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We finally got our login to the BBC archive after waiting ages.  I completely failed to qualify for a login because i was the wrong demographic (male, young(ish), IT literate and professional).  Now I know this sounds really bad,  but in an inspirational moment I signed up Vicki and she met the demographic criteria (being female made the difference) so now we have access.  There seems to be about 8000 shows available including Eastenders episode 1.  There’s certainly no depth to any of the featured series but it does show promise.  I’m not entirely sure how far the BBC will go with this and whether it will become permanent.  I am hoping it will become pervasive so if for instance I want to watch the 1978 British Grand Prix or Going live from September 19th 1992, I would be able to find and view it. But already Vicki found value in a play that is published that was shown only once that she could not get a copy of for one of her lessons.

So keep up the momentum BBC!