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Unique tradition of Ottery St Mary’s flaming tar barrels rolls on

Meet the president leading the haggis hurling revival and learn how delivering lunch became a sport for kilted gentlemen.

A piano player, a magician or sandwiches, which would motivate you to smoke the longest?

Human Cannonball Mary Connors has the guts and determination of any Olympian, proving she really is a she performing at Knebworth House, 1975.

Injuries abound as the annual cheese rolling at Cooper's Hill near Brockworth claims its usual victims.

Their training regime includes lifting a lump of concrete into a tree - meet the Leicester tug-of-war team preparing to take on the world.

The wheels on the bus go round and round, bringing toys and joys to pre-schoolers in West Yorkshire.

A once common object in many households becomes transformed into a quirky dancing troupe in this simple homespun animation.

The clinking of the milkman doing his daily rounds turns into a moving tale of romance between the contrasting beverages of day and night.

A cautionary tale of what happens when a husband is left by his wife to fend for himself; forgetting to put tea in the tea pot for one thing.

A nightmare scenario of a pauper’s funeral, as well as being buried alive, brought to life in this whimsical tale of a man laid low with flu.

John Betjeman whimsically appreciates Wakefield and its people - who "are like their houses, unpretentious and a bit grim on the outside".

The director of a documentary about British funk pioneers Cymande joins the band at BFI Southbank to talk about the film.

Plotting world domination, Devil Doctor Fu-Manchu steals plans for a new aero-torpedo in this earliest surviving thrill-a-minute serial instalment.

Filmmakers Jane Giles and Ali Catterall discuss their documentary Scala!!!, revisiting the legendary and inspirational cinema venue and some of the most notorious films that screened there.

Long thought lost, this Powell-directed promotional short for a veteran’s charity was only rediscovered in 2003.

A poignant, stirring letter from a recently deceased pilot to his mother is read by John Gielgud.

Former Bristol Poet Laureate, Miles Chambers reads a poem specially commissioned for the 75th anniversary of the NHS.