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Series Title |
Programme Title |
Year |
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| B585 | HOMEGROUND | RELIGION | 1976 | |
| Programme follows John Priestly, Church of England Minister, as he resigns as Minister of St John's Church in Higham, East Lancashire to go to Christ Church in Colne. Priestly is shown teaching physical exercises at the local school in Higham, drinking tea at a Parishoner's house, directing a play in More... | ||||
| B564 | HOMEGROUND | FARMING | 1976 | |
| Opens with Homeground series opening titles. Presenter Frank Mellor looks at three different farming operations in the North West. In Cumbria, wool is shown being bagged at Martindale Common above Lake Ullswater and sheep farmer Stan Richardson and his wife Margaret describe the challenges of sheep farming in the fells More... | ||||
| B279 | HOMEGROUND | [POLICE - BRITAIN'S GREAT POLICE FORCE] | 1977 | |
| Programme (transmission print) about a Greater Manchester Police Force training centre. A group of trainee policemen and women are seen marching and performing drills on a parade ground, receiving training in lifesaving in a swimming pool and observing a police officer arresting a mock criminal. Existing officers are shown at More... | ||||
| B586 | HOMEGROUND | WIRRAL | 1977 | |
| Opens with Homeground title sequence. Presenter Frank Mellor visits various places on the Wirral Peninsular. Opens with general views of the Mersey Ferry, Liverpool underground railway system and Wirral waterfront. Staff at the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences at Bidston Observatory are shown gathering data on tides and currents in the More... | ||||
| B587 | HOMEGROUND | MOTOR CARS | 1977 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B633 | HOMEGROUND | AIRPORTS | 1977 | |
| Opens with general shots of aeroplanes at Manchester, Blackpool and Liverpool airports. A male presenter takes an Air Ecosse flight to Barrow from Manchester. He describes the extension at Manchester Airport and speaks to passengers about why they're flying. He interviews Barrow's Airport Manager Bob Foot, fireman Lee Roberts who More... | ||||
| B589 | HOMEGROUND | LANCASHIRE REGIMENTS | 1978 | |
| Various extracts from a Homefront programme on the Lancashire Regiments. Starting with the Great War, we see newspaper headlines and footage from the trenches; 'Kitchener's Army'; going over the top; and the battle of the Somme. There is footage of the Japanese capture of Singapore and crowds of prisoners. We More... | ||||
| B590 | HOMEGROUND | POLITICS | 1978 | |
| Presenter Frank Mellor visits the marginal constituency of Bolton East. There are interviews with David Hoggins, a Bolton Town Hall Official, Conservative Agent Alan Carcass, Labour Agent David Dingwall, as well as the three candidates for Bolton East - the Conservative's Roger Baldwin, Labour's David Young and the Liberal Democrat's John More... | ||||
| B591 | HOMEGROUND | JOHN PEEL | 1978 | |
| Presenter Frank Mellor joins the Coniston Hunt for a day. Huntsmen are shown on foot with hounds looking for fox scent on the fells, a fox is chased, huntsmen dig into the ground to find it and it is killed. A passing fellwalker voices her protest at the hunt. Includes More... | ||||
| B592 | HOMEGROUND | ENERGY | 1978 | |
| B592/1: Presenter Frank Mellor reports from Risley Laboratories near Warrington on the British nuclear power industry. Mellor talks to Manager Dr Tom Marsham and a researcher about the current research taking place at Risley. 08m20s More... | ||||
| B595 | HOMEGROUND | MISS HORNIMAN | 1978 | |
| Programme following Jenny Horniman, a rep actress at Bolton's Octagon Theatre. She speaks about her love of acting, her time at drama school and her daily routine. We see Jenny at home learning her lines, in rehearsals, having her costume fitted and putting on her stage make up More... | ||||
| B609 | HOMEGROUND | JODRELL BANK TRIMS | c. 1979 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B593 | HOMEGROUND | WORKING IN LIVERPOOL | 1979 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B594 | HOMEGROUND | LIVING ON MERSEYSIDE | 1979 | |
| B594/1: A male presenter reports from St George's Hall on Liverpool's problem buildings and there are shots of derelict housing in Liverpool. Meanwhile, presenter Frank Mellor visits the desirable village of Formby. Mellor interviews Formby artist Muriel Sibley, retired clerk John Breeze and newsagent Alan Roberts about how the village More... | ||||
| B596 | HOMEGROUND | WIGAN | 1979 | |
| Presenter Frank Mellor visits Wigan to try to dispel the notion that it is a dismal industrial town. He describes Wigan's influential past in coal mining and there are shots of one of the remaining pits, Quaker House Colliery in Billinge. The Managing Director Donald Anderson is interviewed about the More... | ||||
| B597 | HOMEGROUND | LONGDENDALE | 1980 | |
| Programme on the popular recreation area of the Longdendale Valley in the Peak District. Presenter Frank Mellor describes the Valley's water system, its freight rail line between Woodhead and Mottram and the conflict between recreation and environment. Hollingworth farmer Jack Bower is interviewed about the problems public access to his More... | ||||
| B598 | HOMEGROUND | PAPER | 1980 | |
| Workers are shown manufacturing paper at a paper factory. Journalists are seen working at Withy Grove newspaper offices in Manchester and there are shots of newspapers being printed (cuts off abruptly More... | ||||
| B599 | HOMEGROUND | LEYLAND | 1980 | |
| B599/1: Leyland Vehicles workers are shown manufacturing trucks on the factory floor and company Chairman David Abel is interviewed about the current tough economic conditions in the vehicle industry. 02m40s More... | ||||
| B600 | HOMEGROUND | STEEL | 1980 | |
| B650/1: Item focusing on Irlam Steelworks in Salford, which suffered massive job losses in 1974 and eventually closed in 1979. Includes footage of workers striking and picketing, general views of the derelict steelworks and interviews with ex-workers expressing their anger at the closure and difficulty in finding new work More... | ||||
| B601 | HOMEGROUND | MOUNTAINEERING | 1980 | |
| Presenter Frank Mellor reports from the Buck Barrow Crag in Longsleddale in the Lake District on rock climbing. Mellor interviews climbers Brian Hall and Chris Bonington about how climbing has changed over the years and the challenges of Lakeland climbing. Bonington is shown climbing up a rock face and Hall More... | ||||
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