The Footage Detectives

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  • Premiered: Sep 2021
  • Episodes: 174
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Season 4
4x1
59 New Year's Day Special
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 01, 2023
This week's special episode features a reel of film of Petula Clark welcoming in the new year singing, a reel on 'How to keep your teeth!' from the 50s and who remembers safety Sam?
4x2
60 Caravanning, Money Box
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 08, 2023
This week there's brilliant 60s caravanning footage, then who remembers their first money box? Footage for all you vintage rail enthusiasts and we look at a popular dance band but who are they?
4x3
61 Tony Blackburn & Motor Boats
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 15, 2023
This week, we look at a lost reel of Tony Blackburn, we take a look at Model Boats - did you build one? Did you race yours? There's a special motorbike race and who remembers Tooth Powder?
4x4
62 Children's TV, Highway Code, Green Cross Code Man
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 22, 2023
This week, we look back on the children's TV of our childhoods with some fascinating reels. There's also a 1950s car rally, a short on The Highway Code and we look at The Green Cross Code man.
4x5
63 Music, Movement and Mime, Beauty pageants
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 29, 2023
This week we ask who remembers 'Music, Movement and Mime'? We have a reel to share of a 60s beauty pageant parading some very famous faces and we look at the history of Sangers Belle Vue Circus.
4x6
64 1950s Car Rally, Woolies
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 05, 2023
This week we go on a 1950s car rally, remember good old fashioned Woolies, go gliding across England and look at the only Bobby used as the driver in almost every film or TV episode made the 50s.
4x7
65 Biscuit Factory
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 12, 2023
This week we take a trip round a biscuit factory in the 60s, take our Austin van and our Ford Consul on a skid course, talk about Choppers and go to Venice and the premiere of Lawrence of Arabia!
4x8
66 Outdoor Games
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 19, 2023
Mike and Noel take us back to our childhoods with our simple outdoor games - who remembers Knock Down Ginger? There's a fascinating motorsport reel, we go on a hovercraft and look at Ration Books.
4x9
67 Sewing Machines & Tall Ships
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 26, 2023
This week we celebrate the machinist and those wondrous peddle activated sewing machines, there's footage of beautiful tall ships on the Thames and an unknown reel with a very young Cliff Richard.
4x10
68 Sam Pig Books, Mackeral Fishing
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 05, 2023
This week, we remember Sam Pig Books, we go mackerel fishing but when and where? Is that Buster Keaton with Laurel and Hardy? Then its radio memories - can you recognise these theme tunes?
4x11
69 Vernon's Pools & Usherette
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 12, 2023
We look at the history of Vernon's Pools with a fascinating reel, celebrate The Usherette with some training tips. Do you remember the Mr Pastry Target game? And who remembers cinema programmes?
4x12
70 Model Trains, QE1
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 19, 2023
This week spring is in the air! It's time for model trains, a trip on the QE1 in the 50s or 60s, we have a reel of a St. Patrick's Day celebration and is that Peter Cushing with Laurel and Hardy?
4x13
71 Telegram Boys, Battle Re-enactments
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 26, 2023
This week, we celebrate the Telegram Boys, we have a reel for those involved in battle re-enactments, there's a brilliant story about Coco The Clowns shoes and who remembers Mike Read's Pop Quiz?
4x14
72 Hop Picking
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 02, 2023
This week we have a nostalgic reminder of hop picking on holidays in Kent, then it's off to Burnham-on-Sea to see the shortest railway in the west and there's memories to share about Woolworths.
4x15
73 Doll Hospitals, Toy Soldiers, Tarzans
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 09, 2023
This week we take a look at fascinating Dolls Hospitals, there's great footage of 60s Toy Soldiers, we take a nostalgic trip on the Clyde, and we look back at the different Tarzans over the years.
4x16
74 Model planes and Plane Spotting, Wartime London
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 16, 2023
Mike and Noel look at 60s model planes and plane spotting. There's a great lost reel of wartime London we go on a trip in our Talbot Ten and can you spot The Dave Clark Five?
4x17
75 Manners & Theme Parks
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 23, 2023
The celluloid quest continues! There's a short film about manners with Pete Murray and Dennis Price, we look at the launch of early theme parks in the 50s and who remembers Roy Rogers and Trigger?
4x18
76 A50, Hair, and Works Canteens
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 30, 2023
Mike and Noel take a trip on the A50 in the 50s or 60s, then its footage of the 'new' hair crazes of 1955, we celebrate the work canteen & we have a memory jogger reel of Midlands County Dairies.
4x19
77 Roller Skating
Episode overview
Air date
May 07, 2023
Mike and Noel go roller skating back in time to the 50s, there's a look at driving in London in the 60s, we have a reel of a local pageant and garden party, and who remembers P.C. 49?
Air date
May 14, 2023
Join Mike and Noel as they share unseen footage of Frankie Howerd. Nursery Rhymes, who remembers their favourites? There's more footage from a biscuit factory and an old reel of 1950s magicians.
4x21
79 60s Newsroom & Summer Holidays
Episode overview
Air date
May 21, 2023
Mike and Noel step back to the newsroom in the 60s, there's a charming reel of summer holidays, incredible footage of rural England but when and where? And finally, did you keep an autograph book?
4x22
80 Badges & Boys Brigade
Episode overview
Air date
May 28, 2023
Who remembers all the fantastic pin badges we used to collect? Then it's off to Manchester to the site of Mather and Platt, we join the Boys' Brigade, and we travel from London to Kent.
4x23
81 Doll Factory, Butlins
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 04, 2023
We visit a doll making factory in the 50s, then ask, were you a waitress at Butlins, Clacton in 1964? We celebrate the telephonists and the 'Hello Girls' and reveal a secret about chocolate!
4x24
82 Cartoons & Roadside Cafes
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 11, 2023
Join Mike and Noel on a nostalgic jaunt through the archives of cartoons, we also remember roadside cafès there's more trains, boats and planes and also a brilliant 'Unknown Reel'.
4x25
83 Pete Murray, Roy Rogers, Surprise guest
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Air date
Jun 18, 2023
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4x26
84 Buying first home, Buccaneer Bar
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 25, 2023
We look at buying our first home in the 60s and 70s. Then, who remembers the Buccaneer Bar? There's lost footage of Jack Buchanan and we reunite an 80 year old lady with footage of her magic act.
4x27
85 Hi De Hi campers, Jamie Anderson, Fireball XL5
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 02, 2023
Hi De Hi campers, join us as we look at good old fashioned holiday camps, special guest Jamie Anderson shares secrets about Fireball XL5, we look at the Compton Cinema Organ and reels of Vespas.
4x28
86 Bananas, Air Travel, Reels on Rails
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 03, 2023
Forget tea and biscuits, let's unzip a banana - who remembers the song? We look at how air travel has changed over the years, a reel of The Triumph Car Club and who remembers Reels on Rails?
4x29
87 'The Clippy', Des O'Connor, Bournemouth Fire Brigade
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 10, 2023
Let's celebrate 'The Clippy' and The Bus Conductors. We've found the last episode of a Des O'Connor show one lady spots her father on TPTV, and we visit the Bournemouth Fire brigade in the 60s.
4x30
88 the Roxy, Bimbo Club, Patricia Dainton
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 17, 2023
Come and meet us where the Roxy used to be, then, were you a member of The Bimbo Club? We look at Patricia Dainton's career and a reel of the 'dos and don'ts of living with parents when married'.
4x31
89 Muriel Pavlow, Fizzical, Kunzle Cakes
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 24, 2023
Join Mike and Noel as they unearth an old review show featuring Muriel Pavlow, then we get Fizzical and talk Pop, we go off on an exciting day out on a coach and who remembers Kunzle cakes?
4x32
90 ABC cinema trading cards, Ballard Berkeley & Crackers
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 01, 2023
We discuss ABC cinema trading cards, there's footage of a special open top bus ride from 1962, we have a special letter from the daughter of dear Ballard Berkeley and there's footage of crackers.
4x33
91 Nettlefod Studios, TA in action, St Dominic's, Gospel Oak & wage packets
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 08, 2023
We go behind the scenes of Nettlefold Studios, watch the TA in action and on parade, sadly, it's goodbye to Noel's old school St Dominic's, Gospel Oak and who remembers their first wage packet?
4x34
92 Alma Cogan, Milk Bottle Tops, George Collins reel
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 15, 2023
We share a lost TV episode of The Alma Cogan show. Then, who remembers cardboard Milk Bottle Tops? There's a fascinating reel that belonged to George Collins and a reel of Autumn in times gone by.
4x35
93 Barbers, Glencannon & Table Manners
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 22, 2023
We remember the good old-fashioned Barbers - anyone for Brylcreem? We present the lost series Glencannon, and we have more advice from Pete Murray and a host of stars on table manners.
4x36
94 Genevieve, Dinah Sheridan, Marjory Cornelius
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 29, 2023
We celebrate the 70th anniversary of Genevieve with a special guest, look at Dinah Sheridan at Pinewood, we have an exclusive reel of Marjory Cornelius, and look at the London to Brighton run.
4x37
95 Guy Fawkes & 60s TV history
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 05, 2023
Featuring footage of Guy Fawkes Nights from years gone by, and a rare piece of 1960s TV history.
4x38
96 Early Cinema Slides & Bloopers
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 12, 2023
Noel presents a glimpse behind the scenes on the series, plus some early cinema slides and continuity film bloopers.
4x39
97 Baim Collection travel
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 19, 2023
We're travelling across Britain cinematically, courtesy of the Baim Collection and curator, Richard Jeffs. Noel tells us about his meeting with rock royalty and who remembers the cockle man?
4x40
98 60s Cruises, Wine & Dave Mackay
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 26, 2023
Footage of cruises in the 1960s and serving wine in the 1970s. Plus, footballer Dave Mackay is spotted in Desert Mice with Sid James.
4x41
99 WW2 Journalists, 60s cars, Winter
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 03, 2023
Footage of journalists covering the Second World War. Plus, a look back at owning a car in the 1960s and keeping warm during harsh winters.
4x42
100 Peter Byrne Archive
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 10, 2023
The show's 100th episode features a look at the private archives of Peter Byrne, with special footage, scripts and letters.
4x43
101 Advertising magazines, Lost programmes
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 17, 2023
A special guest talks about advertising magazines. Plus, lost TV shows uncovered and a look back at winters in years gone by.
4x44
102 Christmas
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 24, 2023
Featuring a festive reel of Tommy Steele, and footage of parties, presents and shopping advice from Christmases gone by.
4x45 Season finale
103 New Year's Eve
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 31, 2023
Featuring footage of the Rolling Stones, and memories of Jamboree bags and the Packbeats.

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