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The Horsemen
The last of the old Horsemen reminisce about their lives and the
animals that worked on the land
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The Gracious Lady Comes Home
Dick Joice demonstrates bygone machines at Holkham Hall, and the
Estate is reunited with a rare piece of motoring history - a 1908
Wolseley Siddeley
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The Sudbury Mammoth Olde Tyme Rallye
Traction engines, steam ploughs, old-time farming machinery and
fire engines come back to life at this traditional rally
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The Harvest
The last of an old generation of farm workers demonstrate how they
used to bring the harvest home.
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The Collection Goes to Holkham
The Coke family's stately home prepares its disused outbuildings to
house the Bygones Collection - from hand tools to farm
machinery
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Last of the Black Sail Traders
Wherries were once a familiar sight in Norfolk. Join the vintage
Albion on her travels across the rivers and coast of Norfolk
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The River - A Living Thing
Watermills, wildlife and countryside - discover the living story of
the River Wensum as we follow its meandering course
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A Man Between Three Rivers
Meet the last of the "Fen Tigers", Ernie James, who made his living
from a square mile of land by eel catching and punt gunning
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Keeping the Boat Afloat
Norfolk is home to the only private lifeboat service in Britain.
Since the late 18th Century the Caister lifeboat crews have saved a
record number of lives
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A Voice to Remember
The story behind Nipper the dog and the birth of commercial
records, which turned 'The Gramophone Company' into HMV and
EMI
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Your Region On Film |
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The Broads - A Norfolk and Suffolk Treasure
Until the 19th Century, the Broads lay undiscovered. But sweeping
changes would transform this area forever. Using archive film,
discover the fascinating story of life as it used to be on the
Norfolk and Suffolk Broads
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Norfolk Past - The County Our Parents Knew
Step back in time and discover how people in Norfolk lived and
worked from the 1900s to the 1960s
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Suffolk Past - The County Our Parents Knew
Step back in time and discover how people in Suffolk lived and
worked from 1913 to the 1960s
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The Home Front - East Anglia at War
East Anglia is at war: Blackouts, air raids and rationing have
become part of everyday life. Using dramatic, rare film, discover
how ordinary people in the East of England endured a war that
changed their lives forever
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GI Airmen in East Anglia
East Anglia, 1942: the US Air Force has invaded, bringing Jeeps,
gum, candy and nylons. Using rare, original film, discover the
story behind the men who risked extraordinary danger to win the
peace
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Floods of East Anglia 1912 - 1953
The sea surges above the coast, flooding whole areas of East
Anglia. It is the worst disaster in peacetime Britain. Using rare,
original film, discover the stories behind the disastrous floods of
East Anglia
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Norwich in the Fifties
Norwich, 1950: there are bombsites, shops on every corner, red
telephone boxes and Austin Sevens. Take a journey back in time and
discover the story of the decade that changed Norwich forever
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Working the Land - Farm Life in East Anglia
Featuring interviews with farmers and labourers, and using rare
film from Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex, look back to an age that has
gone forever
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Railways of East Anglia 1900 - 1980s
East Anglia was once criss-crossed by railways. By the 1960s, many
of these lines had vanished. From the days of steam through to
diesels and electric locomotives take a journey on the Railways of
East Anglia
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The Norfolk Coast 1920s - 1970s
Discover the story of life on the Coast as it used to be - from
fishermen and tales of ghosts to poaching and floods
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Ipswich Past - The Town Our Parents Knew
Relive the story of Ipswich as the town’s past comes to life before
your eyes. Using a variety of archive film, discover how people
lived and worked from 1912 through to the 1960s
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The Lost Railways of East Anglia
East Anglia was once rich in branch lines, providing a service to
ports, villages and towns.The Beeching Plan swept away many of
these lines, leaving little sign that they had ever
existed
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Railway to Nowhere
In 1896, two men planned an ambitious railway network. But the
scheme went bankrupt and the line terminated in a field. This
documentary is a delightful journey through half a century of rural
history
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On Eagles' Wings
Using airmen's memoirs and diaries, and dramatic original colour
film, this is the story of the Mighty Eighth as it has never been
told before
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