At the BBC

Take a musical trip back in time to 50 years ago, with 40 essential hits from 1975 plucked from the BBC's archives. The punk explosion was two years away and disco was only just starting to surface, but these 12 months were still packed with classic songs that remain staples to this day. Key moments include Abba in Blackpool on Seaside Special and Bay City Rollers riding the wave of Rollermania, as well as debut hits from key artists who were pioneers in their individual genres, including Bob Marley, Supertramp and Kraftwerk.

The pop singer shares her favourite musical moments and memories from across the years, featuring the best of her many appearances on a range of BBC shows across the decades. With performances from the 1980s on Wogan, Saturday Superstore, Going Live and numerous editions of Top of the Pops, as well as 2024's triumphant show at Radio 2 in the Park, with hits Kids in America, Water on Glass, Rage to Love and You Keep Me Hangin' On and the rarely seen duet A Short Term Affair with Tony Ferrino, aka Steve Coogan.

He was known as Mr Entertainment, and it's clear why that was the case from this collection of some of Sammy Davis Jr's finest moments on British television - showing off his unbeatable talents as singer and raconteur and opening up about his life in several fascinating conversations.

Sammy always had a special affection for the BBC, appearing many times over the years to perform and share stories with the likes of Michael Parkinson and Terry Wogan, and here we find him discussing his encounters with racism and his relationship with America's civil rights movement, the breakdown of his controversial marriage to the actress May Britt and the car accident that cost him an eye.

Alongside all the insights into his life and experiences are, of course, several show-stopping archive performances – as he wows the BBC's studio audiences with classic songs like Once in a Lifetime, Me and My Shadow and My Funny Valentine.

Before he became one of Britain's best-loved presenters, Michael Aspel was the face of early television - donning the famous 'communal dinner jacket' as a continuity announcer in the fledgling days of broadcasting.

In this warm and revealing documentary, Aspel looks back on a career that spanned news reading, children's favourites like Crackerjack and Ask Aspel, along with iconic shows such as 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.