TV Gladiator Cobra 'needs two new hips'

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TV Gladiator 'needs two new hips' Michael Willson, who was Cobra in the popular TV show Gladiators, also has arthritis in his spine.

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Basil Brush turns 50 - Boom Boom The veteran children's television character talks to Simon McCoy about the Royal family and the World Cup.

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Kerpow! Lost Batman footage screened Footage of actor Adam West teaching road safety to children has not been seen for 50 years.

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TV stars return with strings attached Zippy, Bagpuss, Basil Brush and Mr Spoon are among the TV puppets to go on show at a new exhibition.

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Blue Peter capsule dug up 33 years early Blue Peter presenters Katy Hill and Richard Bacon buried a Millennium time capsule in 1998.

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Have 80s Doctor Who special effects stood test of time? Former Doctor Who script writer Andrew Cartmel watches and gives commentary on three clips from his time on the programme in the 1980s, rating how he feels the special effects have stood the test of time.

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BBC News bids farewell to TV Centre The final BBC TV network news bulletins have been broadcast from Television Centre, ahead of a move to the BBC's new site in central London.

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