Best of British - December 2005
Christmas Wishes from Sir Cliff Richard - personal memories and highlights of a career spanning six decades. Re-living the wartime era with North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Heroics at RAF Hornchurch - the airfield that provided defence in two world wars. Cream of the Ice Shows - the touring spectaculars whose popularity shows no sign of thawing. Is Mistletoe Losing its Magic? - the social implications linked to this seasonal essential. The Tremeloes - still singing nearly fifty years on. Great British bandleader Edmundo Ros Artist Terence Cuneo and his mouse. Life of Riley - what a way to buy a 1948 car. Maritime memories aboard the mv Discovery. Conway Stewart - a hundred years of quality pens. Belling fires and cookers. Exploring some of England's most beautiful towns. Christmas in the Thirties - memories of Yuletide beside the sea. Ward Lock holiday guides. 1950s collectables. West Country tar barrel rolling tradition.

Best of British - October 2005 
England Expects - Battle of Trafalgar bicentenary. Pompey Chimes out a Naval Welcome - miles of waterfront and centuries of history make Portsmouth a maritime treasure trove. Soil Cinderellas - the living history group upholding the vital work of the Land Girls. Helen Shapiro - our 1960s teen queen. Come fly with Me! - elevated to a different world with BOAC in the 1960s. A Dream that Died - the loss of the R101 airship 75 years ago. Britain's Great Bandleaders - Billy Cotton. The Great British Allotment - gardeners have never lost the plot. Boatman's Holiday - Britain's biggest gathering of canal boats. Moving Piece of Living History - Blenheim Palace's commemoration of the end of the last war. Rudyard Lake - 'Blackpool' of the Potteries. Our Backyard - when our fun was free. Clyde Pride - the changing face of this historic river. Once a Bobby - how training, discipline and a good community rapport lasted a lifetime. Why I Hate Hen Nights - the invitation to fill you with dread. Collecting diecast models. Wonderful Spitfire picture by Nicolas Trudgian. Collectors' cards featuring memorable football programmes.

Best of British - September 2005 
Classic Comics - how the Dandy and the Beano brought fun into our lives. The Battle of Britain - the 65th anniversary of the war’s defining moment. The Pilot’s Pub - the special landlady who provided a place of respite for battle-weary airmen. Great British Songwriters - Eric Maschwitz. Marty Wilde - Britain’s 1950s answer to Elvis Presley! When Football put on its Warpaint - how the national game helped to lift wartime spirits. Return of the Urban Beach- Britain’s favourite lidos are making new waves. When Small was Beautiful - the post-war housing building boom. Showmen’s favourite - the remaining Scammell Showtracs are coming together. The Old Shop in Poole - dusting off the memories of a family antique business. Maid of the Loch - how a Scottish paddle steamer touched the hearts of several generations. Chislehurst Caves - a soldier’s underground escapade. Pontefract’s Liquorice Festival. When ITV when on air for the first time. Enamel advertising signs. Electric Energy - the battery power that kept our old transport on the move. Superb painting of Mk1 Spitfires returning from battle. British Crafts - why traditional British hives are the bee’s knees.

Best of British - August 2005 
The Red Arrows - aerial acrobatics of a national treasure. Saluting Saviours - the AA man is back with his sidecar. Winter Harvest of Golden Cliffs - riches of Britain's Jurassic Coast. On My Honour - the Scouting movement is more than just woggles and 3-fingered salutes! Muted Celebrations - why not everyone jumped for joy on VE-Day. Time Honoured Traditions - a Derbyshire clock-maker steeped in history. Blast from the Past - the Acme Thunderer whistle. Yana - one of Britain's most glamorous stars. Sand, Sea and Memories - capturing the spirit of the traditional seaside holiday. Remember Hammer Films? - the horror that came out of the Bray studios. John Charles - football's gentle giant of the 1950s. Lux flakes - one of Britain's favourite washing products. Spinning a yarn - hand-crafted spinning wheels. Bodnant's unique garden. Coffee, cocoa and cakes - the famous Lyons' empire. Liberty's of London. Roaming pub artist Alan Roulstone. Great bandleader Ken Mackintosh. The hot and cold history of the Thermos flask. Nostalgia Gallery - the Mk IX Spitfires of No.126 Squadron return to base before D-Day. Steaming along the North Norfolk Poppy Line and the East Lancashire Railways.

Best of British - June 2005
Britain's best beaches. Red Cross help and liberation in Jersey at the end of WWII. Kathy Kirby's 1964 Eurovision Song Contest bid. Return of the British blue police box. Changing face of the High Street. Victorian woven silk bookmarks. Max Miller. The Scottish towns that provided munitions for WWI. Traditional British Punch & Judy. A nurse's memories of D-Day, VE-Day and VJ-Day. Last of the Rag and Bone men. Schoolgirl's Own's instructions for young girls in the 1920s. Classic kitchen collectables. Sarson's vinegar history. The invention of the Rawlplug. Malcolm Root painting of 1950s train-spotting youngsters. JCBs still digging for victory. The Bluebell, and the Kent & East Sussex steam railways. Great British bandleader Ray Noble.

Best of British - January 2005 
Cardiff centenary. Great days of the British circus. Scotland's Burns Supper tradition. Rag rugs. Visiting Hertfordshire. Harry Lauder. Wide World magazine's incredible story of a man who clung to the underneath of an express train for two hours. Britain's lost shops on old glass negatives. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. A Daimler D16's 1920s role. World's oldest needle-making mill. The British pantomime tradition. Gallows signs. Decorative sweet tins. The sounds of 1965. The Giant of Cerne Abbas. Sporting memorabilia. Fifties entertainer Jill Day. Dancing at Kimbell's. The British pipe smoker's heyday.