Raymond Baxter

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Open Air was BBC1's flagship programme for their new daytime service which began on 27 October 1986. It discussed all aspects of television and also tried to answer any questions which viewers had.

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Spike Milligan sketch series created after the BBC apparently thought another 'Q' would confuse people - continues in the same anarchic & often politically incorrect vein.

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A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.

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The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti, a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.

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Tomorrow's World was a long-running BBC television series on new developments in science and technology. First transmitted on 7 July 1965 on BBC1, it ran for 38 years until it was cancelled at the beginning of 2003.

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A look at the restoration of vintage vehicles with visits to the Montagu Motor Museum at Beaulieu in the New Forest, the high-speed trials at Silverstone, and the famous London-to-Brighton run.

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A fascinating look at canals and how they have been rediscovered by holidaymakers.

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A look at the Ministry of Aviation's centre at Boscombe Down, where plans are tested for the services.

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A naïve Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's tycoon father.

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This film shows the research and development of the hovercraft, shot all around the country but it includes trial runs between Rhyll and Wallasey and the VA3 model in Birkenhead.

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A look into the world of car rallies, getting a behind the scenes glimpse of RAC events.

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Look at Life was a regular British series of short documentary films of which 507 were produced between 1959 and 1969 by the Special Features Division of the Rank Organisation for screening in their Odeon and Gaumont cinemas. The films always preceded the main feature film that was being shown in the cinema that week. It replaced the circuit's newsreel, Universal News, which had become increasingly irrelevant in the face of more immediate news media, particularly on television with the launch of ITN on the Independent Television service, which began broadcasting in parts of the United Kingdom in 1955.

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The Circuit de Montagne d' Auvergne, near Clermont Ferrand is Europe's newest racing circuit and one of its finest. In 1959, it was the scene of the French Grand Prix, first motor-cycle world championship event of the year.

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A BAFTA award nominated documentary about five-times world champion Juan Manuel Fangio who retired from motor racing in 1958.

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The Economy Run is an annual competition sponsored by Mobilgas in which drivers compete to see who can drive the furthest on the same amount of fuel.

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Documentary highlights of the 1951 Monte Carlo Rally and its international competition.

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