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TV Archives

John Cura's Telesnaps

Another sorry tale of how pieces of British television history might have been lost forever, had it not been for one man

TV Archives

Missing, Believed Wiped - Television's Lost Treasures

The story of how British television lost some of its most precious archive material

Biography

Galton and Simpson - The Writers' Tale - Part 2

The second part of Galton and Simpson - the founding fathers of British sitcom writing

Biography

Galton and Simpson - The Writers' Tale

The founding fathers of British situation comedy. "Without them all our lives would have been filled with a lot less laughter."

Biography

Joan Gilbert

Described as one of the early BBC's most provocative personalities - Joan Gilbert once recalled that she read a television article that said "You either love her or hate her" before discovering that "the writer was referring to me!"

Interview

Matt Zimmerman Interview

In 2001 we spoke to actor Matt Zimmerman about his career and how he became, for a generation of children, one of the most recognisable voices on television.

Interview

Michael Bangerter Interview

Michael Bangerter talks about his career from his first appearance in a controversial 'Sunday-Night Play' to the series 'Capital City' almost thirty years later

Interview

Mike Berry Interview

The British singer is known for his top ten hits in the 1960s. But despite a singing career spanning nearly 60 years, Mike Berry is probably best known for his appearances as Mr. Spooner on the British sitcom Are You Being Served?

Interview

Mollie Sugden Interview

In 2003, Bob Furnell and Bonnie Gale interviewed one of Britain's best known and best loved sitcom actors who became a cult figure in her own lifetime

Interview

Ray Cusick Interview

Forever remembered as the creator of the Daleks, Ray talked to us about his long association with the BBC and his brief flirtation with directing back in 2001

Study

The Man Out Front

An article, originally published in Contrast (The Television Quarterly) Spring 1962, on the appeal of Bruce Forsyth

Study

Z Cars - Year One

Peter Lewis' contemporary article from the Summer of 1962 looks at the series that broke new ground in police procedurals in its first year