The 1960s series of this programme is probably the Origin of my love for modern history.
I've been a lover of modern history ever since I was quite young and I think perhaps this programme on TV had something to do with it. I can remember always making a point to watch it when it was on in its early evening slot in the 1960s.
Each episode was about 20 minutes and contained a mix of serious history about what had been happening in "This week x years ago" but also clips from more lighthearted things like what was popular in theatres or the movies back then. My abiding memory is when it covered the rise power of Hitler and the Nazis and then onto into the outbreak and progress of WW2 - all told using film clips from the time and with an often wry commentary from Brian Inglis. It was a great way to learn what my parents had comparatively recently lived through and gave me an extra appreciation for what - much later - came to be called the wartime generation and then "Britain's greatest generation".
Various sources say that, since the series was syndicated to other countries - it should still exist in the Granada archive. I'd buy the series in a heartbeat if it was available on DVD or streaming - but seemingly it's not. Silly Granada :-(
