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- Narrated by John Gielgud, the letter in question appeared in The Times of London, written by a pilot who had been killed in the war.
- Matt Wilton, a 10-year-old Eurasian boy, is having breakfast with his parents when they tell him that he must go and see his Grandpa because it's Grandpa's birthday. Matt isn't keen on the idea. Grandpa lives in the past and Matt doesn't understand him. Grandpa's so old-fashioned that he doesn't even own a computer. But Matt is a good boy and does his duty and when we finally meet Grandpa we discover that he's a real groovy geezer.
- The repair team will deliver to a girl a special prize that she can treasure forever. Happy, a beloved toy, has always brought Olivia's family good luck; from helping Great-Grandad through WWII to being beside Olivia during her operation.
- The Call is a tense urban thriller in which a gauche youth is drawn in by a sophisticated seductress after he discovers her mobile phone ringing in the street.
- A short documentary to demonstrate what can be done with Technicolor film and to show various other colourful products. Aimed at advertisers, there are a lot of shots of paint being spilled from cans and mixing to show a range of colours. It was part sponsored by I.C.I. (Imperial Chemical Industries) who, among other things, made paint as well as the dyes and coloured plastics that are also seen. An early demonstration of the skills of cinematographer Jack Cardiff.
- A series of interviews about the film Peeping Tom (1960). Included as a documentary on the "Peeping Tom - Special Edition" DVD released by Optimum Home Entertainment in March 2007. It includes a rare interview with Karlheinz Böhm talking about his role and its subsequent effect on him.
- Linda deletes some important files and spends the day trying to recover them or cover up what she's done. Some out-of-town friends have come to see John but he's nowhere to be seen so Chris must entertain them, to the annoyance and embarrassment of all concerned. John is trying to get home on the subway but a little old lady needs help in getting to her destination. John stops to help her, but she needs to be helped again and again. And when he finally gets her to the station she's heading for, Chambers Street, why doesn't she want to go up to the street?
- BBC producer/director David M. Thompson follows a group of admirers of the film A Canterbury Tale (1944) on their annual location walk in 2005. As this was the year of the centenary of the birth of director Michael Powell the location walk included visits to a lot of the places around Canterbury where Powell grew up. The documentary includes interviews with walk organizers Paul Tritton and Steve Crook as well as with various other people there. Some of the scenes from the film are re-created with people on the walk reading out the lines from scenes filmed at those locations 60+ years ago.
- Each evening, before saying their prayers, some children swallow their cod liver oil. One evening, the youngest child makes a daring request in his prayer. "Why must it always be children who have to obey their parents ?" God is off duty and St. Peter is tired but, just before he falls asleep, he grants the prayer
- Three disparate characters are nightwatchmen in an office-block somewhere in Britain. Their night-life is surreal--to say the least. Anything can happen, from a friendly werewolf performing open-heart surgery on one of them to an allegorical Mary who turns up pregnant at their door on Christmas Eve.
- A comedy taking the mickey out of the long running radio show "The Archers", an everyday story of country-folk based in the fictional village of Umbridge. The cast includes British comedy stalwarts Joan Sims, Roy Kinnear and Lance Percival.
- Blacksmith Matthew takes on a piece of military history: a ceremonial helmet. Also, clock specialist Steven Fletcher and toy restorers Amanda and Julie work on a Victorian clockwork rabbit, while Will Kirk tackles an old treasure chest.
- Art conservator Lucia Scalisi rescues a painting that has been in the Sansom family for decades, Kirsten reunites the shattered fragments of a ceramic plaque broken more than 45 years ago. Will and Jay restore a Japanese lacquered box.
- Horologist Steven Fletcher and expert metal worker Dominic Chinea restore a village clock. The team work together to repair a piece of farming history - a hay press. Two Royal Worcester vases also feature.
- Horologist Steve and furniture restorer Will bring a grandfather clock out of retirement, ceramicist Kirsten rescues a Royal Barum ware vase from the crack of doom and the teddy doctors have their first patient.
- Will and Jay work together to restore a 100-year-old Nordic rocking chair. Ceramics experts Guillaume and Kirsten work on to two very different items an ornate seashell from Brazil and a ceramic bulldog with a smashed face.
- Horologist Steven Fletcher works to get a Victorian cuckoo-clock singing again. Kirsten attempts a seamless repair of a 1970s bowl and Will restores a 200-year-old sea-chest.
- Items restored include a camera that has not taken a photo in over a hundred years, a 20th century wooden screen and a violin that spent WWII in Auschwitz.
- Martin Bryce lives in a quiet suburban close with his wife Anne. He does his best to "organise" the leisure time of all of the other inhabitants of the close, running umpteen societies and doing "good works".
- A working-class Cockney bigot with a biased and experienced opinion of everything shares them bluntly and carelessly.
- Returning from the Army, Terry finds his best mate Bob is marrying Thelma, Terry's former partner. Their lives intertwine as Terry reintegrates, challenging the relationships between the three.
- With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who (1963) approaching, former Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy try to sneak onto the set of the anniversary special.
- Terry and Bob have been friends since childhood. Bob is the sensible one, trying hard to get on with his job and life. Terry is the wild one, always ready to lead Bob astray.
- Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques portray twins who live together in East Acton and enjoy a slightly surreal life, bothering their snobbish next-door neighbour Mr. Brown and getting into frequent difficulties with the local constable.
- Survival expert Les Hiddins shares his vast knowledge of bush tucker and outback crafts. Set in country written off by early explorers as "uninhabitable," the Bush Tucker Man has spent years talking with and learning from the people who have successfully lived here for thousands of years, the Australian Aborigines. Each program is filled with examples of foods, survival techniques and ancient medicines, interwoven with Les' insights into the nature of the land itself. And what a country. "Bush Tucker Man" features some of Australia's most breathtaking landscapes, from tropical rainforests to deserts to vast wetlands teeming with life.
- A series of documentaries about people that made a major difference to the outcome of World War II. Narrated by Robert Powell and including interviews with the people themselves and/or those that knew them well. These interviews are mixed with a lot of contemporary footage showing the significant events covered.
- 'Nancy Franklin' was so overwhelmed by the film I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) that she traveled from New York to the Western Isles of Scotland to see the places where it was made and to find out more about the people who made it. This documentary retraces her steps on a subsequent visit.
- An Oxford professor, acting as the historical advisor on Oliver Stone's movie, Alexander, is given the chance of a lifetime to ride with the cavalry on the set.
- The vast Australian Outback has claimed many lives and spawned many legends. In this series, the popular Bush Tucker Man, Les Hiddins, travels through some of Australia's most remote territory to explore tales of mystery, courage and survival. Following the trail of famous adventurers, explorers and bushmen, Les draws on his survival skills, his bush tucker knowledge and his fascination with stories of survival to uncover new evidence about intriguing legends and pioneering journeys.
- Mike and Frank start the session by picking a collector in Indiana, then they move on to explore an ex-marine and his team of ex-veteran scrappers where they discover a huge warehouse in Illinois, filled with treasures, including lots of superstar sports memorabilia.
- Mike and Mefford-the-mechanic are on the hunt for Madam X, a legendary one-of-a-kind 1929 Cadillac. The vintage masterpiece is said to be in a Michigan garage filled with museum-quality Packards. Meanwhile Frank and Robbie are picking and battling against a ringtone set on Robbie's phone by one of his daughters as they explore a collection of arcade items.
- The final touches are added to Aerosmith's original tour van. The, it's time for the big reveal as Mike and Frank take it to meet their rock 'n' roll idols. First they call in on Jim at his surf museum in Santa Barbara. Then they meet up with Robbie Wolfe and Mike Mefford in Las Vegas to present the van that Mike's restored to Aerosmith.
- In a freaky Florida town steeped with Carnival history, Mike gambles big on the mother lode of must-have Circus banners. Then they go to see Roger in Palm Beach, FL who has a collection of cars, bikes and firearms which Mike and Frank then look through and try to pick out a few bargains.
- Frank falls hard for a '63 Corvette Stingray and he keeps raising his offer, which makes Robbie wonder if this is really Frank; Mike and Mefford kick off an ambitious restoration project. At Larry's I'm Ohio, Robbie can't pronounce Sohio properly - he keeps saying it as "So-ohio" to the amusement of Frank and Larry. Mike also takes the Lambretta TV200 over to Dean Wight of Gran Sport Cycles in Davenport, Iowa.
- The guys have the time of their life as they pick John in his Portland clock shop packed with mechanical wonders which reawakens Frank as "Tick Tock". Then they continue their tour of the North West and visit Terry in his small town museum filled with historical artifacts.
- Mike and Danielle pick through Tom's, a tattoo artist's stash of high-end art in Westchester County, NY while Frank and Robbie go to an old house in Ohio to pick through Julie's uncle's old place. Meanwhile Mike lays his hands on a 100-year-old papier-mâché Uncle Sam.
- In rural New York, the guys dive into back-to-back epic picks where the incredible collections tell the story of America.
- Mike and Robbie are in upstate New York trying to tackle a trio of vintage Fords but their sibling rivalry threatens to blow up the deal. Then the Wolfe brothers go to see Randi, an ex-plumber whose collection had been broken into a few times so has decide to sell some things.
- The guys tackle two epic picks: a storied boatyard in the Bronx and an untouched 70s man-cave in Oregon. Wes and Krista in the City Island boatyard in the Bronx let go of a few boat-related toys and some other goodies. But Wes and Mike can't agree a price on Wes's VW camper vans or the GMC van. Heading to Coos Bay in Oregon the chaps go into Dustin's garage which has become his man-cave the guys pick up a few smalls.
- Mike and Frank find a classic 1933 Ford that's been sitting around in the same place for so long that a tree has grown up around it, but nothing will stop the lads from rescuing this rare ride. They also hook up with a member of the Seattle Cossacks motorcycle display team who's now running a motorcycle archive and museum.
- In a jam-packed home, Mike and Frank find superhero heaven coming across a rare Superman comic as well as the very first Spider-Man comic which could be worth $50,000. Meanwhile, Dani and Robbie go hunting in New Hampshire through a collection that's been building for 30 years.
- Mike and Frank come across one of the largest wine-related collections in the world, in Napa Valley, California. Then they head to San Francisco where they find what looks like an old roadside attraction with the world's largest fibreglass chicken.
- Making their way through a 40-acre salvage yard, Mike and Frank harvest a few lost treasures, including a never-seen-before farmer's minibike. Then they go to pick through an old West Virginia collection in a garage that's been untouched for 20 years.
- The guys are stoked to visit a former racer and adrenaline junkie in his vintage Ohio garage.
- In the middle of a Minnesota blizzard Mike and Frank face the frost to uncover a rare pair of trucks on farmer Jim's spread. Then they go to see ex-postman and Chair of local historical society John Vraa in Climax, MN.
- In Missouri the guys visit a historic homestead where they join the search for great- grandpa's Civil War uniform. Meanwhile Lauren gets their Forest Gump army footlocker appraised. The guys start off by looking through Tim's yard in Kansas. Danielle goes to see Al Polehill in Illinois who had been restoring an old high wheel bicycle for Mike.
- Mike and Frank visit a hot-rod mechanic with a super expensive collection of bubbletop cars. Then they go to visit someone with an extensive collection of architectural salvage and old pre-flipper pinball machines. Finally they pay another visit to Crafty B and La Stitch to pick up the Nash Healey.
- In Massachusetts, the guys try to broker a deal on an original Bowie knife and discover a Hollywood collection containing rare photos of Marilyn Monroe. Meanwhile, back in Nashville, TN Danielle and Lauren entertain a valuer who's arrived to look at their Babe Ruth baseball. Then the guys go to pick Jo's property in Northern Mass.
- A century-old Italian grocery store-turned time capsule features an early 20th century delivery truck and a secret crypt that is calling Mike's name. Then the chaps go up to Vermont to pick a property that includes the first Stanley Steamer to come off the production line.
- Mike and Frank are back for a new season and are rating to go. Their first challenge is to find out what's inside a barn that has been closed for 20+ years. While Mike makes like a honey badger, bundle master Frank strikes again. Meanwhile, their new partner Mike Mefford makes a deal for their new "cab over engine" truck and Dave Ohrt completes the "pattern model" hydro airplane.