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All six episodes from the fourth series of the classic ITV sitcom, starring Sid James as stationery firm executive Sid Abbott. While Sid just wants a quiet life ogling women, drinking bitter and following his beloved Chelsea FC, his wife and kids are constantly getting in the way.

In this series, Sid's family start making plans for spending his bonus, and with their wedding anniversary coming up, Sid starts planning a party for his wife.

1. Money is the Root Of...
Someone is trying to track down a "Sidney Abbott, last heard of in Wapping in 1942". Whatever happened in Wapping in 1942, Sid's old friend Gertie Adams (according to Sid "an old lady, bald and bent double") obviously enjoyed it enough to remember Sid in her will.
2. And They Will Come Home...
The trouble starts when Sally and Mike go into business buying and selling old junk. Sid puts up with it until "one big thing" arrives in his garden - then he puts his foot down.
3. Who's Minding the Baby?
When Betty from next door pops in to ask a "little" favour, Sid is not at all keen but Jean insists that they are friends and encourages her.
4. A Beef in His Bonnet
When Mike and Sally bring home something that has "fallen off the back of a lorry", Sid warns them about mixing with villains like "Fingers" Taplock.
5. The Bells are Ringing
Sid's reaction to Mike marrying into a wealthy family is simply "he's cracked it". But when another close tie between the two families is announced, Sid takes a different view. But all's well that ends well - or is it?
6. The First 25 Years are the Worst
Sid discovers the phone is 'missing' but in the Abbott home there is a simple explanation - Sally and Mike have borrowed it. The party that Sid cannot remember is for his Silver Wedding Anniversary. These two facts combine to give Sid plenty of problems.

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Bluff Yorkshire craftsman Fred Dibnah sets out to document Britain's industrial heritage in this acclaimed BBC series.

Wind, Water and Steam

The early forms of power. At Saxtead Green Post Mill, Suffolk and Muncaster Mill and in Cumbria, Fred finds craftsmen and women who continue to use wind and water as a source of energy to successfully maintain their business. Fred demonstrates his own skills with examples of his own restoration work, and discusses the importance of conservation with other like minded steam enthusiasts.
Mill and Factories
Fred Dibnah's home town of Bolton was once a forest of cotton milling factories. Fred recalls his experiences when growing up within this industrial environment and explores the evolution of the factory from the machinery used in these mills.
Iron and Steel
Fred introduces this programme from Ironbridge where the industrial revolution began. From this birthplace we are shown how all industries advanced from iron wheels for locomotion to the pit head winding gear for mining. In Sheffield, synonymous with quality steel, Fred drives the mighty Don Valley engine.
Mining
Fred visits some of the derelict sites of old working mines and those preserved including Big Pit, South Wales and the Scottish Mining Museum Midlothian. He explains the camaraderie and social effects of Miners working together for long hours in such dangerous environments. Underground we see further into conditions men, women and children had to endure and how the steam engines pumped water from the workings so that they could be mined at even lower depths.
Railways
Fred recalls his early excitement for steam locomotives as they roared past his bedroom window at night, the driver's face lit only by the firebox. From Trevithick's first steam locomotive, Stephenson's Rocket to the LMS Black Fives, Fred relishes the invitations to ride them all. Fred is also introduced to a new generation where locomotives are being built with computer technology.
Ships and Shipbuilding
The skill of the shipbuilders and engineers made Britain into a great manufacturing nation. Bristol, Fred visits the SS Great Britain and pays tribute to his hero Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The world's first production line in Leiston, Suffolk and the "Suffolk Punch" Traction engine, and of course Fred drives and enthuses over his pride and joy, the "Aveling and Porter" steam roller. Fred ends his journey in a modern garden centre where all the power is provided by steam.

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All 12 episodes from the third series of the classic ITV sitcom, starring Sid James as stationery firm executive Sid Abbott.

1. It Comes to Us All in the End
The Abbotts have to cope with a death in the family...
2. Tea for Two and Four for Tea

When Mike goes off his food, takes to wearing a collar and tie, and is reluctant to say where he disappears to every evening, Sid and Jean decide to invite the girl involved home to tea.
3. To Tell or Not to Tell
It is not that Sid and Jean are actually spying, but when they do happen to notice something going on next door, they have to make sure before deciding whether 'to tell or not to tell'.
4. Blood is Thicker Than Water
Most families have a skeleton in the cupboard and Sid's skeleton has been hidden away for forty years. Hidden so well, in fact, that even Jean knew nothing about it...
5. One Good Turn Deserves a Brother
When Sid's boss goes on holiday, Sid takes it upon himself to guard the 'goodies'. The family are not too happy to stand guard on rota, and to his cost Sid finds it impossible to be in two places at once.
6. The Loneliness of the Short Distance Walker
It's not that Sid is out of condition, it's just that fridges are getting heavier these days. But when Sid sees what walking has done for lovely Lesley, he and Trevor decide they will go along too.
7. Watch the Birdie
When Mike has a brilliant idea it usually costs Sid money. But when it only involves the grotty old garage, then Sid can be persuaded.
8. Atishoo! Atishoo! We All Fall Down
Jean going down with flu is one thing, Sally is another, and Mike is another - but Sid can still cope. Betty's pregnant twinges, however, become the straw that breaks the camel's back, not to mention the settee.
9. Entente Not So Cordial
Most British soldiers left their hearts in wartime Paris, but Sid left only his army paybook. And when it comes to light thirty-three years later, and Sid and Jean are invited to spend a weekend in Paris, they discover that the entente is not so cordiale...
10. Will the Real Sid Abbott Please Stand Up
When Jean finds out that Sexy Sandra is what makes a shrivelled up old prune with a wire brush on top turn into Putney's oldest Teeny Bopper, she decides it is time to go home to Mother.
11. I'm Not Jealous, I'll Kill Him
When an old flame kindles warmth in Jean's heart, Sid begins to burn. It really is not as though he is jealous, but when Betty adds fuel to the fire, Sid explodes.
12. A Girl's Worst Friend is Her Father
If Sid had not interfered in the first place, then Sally would not have considered a job away from home. But once she's in the habit, Sid sends for reinforcements in the form of Norman. All of which proves to Sally that there are times when a girl's worst friend is her father.

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A night in with ABC Television - this specially curated programme compilation will transport you back to the 1960's.

Hand-picked ABC archive gems hosted by David Hamilton, complete with vintage advert breaks re-create the viewing experience of sixty years ago! And in a packed line-up tonight, we present the following:

- Here's David Nixon: Show 5, 27 October 1963
- Dial 999: Robbery With Violence, 27 July 1958
- Big Night Out: Series 2 Show 1, 18 January 1964
- Pop Spot: Manfred Mann
- Jezebel, Ex Uk: Send A Telegram, 6 April 1963
- The Bruce Forsyth Show Series 2 Show 2, 20 February 1965
- Candid Camera Classics
- The Human Jungle: Struggle For A Mind, 27 August 1967
- Armchair Theatre: Call Me Daddy, 8 April 1967

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Complete series of the British television comedy, including all 13 episodes. Sid Turner (Sid James) and Vic Evans (Victor Spinetti) work for a major City financial company. Tired of life in the rat race, the two friends decide to retreat to the country, buying a farm in the village of Fletchley.

It isn't long before the two city-dwellers discover that life on the farm is a lot more difficult than they thought.

Series 1: Episode 1
With their unwilling feet sinking further and further into the workday rut, Sid and Vic decide to buy a farm and are soon knee-deep in forms and Friesians.
Series 1: Episode 2
Sid and Vic feel that joining the county set would set the seal on their successful transition from city life, and apply for membership of the local hunt.
Series 1: Episode 3
Wine, women and song - the ingredients for a night out on the tiles for Sid and Vic. With a glint in his eye Sid Plans the evening's tactics.
Series 1: Episode 4
When you've just started to run a farm it's obviously politic to cultivate the friendship of your neighbours. But Sid ruins the harvest when he drops a clanger on Gerald Bromley-Jones.
Series 1: Episode 5
Vic sends a postcard to his old office to clue up his ex-colleagues on life at the farm. However, he is not to know what problems this friendly gesture will present.
Series 1: Episode 6
Life on the farm is disrupted when a financial crisis hits Sid and Vic.
Series 1: Episode 7
Recovering from a monumental hangover after a market day drinking session. Sid loses a cow. To make matters worse, he falls foul of the breathalyser.
Series 2: Episode 1
There comes a time when the oldest and most trusted farm equipment can no longer wrestle with the problems at Clover Farm.
Series 2: Episode 2
After a meeting with the bank manager Sid and Vic hatch a Plot to overcome the economic circumstances of Clover Farm.
Series 2: Episode 3
Vic gets into trouble on a trip home to Wales, and his brother arrives to help Sid on the farm.
Series 2: Episode 4
Sid and Vic can't resist a challenge, especially after eight Pints of bitter.
Series 2: Episode 5
Sid is always up to his neck in trouble. But now he faces disaster.
Series 2: Episode 6
Sid's sporting activities are usually of the indoor sort, after dark, so Vic tricks him into Playing cricket for the Vicar's XI. However. Freddie Truman is playing for the opposition.

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Despite Rodders undertaking a dead impressive new job, life for the trotters is far from cushti.

Del's state-of-the-ark computers are going down about as well as bacon sandwiches at a bar mitzvah, while at the market, Uncle Albert's (Buster Merryfield)'s unconvincing performances of lumbago recovery have left the flat knee-deep in x-ray massage gizmos. Still, things can only get better...At Trigger's (Roger Lloyd Pack)'s niece's nuptials ("only a hyphen or two away from a society wedding") they encounter an old friend of the family - Trigg's Aunt Renee (Joan Sims). What she tells Del (David Jason) and Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst) about their mum's old pal 'Freddie the Frog' leaves the boys desperate to know more. Rodders is eager to discover why this charming villian left all his ill-gotten gains to the Trotters and how come everyone notes his resemblance to his mum's 'friend'. Del Boy is more interested in what happened to the Frog's Legacy - a hoard of undiscovered gold bullion. Are they, at last, about to be millionaires?

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The epic journey of a terminally seasick youth, an entrepreneur who hasn't washed for three days and a captain who's sunk every vessel he's ever sailed in...

It all sounded pretty cushty, £15,000 to collect some diamonds from Amsterdam for Boycie (John Challis) and Abdul (Tony Anholt) with just a few snags. Theres some dodgy geezer called Van Cleef (Philip Bond) at the Dutch end, Chief Inspector Slater (Annie Leake) back home and a small matter of a great customs hall in the middle. Then a brilliant idea enters Dels (David Jason) mind: let old sea dog Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield) take the helm and sail across.

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The unforgettable special feature length Christmas cracker from 1989 in which Del (David Jason) meets Raquel (Tessa Peake-Jones) again and Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst) jumps to disastrous conclusions with Cassandra (Gwyneth Strong).

It's a typically tearaway Trotter's treat - an extra large helping of luvvly jubbly...Del is organising the annual beano to Margate, the traditional Jolly Boys' Outing. But Rodney and Cassandra have just celebrated their first wedding anniversary and she's worried about him going out with the boys - especially as she's angling for promotion with her yuppie boss. When Rodders is arrested and the whole party is stranded by a very nasty accident, her worst fears are realised. But there's more to Margate than chips, cockles, ice-cream, doughnuts, Pina Colada and lobster vindaloo. There's magician The Great Ramondo (Robin Driscoll) and his assistant Raquel. All right Del, but back home Cassandra's ambitions appear to have got out of hand...

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Trotters Independent Trading Company comes face to face with the creme-de-la-menthe of British nobility...Del (David Jason) decides a visit to the opera is the perfect opportunity for Rodders to impress his new "friend", the daughter of the Duke of Maylebury (Jack Hedley).

However, munching a packet of crisps through the duet and whistling along to the aria, is more Peckham Astoria than Covent Garden. When Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst) is then invited on a shooting weekend, he hardly needs Del to arrive, enter the clay pigeon shoot with a borrowed sawn-off shotgun, and confide in the Duke that he plans to announce the engagement of the Duke's daughter and his brother in "Country Life, The Times and the Peckham Echo".

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Two classic British comedies from the 1960's.

Trouble with Eve (1960)

Set in the quiet English village of Warlock. Louise Kington (Hy Hazell) has turned her quaint cottage into the Willow Tree Tearooms. But the suspicious villagers can foresee nothing but trouble for the sleepy community.
Double Bunk (1961)
Newlyweds Jack (Ian Carmichael) and Peggy (Janette Scott) move in to a dilapidated old houseboat with their friends Sid (Sidney James) and Sandra (Liz Fraser) - and accidentally end up crossing the Channel in it!

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Third series of John Sullivan's popular comedy, featuring the wheeling and dealing of Del (David Jason) and Rodney Trotter (Nicholas Lyndhurst) on the streets of Peckham.

1. Homesick

Lugging the shopping up those 12 flights of stairs is proving too much for Grandad (Lennard Pearce). So the doctor recommends a new council bungalow for the Trotter dynasty. Over to Rodney, the new chairman of the housing committee...
2. Healthy Competition
Rodney's decided to go it alone and leave Peckham's own multinational conglomerate - Trotters' Independent Trading. By the end of the week he's already cornered the market in used lawn mower engines and with Mickey Pearce (Patrick Murray) as his Financial Director, the sky's the limit...
3. Friday the 14th
Del, Rodney and Grandad are Cornwall-bound to Boycie's cottage and a spot of salmon poaching. Should be a doddle of a weekend's jolly, if you leave out the bit about the mad-axe-salmon-fisherman-killer who's just escaped from the local institute, that is...
4. Yesterday Never Comes
Del's into art dealing in a big way. especially when it involves a 'posh tart' like the glamorous Miranda (Juliet Hammond). Has she really been wooed by his tequila sunsets or are her motives rather more mercenary...
5. May the Force Be with You
A ripple of panic runs through the Nag's Head. Del's old school enemy Slater (Jim Broadbent) is back in town, hell bent on revenge and brandishing his police badge...
6. Wanted
Watch out! Peckham Pouncer's about! Alias Rodney Trotter...? Surely there must be some mistake? Try telling that to Rodders, London's most wanted criminal...
7. Who's a Pretty Boy?
Move over Leonardo! The Trotter decorating business is on the roll again. This time they're just doing a favour for Denzil (Paul Barber). Their instructions are simple enough: don't eat the fruit or turn on the TV and stay out of the kitchen...so what's happened to Busby, the canary?
8. Thicker Than Water
'Tis certainly the season to be jolly and it's Grand Marnier and grapefruit all round when Del and Rodney's dad comes back to the fold after 18 years. Until he begins to cast doubt on Del's filial integrity, that is...

Entire fourth series of the Peckham-based wheeler-dealer sitcom. Episodes Comprise: - Happy Returns - Strained Relations - Hole in One - Its Only Rock and Roll - Sleeping Dogs Lie - Watching the Girls Go By - As One Door Closes

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A 1960s forerunner to EastEnders, this highly engaging series captures all of the camaraderie and humour, rivalry and chicanery, graft and greed of a bustling Soho market where stalls may be inherited, bought, or "acquired".

This set contains the complete first series from 1967 - all that remains of this well-remembered and highly popular street life drama and its sequel 'Honey Lane'. Billy (John Bennett), a hard-bitten gambler who's usually facing economic disaster on a major or minor scale cheerfully works alongside vegetable seller Dave (Ray Lonnen), who's after a spot for his brother. Widow Polly (Pat Nye) runs a busy fruit stall, while her dim-witted son Danny (Brian Rawlinson) does odd jobs to earn a bit of cash. Then there are the fly pitchers: boys who work out of a suitcase, drumming up a crowd to make a sale and swiftly moving on, or those on the hunt to get a stall - at any cost! The market in Honey Lane may be a human jungle but its traders know how to bury their differences, weed out real rats and deal with interlopers like scheming, corrupt and ever-unpopular market inspector Mr. Tooke (Alister Williamson)...

If Prime Minister Jim Hacker has a fault (and God knows...), it is that he has ideas. Fortunately his Cabinet Secretary, Sir Humphrey makes sure they never come to fruition, while poor Bernard, his Private Secretary, sits uneasily on the fence between them...

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The Long Legs of the Law
Streuth! Rodders' besmirching the good reputation of the Trotter family by dating a policewoman...
Ashes To Ashes
Del's busy selling Trig's gran's genuine antique urns. Trouble is, one of them is Trig's grandad's last resting place!

A Losing Streak
Del and Boycie are set to play the biggest poker game Peckham's ever seen... but what exactly has Boycie got up his sleeve?
No Greater Love
Rodney's got himself a bird at last! Unfortunately she's no spring chicken, and her jailbird husband is about to be released...
The Yellow Peril
Del's got a job painting a Chinese restaurant but is he wise to get some help from Rodney 'Leonardo' Trotter!
It Never Rains
The Trotter family holiday is underway when Grandad runs into a bit of trouble with the Spanish police.
A Touch Of Glass
Del introduces the Dresden-collecting aristocracy to some North-Korean porcelain and his chandelier-cleaning service.
Diamonds Are For Heather
It's Christmas in Peckham and Del's fallen hook, line and sinker for the lovely Heather...