An interesting historic look by ITN at monitoring Mao’s China from 1967.
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The Only TED Talk Worth Your Time
There is always truth in good parody.
Britpop Now (BBC2 / 1995)
And here is a mid-90s Britpop-related show. ‘Britpop Now‘ featured performances by Pulp, Blur, Supergrass, Elastica and others – and all with very little filler. Oasis are, however, notably missing.
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Pulp
And today with have two Pulp documentaries.
No Sleep Till Sheffield: Pulp Go Public (1995)
Short and not particularly deep but a lovely throwback to the mid-90s. Also old enough that it still has (for whatever reason!) a random spot of Gary Glitter.
The Story Of… Pulp’s Common People (2006)
Longer and somewhat more in-depth, though with a tendency to wander off – the pub analysis was un-needed – and stray from from the narrative under construction. No obvious disgraced celebrities feature in this one but there was a small callout out to Rolf Harris and his stylophone.
Manic Street Preachers – From There To Here (BBC2 1998)
Another nice mid-90s documentary, this time on the Manic Street Preachers.
A Marriage Made in Portsmouth: The Union between the Liberal Party and the SDP
Here’s a nice little documentary on the Liberal/SDP merger. A little before my time, there are a good number of faces I remember from later years – though all noticeably younger!
It seems to have been first shown at 6.00pm on the March 2nd, 2009.