Conservationist Dame Jane Goodall, a world-leading expert on chimpanzees, has died aged 91.
In 1986 she spoke to Terry Wogan about how similar chimps and humans really are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ohQC...
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Actress Julie Andrews famous for her roles in My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music to name but a few, celebrates her 90th birthday on 1 October 2025. The BBC image archive holds photographs from throughout her career which has spanned more than 70 years.
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1. A young Julie Andrews performing in Radiolympia Showtime, broadcast on BBC television, 8 October 1949.
2. Julie Andrews singing whilst accompanied by the Ray Terry Orchestra and the George Mitchell Mariners for ‘Let’s All Go Down The Thames’, broadcast on the Light Programme, 5 June 1953.
3. Julie Andrews performing in Top of the Town, broadcast on The Light Programme, 8 November 1953.
4. Julie Andrews (far left) starring in ‘The Gentle Flame’, a Christmas Eve musical playlet written for television and broadcast on BBC One, 24 December 1959.
5. Desert Island Discs host Sue Lawley with Julie Andrews in 1992. Andrews talked about her life and career and chose the eight records she would take with her to a desert island. First broadcast on Radio 4, 18 October 1992. This episode is available to listen to on BBC Sounds.
6. Dame Julie Andrews being interviewed by Sophie Raworth for the Andrew Marr Show, broadcast on BBC 1, 31 January 2010.
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#OnThisDay in 1976 Baroness Floella Benjamin first appeared on Play School.
Now 49 years later, the iconic children’s TV presenter is back! A new generation of children will get to know Floella’s warmth and charm as she guests on CBeebies House: Time to Play with Evie Pickerill.
This digital-first series is available on CBeebies iPlayer and YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhw_X...
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#OnThisDay 1975: Nationwide had a look at the secretive world of competitive leek-growing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awe8Q...
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#OnThisDay 1974: CEEFAX - the world's first teletext service - went live, with a whopping 30 pages of information at your fingertips.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICoj8...
You can learn more about this revolutionary invention by watching this fascinating clip.
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"The only thing we can be sure of about the future, is that it will be absolutely fantastic."
https://youtu.be/YwELr8ir9qM
#OnThisDay 1964: Writer, futurist and inventor Arthur C Clarke appeared on Horizon and gave some astonishing predictions about the future. Watch the video and see how many have come to pass.
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Sir John Reith was the first Director-General of the BBC, creating the template for public service broadcasting in Britain. However, the publication of his private diaries fifty years ago this week, changed his public image forever.
David Hendy, Professor Emeritus, University of Sussex explores these revelatory documents: canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/reithdiary50/
Image 1) This excerpt shows Reith's entry discussing the abdication of Prince Edward, Dec 1936. His vast diary is still held in the BBC’s Written Archives.
Image 2) Photo of Lord Reith at the recording for his interview with John Freeman, Face to Face, 1960 - available to watch here: www.bbc.co.uk/videos/cyd2lqqjjy9o
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#OnThisDay 1985: The Golden Girls was originally broadcast in the USA.
https://youtu.be/uMQ6Y3Zu_RY
A good time then perhaps to revisit Betty White and Estelle Getty (who play Rose Nylund and Sophia Petrillo) talking to Terry Wogan about the success of the show.
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Bagpuss, the beloved 70s children's TV character, is set to be rebooted for the big screen.
Here's a clip of co-creator Oliver Postgate on how he created Bagpuss with Peter Firmin, and other characters like Noggin the Nog and The Clangers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKv9Q...
Photo features Postgate with the saggy old cloth cat in 1974.
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What better way to celebrate Delia Derbyshire Day than by entering the Radiophonic Workshop in 1965 for a look at how the pioneering sound engineer, along with colleague Dick Mills, realised Ron Grainer's famous Doctor Who theme... watch video on watch page
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12 June 2018