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Led Zeppelin were voted 'most popular group' in the Melody Makers Poll Winners Awards. Ray Coleman discusses the impact of Led Zeppelin's win. John Bonham and Robert Plant talk about how the music scene is changing.
Michael Barratt and a network of Nationwide reporters start the year with the question: 1974 - will it be for better or for worse ... for richer or for poorer? We try to find the answers from people Nationwide.
Derek 'Blaster' Bates is a demolition expert. Blaster demolishes three chimneys. Old factory chimney, camera pans from l to 2 others. Blaster arrives, Danger Demolition signs. Crowd watch. Blaster retreats. Blast & 1st chimney falls. Crowd reaction. Blaster & assistant run from behind stack. Blast & it falls neatly behind wall.
live from Biggin Hill the ' Nationwide Air Race ' with regional flyers and presenters competing for the Nationwide Trophy. And at 6.45* Sportswide Jimmy Hill introduces a preview of the Home International Soccer Championship. This year the competition will be fiercer - Scotland will challenge England's supremacy, and Northern Ireland and Wales, both in good form, will be determined not to be left out in the cold.
David Dimbleby with Charles Wheeler and Robin Day reporting on the Referendum Results. News, interviews and analysis from your Region tonight. in London - Michael Barratt and the Nationwide Team. 6.45 Sportswide: Jimmy Hill looks forward to the first day of World Cup Cricket. 7.5 Live coverage from Haydock Park of the Nationwide Stakes.
MICHAEL BARRATT and the Nationwide team take outside broadcast cameras to Aboyne, in Scotland, to capture the colour, sport and spectacle as the clansmen gather on Royal Deeside.
On the eve of the opening of the Ideal Home Exhibition, Nationwide comes tonight from Olympia. Frank Bough and Valerie Singleton are your guides to the newest ideas in home-making for 1976.
This week Nationwide comes from the BBC's regional centre at Southampton. Tonight cameras at sea and on land cover a cross-Channel yacht race in which, for three days, eight 70-foot ketches belonging to the Ocean Youth Club are competing.
For three days, eight 70-foot ketches belonging to the Ocean Youth Club have been battling in a race across the Channel and back to coincide with a special week of Nationwide programmes from the BBC's Southampton studios. Tonight, the climax, with outside broadcast cameras on the finishing line at Plymouth.
The last of a special week of programmes presented from the BBC's Southampton studios and featuring people, pastimes, and places of interest in the South of England. At 6.45* Sportswide Jimmy Hill looks forward to the weekend's sport with action, interviews and the day's latest news. As well as the regular football and racing preview there will be a report from the Burghley Horse Trials.
Including a final report on The British are Coming People from Boxford, Suffolk, spent a bicentennial holiday with families in Boxford, Massachusetts. BERNARD FALK and Nationwide cameras went with them. At 6.45* Sportswide Jimmy Hill introduces an action preview of the weekend sport with a special emphasis on tomorrow's Football League programme. Peter O'Sullevan is also on hand to give his views on Saturday's racing calendar.
Included in this special Christmas edition-the climax of the Young Nation Funky Dancing Competition, with Flick Colby and Legs & Co; the concluding episode of Captain Nationwide's Christmas Adventure; and the winning entries in the Nationwide Carol Competition
From the thousands of people nominated as the Nationwide Good Neighbour one person has emerged as outstanding. Tonight, in a live outside broadcast, Michael Barratt will knock on his or her door to introduce the Nationwide Good Neighbour to the nation at large.
Five weeks ago The Queen's Silver Jubilee Appeal was launched ' to help young people help others '. Tonight HRH The Prince of Wales is in the Nationwide studio to meet young people around the country who already do voluntary work in the community. He will also say more about the kind of enterprise he wants to encourage during this Jubilee Year.
This week Nationwide will be linked live from a train, the Nationwide Inter-City, as it travels the length of England. For Michael Barratt - a sentimental journey at the end of his long and distinguished career in the programme, ror the production and technical teams - a television first.
Tonight the Nationwide Inter-City pulls into Maidenhead. For the first time a television programme is being introduced live from a train as MICHAEL BARRATT makes the journey into nostalgia at the end of eight years with Nationwide.
Six thousand children ' in care' throughout Britain need to find new families. Tonight, London and South East viewers of Nationwide's weekly feature Lifelines will meet several of them - a small group of school-age youngsters representative of those 6,000.
School pupils throughout Britain entered for the 1977 Nationwide Christmas Carol Competition. Tonight Val Singleton introduces the final, with Noel Edmonds, Richard Stilgoe and Leslie East judging which of the last six will become the Nationwide Carol 1977.
Tonight, from Maine Road, Manchester - home of Nationwide's adopted team, Manchester City - the programme launches a competition to discover the brightest footballing talents among the nation's schoolboys - the foundations, perhaps, of the Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England teams of the future. What are the skills and techniques the experts look for? How does a club find and cultivate young talent? Questions Nationwide will be answering in the course of this competition open to schoolboys Nationwide.
Nationwide concludes its special week of programmes from the North of England with a visit to Kingston-uponTHull-a place apart, whose people have known hard times, but could it become the gateway to Europe, the city of the future?
The Nationwide team returns for comment and analysis on the Chancellor's proposals and we find out how families Nationwide are affected by the Budget.
2,000 youngsters entered the Nationwide Schoolboy Football Competition to find the most skilful players in Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England. Tonight. 20 regional finalists compete at Maine Road, Manchester, in the Grand Final. To the winner goes the Mitre Trophy and the title Nationwide Schoolboy Footballer of 1978.
Including Miss World of Talent - a chance for some of the beautiful girls gathered in London for ' Miss World 1978' to reveal their hidden talents: from ballet to painting, from guitar-playing to gymnastics.
Including tonight The Mersey Beat - another of Martin Young's reports on the Merseyside police. Miss World of Talent - the chance for more of this year's Miss World contestants to reveal their hidden talents.
As the Miss World contest reaches its climax, we reveal your choice for Miss World of Talent. And for those with bigger aspirations than Miss World we launch Large is Lovely, a chance for outsize ladies to star in a competition tailor-made for them.
Another of Martin Young's on-the-spot reports about the life and work of the Merseyside police. and Sportswide with Desmond Lynam
To mark the 15th anniversary of Doctor Who (1963), Frank Bough interviews the series' star Tom Baker, his companion Mary Tamm and the original Doctor Who companion, Carole Ann Ford.
Another of Martin Young's on-the-spot reports about the life and work of the Merseyside police. And Sportswide with Desmond Lynam
The climax of Nationwide's competition giving Britain's bigger beauties the chance to show off their looks and dress sense. Judges Fran Fullenweider , Angela Rippon Mary Dilnot , Patrick Lichfield and Alfred Marks and the last of four colourful stories from Luke Casey 's Irish Journey as Nationwide's reporter revisits his home country.
Now in its third year this special feature of Christmas on Nationwide attracts entries from schools all over Britain. Sue Lawley introduces the 1978 Final from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. And the young finalists -the school pupils who compose and perform the carols - await the verdict of judges on the Nationwide Carol of 1978
From Edinburgh and Cardiff, the Nationwide team look at some of the issues that might lead to the biggest change in the United Kingdom for centuries. Including tonight - Pigeonhole, Glyn Worsnip and WALTER with a special Celtic edition. Also from far and near, the Programme's team of reporters, LUKE CASEY, BERNARD CLARK , KEVIN COSGROVE , TONY FRANCIS , DIANE HARRON , JAMES HOGG , BILL KERR ELLIOTT , NICHOLAS WOOLLEY and GLYN WORSNIP bring you films and features that reflect the way life is Nationwide.
Documentary on the upcoming tour by Kate Bush
At the end of the second week of the election campaign, the Leader of the Opposition comes into the Nationwide studio to answer your questions.
How safe are the world's ageing jet airliners? Is so-called' psychic surgery' a fraud? Why should diplomats who commit crimes be able to escape punishment? In the first of three reports Roger Cook and Bill Kerr Elliott review a year of Nationwide's investigative journalism.
An interview with production designer Ken Adam about his work on the James Bond movie Moonraker (1979).
Roger Cook and Bill Kerr Elliott conclude their review of a year of Nationwide's investigative reporting. Tonight: The private investigator who kidnaps children to order; where the Cup Final tickets go; and the sad story of the firemen who stayed at their posts.
In this new series Nationwide follows a seaside doctor through the most hectic week of his year, working 24 hours a day as the doctor for all emergencies.
Nationwide cameras follow a seaside doctor as he works round the clock looking after a general practice swollen by 50.000 holiday-makers.
Nationwide cameras follow a seaside doctor as he works round the clock looking after a general practice swollen by 50,000 holiday-makers.
The start of a regular new feature-Home Office, in which Glyn Worsnip presents a mixture of hints on jobs around the house, advice on consumer problems, and some amusing thoughts from the Nationwide postbag.
Bob Wellings continues his exploration of the world of North Sea oil with a report on the construction of a giant rig.
In October young people all over the country were invited by Nationwide to write original Christmas carols. Tonight, from Coventry Cathedral, Sue Lawley presents the nine finalists who perform their songs before a panel of judges including Peter Skellern , Dana and Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues,
Nationwide viewers get their first chance to vote tonight. The six voting categories: Best Male Singer, Best Female Singer, Best Group/Band, Best Single, Best LP, and the Nationwide Golden Award for the most enduring singing star of the year.
The Nationwide team of FRANK BOUGH , SUE LAWLEY HUGH SCULLY , JOHN STAPLETON and BOB WELLINGS with background to the news of the day, including The British Pop and Rock Awards 1980 A chance to see more contenders for the Nationwide Golden Award. This trophy is for the entertainer or performer who, in the opinion of Nationwide viewers, displayed the most all-round family appeal during the past year. Also, Anne Nightingale and Simon Bates look at some of the artists they'll be considering for the Radio 1 DJ's Award for outstanding contribution to British popular music.
Watchdog a new series in which HUGH SCULLY invites you to investigate the world around you. Are you paying too much? Are you being told the truth? Watchdog joins forces with the Nationwide audience to do battle on behalf of Britain's consumers.
Exclusive film of a major operation to save the life of Ching-Ching, one of the zoo's priceless giant pandas.
This week: Why have zoos at all? Do zoos have a job to do, apart from entertaining us? Is it cruel to keep wild animals behind bars? And why is so much trouble taken to breed them?
Actor Tom Baker talks to Sue Cook about his decision to leave Doctor Who
Celtic Connections: Julius Caesar called the Celts ' one of the three great barbarian races'. Nationwide's 20th-century Celtic journey takes reporter Bill Kerr Elliott from the coasts of Brittany to the Scottish Isles, and from Cornwall and Carmarthen to County Donegal. He discovers how the Celts have survived the ravages of time and foreign invasions, and what they have contributed to life in Britain - past and present. 1: What's in a Name? and Grass Roots, presented this week by Gillian Miles from Spotlight South West in Plymouth.
Nationwide reporter Bill Kerr Elliott continues his 20th-century journey, discovering the contribution of the Celts to life in Britain. ' Play it again SeSn ' - Celts have always loved their music . -. and today it's still one of the strongest links between the Celtic people. and Grass Roots: presented this week by Alan Towers from Midlands Today in Birmingham.
Christmas on Nationwide in which James Hogg rummages through the Nationwide archives to search out the programme's great Christmas moments over the past years.
Christmas on Nationwide Including Celtic Connections Julius Caesar called the Celts ' one of the three great barbarian races'. Nationwide's 20th-century Celtic journey takes reporter Bill Kerr Elliott from the coasts of Brittany to the Scottish Isles, and from Cornwall and Carmarthen to County Donegal. 3: On the Fringe and Grass Roots: presented this week by Mike Neville from Look North in Newcastle.
Tonight Nationwide hands over the airwaves to young viewers and gives them a chance to write, report and present the programme. And at 6.45 Sportswide with Desmond Lynam
The Duke and Duchess of Devon-shire throw open the doors of Chatsworth in Derbyshire, one of England's finest stately homes, for the climax of Nationwide's Operation Christmas appeal. Over 100 needy old people and children will be given the ' royal' treatment in the magnificent setting of Chatsworth's Painted Hall. Frankie Howerd , The Spinners, Ray Alan and Lord Charles, a Salvation Army band and other surprise guests keep the party going as Frank Bough and Sue Cook present Operation Christmas reports from around the nation.
Nationwide's 20th-century Celtic journey takes reporter Bill Kerr Elliott from the coasts of Brittany to the Scottish Isles, and from Cornwall and Carmarthen to County Donegal. 3: On the Fringe and Grass Roots - presented this week by Stuart Hall from Look North West in Manchester.
Down and Out: more of Tony Wilkinson 's experiences as a dosser on the streets of London. And Grass Roots - presented this week by Gillian Miles from Spotlight South West in Plymouth.
Down and Out: more of Tony Wilkinson 's experiences as a dosser on the streets of London. And Grass Roots: presented this week by Alan Towers from Midlands Today in Birmingham.
Nationwide with popular features from around the country, including the latest reaction and analysis from the Nationwide Budget team.
Down and Out: more of Tony Wilkinson 's experiences as a dosser on the streets of London. And Grass Roots - presented this week by Ian Masters from Look East in Norwich.
Tonight Nationwide's been invited to Papworth. Sue Lawley discovers that its reputation is built, not just on heart transplants, but on a whole community dedicated to the care of the disabled. For polio victim, Joan Peacock (left) the Papworth Settlement has been a lifeline:
Nationwide ends its special week of programmes beneath the dome of St Paul 's in London. Glyn Worsnip reports on the working life of a great cathedral as it prepares for a magnificent event - the Royal Wedding in July. The Dean, The Very Rev Alan Webster , explains: Sue Lawley is in Eyemouth in Scotland where exactly 100 years ago a freak storm killed 129 fishermen. Including Down to Earth: with Alan Titchmarsh And at 6.45 Sportswide with Desmond Lynam
The climax of the competition to find the programme makers of tomorrow. Esther Rantzen and colleagues pick the winners from the schoolchildren who have been given the chance to try their hand as reporters, directors and cameramen.
Enterprise 82 A major new awards scheme, with the Department of Industry and the world of finance. Nationwide cameras watch at close hand as five new ventures struggle to become going concerns.
As Britain prepares to celebrate the wedding of the Heir to the Throne, Nationwide suggests ways in which everyone can join the festivities.
The Princes Castle: from Caernarvon Castle, the fortress which some believe to have been built for the first English Prince of Wales nearly 700 years ago Hugh Scully concludes his royal reports from the Principality. Grass Roots: presented this week by Ian Masters from Look East in Norwich.
With the Royal Wedding less than two weeks away, Nationwide offers further hints for people organising their own parties
Nationwide's series of royal reports ends in Tetbury in Gloucestershire. the town where the Prince of Wales and his bride will make their home.
Nationwide puts the finishing touches to its own celebrations for the Royal Wedding.
On the day that the Prime Minister reports to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the Foreign Secretary, Lord Carrington, meets Nationwide viewers live in the studio to answer their questions and complaints about the European Community. Is our membership destroying the British economy? Do we pay too much for food? How can the Community help to reduce the threat of war?
Including tonight another chance for Nationwide viewers to vote in the British Rock and Pop Awards for 1982. And at 6.45 Sportswide with Desmond Lynam
This evening on Nationwide, Glyn Worsnip , in the first of a series of film reports, goes behind the scenes at the House of Lords to find out about the work of the Upper House and talks to the peers about their wide range of interests and expertise. And at 6.45 Sportswide with Desmond Lynam
Nationwide with The Rt Hon Tony Benn , mp, one of the Labour Party's most influential figures. He is Chairman of the Home Policy Committee of Labour's ruling body, the National Executive Committee. Tonight he answers Questions from Nationwide viewers; around the country on Labour party policy, on everything from defence to unemployment, economic policy to race relations. -
To mark the 20th anniversary of Doctor Who, Sue Lawley interviews the current Doctor Peter Davison, former Doctors Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee, and Richard Kershaw talks to the original series producer Verity Lambert.
A general election special in which Prime Minister 'Margaret Thatcher' takes questions from members of the public.
