Th-highlight">is month (April 2018) -highlight">-highlight">the BFI -highlight">-highlight">is running a retrospective on Woodfall Films, -highlight">-highlight">the company which in -highlight">-highlight">the late 1950s […]
 -highlight">-highlight">The BEHP’s audio interview with Bill Girdlestone – conducted in 1987, and now digit-highlight">ised and available on -highlight">-highlight">the website […]
[…] has a direct, measurable political impact, and perhaps today, with -highlight">-highlight">the sheer volume of audio-highlight">-v-highlight">isual content coming at us from […]
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BBC Plymouth centenary celebrations A little late in -highlight">-highlight">the year -highlight">-highlight">the BEHP, toge-highlight">ther with BBC Alumni and BBCPensioners’ Association celebrated […]
Introduction -highlight">-highlight">The H-highlight">istory Project interview recordings were -highlight">-highlight">the first major oral h-highlight">istory project of its kind; to record -highlight">-highlight">the working lives of […]
-highlight">-highlight">The information on th-highlight">is page -highlight">-highlight">is provided for -highlight">-highlight">the benefit of researchers and anyone interested in -highlight">-highlight">the BEHP; -highlight">-highlight">the industries covered by […]
Introduction -highlight">-highlight">The H-highlight">istory Project interview recordings were -highlight">-highlight">the first major oral h-highlight">istory project of its kind to record -highlight">-highlight">the working […]
