01 November 1976 Factual 89 mins
In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.
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Leslie Mitchell as Self - Presenter / Interviewee
Gracie Fields as Self - Interviewee
Dinah Sheridan as Self - Interviewee
Arthur Askey as Self - Interviewee
Cyril Fletcher as Self - Interviewee
Jasmine Bligh as Self - Interviewee
Elizabeth Cowell as Self - Interviewee
Joan Miller as Self - Interviewee
United Kingdom 30 July 1984
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27 September 1976
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27 February 1976
Saritha sacrifices her comforts and the prospect of a life with her boyfriend for the sake of her family.
07 December 1976
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15 September 1976
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
19 November 1976
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28 September 1976
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03 December 1976
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