Record 191 – 210 of 210
Accession Number |
Series Title |
Programme Title |
Year |
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| B470 | [UNKNOWN] | CHILDREN IN NEED APPEAL 1981 | 1981 | |
| A Children in Need appeal from 1981. David Davies reports on two beneficiaries of last year's appeal that still need funding: a horseriding school in Bolton and the Beacon School (in Skelmersdale?) for children with learning difficulties. Children with learning difficulties are shown riding horses and some helpers are interviewed More... | ||||
| B457 | [UNKNOWN] | LOOK OUT, HE'S BEHIND YOU | 1981 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B455 | [UNKNOWN] | STRANGERS YET | 1982 | |
| Follow-up programme to the BBC North West series Long Live Our England, which was made in 1972 (see B88, B89, and B90), about the West Indian community in Manchester. Some of the participants from the first series are shown at a special screening of the programmes in Moss Side More... | ||||
| B488 | [UNKNOWN] | DESTINATION BEIRUT | 1982 | |
| Programme in which a BBC film crew including presenter Alistair Macdonald travels to Lebanon's capital Beirut with medical aid charity 'Survive', just after fighting ended in 1982. Follows the crew on their problematic journey, driving in a Survive medical minibus for much of the way, from Survive's headquarters in Liverpool More... | ||||
| B494 | [UNKNOWN] | THE TONY FAHEY EPIC | 1982 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B632 | [UNKNOWN] | [FOOTBALL: MANCHESTER UNITED V OXFORD UNITED] | c. 1983 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B440 | [UNKNOWN] | A TALE OF TWO CHINATOWNS | 1983 | |
| A programme which contrasts Liverpool's neglected Chinatown with Manchester's, which has received investment and is thriving. Begins by looking at Liverpool: there are shots of an English language class for Chinese adults; Prince Charles and Princess Diana are shown opening Liverpool's Pagoda Chinese Community Centre in 1982; Brian Wang, Chinese More... | ||||
| B443 | [UNKNOWN] | THE COMING OF THE KINGS | 1983 | |
| Follows the production of an unconventional school nativity play - Ted Hughes' 'The Coming of the Kings' - by Elmers' Green Primary School in Skelmersdale. Narrator gives a history of Skelmerdale, its promising beginnings and current problems with unemployment and crime. The children give their views on the town, which are mostly More... | ||||
| B444 | [UNKNOWN] | THREE MEN IN A COALFIRED STEAM POWERED GRAB HOPPER DREDGER | 1983 | |
| B444/1: Programme on the preserved 'Mannin 2' coal-fired steam-powered dredger, built in 1937, which has a voluntary three-man crew dedicated to keeping it operational. There are shots of the Mannin 2 out at sea, dredging the bottom of Lancaster harbour, the crew loading coal into the bunker More... | ||||
| B453 | [UNKNOWN] | BLACKPOOL BREAK OUT | 1983 | |
| Programme about a group of young deafblind people on holiday in Blackpool. Philip, Angela, Julia, Raymond and Lesley - who all have varying levels of deafness and blindness - are each introduced and the programme follows their activities during the weekend. There are shots of them riding donkeys on Blackpool beach, dancing More... | ||||
| B466 | [UNKNOWN] | WALK ON WALK ON | 1983 | |
| Programme about 1960s pop star and Liverpool icon Gerry Marsden who was in the band Gerry and the Pacemakers and his attempts to make a comeback in the early 1980s. Describes the success of beat music and Liverpool bands in the sixties. Includes footage of Gerry performing in both the More... | ||||
| B472 | [UNKNOWN] | FOR LOVE OR MONEY | 1983 | |
| Programme looking at the differences between professional rugby league and amateur rugby union, comparing St Helens, or 'The Saints', (league) with Sale (union). St Helens Rugby League Club headquarters at Knowsley Road are shown: players are seen training with coach Billy Benyon and in the changing rooms receiving their wages More... | ||||
| B474 | [UNKNOWN] | SALFORD - A DIFFERENT WORLD | 1983 | |
| Presenter Ray Gosling visits Salford where he suggests that problems faced by Salford residents in 1983 have changed little since 1933 when Walter Greenwood wrote "Love on the Dole", namely high unemployment and poor housing. Includes stills of Hankinson Way - or 'Hankey Park' - in Salford in the thirties, and footage More... | ||||
| B454 | [UNKNOWN] | SALFORD DOCKS | c. 1984 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B460 | [UNKNOWN] | A MARVELLOUS PIECE OF ILLOGICAL ENGLISH HISTORY | 1984 | |
| Programme which follows Michael Berry, Lake District hotelier, in his quest to rescue and restore the "Rock of Names" - a rock containing the carved initials of William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and friends, which was originally next to Thirlmere (where the poets used to meet) and lay unnoticed in woods More... | ||||
| B441 | [UNKNOWN] | CATS' TAILS | 1984 | |
| A programme on the 1984 Lancashire Cat Club Show at Belle Vue, Manchester, which focuses on various cats and their owners. There are general views of the show with vets examining the cats and judges describing what they're looking for. Several eccentric owners, including Sharon and Richard Cull, are shown More... | ||||
| B477 | [UNKNOWN] | CHESHIRE DRAMA COURSE | 1984 | |
| Students from a Drama School in Cheshire are shown rehearsing and performing various dances, songs and plays (including A Midsummer Night's Dream?). They are also shown applying stage make-up, in an assembly, learning how to fence, at a school open day, pretending to physically fight each other and making More... | ||||
| B123 | [UNKNOWN] | NORTH WEST INDUSTRY | c. 1985 | |
| Programme on North West industries, presented by a New Zealand presenter. The first part describes the decline of the North West's textile industry and Liverpool's sugar refining industry, which mentions the impact of the Common Market. Includes stills of Lowry paintings, shots of the interior of a cotton factory and More... | ||||
| B484 | [UNKNOWN] | STEAM: A GAMBLE ON STEAM | 1985 | |
| Programme on the annual steam rally held at Lyme Park, Derbyshire. Follows Tony Marchington from Derbyshire, who decided to start the rally with his family at the risk of going into debt. Includes good shots of steam engines, various steam exhibits including a threshing machine, rifle range and gavioli barrel More... | ||||
| B483 | [UNKNOWN] | SCHOOLS VIDEO | 1986 | |
| This programme revisits four groups of school pupils, who a year ago won a film-making competition. The films include 'Unemployment can lead to crime' by six pupils from Woodhey High School in Ramsbottom; 'Boredom of youth' by seven pupils from Kingsway School in Gatley, Cheadle; 'Salford' by three girls More... | ||||
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