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Forty Years

  • TV Movie
  • 19761976
  • 2h 35m
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A programme looking back at the previous forty years of BBC TV. Using clips to illustrate how the BBC developed the medium, the programme also heralded a season of nightly vintage repeats sh... Read allA programme looking back at the previous forty years of BBC TV. Using clips to illustrate how the BBC developed the medium, the programme also heralded a season of nightly vintage repeats shown on BBC 2.A programme looking back at the previous forty years of BBC TV. Using clips to illustrate how the BBC developed the medium, the programme also heralded a season of nightly vintage repeats shown on BBC 2.
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  • Stars
    • John Berger(archive footage)
    • Jacob Bronowski(archive footage)
    • Alistair Cooke(archive footage)
  • Stars
    • John Berger(archive footage)
    • Jacob Bronowski(archive footage)
    • Alistair Cooke(archive footage)
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    John Berger
    John Berger
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Jacob Bronowski
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    Alistair Cooke
    Alistair Cooke
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Billy Cotton
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    • (archive footage)
    Andrew Cruickshank
    Andrew Cruickshank
    • Dr. Angus Cameron
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    Rupert Davies
    Rupert Davies
    • Chief Inspector Jules Maigret
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    Richard Dimbleby
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    David Frost
    David Frost
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    Tony Hancock
    Tony Hancock
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    Gilbert Harding
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    • (archive footage)
    Brian Horrocks
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    Cliff Michelmore
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    Annette Mills
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    André Morell
    André Morell
    • Professor Bernard Quatermass
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    Malcolm Muggeridge
    Malcolm Muggeridge
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    • (archive footage)
    Barbara Mullen
    Barbara Mullen
    • Janet MacPherson
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    Queen Elizabeth II
    Queen Elizabeth II
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    Phil Silvers
    Phil Silvers
    • Sgt Ernest Bilko
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    • Release date
      • August 1, 1976 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • BBC Genome
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • BBC Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, London, England, UK
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      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • 2 hours 35 minutes
      • Mono

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