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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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    • (archive footage)
    Alistair Cooke
    Alistair Cooke
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Billy Cotton
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Andrew Cruickshank
    Andrew Cruickshank
    • Dr. Angus Cameron
    • (archive footage)
    Rupert Davies
    Rupert Davies
    • Chief Inspector Jules Maigret
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    Richard Dimbleby
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    • (archive footage)
    David Frost
    David Frost
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    • (archive footage)
    Tony Hancock
    Tony Hancock
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Gilbert Harding
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Brian Horrocks
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Cliff Michelmore
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    • (archive footage)
    Annette Mills
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    André Morell
    André Morell
    • Professor Bernard Quatermass
    • (archive footage)
    Malcolm Muggeridge
    Malcolm Muggeridge
    • Self
    • (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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