01 February 1952 King George VI's final farewell to his eldest daughter. As Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh prepare to fly to Kenya on a tour of the Commonwealth, they are waved off by King George VI, Queen Elizabeth (later known as the Queen Mother) and Princess Margaret, as well as former Prime Minister Winston Churchill. After suffering an illness during the previous year, King George is greeted enthusiastically by the crowds. This would be his last public appearance. This trip was meant to be the first part of a 30,000-mile journey across four continents. The royal couple had planned to go on to Australia and New Zealand, but King George VI died only five days after this farewell at the airport. The intended journey finally took place in 1954, after Princess Elizabeth had become Queen. CONTRIBUTORS HRH Princess Margaret (Princess of Great Britain) - Contributor HM King George (VI) - Contributor HM Queen Elizabeth (Consort of George VI ) - Contributor HRH Philip (The Duke of Edinburgh) - Contributor HRH Princess Elizabeth (Princess of Great Britain) - Contributor Sir Winston Churchill - Contributor ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wirWdfGD3B4

2 February 1958 BBC Television Service Huw Wheldon introduces this report from writer and critic Simon Raven, who travels to Swansea to converse with Kingsley Amis at the university where he teaches. In this genial interview, Amis recalls his most famous character, Jim Dixon, the protagonist of 'Lucky Jim', and discusses his subsequent writing career, including the novel on which he is currently working (published as 'Take a Girl Like You'). Amis met Philip Larkin in 1941, when they both went up to St John's College, Oxford, to read English. They quickly established a close friendship that lasted throughout their lives (in 1985, Amis gave the address at Larkin's funeral) and had a profound influence on their literary careers. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Abl9eO0yAc

A visit to the melancholic Bonamargy Friary and graveyard. On the windswept shores of Ballycastle stand the ruins of a 15th-Century Franciscan monastery. Here, James Boyce tells the stories of Sorley Boy MacDonnell and the stolen jewelled cross of Columcille. He then visits the graveyard where the remains of many of the MacDonnell clan lie alongside sailors who perished during World War I. St Columcille founded the monastery at Iona and is associated with the 'Book of Kells', although the origins of the famous illustrated Bible have never been accurately established. Legend also has it that Columcille encountered the Loch Ness Monster and commanded it to return below the water. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvtYRH4Ji5Y

Originally titled Détresse et Charité (Distress and Charity), this short from French film-maker Georges Méliès tells the tale of a little beggar girl who collapses in the snow. There were two versions made for French and American audiences, each with differing endings. In the American version (shown above) the little girl is saved by passing automobilists who shower her family in gifts, a distinctly more Hollywood-style happy ending than the version shown to the French in which the girl dies and is carried off to heaven by a “Christmas Angel”. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94DaoXlj204