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  1. Advent Calendar Day 21: Alternative Christmas Day viewing, 1969

    Advent Calendar Day 21: Alternative Christmas Day viewing, 1969

    Should you have wanted a less festive TV experience on Christmas Day, 1969, you would have been watching a nostalgic trip to the great British seaside lead by the words of John Betjeman. And you can still do so...

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  2. Advent Calendar Day 17: A Christmas Carol

    Advent Calendar Day 17: A Christmas Carol

    Watch a 1962 operatic adaptation of Charles Dicken's tale.

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  3. Stars of Genome: Margot Hayhoe

    Stars of Genome: Margot Hayhoe

    Margot Hayhoe, who worked as Assistant Floor Manager and producer in Ö÷²¥´óÐã television hits such as Doctor Who, EastEnders, Silent Witness, Man in the Iron Mask, War and Peace and many others, remembers her career through the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Genome listings.

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  4. Stars of Genome: the cameraman on our front page

    Stars of Genome: the cameraman on our front page

    As we celebrate our 2nd birthday, we follow the story of Michael Du Boulay, a former Ö÷²¥´óÐã cameraman who spotted himself on the cover image of our front page.

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  5. 'My moment of fame on Juke Box Jury'

    'My moment of fame on Juke Box Jury'

    David Rose recalls how a visit to see pop panel show Juke Box Jury in 1966 resulted in an unexpected appearance in the spotlight for the then teenager.

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  6. Remembering Television Centre

    Remembering Television Centre

    A look back to when Ö÷²¥´óÐã Television Centre sparked into life in 1960, with a downloadable article from the Radio Times of the day.

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  7. Lord Asa Briggs

    Lord Asa Briggs

    A tribute to historian and prolific broadcaster Lord Asa Briggs, who has died at the age of 94.

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  8. Test your television mettle

    Test your television mettle

    Can you put the names to the very well known faces in these photographs from television's past?

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  9. The Sunday Post: Juke Box Jury

    Andrew Martin

    Ö÷²¥´óÐã Genome

    The Sunday Post: Juke Box Jury

    The history of 1960s pop music review series Juke Box Jury.

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  10. The Sunday Post: Americana on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã

    Andrew Martin

    Ö÷²¥´óÐã Genome

    The Sunday Post: Americana on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã

    A glance at the long history of US TV imports on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã, from cowboy films to Family Guy.

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