All the Fun of the Fair traced the history of the travelling fair in its familiar form. What we now recognise as the fair, with rides, sideshows and snacks evolved in the 19th century. The programme ...

The Mining Review consisted of dramas, documentaries, news features, even a crude animation glorifying a benign giant called King Coal. And there were training films. One film called The Shovel was, ...

Here's a lovely old granny in a pale-blue coat with her silver hair all curled and set. And here's that lovely old granny spitting nastiness about another woman. "She's a dirty great fat lump of lard, ...

Nigel tells us how John Betjeman had a brilliant wheeze - he used postcards as instant picture research on any town or village.