Every now and then, I come across something on an old video tape which strikes a chord with people. At the weekend, I dug up a 1983 edition ...

Digging deep into my collections of Buttons comics, most of which I picked up in a job lot off Ebay in 2021, I found this charming King Roll...

In what can only be described as excellent news, Neil Miles (tape archaeologist extraordinaire) has captured a complete episode of Bric-a-Br...

  Just a quick reminder that the Curious British Telly Substack is alive and well. If you're not familiar with Substack, then read on. ...

Over the many years that Curious British Telly has been running, I've covered plenty of children's programmes which have become obsc...

My ongoing quest to salvage ephemeral goodness from British television's distant past continues, and, once again, I've been able ...

The Thames channel on YouTube is packed full of fantastic gems from the archive, and that's exactly where today's YouTube Pick of th...

Digging through my pile of Buttons comics, which I picked up on Ebay a few years back, I spotted this exclusive Bertha comic strip and thoug...

I wasn't aware, until the last 24 hours, that the 1976 Christmas BBC1 ident had only been preserved in a particularly poor picture qu...