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  1. Advent Calendar Day 4: Telly in the Cover

    Advent Calendar Day 4: Telly in the Cover

    Day four is the cover of the 1956 Christmas edition of Radio Times magazine...

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  2. Easter treats

    Michael Osborn

    Easter treats

    A look at Easter broadcasting through the years with a basket of treats from decades gone past from the listings and Radio Times.

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  3. Behind the camera: John Hunter Blair

    Andrew Martin

    Ö÷²¥´óÐã Genome

    Behind the camera: John Hunter Blair

    A profile of little-known Ö÷²¥´óÐã producer and editor John Hunter Blair, who steered the first episodes of broadcasting institution Blue Peter.

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  4. The Sunday Post: 'Britain's rudest man'

    Andrew Martin

    Ö÷²¥´óÐã Genome

    The Sunday Post: 'Britain's rudest man'

    A look at the screen career of Gilbert Harding, who became a famous personality just as most of Britain were becoming TV addicts.

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  5. Goodbye Grace

    Goodbye Grace

    It's 60 years since the death of radio soap character Grace Archer caused a furore. But you wouldn't know by taking a look at the listings...

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  6. On This Day, 1991: Lime Grove Studios remembered

    On This Day, 1991: Lime Grove Studios remembered

    On 26 August 1991, the Ö÷²¥´óÐã broadcast a series of programmes marking the closure of Lime Grove Studios a month before.

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  7. On This Day, 1958: an armchair voyage to Istanbul

    On This Day, 1958: an armchair voyage to Istanbul

    On July 28, 1958, you would have hopped on a cruise with Sir Mortimer Wheeler and the Hellenic Traveller's club to Istanbul and the Islands. You can now make that trip again on this archive programme on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã iPlayer.

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