he Berlin Wall | A city divided between East and West by the Cold War Panorama | Panorama Goes to Berlin 'Berlin presents the most crucial problem which faces mankind today.' CHANNEL | BBC Television Service FIRST BROADCAST | 31 July 1961 SYNOPSIS In the days leading up to the construction of the Berlin Wall, this special edition of 'Panorama' has Richard Dimbleby reporting live from the city on the spot where a single nail in the cobblestones signifies the divide between Eastern communism and Western democracy. Meanwhile, Ludovic Kennedy visits a refugee camp in West Berlin and talks to those who have fled from the East, people in New York and Bristol give their opinions on the Cold War, and Foreign Secretary Lord Home talks about the stance of the British government as the crisis escalates. DID YOU KNOW? The Stasi (the East German secret police or internal surveillance service) kept files on some six million people throughout their operations from 1945 to 1990. They created fear and paranoia among East Berliners as they looked for signs of anti-government behaviour, one effect being that fellow citizens would mistrust or betray each other (sometimes wrongly). The exodus of refugees from East to West Berlin reached 1,500 per day before the Berlin Wall was put up. CONTRIBUTORS Robin Day - Reporter Richard Dimbleby - Reporter Robert Kee - Reporter Ludovic Kennedy - Reporter John Morgan - Reporter Earl Alec Douglas-Home - Contributor Peter Bale - Director Bryan Cowgill - Director Gerald Studdart-Kennedy - Director Paul Fox - Programme Editor ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQhLr0Fm7Hs

22 February 1960 - A visit to the set of 'The Mousetrap' after its 3,000th performance. The producer and stage manager of Agatha Christie's record-breaking play chat to BBC News reporter Sally Morton on stage at the Ambassadors Theatre. Threadbare carpets, out-of-fashion costumes and the possibility of lasting ten years are all unexpected issues of concern. In 1974 'The Mousetrap' transferred from the Ambassadors Theatre to St Martin's Theatre. CONTRIBUTORS Sally Morton Huntley Gordon Peter Saunders Dame Agatha Christie ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4IP2b8UUbw

News | Easter Traffic The great Easter getaway begins and traffic problems commence. CHANNEL | BBC Television Service FIRST BROADCAST | 30 March 1961 SYNOPSIS This news item includes a montage of the various modes of transport being used to escape for the holidays. This is followed by an interview with a very earnest Minister of Transport, who emerges from an ambulance to emphasise his points. He is very worried about the high number of deaths on the roads (102 last Easter), but he assures viewers that a 50mph speed restriction won't be introduced until Whit week. DID YOU KNOW? Easter can fall on any Sunday between 22 March and 25 April. There was huge controversy in the early Christian Church over the setting of the date for the resurrection of Jesus. Consensus wasn't reached until AD 325, when the Council of Nicaea decreed that Easter should be observed on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox (21 March). CONTRIBUTORS Michael Hancock - Reporter Ernest Marples - Contributor ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f48ERLRJu50

Men and Money | The Insurers Behind the scenes with the 'Man from the Pru' and the 'Names' at Lloyds. CHANNEL | BBC 2 FIRST BROADCAST | 19 May 1964 SYNOPSIS The tricky world of insurance is explored in this edition of the series where, as one expert puts it, 'the many pay for the few'. The backroom boys of the underwriting business discuss losses associated with the Great Train Robbery. They also relate how underworld contacts can sometimes lead to valuable recoveries, and examine the close relationship between the insurance industry and the stock market, where in 1963 the Prudential alone invested £93m. Contains language prevalent at the time. DID YOU KNOW? Lloyds of London was founded by coffee house owner Edward Lloyd in the 17th century. Recognising that his customers were merchants, bankers and underwriters who often specialised in marine insurance, he supplied his clientele with shipping information that would come to be known as the 'Lloyd's List'. The word 'underwriter' derives from the practice of writing one's name under the total amount of money one was prepared to risk for a given premium. CONTRIBUTORS Tony Garnett - Narrator Andrew Shonfield - Contributor Paul Ferris - Scriptwriter AA Englander - Camera Roy Battersby - Director Alan Martin - Programme Editor Bill Duncalf - Executive Producer ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znZ8NY1Tcbk