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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09 February 1976
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
01 January 1976
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01 January 1976
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27 September 1976
15-year-old Dawn runs away from what she feels is an intolerable home life. In the big city, she ends up turning to prostitution when she is unable to get a job due to her age.
19 November 1976
Sridhar is an Indian youth staying in the United States. He marries an American woman Neena and brings her to India.
17 October 1976
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