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  1. Theatre Of Technology

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1085
    NoS ID
    329326
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Scenery flies onto stage with the aid of a computer. Spotlights focus, fade and change colour by remote control. At London’s National Theatre computers have taken over, art and science have...

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  2. The Great Children’s Party

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1086
    NoS ID
    329327
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Camels and clowns, sky divers and marching bands, fun fairs and a chance to meet HM The Queen. All this and much, much more adds up to 160,000 children enjoying Britain’s unique way of...

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  3. What The Dickens

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1087
    NoS ID
    329328
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: The City of Rochester, in Kent, has close associations with the novelist Charles Dickens. To celebrate this fact, over 400 devotees of the author, dressed in Dickensian costumes, descended on...

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  4. Dartington Glass

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1088
    NoS ID
    329329
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Vicki Luke [sic] visits Dartington Glass Factory in the beautiful West of England, and discovers not only the stunning art of the glassblowers, but also an interesting concept in industrial...

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  5. Leeds Castle

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1089
    NoS ID
    329330
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Reid & Taylor, Scottish fabric manufacturers, never advertise, except once every 2 years, when they spend thousands of pounds on fashion extravaganzas. This year’s is at Leeds Castle, in...

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  6. Buskers

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1090
    NoS ID
    329331
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: There’s a saying in London’s West End: "If there’s a busker outside your theatre you’re a hit". Buskers are a much loved feature of London life, earning their living as itinerant street...

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  7. Taxi

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1091
    NoS ID
    329332
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Maggie Palmer takes a taxi-ride round London, chauffeured by Roy Cumming, not only a taxi driver for 26 years, but who also runs a large taxi driver training school. She learns that it can take...

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  8. Lamp Posts

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1092
    NoS ID
    329333
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: When the charming, old-fashioned street lamps in Britain’s cities are replaced by modern, efficient lighting, where do the old lamps go? Maggie Palmer discovers many of them at the...

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  9. Better Britain

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1093
    NoS ID
    329334
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Maggie Palmer learns about a unique series of conservation competitions organized by the Nature Conservancy Council, The Civic Trust and Shell. She meets one group of youngsters who are hard at...

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  10. Children’s Music Camp

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1094
    NoS ID
    329335
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: For many of us the task of learning to play an instrument is a chore rather than a pleasure - Maggie Palmer visits a camp at John Dankworth’s home, the village Wavenden in Hertfordshire where...

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