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1980: Ask Hamill. Video, 00:08:28
Mark Hamill answers viewers' questions on Luke Skywalker, acting, The Empire Strikes Back, stunts, accidents and plans for a prequel trilogy.
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20 May 1980
1971: Arensal's Football Widows. Video, 00:01:49
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4 August 1971
Archive Quiz: Empty sitcom sets
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1990: First image sent from Hubble Space Telescope. Video, 00:01:06
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20 May 1990
1959: Mars and Venus speak to Earth. Video, 00:07:01
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21 May 1959

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The Music Is Black Mixtape. Video, 60 minutes
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1985: Courtney Pine, a talented young jazz musician. Video, 00:04:39
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13 December 1985
1971: Calypso comes to Carnaby Street. Video, 00:03:07
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6 May 1971
1987: Scratch DJing with vinyl records. Video, 00:01:40
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5 August 1987

Made of Birmingham

1984: BBC Radio WM Sound System show. Video, 00:03:33
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13 June 1984
1969: Birmingham nightclubs. Video, 00:03:08
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1 October 1969
1995: The Great Brummie Balti. Video, 00:03:43
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19 May 1995

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1985: Courtney Pine, a talented young jazz musician. Video, 00:04:39
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6 hours ago
1980: A new salon for black hair. Video, 00:02:31
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6 days ago
1980: How to make a classic English cricket bat. Video, 00:06:01
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12 May
1991: Introducing The Red Barrows! Video, 00:03:10
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11 May
1974: The man who talks to his bees. Video, 00:03:36
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8 May
1986: Suckling Airways - putting Ipswich on the map. Video, 00:01:59
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7 May
1980: Sir David Attenborough answers children's questions. Video, 00:05:50
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6 May
1994: What is the future of football in America? Video, 00:06:07
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28 April
2001: Teenage Susie Wolff on her driving ambitions. Video, 00:02:02
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16 April
1971: Calypso comes to Carnaby Street. Video, 00:03:07
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15 April
1981: Blue Peter shows off the tech behind the first London Marathon. Video, 00:03:32
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14 April
1980: Which books do kids love reading most? Video, 00:03:18
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9 April
1995: The day when nearly every UK phone number changed. Video, 00:02:03
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8 April
1976: Operation Hot Cross Bun gets underway. Video, 00:02:32
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26 March
2006: Steve Wozniak on building the first Apple computer. Video, 00:07:23
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25 March
1993: Dame Jenni Murray discusses Woman's Hour. Video, 00:08:06
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20 March
1973: Shoppers rush to bag bargains before VAT is introduced. Video, 00:02:25
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19 March
1970: The village with one loo. Video, 00:03:56
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17 March
1984: All Aboard the Fashion Bus! Video, 00:04:24
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9 March
1970: The secrets of the romantic fiction writer. Video, 00:05:22
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6 March
2016: Cillian Murphy on the success of Peaky Blinders. Video, 00:01:26
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5 March
1982: Training for the women's Oxford v Cambridge boat race. Video, 00:07:46
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4 March
1973: The Office goes open plan. Video, 00:05:17
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3 March
1996: Eating a raw leek for St David's Day! Video, 00:03:02
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26 February

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