The Illustrious Career of Roland Rat (Videos, 1983-1988)
You can watch a bunch of videos here.
You Got an Ology? (Book, Maureen Lipman & Richard Phillips, 1989)
You book of the iconic TV ad campaign for British Telecom. You can digitally borrow it here.
Making the Most of the Micro (Video, 1983)
You can watch this TV series about the BBC-branded 8-bit computer here.
Jackanory: Winnie the Pooh (Video, 1985)
You can watch this complete multi-part episode (starring Willie Rushton) of the long-running British children's book-adapting TV series here.
Note: VHS flickering/flashing color-bar issues.
Granny Gets The Point (Video, 1970)
You can watch this British short film about the transition to decimal currency here.
The Crystal Maze (In-browser/download, DOS/Acorn Archimedes, Digital Jellyfish Design, 1994)
You can download this game based on a classic British game show for use in DOSBox here, or download it, bundled with DOSBox and the all-important game manual, here.
The manual is important because different team members have different strengths and weaknesses in the various minigames.
The Mr. Blobby VHS Tapes (Videos, 1993/1994/1996)
You can watch them here. For the uninitiated: no explanation is possible.
Film '74 - Film '2018 '98 (Videos, 1974-1998)
Clips from the long-running BBC film review series that ran from 1971 to 2018; here are all the clips on the Internet Archive, including interviews and location reports, I could find.
Pictures: Bill Haley of Bill Haley & His Comets in 1974, Jack Nicholson in 1982, Robert De Niro in 1990, Quentin Tarantino in 1998.
Nellie the Elephant: 9 Fun Packed Adventures (Video, 1990)
A VHS tape of the animated series that was based on a 1956 song you can do CPR to, about an elephant leaving a circus and following the literal call of nature. You can watch it here.
The Riddlers - Eight Episodes (Videos, 1990/1991/1992)
You can watch them on two digitized VHS tapes here.
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CITV Favourites For Over 5’s (Video, 1999)
Includes Melissa Joan Hart’s encounter with British puppets Zig and Zag. You can watch it here.
Zzzap! (Videos, 1993-2001)
The live-action TV comic book, made with deaf children in mind.. Being a British comic book, it's an anthology. You can watch a ton of episodes of it here (including two uploads of the VHS tapes, in case there's a problem with one).
Tip: in British slang, 'dead' means 'extremely'.
The Family Ness (Videos, 1984-1985)
You can watch it all here.
Takeshi’s Challenge - The UK Craig Charles Dub (Videos, 2002-2004)
What the UK did instead of MXC. You can watch it here, Keshi-heads!
Stories of the Sylvanian Families - Complete Series VHS (Video, 1988)
British stop-motion series based on the Japanese toy line, narrated by Bernard Cribbins. You can watch it all here.