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Umbridge [Part 1 to 5] (1985)

The theme of this soap opera series is of two characters, never named, who chat each day about the events in a fictional country village called ‘Umbridge’. As the days go by, themes emerge and the...

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Umbridge [Part 6 to 7] (1985)

The theme of this soap opera series is of two characters, never named, who chat each day about the events in a fictional country village called ‘Umbridge’. As the days go by, themes emerge and the...

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Freckleton: the lost generation (1984)

A documentary about a tragedy that happened in the small village of Freckleton, in Lancashire, on the 23rd of August of 1944. An American Liberator bomber B-24 42-50291, on a test flight, crashed into the...

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Village life special: Dummer (1986)

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A visit to Dummer to celebrate the marriage of his Royal Highness Prince Andrew to Miss Sarah Ferguson. Dummer has been the home of the Ferguson family since 1940. Mike Matthews talked to Sarah’s father,...

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Train to nowhere (1984)

A documentary about steam trains, recorded in the quiet village of Quainton, where a group of enthusiasts have founded The Quainton Railway Society to keep the age of the steam engine alive.

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Gilbert White of Selborne: documentary (1987)

Sean Street visits the Hampshire village famous for its beautiful landscape but known above all for being the lifelong home of the 18th century naturalist, Gilbert White. The programme includes extracts from...

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Watchman (1986)

In 1984 D.G. Finley published ‘Watchman’, the first in a quartet of novels about a strange and beautiful house called ‘Lavenham’ in the Sussex village of Apuldram. In July the final book in the sequence...

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