Morecambe and Wise: Singing in the Rain Morecambe and Wise: Singing in the Rain
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Video duration: 153 seconds

Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise celebrate Asia's monsoon season.

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Morecambe and Wise: There Is Nothing Like A Dame. Morecambe and Wise: There Is Nothing Like A Dame.
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Video duration: 278 seconds

Eric and Ernie team up with the BBC's weather men, sports anchors and news readers for some singing and acrobatics.

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John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett: Class. John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett: Class.
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Video duration: 95 seconds

The classic line... "I know my place".
Cleese, Barker and Corbett take the pee out of the English class system. Upper, middle and lower classes.

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Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Art Gallery. Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Art Gallery.
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Video duration: 263 seconds

Pete and Dudley give the art brigade pseuds a run for their money.

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Jason Robinson: British & Irish Lions vs Australia. 1st Test Jason Robinson: British & Irish Lions vs Australia. 1st Test
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Video duration: 110 seconds

Lead up to the first test at the Gabba, June 2001.
Martin Johnson piddles over the Al Pacino "Inches Speech" that everyone rattles on about.
And then the first half demolition job starts.
Jason Robinson in 3rd yards of space, finishes off an excellent cross field move.

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Chigley. The Six O\ Chigley. The Six O'Clock Whistle.
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Video duration: 64 seconds

Complete Version with Introduction and Factory Sequence.
Aaaah, yes. The presentation of a rural idyll and happy proles for the 1970s suburban kids.
It all looks a bit 1930's Aryan to me. Blokes dancing with Dorises in an ideal factory environment. And whats with that Dutch organ?
Oh yes. The issues surrounding images of industry and landscape in the U.K.

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Morecambe and Wise: Slaughter on Western Avenue Morecambe and Wise: Slaughter on Western Avenue
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Video duration: 252 seconds

Eric and Ernie in some classic 1970s British humour.

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(1 of 3) Trainspotting: I Chose Not To Choose Life (1 of 3) Trainspotting: I Chose Not To Choose Life
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Video duration: 106 seconds

Opening sequence of Trainspotting.
Ewan tells us how it is with Iggy Pop doing his thing inthe background. Lust for Life.

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(2 of 3) Tony Hancock: Where Are We Going? (2 of 3) Tony Hancock: Where Are We Going?
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Video duration: 93 seconds

Tony precedes Ewan by a good three decades and arrives at a similar conclusion...

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Morecambe and Wise: It\ Morecambe and Wise: It's Fun to Wander Through the Alphabet.
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Video duration: 240 seconds

Eric and Ernie team up with newscaster Angela Ripon to cheer up some otherwise depressing 1970s news.
Cracking legs, Angela. Cracking.

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Silver Linings (1) Topsy Ojo 14 June 2008. Silver Linings (1) Topsy Ojo 14 June 2008.
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Video duration: 40 seconds

Topsy Ojo gives us hope that if no one else touches the ball, then a nippy England winger can get on and do his stuff.

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(#1) Tom on Monday (#1) Tom on Monday
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Video duration: 209 seconds

Tom sings about some tricky business when he caught that cheating tart, Delilah, with another bloke - and so he stabbed her in a fit of miff.
For younger viewers we would suggest discussing such issues with your "Relate" relationships counsellor.
1960s studio version mixed with Tombo giving it some 40 years later live in Cardiff.

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1984. (Directed by Michael Andersen 1956) Five Fingers. 1984. (Directed by Michael Andersen 1956) Five Fingers.
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Video duration: 204 seconds

Spend enough time with someone and they'll tell you they can see five fingers.
Pressurise most them further with their own fears and, more likely than not, they will betray anyone to save themselves.

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Landing on an Aircaft Carrier with Pete Tong\ Landing on an Aircaft Carrier with Pete Tong's "Chase the Sun"
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Video duration: 76 seconds

What it feels like to be in the right hand seat when landing on an aircraft carrier.
Music is clipped from "Chase the Sun" - Pete Tong

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Danny Care\ Danny Care's England Debut Try versus NZ. 21st June 2008.
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Video duration: 17 seconds

About seven seconds of fun last Saturday. Sandwiched by 79 minutes and 53 seconds of pain.

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(#2) Tom on Tuesday (#2) Tom on Tuesday
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Video duration: 141 seconds

Tombo reminisces about the Green, Green Grass of Home - the land of Ivor the Engine, Druids, Miners, Gareth Edwards and the dobbing massive stones that were used to knock up Stonehenge.
What Tom fails to mention is the long cold dark winter nights, and the queues on the M4 motorway.
Ten out of ten for that shirt, and wow, what a belt buckle.

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(#3) Tom on Wednesday (#3) Tom on Wednesday
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Video duration: 149 seconds

Tom outdoes the Marks and Spencer winter catalogue with a glorious trouser and shirt combo.
She's a lady? She'll love you in that get up Tombo.

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1984. (Directed by Michael Andersen 1956) Hate Week. 1984. (Directed by Michael Andersen 1956) Hate Week.
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Video duration: 49 seconds

Hate Weeks. Often forgotten by those who've read Orwell's work. In fact, many do not know that Orwell referred to Hate Weeks and the Two Minutes' Hate.
The "Hates" are one of George's many observations that make me laugh today. To see plebs engage in their "forum hates" and the castigation of long gone "internet Goldsteins" does prompt my chortles.

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(#5) Tom on Friday (#5) Tom on Friday
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Video duration: 248 seconds

Seeing Friday is when we dream of the night ahead and the freedom of Saturday and Sunday it seems appropriate that we allo Tom get us well in the mood with
"You Can Leave Your Hat On."
Not wanting to be rude, Tombo, but I believe the NHS would advise this as a safe option - until at the very least you've had the results of your blood test.

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From Little Acorns From Little Acorns
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Video duration: 159 seconds

The first three years.
With Oakenfold's "Hypnotise" as the backing track.

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1984. (Directed by Micahel Andersen 1956) Introduction. 1984. (Directed by Micahel Andersen 1956) Introduction.
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Video duration: 77 seconds

Introductory scenes to Andersen's version of 1984, used for political purposes in the Cold War era.
Many of the mosconceptions regarding from Orwell's work arise from how cultural institutions used, and manipulated, his ideas in the 1950s.
An interesting film poster for this version decried "Will Ecstasy Be A Crime"

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Introducing Harold Introducing Harold
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Video duration: 108 seconds

...who hasn't wanted to do this at least once?

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(3 of 3) New Order: True Faith (3 of 3) New Order: True Faith
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Video duration: 270 seconds

New Order's True Faith video, from Substance 1989.

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