Joan Bakewell introduces a program celebrating the eighth birthday of the third British TV channel BBC2. Interviews with the people responsible and extracts from some landmark programs including Play School; Beat Room; The Forsyte Saga; The Great War; Not Only But Also; Masterclass with Paul Tortelier; Talking To A Stranger; Man Alive; Civilisation; The Six Wives Of Henry VIII; International Golf; The Dave Allen Show; Bobbie Gentry and One Pair Of Eyes.
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