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Harold's not happy to meet Albert's new girlfriend. With Wilfrid Brambell.
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Mainwaring returns to platoon insubordination - and an escaped convict. From April 1976.
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Documentaries (34 programmes)

15 programmes available now and 19 coming up. For more, try the A to Z.

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  1. Comedy Greats The Nineties, Part One

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    Available since today with 7 days left.

    1/2. Including Goodness Gracious Me, The Now Show, Hair in the Gate and On the Hour.

  2. The Invention of Childhood Reinventing Childhood

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    Available since yesterday with 6 days left.

    30/30. Recalling the impact of adults on childhood down the centuries up to the present day.

  3. This Sceptred Isle Yorktown

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    Available since yesterday with 6 days left.

    144/216. Franco-American forces triumph and Britain loses its American colonies.

  4. The Invention of Childhood Calling a Hit a Smack

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    Available since Thursday with 5 days left.

    29/30. How children have fallen between the family and the state - sometimes with tragic results.

  5. This Sceptred Isle Saratoga

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    143/216. America has proclaimed its independence, but the war with Britain continues.

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