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An edition from 2008 in which Michael Aspel bade farewell to the antiques show with a special programme dedicated to highlights from the 200 episodes he hosted. Items featured include a watch that once belonged to Lawrence of Arabia - found on Michael's first edition. With contributions from fellow antiques enthusiasts Eric Knowles and Hilary Kay

Before he became one of Britain's best-loved presenters, Michael Aspel was one of the faces of early TV as a continuity announcer in the fledgling days of broadcasting. In this programme, Aspel looks back on a career that spanned newsreading, children's favourites like Crackerjack and Ask Aspel and shows including This Is Your Life and Antiques Roadshow. With stories of interviews gone delightfully wrong, encounters with silver screen legends, and even his comic turns with Morecambe and Wise, this is the definitive portrait of a man who helped shape British TV

A 1995 edition in which Michael Aspel springs a surprise on actor and comedian Bob Hope, with Phyllis Diller, Milton Berle, Jane Russell, Carroll Baker, Arnold Palmer and Gerald Ford among those paying tribute

In a programme first broadcast in 1970, the actress talks to Michael Aspel about her career and chooses scenes from some of her favourite films, including Way Out West, The Last Hurrah, On the Waterfront, Some Like It Hot and The Prime of Miss Jean Brody

The broadcaster reflects on his time as an evacuee during the Second World War. Sent to Chard in Somerset at the age of seven, he was separated from his siblings and didn't see his parents for more than four years. In this candid recollection, Aspel shares vivid memories of adapting to rural life, clashes with local children and the lasting impact of those formative years - stories he first touched on in 1969 documentary The Evacuees

At the beginning of the Second World War four million young children were evacuated from British cities into the countryside. In this documentary from 1969, some of them look back on their experiences, with theatre director and actor Jonathan Miller, broadcaster Michael Aspel and cartoonist Mel Caiman among them

Grace Dent embarks on a trip back in time to examine the TV schedules for Christmas 1995, serving up an irreverent look back at the festive viewing options that faced the nation. Highlights include Arthur Fowler behind bars in EastEnders, the morally questionable sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and Rik Mayall reading a story for the young ones on Jackanory

An edition from 2008 in which Michael Aspel bade farewell to the antiques show with a special programme dedicated to highlights from the 200 episodes he hosted. Items featured include a watch that once belonged to Lawrence of Arabia - found on Michael's first edition. With contributions from fellow antiques enthusiasts Eric Knowles and Hilary Kay