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| 1/2. Dominic Hyde spends his days as a researcher nipping back in time to the 1980s. His mission? To find out why the buses never ran on time. Tipped off by Great Aunt Mavis about an ancestor living in London, Dominic proceeds to make a series of unscheduled 'flips' in order to find him. | |
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| Part of Cab Night. Classic edition of the esteemed quiz when London cabbie Fred Housego won the 1980 title. | |
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| Part of BBC FOUR's Cab Night.Opinionated maverick loner or bolshie Barrow Boy rogue - the London Cabbie is a figure we think we all know, but do we? | |
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| Part of Cab Night. Jeremy Clarkson tries his hand at being a taxi driver, Steve Berry patrols the streets of Bolton in an American yellow cab, and Quentin Wilson tests London's latest taxi. | |
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| Comedy about the struggle of would-be London cabbies trying to learn routes through London. The candidates have to face the terrors of moped rides at night with an A-Z, and the regular exams given by the man they call The Vampire. Directed by Bob Brooks. | |
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| Part of BBC FOUR's Cab Night.Uncovering the rigorous training required to become a London cabbie - a process which terrifies the people who put themselves through it. Learning to recite the routes of London takes years, and the repeated appearances before the Public Carriage Office examiners are far more stressful than most job interviews. This film reveals the mysteries of an institution little changed since Victorian times. | |
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| Stan Lee is famous as the author of the Spider-Man stories, but the man who designed the characters, illustrated the comics and came up with many of the storylines, co-creator Steve Ditko, is virtually unheard of. In this documentary, Jonathan Ross, a lifelong fan of Ditko's work, hopes to tell his story. | |
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| Part of BBC FOUR's Cab Night.Opinionated maverick loner or bolshie Barrow Boy rogue - the London Cabbie is a figure we think we all know, but do we? | |
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| The story of the Fx4 London Taxi. Part of Cab Night. The arrival of Metrocab, threatened to make the FX4 obsolete, until it was saved by a Japanese engine and changes to the trim. | |
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| Part of BBC FOUR's Cab Night.Opinionated maverick loner or bolshie Barrow Boy rogue - the London Cabbie is a figure we think we all know, but do we? | |
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