Series 1 (1985)

Episode 1
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January 11, 1985 • 30m

'Chipper' Patel arrived from New Delhi in 1962 with an artificial leg and five pounds in his pocket. He now controls a multi-milli...Read more

Episode 2
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January 18, 1985 • 30m

Two years ago a woman from a North Lancashire village forgot to stoke her solid fuel boiler. An award-winning camera crew follow h...Read more

Episode 3
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January 25, 1985 • 30m

Would Jane Austen have used a food processor ? Did Mendelssohn have a mole in the same place as Anita Harris ? Where can you buy s...Read more

Episode 4
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February 1, 1985 • 30m

No 18: 'The Incredible Journey'. Before a paper clip reaches your stationery tray, it will have undergone over 800 separate manufa...Read more

Episode 5
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February 8, 1985 • 30m

It's February. It's drizzling. Charlie Coleridge is divorced, unemployed and homeless. He has enough painkillers to leave a heartl...Read more

Episode 6
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February 15, 1985 • 30m

The last in the present series. 47: 'Managing without Opera'. It's the third week of the experiment. How are Hannah and Gavin copi...Read more