Rewind Time Machine

A family lives the good life off the national grid in this special report from 1980.

From 1971 a special report on the British summer season on the English Riviera.

In 1958 a training film is made at Perranporth with the Cornwall County Constabulary at a time when surf life saving was in its infancy.

In 1958 a training film is made at Perranporth with the Cornwall County Constabulary at a time when surf life saving was in its infancy.

Eric Sykes, Hattie Jacques, Larry Grayson and singer Moira Anderson attend a charity event in 1976.

An unidentified driver is interviewed demonstrating the illegal use of Citizens Band Radio in 1981.

Director John Badham is interviewed while filming Dracula in Cornwall in 1978.

In 1986 a mysterious flying saucer is witnessed hovering above the Church of St Michael the Archangel at Chagford.

Eric Sykes, Hattie Jacques, Larry Grayson and singer Moira Anderson attend a charity event in 1976.

A short report showing celebrations for the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977.

In 1971 TV reporter Del Cooper is in Launceston in Cornwall modelling the latest fashion for men in the skimpy shape of hot pants.

In 1970 schoolchildren are interviewed over smoking and whether they like the habit or not.

In 1975 Del Cooper travels to Whitcombe, to learn about the traditional Westcountry pastime of eel clotting.