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  1. Bird Preservation

    Date released
    1978
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1012
    NoS ID
    329253
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: The British may know their birds, but how much do they care? Our reporter goes to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to find out how they are often abused, and how they are affected...

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  2. Atlantic College

    Date released
    1978
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1013
    NoS ID
    329254
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Thirteenth century St Donat’s Castle on the wild coast of Wales is the home of one of the world’s most advanced concepts in education - Atlantic College. It’s one of a series of United...

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  3. Wonder Kydd

    Date released
    1978
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1018
    NoS ID
    329259
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: 18 year-old Londoner Eddie Kydd prepares to beat his own motor-cycle stunt record a leap of over 40 cars. His shoulder is aching from a previous fall, the weather’s not too good - so how will...

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  4. National Youth Jazz Orchestra

    Date released
    1978
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1021
    NoS ID
    329262
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: It wasn’t unusual in the 30s and 40s for big band players to spend half their life on a coach travelling from one night stand to one night stand - not such a common sight anymore but...

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  5. Festival Ballet

    Date released
    1978
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1023
    NoS ID
    329265
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: The Festival Ballet was formed twenty eight years ago but it was only this year that they moved into premises of their own. Maggie Palmer visits their new home, Festival Ballet House, in...

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  6. Liquid History

    Date released
    1978
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1025
    NoS ID
    329267
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: "Every drop of the Thames is liquid history"... an often-quoted description of London’s river. You can study that history while afloat, on a river launch; on foot, exploring the landmarks...

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  7. Oxford University Press

    Date released
    1978
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1028
    NoS ID
    329269
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Five hundred years ago one of the earliest printing presses in Europe was set up in that city of dreaming spires - Oxford. Today, the Oxford University Press is one of the biggest publishing...

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  8. Isle Of Man

    Date released
    1978
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1031
    NoS ID
    329272
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: In the first of a series of reports from special areas of Britain, Maggie Palmer visits the Isle of Man, shortly to be celebrating its 1000th birthday of its parliament. It’s an island of...

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  9. Horse Power

    Date released
    1978
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1035
    NoS ID
    329276
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: For centuries the Shire horse was the driving force of British agriculture. The breed was almost extinct but today, the Shires are back in business - and more popular than ever before. Vicki...

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  10. The Brighton Engineerium

    Date released
    1978
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1036
    NoS ID
    329277
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Engineer Jonathan Minns has spent the last six years restoring a 19th century pumping station, both as an example of the expertise and inventiveness of the last century, but also as an...

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