternate Wednesdays, 1957.
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1950s, tv and radio, images
Dixon Of Dock Green
Jack Warner as PC Dixon helping the kids across the street in the series 'Dixon of Dock Green'.
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1950s, tv and radio, images
Eamonn Andrews
Eamonn Andrews holding the book of 'This is Your Life', 1957.
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1950s, tv and radio, images
Hancock
Tony Hancock, Sidney James and John Vere in 'Hancock's Half Hour'. This episode is titled 'Italian Maid' - written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton. Tony and Sid are at the Domestic Agency.
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1950s, tv and radio, images
Jennings at School
John Mitchell as Jennings and (bottom) Derek Needs as Darbishire. Jennings, Anthony Buckeridge's famous schoolboy, makes his first appearance on BBC Children's Television in the series 'Jennings At School' in 1958
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1950s, tv and radio, images
Ken Dodd
Ken Dodd, popular comedian and singer
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1950s, tv and radio, images
Larry The Lamb
Mr. Crowser and Larry the Lamb in Toytown - 2: The Toytown Treasure.
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1950s, tv and radio, images
Lenny The Lion
Lenny The Lion with Terry Hall, 1958.
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1950s, tv and radio, images
Michael Aspel
Michael Aspel, television newsreader, Wales.
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1950s, tv and radio, images
Milligan Sellers Secombe
Tea for Goons' - (left to right) Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe, who let loose on the air with their own unique brand of fast-moving crazy comedy every Monday evening in the BBC Home Service, 1958.
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1950s, tv and radio, images
Mr Turnip
Mr. Turnip', the puppet who appears in 'Whirligig', comes to the microphone to thank his young friends who have sent him letters and presents ranging from miniature hot water bottles to roller skates, in February 1952.
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1950s, tv and radio, images
Muffin The Mule
Annette Mills and Muffin the Mule.
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1950s, tv and radio, images
