A little old lady living alone is seeking a small white dog to keep her company. A young married man gives up his old English sheepdog because he takes up too much room. Today, as always, the home is full - 450 dogs either lost or kicked…
They are the people we love to hate-traffic wardens. Also known as "Wasps", "Yellow Perils" and, even less politely, "Little Hitlers" This film reflects a typical day for the 100 Wardens who operate from a centre in the West End of…
The scene: Selfridges, the biggest shop in the West End of London. The players: 3,000 employees who are briefed to "entertain the public, not just take their money". Maurice, the postman, is doing his Norman Wisdom act; Colin, the…
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Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex is a traditional little seaside town. It's got a sandy beach and a pier and not much else. But despite the age of the jet and the cheap package tour, Walton's population still doubles during the season. This…
The motto of GOSH - London's Great Ormond Street Hospital - is "Children First and Always". Nearly all the children referred here are seriously ill. There is an underlying feeling of tension, but overall it's a happy place. A place for…
Every day a band of brave - some might say foolish - instructors set out in dual-control cars to teach people how to drive. Pupils like 69-year-old Mrs Patience Pumphrey. Her record to date: more than 100 lessons and two failed tests.…
Everything you always wanted to know about London's crooked square mile-but never dared to ask... Meet the King of Swing - Alfredo the doorman, who has sung with Frank Sinatra; and the Queen of Sound Effects Beryl, who is having problems…
The blue whale is undergoing cosmetic surgery, the dinosaur is being given a spring clean and the elephants and rhinoceroses are on the move. All this before the 7,500 visitors arrive for the day. Behind mahogany doors, away from the…
Every day in summer 75,000 people sail away from Dover across the Channel. Each ferry goes backwards and forwards three times. It can get very confusing to the crew - sometimes they have to ask passengers which way the boat is going. The…
The Japanese are quiet. The French are a bit messy. The Germans are clean and friendly. And the English? "Arrogant, pushy and wanting all the attention," says Sandy O'Cunneff , who runs the ladies' loo at the Tower of London. Twelve…
It is a golden autumn day in Richmond Park - a royal park, and a sanctuary of 2,500 peaceful acres on the doorstep of London. Pippa, Emma and Tufty, the squirrels, are being spoiled by Sally, a medical secretary. She feeds them expensive…
They say that one of the worst things that can happen to ordinary people is moving house. Today Ronald Miller, 82, and his wife, Isabel, 75, are leaving the house in Dollis Hill that has been their home since their wedding day in 1930.…
It's spring in Albert Square. The daffs are out; the trees are in leaf and love is in the air. Actually it's early March; the daffs are plastic, the leaves are made of material and tied on with cotton, and Den and Angie and Dot and Ethel…
Heathrow is the world's busiest airport - 45,000 people work here and cater for 75,000 passengers a day. Here is Bernadette MacDonald, check-in girl, never without a smile on her face. "It comes on when I arrive and it gets peeled off…
Nellie has got a sore throat, Bruce has an eye problem and keeps bumping into things, and Whiskey is coming round from an operation to stop him chasing the girls. Nellie is a 10 1/2-foot python, Bruce is a tortoise and Whiskey was a tom…
Next time your car breaks down or won't start, and the AA says there's a two-hour wait, here's a tip. Tell them you're a doctor or a nurse or a teacher. Say you're a plumber on an emergency call - and you'll get priority. "It's a good…
Round and round the dog track at Walthamstow goes 75-year-old Leo Olley , painting everything that doesn't move. He's there every day before the punters arrive, singing old wartime songs and making sure all is spick and span. "I've got a…
In April this year, nine KC 135 Stratotankers - flying petrol pumps - took off from Fairford to refuel the F-111s that bombed Libya. Yet an incident that made world headlines and caused an international crisis seems to have had little…