Liam Dale - BRUNEL and STEPHENSON 2-hour special! @GREATBRITISHCLASSICFILMANDTV

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL Many of the documentaries I made in my life, covered my personal heroes.
And here are tribute titles to two of them.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel and George Stephenson. A finer pair of engineers you would struggle to find, especially for the railways.

As a child, I lived in Cornwall near Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge, over the river Tamar. It is historically alleged that when he was overseeing the building of the bridge, he actually stayed in our house, near Torpoint, at a spot just a half mile walk to an easy sea level view of his work. My home featured an old gothic tower where apparently, he could sit undisturbed, gaze out the turret windows and work on the plans.

Although I cannot categorically prove this tale, it's fair to say that Maryfield House was completed in 1847 - seven years before construction started in May of eighteen fifty-four. So, it was a grand new house in the Gothic style and most unusual for the area, on the estate of the local Carew Pole family.

As of 1969, I would regularly travel from Bristol Temple meads to Plymouth by train, always in awe of the Dawlish stretch running so close to the sea where I would always throw a penny into the water for good luck.

Then we have George Stephenson - the uneducated son of a colliery fireman, who is listed in the Dictionary of National Biography as being the inventor and founder of railways.
His most famous invention in fact, being the Rocket.

Stephenson's Rocket was involved in the first railway fatality. While George Stephenson designed the locomotive, his son Robert is credited with its refinement and the actual construction. On the opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830, William Huskisson, a Member of Parliament, was struck and killed by the Rocket. He was attempting to cross the tracks when he was hit by the train.

But more of these stories later. I hope you enjoy these aging films. Slanche.. Liam Dale

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Liam Dale - BRUNEL and STEPHENSON 2-hour special!

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2025-07-10 | Many of the documentaries I made in my life, covered my personal heroes.
And here are tribute titles to two of them.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel and George Stephenson. A finer pair of engineers you would struggle to find, especially for the railways.

As a child, I lived in Cornwall near Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge, over the river Tamar. It is historically alleged that when he was overseeing the building of the bridge, he actually stayed in our house, near Torpoint, at a spot just a half mile walk to an easy sea level view of his work. My home featured an old gothic tower where apparently, he could sit undisturbed, gaze out the turret windows and work on the plans.

Although I cannot categorically prove this tale, it's fair to say that Maryfield House was completed in 1847 - seven years before construction started in May of eighteen fifty-four. So, it was a grand new house in the Gothic style and most unusual for the area, on the estate of the local Carew Pole family.

As of 1969, I would regularly travel from Bristol Temple meads to Plymouth by train, always in awe of the Dawlish stretch running so close to the sea where I would always throw a penny into the water for good luck.

Then we have George Stephenson - the uneducated son of a colliery fireman, who is listed in the Dictionary of National Biography as being the inventor and founder of railways.
His most famous invention in fact, being the Rocket.

Stephenson's Rocket was involved in the first railway fatality. While George Stephenson designed the locomotive, his son Robert is credited with its refinement and the actual construction. On the opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830, William Huskisson, a Member of Parliament, was struck and killed by the Rocket. He was attempting to cross the tracks when he was hit by the train.

But more of these stories later. I hope you enjoy these aging films. Slanche.. Liam Dale

The GOLDEN (Labrador) SHOWERS - Much nudity...

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-07-06 | It's 5th July 2026. America's 250th birthday. But at OLD WATER DRAGON CAVE Compound (NAGA).. it's showers day. And a chance for all rescues (We're all rescues here - animals and people alike) to get wet and wild.

Come meet Tommy the cat, the star of a new book publishing shortly (THE CAT WITH TEN LIVES), "Woofy the kangaroo dog" and 3 pedigree champion labradors. Heidi, Shining and Mary.

We're all at home for America's birthday, the gates are closed, the drawbridge is up. This is OUR little world in Thailand.
#labrador #rescuedog #thailand #goldenshowers

THE WARS OF THE ROSES - Part 1 British TV production BAD SOUND - Check description

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-07-03 | 9/7 - We found a masters issue. MAKING A NEW ONE TODAY. AND WILL PUT THE LINK HERE.
Otherwise, if you get cut off watching this as we UNLIST IT.. apologies. LD

The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in following centuries as the Civil Wars, were a series of armed confrontations, machinations, battles and campaigns fought for control of the English throne from 1455 to 1487.

The conflict was fought between supporters of the House of Lancaster (whose emblem was a red rose[contradictory]) and House of York (a white rose), two rival cadet branches of the royal House of Plantagenet. The conflict resulted in the end of Lancaster's male line in 1471, leaving the Tudor family to inherit, through the female line, the Lancaster claim to the throne. Conflict was largely brought to an end upon the union of the two houses through marriage, creating the Tudor dynasty that would subsequently rule England.
#britishhistory @waroftheroses

D-DAY A British Special Binge Watch | 2026+ PROMO with LINK (Tribute to surviving vets)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-06-11 | THIS IS A SHORT PROMO; dedicated to the less than 100 British survivors in June 2026.
THE LINK for the Binge watch is below. If this topic interests you, please pop over to the World at War Archive Channel.
youtube.com/@WorldatWarArchive
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D Day. June the Sixth, 1944. Forever needed to be recognised as an event of truly global magnitude. One of the really big ones.

When united Allied forces hit the beaches of Northern France en masse at the start of a big push against the German forces that had threatened and then acted against the best rule of law and democracy the world had come up with to that time.

But now we are fast losing the survivors and witnesses in two thousand and twenty-six. Eighty-two years later, the last of those heroes and observers are well into their nineties and hundreds.

It is estimated that only 31,000 world war two veterans in total remain alive in the USA.
Fewer than 8,000 in the United Kingdom.

And of course, a much lower living body count for the D Day survivors. Just a few thousand worldwide. And in fact, less than one hundred in the UK.

Which makes their testimonies on film of greater value and significance, and frankly, the work of preservation by documentary makers, me included, of greater importance than when I started presenting war history programmes about 40 years ago now.

In my 68th year, with a significant archive, I truly feel a greater responsibility than all the years before. But maybe that is because I can also see the end of my perch these days.

There are 3 titles presented here in this 3-hour binge watch. It includes one minute comfort breaks between each video in support of those like me who need to find a dunny more often than we used to.

Or to just get another favourite bevvy and stack up the biscuits plate.

The first title is a 30-year-old production "Britain at War - D Day Landings". I didn't produce this. But I have bought a lot of titles over the years in order to support the preservation and presentation of these unique works.

Second video is one of mine. "D - DAY; THE NORMANDY INVASION". I had a lotta fun filming a (rented) Spitfire for this. They move quick!

And lastly, to complete this pack - "D DAY BEACHES; THEN AND NOW". Again, presented by me but this is where in addition to the archive used, I travelled with trust camera, to the locations in France from the beaches to the cemeteries, a moving experience filled with sadness, ghosts and a surprising number of weeping vets when I made this, about 25 years ago. I suspect most of those I met are now no longer with us.

I hope this work pleases you and supports the eternal message

LEST WE FORGET.
youtu.be/w_LwhecJemU

Slanche
Liam Dale
#ww2 #wwII #ddaydocumentary

UNIQUE Luftwaffe Films (1934). A real eye opener 9/6/26

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-06-09 | For those of you who follow world war two history, I need to make mention here of something rather special on another of my channels. It's not Brit content, so it cannot feature on GBCFTV.

Since the early 1980's I've owned two rolls of 16mm film, liberated from Berlin by an American gee Eye.. and his son sold them to me 40 years later.

They are Luftwaffe propaganda films, original prints from 1934. From during the time, that Germany was NOT allowed to be developing machines of war.

The content, especially the "archetypal Jews" footage is unreal. But the biplanes are amazing.

What is special about these rolls of film are the cases. They are actually embossed/imprinted with the symbol of the Luftwaffe; an eagle carrying a swastika.

I've never seen this on film cans. It is standard Luftwaffe insignia though.
If you want to jump over for a look, they are on the WORLD AT WAR ACHIVE channel.

The links are in the description below.

youtube.com/watch?v=4waBrvJuYzg
youtube.com/watch?v=ttFCYFgpeYs

Slanche

Liam Dale
Oh - IF ANY COLLECTORS SPOT THIS.. AND WOULD LIKE TO ORIGINAL SPOOLS, PLEASE MESSAGE ME!

JIMMY SAVILE - Live TV Proof; TOP OF THE POPS

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-31 | I said I would edit and uprezz to 4K, this particular clip from TOP OF THE POPS, and Savile offending ON CAMERA.

I cannot imagine in reality, someone having THIS much nerve, confidence and personal arrogance to commit a really horrendous crime on LIVE TV.

The level of malice here, is unprecedented in video proof history. BUT.. where there is one.. there are always others. And I hope they wither and die from the stress. Look at the effect on Freddie Starr over the years he was investigated. Jim Davidson. Fred Talbot, Paul Gambaccini.

Many were arrested but never taken to court. Just too difficult to prove. As their words against those of the victims. Those that offend KNOW.. and they have to live, unlikely with guilt - More a fear of the possible outcomes of their behaviour.

It can be hoped however, that the fear of exposure has curtailed many. But who knows.
youtu.be/9S9t35qLmnI

GREAT BRITISH PEDOS; And other revelations from - TVs Mr Fixit. (PART ONE).

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-31 | Writing a brief introduction for GREAT BRITISH PAEDOPHILES the other day, got me thinking. About other "unpleasant characters" and showbiz entities I worked with over my time as an artist agent and personal manager.

It is from that period in the 1980's/90's with the development of corporate entertainment and when multiple soap formats appeared. I represented actors from Eastenders, Coronation Street, Brookside, Take the High Road. And a multitude of light entertainment stars and gameshow hosts, from Leslie Crowther to Jimmy Tarbuck.

Triggered by recent events and revelations, THIS is my first "tell all" tale. PART ONE so to speak.

To see the JIMMY SAVILE and GARY GLITTER videos in full, after watching this eye opener, here is the link to take you there.
youtu.be/FR9uxz-T3Gs

TO GET A COPY on Kindle or paperback of "POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS" by Liamn Dale please go to
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F9LS268N
or
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GREAT BRITISH PAEDOPHILES - Savile and Glitter

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-28 | ANNOUNCEMENT - I made a decision to upload a more revelatory and detailed PART ONE of my showbiz truths today. You might find it of more interest and then come back to THESE TWO TITLES when you choose.
youtu.be/9S9t35qLmnI

Having been in showbiz and television for over fifty years now, I have regrettably worked with, or bumped into, even lunched with, predator paedophiles subsequently revealed past my time at the BBC et al, and that Operation Yewtree was as much of an eye opener revelation to me as most of the public in reality.

As a result of the Yewtree announcement, I did have chats with the team specifically regarding
ANNOUNCEMENT - Before you watch this, you might prefer the bigger and more revelatory title I uploaded today. And then perhaps come back to these two titles. It's quite a bean spill!

Freddie Starr. I kept two well-known personalities, personal anecdotes private for now, as both are still alive. Both incidents took place at the London Palladium. Well three really. The Lionel Blair story is a tale for another day, but the other two are still showbiz active although well past their abusing date. I’m still thinking about that possibility.

Meanwhile, there are four public notoriety level offenders I’m covering in Great British paedophiles. Two of whom, will feature here in this part one upload.

First, the late and once great Jimmy Savile, now buried in an unmarked grave, his Scottish Cottage demolished and his legacy in ruins alongside the countless victims who never got their day in court or satisfaction of judgement.

I had lunch at the BBC canteen with Jimmy on one occasion. More of a table availability matter rather than a dining companion choice.

What made matters so much more revolting with the Saville case, was the fact that he was genuinely an amazing charity fund raiser, who raised about forty million with his efforts and promotions. The marathons, the simple pleasure of dreams being realised with Jim’l fix it and onwards.

I just thought he was likely a closet discreet gay with his dress sense and quirky mannerisms. Although he did pick his nose while eating, which was enough to look away from. Not one hint of an attraction to me. He just set off my gaydar over that hour at a cheap canteen table.

Next, Paul Gadd, otherwise known as Gary Glitter. At least he is residing and likely to die in confinement at his majesty’s pleasure. Gadd was a monstrous repeat offender on an international scale and is seeing out his unhealthy old age at a specialised protection unit in Southwest England.
I didn’t know Gadd personally, but I worked with Mike Leander his song writer for 6 months on a uniquely interesting pair of projects. Mike was a major Glitter songwriter, composing a host of hits, including Rock n Roll parts 1 and 2, I’m the leader of the gang, Do you wanna touch me amongst others. Royalties from these productions paid me for my work.

I can emphatically confirm that Mike had no clues as to the hidden Glitter agenda. They weren’t hugely personal friends, it was simply showbusiness and Mike died in 1996 of cancer.
Mike lived with his wife Penny and a host of housebound cats in an upper storey apartment in London’s West End. He had the idea to make a TV programme for housebound cats to watch when the owners were out. He asked me if I wanted a fee or a percentage. I said, the idea is bats. I want a fee. And I was duly paid.

COOL FOR CATS became my first one million plus VHS tape sale. I got that call wrong. HUGE reviews in broadsheet newspapers, alongside the tabloids with big pictures of cat reactions, from rolling around to launching themselves at the TV screens, I had put some thought into this, with audio frequencies and sounds that only cats could hear.

Mike contacted me again a while later and asked if I would like to repeat the project only this time for housebound dogs. Again, did I want a feee or a percentage.
Hell, yes, I want a percentage I said. COOL FOR DOGS bombed. Both sales and with dogs. Who mostly went back to sleep when it was on or carried on tearing up newspapers.
Anyway, it’s a fun anecdote about Mike. Who was blissfully ignorant as was I, of Glitter’s abhorrent behaviour and abuse.
#garyglitter #jimmysavile #paedophiles

OPERATIONAL HEIGHT - 1943 (British Air Force, Royal Navy, Merchant Navy) Balloon Ships

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-26 | Operational Height is a 1943 British documentary film produced by the Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (RAF FPU).

It offers a dramatized account of the operations and missions of RAF barrage balloons flown at sea to protect shipping lanes and port channels from low-level enemy divebombing and minelaying.

ESCORT TEAMS AT WORK - 1943 US and BRITISH NAVIES

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-26 | In 1943, escort teams—primarily operating in the Battle of the Atlantic—were coordinated naval formations designed to protect merchant supply convoys from German U-boat "wolfpack" tactics.

These anti-submarine teams consisted of destroyers, frigates, and corvettes, utilizing teamwork, early sonar, and depth charges to hunt submarines and defend cargo.

Ancient Worlds - Brought to Life; IMMORTALITY Ankor Wat, Cambodia Akhenaten, Egypt, Olympia, Greece

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-18 | ANKOR WAT; CAMBODI, AKHENATEN, EGYPT, OLYMPIA. GREECE (And the games).

"Ancient Worlds - Brought to Life" is a documentary series that uses 3D maps, 3D animation, interviews, and reenactments to explore ancient civilizations like Carthage, Pompeii, Machu Picchu, and those of ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt, the series includes detailed explorations of specific sites and cultures, aiming to provide insights into daily life, ambition, and history.

This compelling program reveals how the pursuit of sporting perfection helped Ancient Greeks attain immortality and how the lost pharaoh, Akhenaton, written out of history, "lives" again thanks to modern technology.
#immortality #temples #cambodia

A ROYAL YEAR (1969) & ROYAL SCANDALS, ROYAL ROMANCES, DIANA, ROYL HERITAGE (4-hour binge watch 2026)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-18 | Now, in 2026, the British Royal Family have a massive load of issues to deal with, that they would I am sure, like to keep behind closed palace walls and gates.

King Charles, likely not long to reign while treating cancer, a robust William ready to take over, Kate fighting cancer, 2027 is the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Diana and where do we even start with Andrew, looking so sweet and cheerful in the first film of this binge watch.

After my jabbering, we open with a rather unique colour Royal family review of 1969. When the firm was respected worldwide, had a commonwealth of consequence and there were no known paedophiles and abusers that we were aware of.

After this lovely set of rushes, there are four Liam Dale royal documentaries. PRINCESS DIANA ROYAL SCANDALS ROYAL ROMANCES ROYAL SCANDALS PRINCESS DIANA and ROYAL HERITAGE - British Royalty through the ages. Giving the opportunity for you to learn more about the history of this unique family if you choose to keep watching.

Much will change over the next year or two. Perhaps William is king, Andrew gets his comeuppance, Sarah gets arrested, who knows.

What we do know is The Firm will be in the public eye for a long time to come. Let us hope, after thinning the herd it can become a family of respect again.
#royalfamily #britishroyalnavy ##britishroyals

THE BRITISH ROYAL NAVAL REVIEW - Torbay 28th July 1969

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-17 | I've left this one raw in its original footage form - No editing. So, there's some little gaps tween shots and films and NO dialogue sometimes. WE call these "Rushes". You get to see all the bits, not just highlights.

Drinking Yorkshire tea with my feet up, I really like watching the original shots. The big views of the fleet from the helicopter camera are especially appealing.

The Queen and a large slice of the royal family in attendance at the Navy Review, Torbay, Devon, England.

A silly but personal favourite photo I have, is my hands on the steerage of HMY Britannia, from when I made a doco about Edinburgh where the grand lady now sleeps.

In 1969, Queen Elizabeth II conducted two significant naval reviews: a major international assembly of NATO forces at Spithead in May, and a review of the Royal Navy's Western Fleet at Torbay in July. Together, they showcased post-war maritime capabilities and a new Queen's Colour presentation.

On July 28, the Queen reviewed the ships from the Royal Yacht Britannia and subsequently presented a new Queen's Colour to the Western Fleet aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle.
#royalfamily #britishnavy #navalhistory

HOLIDAY - 1950s and 1960s (I THINK!)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-15 | I have no labels or data for this programme. Produced circa 2000, it is archive footage from all ages of the 20th century but no later than 1970. (Not that I have watched it all!).

IF anyone has any thoughts, please comment and I will continue the hunt for the info.

BUTLINS and REDCOATS open the show... Clacton etc. WERE YOU THERE?!?!
#butlins #britishholidays #redcoats

Ancient Worlds - Brought to Life; ANCIENT POWER, ANCIENT GLORY (Historical)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-15 | "Ancient Worlds - Brought to Life" is a documentary series that uses 3D maps, 3D animation, interviews, and reenactments to explore ancient civilizations like Carthage, Pompeii, Machu Picchu, and those of ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt, the series includes detailed explorations of specific sites and cultures, aiming to provide insights into daily life, ambition, and history.
#history #ancientworld #egyptianhistory

WHAT IS BEAUTY? With Michael Collings (Is art beautiful documentary

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-15 | Documentary in which artist and writer Matthew Collings explores the concept of beauty in art. Is beauty only in the eye of the beholder, or is there something more universal we can say about it?

Collings tries to identify ten different components of beauty with reference to some of his favourite artworks. Piero della Francesca’s Madonna del Parto from Monterchi is beautiful because of its simplicity, Robert Rauschenberg’s Charlene because its components are carefully selected, Norman Foster’s Millau Bridge because it returns to nature.

He travels around Europe (presumably the recession put paid to an American jaunt), from the new Brandhorst Museum in Munich to the gilded Norman Monreale Cathedral in Sicily, to illustrate these points.
#beauty #art #whatisbeauty

PHYSICAL FITNESS - LEARN A WORKOUT (Great strain-free methods for mature enthusiasts!)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-15 | Learning strain-free, or low-impact, exercise is about building strength and cardiovascular health without putting excessive stress on joints, tendons, and muscles.

Key strategies include using proper form, incorporating warming up and cooling down, and focusing on controlled movements rather than speed or heavy weights.
#physicalfitness #exercise

THE KING - (No, not the new one!) GEORGE 5th resplendent in beard/medal encrusted uniform. 1935

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-14 | A great piece of NAVAL and ROYAL ARCHIVE - The King inspects the fleet, the Royal Yacht The Victoria and Albert.
BI PLANES, BIG fleet manoeuvres, fly bys..

PRIVATE LIVES - EP 3; THE TSARS

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-13 | "Private Lives of the Tsars" is an episode in the documentary series Private Lives (2005) that explores the scandals, intrigues, and personal lives of the Romanov dynasty.

Key Focus Areas of the Series:
The Romanov Dynasty: The series covers the three centuries of the Romanovs' rule, noted for both spectacular excess and shocking violence.

Amazon.com
Key Figures: Features insights into major figures like Peter the Great (and his brutal tendencies) and the scandalous court of Catherine the Great.

Audiobooks.com
The End of the Dynasty: Chronicles the downfall of Nicholas II and Alexandra

N.A.R.A. (National Archives and Records Administration) STOP THAT FIRE (WWII 1942)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-12 | NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) World War II safety films are a collection of educational, training, and incentive films created by the U.S. government to instruct soldiers and war workers on safety, technical skills, and operational procedures during the war.

The phrase "Stop that fire" is associated with U.S. government fire prevention efforts during World War II, often categorized within the NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) collection of war propaganda posters. The phrase "Stop that fire" is associated with U.S. government fire prevention efforts during World War II, often categorized within the NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) collection of war propaganda posters.

These films include thousands of titles covering topics from military tactics to factory industrial safety, aimed at keeping personnel safe and maintaining high production.

Lovely examples of how we (apparently) talked 80 years ago!
#wwII #ww2 #britainatwar

N.A.R.A. (National Archives and Records Administration) NIGHT SHIFT (1942)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-12 | N.A.R.A. (National Archives and Records Administration) "NIGHT SHIFT" (1942)

NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) World War II safety films are a collection of educational, training, and incentive films created by the U.S. government to instruct soldiers and war workers on safety, technical skills, and operational procedures during the war.

These films include thousands of titles covering topics from military tactics to factory industrial safety, aimed at keeping personnel safe and maintaining high production.

Lovely examples of how we (apparently) talked 80 years ago!
#wwII #ww2 #britainatwar

N.A.R.A. (National Archives and Records Administration) DROPPING INCENDIAIRIES OVER LONDON

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-12 | (Silent film - with music)

NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) World War II safety films are a collection of educational, training, and incentive films created by the U.S. government to instruct soldiers and war workers on safety, technical skills, and operational procedures during the war.

These films include thousands of titles covering topics from military tactics to factory industrial safety, aimed at keeping personnel safe and maintaining high production.

Lovely examples of how we (apparently) talked 80 years ago!
#wwII #ww2 #britainatwar

N.A.R.A. (National Archives and Records Administration) UNITED NEWS -US WOMEN ARRIVE IN GB

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-12 | NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) World War II safety films are a collection of educational, training, and incentive films created by the U.S. government to instruct soldiers and war workers on safety, technical skills, and operational procedures during the war.

The arrival of American women in the United Kingdom during World War II was a significant,, often "forgotten" aspect of the conflict, with thousands crossing the Atlantic to serve in roles ranging from military staff to Red Cross volunteers. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) holds extensive records, including photographs and film, documenting the arrival and work of these women.

These films include thousands of titles covering topics from military tactics to factory industrial safety, aimed at keeping personnel safe and maintaining high production.

Lovely examples of how we (apparently) talked 80 years ago!
#wwII #ww2 #britainatwar

N.A.R.A. (National Archives and Records Administration) WAR IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC (1943 news)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-12 | UNITED NEWS (1940) WAR IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC (1943 newsreel)

NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) World War II safety films are a collection of educational, training, and incentive films created by the U.S. government to instruct soldiers and war workers on safety, technical skills, and operational procedures during the war.

American forces attacked and landed on Rendova Island on June 30, 1943. The amphibious assault, part of the New Georgia Campaign in the Solomon Islands, was carried out by the U.S. Army’s 43rd Infantry Division against a small Japanese garrison. The island was secured within a few days despite subsequent air attacks.

These films include thousands of titles covering topics from military tactics to factory industrial safety, aimed at keeping personnel safe and maintaining high production.

Lovely examples of how we (apparently) talked 80 years ago!
#wwII #ww2 #britainatwar

N.A.R.A. (National Archives and Records Administration) A NEW FIRE BOMB

PRIVATE LIVES - EP 4; THE HOLY MEN

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-11 | PRIVATE LIVES - Episode 4; THE HOLY MEN

PRIVATE LIVES was a successful 6 part TV series. This episode covers the "Under cassocks" secrets of the supposedly sanctimonious. The Pious, The pharisaical. (That's a good word).

THE STORY OF STEAM - DIDCOT and the heart of GWR Society (Founded in 1961)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-10 | A celebration of the Great Western Society's occupation of their site at Didcot. With most of the society's engines in operation and amid visits from Princess Elizabeth and King George V, this is an atmospheric look at the busy railway centre at Didcot.

The Great Western Society was started over 60 years ago by a group of schoolboys to preserve the spirit and style of the Great Western Railway and the once commonplace scenes you can see at the Didcot Railway Centre are the result of years of hard work by the countless unsung volunteers and members, without whom most of what you can see today would have all but disappeared forever.

Introduced and narrated by Mike Savage. Written and directed by David G. Rose and Mike Slee. Produced by Phillip Goodhand-Tait and Kathy Rose. With thanks to the Great Western Society and special thanks to Jeanette Howse.
#steamrailways #steamtrains #trains

THE STORY OF STEAM - Great Western Railway (GWR)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-09 | "The Story of Steam" (1987) is a railway documentary produced by Virgin and narrated by Mike Savage, focusing on the history and preservation of Great Western Railway steam engines.

Often associated with the Great Western Society (Didcot Railway Centre), it explores the restoration and operation of these historic locomotives.
#steamrailways #steamtrains #trains

PRIVATE LIVES - Episode 5; THE PHAROAHS

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-09 | Private Lives of the Pharaohs is a ocumentary mini-series that uses forensic science and DNA analysis to explore the personal, intimate lives and deaths of Ancient Egyptian rulers. It investigates topics like inbreeding, the fall of the 18th Dynasty, and daily life routines of these God aspiring pharaohs.

PRIVATE LIVES - Episode 2; EUROPEAN MONARCHS

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-09 | Private Lives of the Monarchs is a documentary series hosted by historian Dr. Tracy Borman that explores the hidden personal lives, scandals, and health issues of famous European royals.

The series focuses on humanizing figures like Queen Victoria, Henry VIII, and Louis XIV, focusing on their "foibles and fetishes" rather than just diplomacy.

THE WAY OF A SHIP (1953 archive)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-08 | "The Way of a Ship" is a British Pathé documentary feature, notably produced in two reels around 1953, that explores life aboard ocean liners and the traditions of maritime travel.

Life at Sea: The film captures the experience of cruising, featuring scenes of passengers on deck, activities, and the transition from daily life to travel.

Maritime Tradition: It highlights the fascination with ships, the "city on the sea" aspect of large liners, and the skills involved in navigation.

Visual Style: The documentary is known for featuring high-quality color footage from that era, showcasing both the interior of ships and views of destinations like the Bay of Naples.
@cruisers @oceanliners #atlanticocean

CONCORDE - THE ULTIMATE PROFILE

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-05-08 | "Concorde: The Ultimate Profile" is a comprehensive documentary documenting the development, flight testing, and commercial career of the world's only successful supersonic airliner.

It covers the 1960s design phase, political challenges, and engineering feats of the Anglo-French aircraft.

Historical Footage: Includes rare archival footage of early, test flights, and prototypes.
Engineering Focus: Details the development of the ogival delta wing and droop nose for landing visibility.
Operational History: Chronicles the 1976 entry into service, flying at twice the speed
of sound (Mach 2).
The Storyteller: Often highlights firsthand accounts from designers and test pilots.
#concorde #aircrafthistory

MYTHS & LEGENDS OF SCOTLAND - MYTHS & LEGENDS OF IRELAND (Celtic double title special)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-02-12 | Here is a lovely pair of titles with special appeal to my fellow Celts out there. Both at home in our native lands as well as the ex-pats, and those all spread to the far corners of the globe and distant plots. Throw in the anglophiles for good measure!

Scottish Myths and Legends, followed by Irish Myths and Legends. Two of my favourite productions, preserving the stories of these mystical realms, fully shot by me with wandering camera and Ford Galaxy.

I am one hundred percent Celt, A Scottish Protestant Father and an Irish Catholic Mother, I was born in Cornwall, the land of ghosties, ghoulies and long-legged beasties along with those things that go bump in the night.

So, with all the above, I feel well qualified to present these two back-to-back titles with a comfort break thrown in for good measure between them.
I hope they please your eyes and ears.

SLANCHE... Liam Dale

TOM -TOM The Cat with TEN Lives.. (Liam Dale audiobook test)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-02-11 | Anthropomorphism - The casting of human voices onto animals.

Or.. as Google would put it - The attribution of human characteristics or behaviour to non-human entities, including animals. Some people are more inclined to anthropomorphize than others, but it is a common way of perceiving and interacting with the world.

I spend most of my time in the duck compound, quacking at them and they quack back. But somewhere underneath I hear whispered words in Thai and English.

This is the first two test chapters of TOM TOM. A work in progress.

If it catches your ear, please hit the likes, dislikes and comments. Shall I upload the rest?
#cats #rescues #alwaysrescues #dogs

FAMILY MEETINGS - Can get a little raucous...

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-02-09 | Especially when everyone's got a different opinion..
#ducks #family #ducklife #rescues

ON THE TRAIN - Classic Liam Dale production special for young n old alike (British trains)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-02-09 | Sometimes, I broke away from making purely adult special interest documentaries and was commissioned to make titles for younger audiences and schools.

Here is a pleasant little nostalgia piece for young and old alike, 40 years old, set in the good old nineteen eighties, when we used to push monster sized video tapes into machines, and spend 10 minutes trying to find the tracking buttons.

What I particularly like about this production, it was filmed entirely by me, before reality, growth and girth crept in, and I had to have production staff and form a company. I REMEMBER EVERY SHOT.
Footplate filming and generally getting stuck in with a camera was so much fun.!

Hope you like this Great British steam driven classic.

Cheers.. Liam Dale
#steamtrains #steamrailway #vintagetrains

LIBERATION - FREEDOM DAY; ARTEMIS 2 OF GOOSES

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-02-08 | 8th February 2026 - Window of opportunity for liberation and launch of 10 baby Geese. (ARTEMIS 2 OF GOOSES).

At NAGA. ALL these geese, ducks, dogs, n cats are rescues. The geese come from a re-housed pair who were going to the pot for "being too noisy". They for sure are now!

ALL these ducks were born here. From an original hatch 5 years ago. I LOVE TO SEE FEARLESS animals getting on with their lives, not a care in the world. When the flock needs to be thinned, I personally catch them and crate them up quickly. Move them out to a stock house and arrange collection there out of earshot, sight and trauma for the main families.
NO ONE DIES HERE, except by natural causes. Every illness is fought with everything I have and every death is mourned.

If this video pleases you over coffee please hit SUPER THANKS for a contribution? ALL food here is organics and.. why not ask I ask myself. :-)
Slanche.. Liam Dale
#rescues #geese #ducks #labradors #rescuedogs #streedogs #rescuecats #artemis #artemis2

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS From Special Category Borstal boy to TV Mr Fixit (Life of Liam Dale) Trailer

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-02-07 | 8/2/26 - Promo trailer and prologue for my re-published autobiography 2026. HERE Is the opening of the audiobook. If it catches your ear and interest, please like, comment, criticise, as you feel fit.

"FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, LIAM DALE WAS SOWING MAILBAGS IN GLOUCESTER PRISON. It wasn't his best year" - DAILY MAIL, UK.

Here is the story, warts and all, of how it happened.
Since those dark days, Liam Dale has come a long way. As personal manager of top comics and T.V. personalities, he regularly rubs shoulders with the rich and famous, and now enjoys a lifestyle he could only ever dream of.

From "SPECIAL CATAGORY" Borstal boy to Television's Mr Fixit... The astonishing metamorphosis of LIAM DALE

KINDLE, PAPERBACK, HARDBACKS..
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F9LS268N

#liamdale #autoboigraphy2026 #prison

DONT GO DAD - Interstellar Dreams (Interstellar Ambient Music)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-02-07 | Most of the GBCFTV content is from KBO Media and Liam Dale. But here we have what we feel is some exceptional new talent to promote.

SYMBOLOGY CINEMATICS has some extremely good ambient music, related to our content as specialist Great Britain productions, including music inspired by epic authors, such as THIS piece with respect to INTERSTELLAR.

Hopefully you will enjoy them as background music when you work or relax, between watching our titles here!

If you want to listen further to Symbology Cinematics greater library, here is the link to their YouTube channel.
youtube.com/@Symbology-Cinematics

The link for the J.R.R. TOLKIEN - There and back again (audiobook) with Liam Dale is HERE:
youtube.com/watch?v=qnPOdx1ekfU

Slanche to my fellow musician.. Liam Dale

YOU SHALL NOT PASS - Defence of Thorondor (Lord of the Rings Ambient Music)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-02-07 | Most of the GBCFTV content is from KBO Media and Liam Dale. But here we have what we feel is some exceptional new talent to promote.

SYMBOLOGY CINEMATICS has some extremely good ambient music, related to our content as specialist Great Britain productions, including music inspired by epic British authors, such as THESE pieces with respect to THE LORD OF THE RINGS.

Hopefully you will enjoy them as background music when you work or relax, between watching our titles here!

If you want to listen further to Symbology Cinematics greater library, here is the link to their YouTube channel.
youtube.com/@Symbology-Cinematics

The link for the J.R.R. TOLKIEN - There and back again (audiobook) with Liam Dale is HERE:
youtube.com/watch?v=qnPOdx1ekfU

Slanche to my fellow musician.. Liam Dale

Pandora - Place of peace (Avatar ambient music)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-01-29 | Most of the GBCFTV content is from KBO Media and Liam Dale. But here we have what we feel is some exceptional new talent to promote.

SYMBOLOGY CINEMATICS has some extremely good ambient music, related to our content as specialist Great Britain productions, including music inspired by epic British authors, such as THESE pieces with respect to the AVATAR movies.

Hopefully you will enjoy them as background music when you work or relax, between watching our titles here!

If you want to listen further to Symbology Cinematics greater library, here is the link to their YouTube channel. youtube.com/@Symbology-Cinematics

The link for the J.R.R. TOLKIEN - There and back again (audiobook) with Liam Dale is HERE:
youtube.com/watch?v=qnPOdx1ekfU

Slanche to my fellow musician.. Liam Dale

The Last Dragon - Defiance (Fantasy/Lord of the Rings Ambient Music)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-01-29 | Most of the GBCFTV content is from KBO Media and Liam Dale. But here we have what we feel is some exceptional new talent to promote.

SYMBOLOGY CINEMATICS has some extremely good ambient music, related to our content as specialist Great Britain productions, including music inspired by epic British authors, such as THESE pieces with respect to THE LORD OF THE RINGS.

Hopefully you will enjoy them as background music when you work or relax, between watching our titles here!

If you want to listen further to Symbology Cinematics greater library, here is the link to their YouTube channel. youtube.com/@Symbology-Cinematics

The link for the J.R.R. TOLKIEN - There and back again (audiobook) with Liam Dale is HERE:
youtube.com/watch?v=qnPOdx1ekfU

Slanche to my fellow musician.. Liam Dale

Deep Dwarf chants - (Lord of the Rings Ambient Music)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-01-28 | Most of the GBCFTV content is from KBO Media and Liam Dale. But here we have what we feel is some exceptional new talent to promote.

SYMBOLOGY CINEMATICS has some extremely good ambient music, related to our content as specialist Great Britain productions, including music inspired by epic British authors, such as THESE pieces with respect to THE LORD OF THE RINGS.

Hopefully you will enjoy them as background music when you work or relax, between watching our titles here!

If you want to listen further to Symbology Cinematics greater library, here is the link to their YouTube channel. youtube.com/@Symbology-Cinematics

The link for the J.R.R. TOLKIEN - There and back again (audiobook) with Liam Dale is HERE:
youtube.com/watch?v=qnPOdx1ekfU

Slanche to my fellow musician.. Liam Dale

Misty Mountains - An Epic Winter Journey - (Lord of the Rings Ambient Music)

LET HOGWARTS HEAL YOUR HEART (Harry Potter Ambient Music)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-01-28 | Most of the GBCFTV content is from KBO Media and Liam Dale. But here we have what we feel is some exceptional new talent to promote.

SYMBOLOGY CINEMATICS has some extremely good ambient music, related to our content as specialist Great Britain productions, including music inspired by epic British authors, such as THIS piece with respect to HARRY POTTER

Hopefully you will enjoy them as background music when you work or relax, between watching our titles here!

If you want to listen further to Symbology Cinematics greater library, here is the link to their YouTube channel. youtube.com/@Symbology-Cinematics

The link for the JK ROWLING and HARRY POTTER - (audiobook) with Liam Dale is HERE:
youtu.be/-DOJlWIw27U

Slanche to my fellow musician.. Liam Dale

COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY - 20th ANNIVERARY (January 2026)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2026-01-08 | COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY LINK = youtube.com/watch?v=L29HrLmDohk

In the early 2000's, I started to look at how I could tell the stories of World War 2 in greater depth than a fifty-minute TV show would give me. I warmed up on individual topics such as D Day, Dunkirk, Adolf Hitler, Pearl Harbor etc.

But I was also covering ground that had previously been produced, albeit telling stories in different ways. At the end of the day, there was a world war between 1939 and 1945. We have the footage, we have the pictures, we have the details and descriptions of events that took place, but the facts and indeed the fiction will always remain roughly the same. It can just be told in a different order.

I was commissioned to make a series called The War Diaries, each an annual look, at those 7 years and the series was a big success on DVD at the time.

At around the same time, I made Theatre of War - The Pacific, a six-part series to cover in greater detail the specifics of the Pacific Campaign.

And with growing confidence, I decided to tackle a 12 x one-hour chronological TV series called The World War Two Archives. My transition to television from special interest video and DVD took place with this production.

As a result of this growing portfolio of edits, writings, compositions and yet more archive shopping, it dawned on me that in principle, there were 24 x three-month periods during this catalogue in history as near as needs be, from September 1939 and 1945.

So, the seed that had germinated in long form archive storytelling, coupled by the seduction of challenging the great British TV series The world at War, which had stirred my soul with its rich tapestry of wordcraft, skilled presentation and expensively rare color archive back in the 1970's, I set about the ridiculously overwhelming task of producing 150,000 words to make WORLD WAR TWO; COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY - A complete timeline.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the launch of this massive venture, we are re-releasing the original series completely as it was produced two decades ago, in all its black and white glory. Over the years it generated about 100 million views on television, became hugely popular specifically in Brazil and established me as a viable historic documentary maker, now with circa 5,000 titles under my enlarged belt.

Updated, uprezzed, colorized and corrected errors, it is of course out there as THE CALL OF DUTY and is being translated into ten different languages.

But for those who prefer archive to remain in its original black and white format, for those who may remember this series on British TV and indeed all around the world to New Zealand and back, it is a historical reminder of the past - LEST WE FORGET as well as being a tribute to how we made documentaries back in those days, with no A/I, special effects or video gimmicks.

It is a simple recording of one of the most consequential and devastating periods of lost life in human history.

Modern binge watchers will need to forgive the "reminders and recap" portions. It was of course produced to be transmitted over twenty-four weeks of terrestrial television. Not binge watched over a long weekend or holiday as is the custom 20 years later.

I hope it pleases your eye, your brain and your memory and at risk of repeating myself... Lest We Forget.

It was Mark Twain who allegedly said, "History never repeats itself, but sometimes it rhymes".

As I write these words in the first week of January 2026, I am stunned by the players of the world who flaunt with the possibility of further conflicts on an epic scale, in pursuit of domination, oil, control, autocracy and the potential destruction of democracy.

At sixty-seven years old, I pass the baton and hope the next generation of documentary makers can take my cause onwards, after I slip off the end of my personal perch, and move my words onwards as testimony to man's inhumanity to man.

All the best.. Liam Dale
#ww2 #ww2documentary #liamdale

GREAT BRITISH WINTER BINGE WATCH with Liam Dale Ghosts - Authors - Countryside (7 hours!)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2025-12-23 | For Christmas & New Year - The winter of 2025 A special compilation.

As days get shorter, leaves change colour and a thin hint of cooler climes fills the early morning air, it's time to create a Winter Binge Watch of warmer progs for the Great British Classic Film & TV Channel, as our holiday offering.

Along with comfort breaks between programmes, this collection covers all you need for a weekend or holiday armchair settle down. Pots of tea, scones and toast with Oxford Marmalade seem the order of the day or evening and a chance to explore or re-explore some historic British Culture.

We've taken the six episodes of Rural Britain; a Novel approach, a hugely popular classic authors and English countryside series, broken it up with episodes of Liam Dale's Ghostly Trails, a historical rather than hysterical look at some of Britain's ghostly glory, and to complete the epic offering, two special single standalones. A tiptoe through the life and home of Jane Austen, one of the world's most revered authors and a sobering program on the life of Edward Jenner and the cure for smallpox. (Think Covid).

All these topics are close to Liam's heart and are among his small collection of heroes and heroines, benefiting from his own word craft and personal approach to presentation, for the small screen in a digital age. We hope you are armed with Rich Tea and Bourbon biscuits, along with a favourite beverage or three and this series meets with your armchair approval.

Slanche.. Liam Dale (December 2025)
#christmas2025 #ghoststories #british

TIZ THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY.. (Christmas/New Year 2025) with Liam Dale

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2025-12-22 | It's a troubled world out there, but Brits have a "stiff upper lip" reputation, and as far as I am personally concerned, this time of year, is ALWAYS the "Season to be jolly".

So HERE is "SEARCHING FOR SANTA CLAUS" a piece of "armchair nostalgia and escapism".

I adored my times making Christmas specials, especially Father Christmas films. Here I was fortunate enough to have my family paid for as well, to travel to Lapland, where it was so cold I had to keep camera batteries down my trousers to preserve power! It's a lovely nostalgic programme for any time of the year.
#fatherchristmas #santaclaus #xmas2025 #christmas2025

VINTAGE MOTORCYCLES - Binge Watch 2 Hours of classics + 2 hours of road runs

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2025-12-11 | My first real motorcycle was a beautiful Matchless G2 CSR 250cc. And it set me up for a life that ends its days, fifty years later, here in Thailand on a Virago 1100, where my feet can firmly plant on the ground, and the weight is ok, having worked my way through the Harley Davidson thing for more than twenty years.

I still love a Hardly Rideable Tractor Glide, but a Road King is just too heavy and if I can't drop it and lift it up, I don't ride it anymore.

So, it was obvious that in my career making special interest programmes, that I would zero in on classic and vintage motorcycles. Here are four fantastic hours of 2-wheel, smelly vintage metal horses for your nostalgia and memory trip, from the comfort of your own sofa or armchair.

Classic Motorcycles of yesteryear Parts One and Two.. and then a SPIRIT OF THE SIXTIES rally. Finishing off with COAST TO COAST - The UK equivalent of Route 66 for old time machines.

There are comfort breaks between titles.

I hope you enjoy this selection, and indeed perhaps spot models and marks you owned and rode maybe even still. If you see one, please comment!

All the best...
Liam Dale
#classicmotorcycles #britishmotorcycle #vintagemotorcycles

Introducing - WORLD AT WAR ARCHIVE Channel (December 2025)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2025-12-01 | Greetings to those subscribers and followers of The Great British Classic Film and TV channel.
Developments through 2025 found me acquiring a significant archive and catalogue of Military and Combat titles, that have eaten up the next chunk of my pension.

YouTube works best when creating familiar niche channels for viewers, and we have developed and now opened World at War Archive Channel.
youtube.com/@WorldatWarArchive

PLEASE COME OVER, SUBSCRIBE AND HIT THE NOTIFICATIONS BELL!
#wwi #wwii #military

PRIVATE LIVES OF THE PHARAOHS (Modern media takes a look)

GREAT BRITISH CLASSIC FILM & TV CHANNEL 2025-11-25 | It's very difficult to be famous these days. There are always reporters and cameramen around to make sure the whole world knows about things you'd rather keep to yourself. Bill Clinton = "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."

Of course, in the distant past, those that ruled over us didn't have that problem. They didn't need to worry about the press or the paparazzi poking their noses into their private business. They were safe from the headlines and gossip columns.

Until now. In this programme, the modern media gets its chance to dig the dirt on a cross-dressing pharaoh, a freaky pharaoh, and the nasty business of grave robbing. It is going to expose the private lives of the pharaohs of ancient Egypt.
#egypt #pharaohs #ancienthistory