The Footage Detectives

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  • Premiered: Sep 2021
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Season 5
5x1
Worzel, 104 Gert & Daisy, Ovaltine, Nettlefold
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 07, 2024
Enjoy exclusive behind the scenes footage of Worzel! Who knows who Gert and Daisy's Brother was? Who remembers The Ovaltine Chocolate bars? And there's a glimpse of a lost 1930s Nettlefold film!
5x2
105 Pigeons, Sheep, Copters
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 14, 2024
We marvel at racing pigeons, sheep farming in Oz, look at more activities not to be tried at home there's a remarkable spot of a helicopter and who remembers when a driving lesson cost 12s 6p?
5x3
106 Messages and Revojets
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 21, 2024
We marvel at the films made to send very important messages; when household names taught us how to address a letter and when to use a crossing. We look at revojets in flight and who had a flatly?
5x4
107 Air Traffic Control, Fru-Grains & Beauty Contest
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 28, 2024
We go behind the scenes of air traffic control in the 60s, look at wonderful educational films, who remembers Mapleton's Fru-Grains? And were you in the beauty contest in Kentish Town, June 1953?
5x5
108 Police boxes, Guy the Gorilla
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 04, 2024
We discuss police boxes, the King of Quiz, there's footage on miners and mines, we have a brilliant story about Guy the Gorilla and who remembers Mitchell and Hill's biscuit factory in Edinburgh?
5x6
109 Valentines, John Mortimer
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 11, 2024
Love is in the air! We look back on vintage valentines of Mike's, there's unseen footage of the late Sir John Mortimer, we are off to Helford in the 1950s and who remembers Kemps Devonet biscuits?
5x7
110 Croydon Airport, Austins, Tiffin
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 18, 2024
There's astonishing footage of Croydon Airport, state of the art Austins from the 1940s and then we talk Tiffin. Were you ever handed a free gift at school? And who remembers aeroplane Jelly?
5x8
111 Bathing, Faggots in Gravy, Speedway Comic
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 25, 2024
David Jacobs, Glyn Houston & Geoffrey Palmer want you all to have a bath, Sir Lancelot wants you to buy faggots in gravy, we go abroad in the 60s and do you remember a popular 50s speedway comic?
5x9
112 Radio, American news, Lucky Numbers
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 03, 2024
Mike & Noel have got it all! From chickens singing opera to behind the scenes of 60s radio. Noel gets into the news in America, we look at the Lotus Cortina Mark 2 and who remembers Lucky Numbers?
5x10
113 Mothers, Handicraft, Skyvan
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Air date
Mar 10, 2024
Mike and Noel celebrate mothers then go to the Lord Mayors Show in the 50s, there's a superb reel of college life when 'handicraft' was the word of the day and footage of the famous Skyvan?
5x11
114 Frozen food, School, Playground
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 17, 2024
We teach all you frozen food sellers how to sell more peas, look at first days at school in the 50s, we have a reel of the history of flight and do you remember your first trip to a playground?
5x12
115 Poly Tours, Motoring
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Air date
Mar 24, 2024
We travel back to a bygone age with a reel on Poly Tours, there's British motoring history from Leyland and Lord Stokes, lots of magic car swapping in films and who remembers mobile shops?
5x13
116 Easter, Joke catalogue, Beano
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 31, 2024
Bring your Easter eggs or simnel cake! We have a lost film of Dame Maureen Lipman, wonderful footage of Easter bonnet parades, who remembers Ellisdon's joke catalogue? And did you go on a Beano?
5x14
117 Skydiving, Location shooting, Andrews sisters
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 06, 2024
There's a reel of 50s skydiving on behalf of a chocolatey drink, we go on location with 'Half a Sixpence' - who can you spot behind the scenes? And we have lost footage of The Andrews Sisters.
5x15
118 Yorkshire gala, Jetex, Empress Biscuits
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 13, 2024
There's a superb reel of a Yorkshire Gala in the 70s, we go flying for fun - who remembers Jetex model planes with a REAL engine? We look at markets in the 60s and who remembers Empress Biscuits?
5x16
119 Biscuit tins, Trains, Sam Kydd, Kazoo
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 20, 2024
There's talk of Jellimallos and Huntley and Palmer biscuit tins, there's a reel of train travel, a very special tea party, Sam Kydd on a rare day out and Noel and Mike have a Kazoo Competition!
5x17
120 Radio Hallam, Faith Brown, Best Card for Beelzebub
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 28, 2024
We'll all be 'treading the boards' as we celebrate Weekly Rep with two reels of lost footage, and we chat Radio Hallam, Blakey's, Faith Brown and the discovery of the best car for Beelzebub.
5x18
121 Roger Moore, Festival of Britain and Quoits
Episode overview
Air date
May 05, 2024
We look at Roger Moore being reunited with some special cars at Pinewood Studios! There's brilliant Festival of Britain footage, extra special reels for Elvis fans and who used to play Quoits?
5x19
122 Eartha Kitt, Southgate, Potato Puffs
Episode overview
Air date
May 12, 2024
We have another rare reel of Eartha Kitt, we look at some old fashioned sayings, we take a trip to Southgate in the 50s, we 'Hit The Road Jack' with a short on cars and who remembers Potato Puffs?
5x20
123 Metropolitan Police, British Legion, Eiffel Tower Crystals
Episode overview
Air date
May 19, 2024
There's a secret operation by the Metropolitan Police, a reel on the history of The British Legion and some great memory joggers, from Eiffel Tower Crystals to Kingston Upon Thames Monday Markets.
5x21
124 Hartley Hare, 'Make Do and Mend', 1950s Haulage
Episode overview
Air date
May 26, 2024
Mike and Noel are joined by special guest Hartley Hare, they take a look at 'Make Do and Mend', there's a brilliant lost reel of haulage firms in the 50s and Dame Maureen Lipman has been in touch.
5x22
125 Stratford Upon Avon, Saltzburgh, Hell Drivers, Penny Arrow Toffee Bars
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 02, 2024
We look at Stratford Upon Avon in the late 1940s a brilliant 1950s love story in Saltzburg, there's more from the lost reel of the real Hell Drivers and who remembers Penny Arrow Toffee bars?
5x23
126 WW2 cinema advertising slides, School Days, Smedley's Sausage Rolls
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 09, 2024
There's rescued cinema advertising slides from WW2, more school day footage, we peek behind the scenes in Quadrophenia take a look at 'The Arrows' and who remembers Smedley's Sausage Rolls?
5x24
127 Cabana Chocolate Bar, Picnics, Aircraft
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 16, 2024
We celebrate Father's with a Cabana chocolate bar! We have a reel of picnic frolics in the 50s, footage of selling old bangers in the 50s and look at scenes of aircraft in Bristol in the 50s/60s.
5x25
128 Midlands Car Factory, 1950s Torquay, Splendo
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 23, 2024
We go back to a Midlands Car Factory in the 60s with Minis, Daimlers and Vauxhalls! Then we're off to Torquay in the 50s, we relive all the fun of the fayre in the 60s, and who remembers Splendo?
5x26
129 Compton Organ, Soldier on Leave, Trolley Bus, Listers Nut Rings, Gun Gum
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 30, 2024
We have a fascinating reel of The Good Old Compton Organ, uncover a film of a soldier on leave in WWII there's a reel for trolley bus fans, we look at Listers Nut Rings and who remembers Gun Gum?
5x27
130 Tommy Trinder, Frankie Vaught, Gardens, Charles Laughton
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 07, 2024
Take a look at Tommy Trinder as the headline act and Frankie Vaughn opening a dancing competition there's inventions for the garden in the 60s and the history of Charles Laughton and Scarborough.
5x28
131 London shopping, dancing, Singing Postman
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 14, 2024
We go to London in the 40s, then go dancing 60s style, we talk Energen Rolls, Pom Poms, cap guns and pea shooters! There's a reel of The Singing Postman and who or what is 'Sultan Willygar'?
5x29
132 50 pence piece, Portrush, 60s abroad
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 21, 2024
Mike and Noel remember the year when the 50 pence piece arrived, they look at a wonderful reel of Portrush in the 50s, talk milk tablets, Zam-Buk ointment and Cat Meat, and look at the 60s abroad.
5x30
133 Recycling, Housewives, Pineapple
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 28, 2024
We have a look at recycling in the 60s, a 50s reel of a housewife that deserves an award, there's a story based on a tin of pineapple slices and an unknown reel of family life in the 60s.
5x31
134 Corsets, Farmers, Truck Drivers
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 04, 2024
Mike and Noel go back in time to visit a corset factory, there's advice for farmers in the 50s, an insight into the life of truck drivers in the 60s at night and who remembers chicken in a tin?
5x32
135 Granada Cinemas, Mansfield, Devon
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 11, 2024
We look at the Granada Cinema, Mansfield in the 60s, Devon in the 50s and a trip to a sweet factory. We remember the ventriloquist 'Saveen' and who remembers the Courage Brewery drays in the 50s?
5x33
136 Peter Rogers, Bryan Forbes, Lily Laundry
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 18, 2024
There's brilliant footage of the late Peter Rogers, an interview of Bryan Forbes, a fascinating reel of a day in the life of the Lily laundry, and we go back to the Granada Mansfield in the 60s.
5x34
137 Bread, Mayor-weighing, Dancing, Grandfathers
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 25, 2024
We start with a brilliant reel on bread, look at the weighing in of the mayor, but when and where? We have a colour film of a lady tap dancing on a ball and some great stories about grandfathers.
5x35
138 Puppets, Pinewood, Props
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 01, 2024
There's a brilliant lost reel of early puppets, we go behind the scenes at Pinewood Studios and journey into the props department in the 80s and we look at a Holy Communion in the early 50s.
5x36
139 Songbird, Mushrooms, Automation
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 08, 2024
We have a fascinating reel of an enchanting songbird, then it's all about mushrooms in the 70s! We have a brilliant reel about the start of automation in the 50s and do you remember Willie Wilko?
5x37
140 Aviation, Tin Cans, Dog Show
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 15, 2024
Let's get seated on the runway and wait for the plane to be ready! Then there's a short on tin cans children with their furry friends at a dog show and did any of you make a 'cotton reel tank'?
5x38
141 Johnny Ray, Shani Wallis, Bikes
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 22, 2024
There's a great reel of a lost British TV show featuring Johnny Ray and Shani Wallis, a brilliant public information film, and for bike fans, we go to Tyneside for a summer show back in the 60s.
5x39
142 Hovercraft, Sailors Society, Drumbeg
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 29, 2024
There's hovercraft races on land, The Sailors Society in the 50s, organs and sing-a-longs, sliders from Drumbeg, gobstoppers on sticks from Kibcaps Basildon and a TV recording from the 50s or 60s.
5x40
143 Peter Sellers, Pedal Cars
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 06, 2024
We have a rare treat with some lost films of Peter Sellers, then wonderful cine reels of pedal cars, tricycles, go karts and lawnmowers, and footage on how to change the wheel on an Austin 7 van.
5x41
144 Police Training, Hillclimb, House
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 13, 2024
There's a brilliant reel of the history of a house, a fascinating old reel about police training, some amazing Hillclimb racing footage and who remembers the 'Whistling Outspan Yo-Yo'?
5x42
145 Monte Carlo, Motorcycles
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 20, 2024
We'll take you racing in Monte Carlo, teach you about motorcycle road safety in the 1950s, we have footage of Laurel and Hardy, and we've found an episode of a lost series starring Anthony Newley.
5x43
146 Todd Slaughter, Traffic, Harold Hare
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 27, 2024
We have 'music unlimited' with a very rare reel with some surprising guests we've found a lost 'Tod Slaughter' film, footage of directing traffic in 1959 and who remembers the Harold Hare Comic?
5x44
147 Kenneth Cope, Millicent Martin, Aston Martin
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 03, 2024
We remember the great Kenneth Cope with a reel of him and Millicent Martin from the 60s! We go off to see the toys of yesteryear and go behind the scenes of the making of an Aston Martin!
5x45
148 Tea, Post-War, Poppies, Royal Navy
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 10, 2024
We are taught how to make tea, look at England towards the end of the war, we pop into Pete Murray's house on his 99th birthday, go poppy making and there's a great reel on the Royal Navy at sea.
5x46
149 Vespas, Whitbread Brewery, Esher Studios
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 17, 2024
How about a bit of 50s Vespa action? Then, we go behind the scenes of the Whitbread Brewery in the 60s and the Footage Detectives go footage detecting and explore the mystery of Esher Studios!
5x47
150 Solent train, Firewater soda
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 24, 2024
It's all about the steam with a brilliant reel of chugging along the Solent by train! Then there's a brilliant reel of a 60s cartoon and do you remember the pop called 'Firewater' from the 60s?
5x48
151 Harley Davidson, Timken home
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 01, 2024
We have exclusive, precious footage of a Harley Davidson meet up - but when and where? There's 60s footage of the Timken Show and we are off to the docks with a brilliant reel of vintage cars.
5x49
152 Thames, Traffic Warden
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 08, 2024
We've found a brilliant reel of the Thames, celebrate when being a traffic warden was fun - with footage from the 60s and share some tips from 1951, with a lost reel from the Cinema Museum!
5x50
153 Eagle Comic Siren
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 15, 2024
If you are a fan of Hattie Jacques, Jean Carson and Max Bygraves we have a rare treat of a reel. Did you buy an Eagle Comic Siren for 6d? And what links Saber of London with Captain Scarlet?
5x51
154 Christmas in the 1950s
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 22, 2024
`It's a star studded Christmas Special with Jack Hulbert, David Tomlinson. Jack Warner and many more! We look at different Christmas's in the 50s and 60s, and a reel of lost children in 50s London.
5x52
155 Muffin the Mule, Stars We Lost
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 29, 2024
Watch a rediscovered episode of childhood favourite Muffin the Mule, step back in time with childhood pastimes from the 50s and we look some of the stars we have sadly lost this year.

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