There are no episodes on iplayer, just clips,
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009g6qv/clips. That's why Series 1 Episode 2 has a listing.
Programme details are available from BBC Genome:
S1E1
Wed 8th Aug 1979, 19:10 on BBC One London
How many times have you wondered what happened to the people who made headlines in the past - and have since disappeared? In this first of this series of four programmes David Jacobs will be talking to Ruby Murray - remember the song 'Softly, Softly'? In 1955 she had five records in the Top 20 at the same time. Also Captain Carlsen of the Flying Enterprise, who became the focus of one of the world's biggest news stories in the 50s.
S1E2
Wed 15th Aug 1979, 19:10 on BBC One London
How many times have you wondered what happened to the People who made the headlines in the past - and have since disappeared? Tonight David JACOBS will be talking to Buster Crabbe, an Olympic swimming champion, who became an idol of the Saturday-morning cinema as the heroic Flash Gordon.
Also, Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck, dso, DFC (2 bars) - a real-life hero of the Battle of Britain. He was awarded four medals in less than a year - the newspapers called him invincible.
S1E3
Wed 22nd Aug 1979, 19:05 on BBC One London
How many times have you wondered what happened to the people who made headlines in the past - and have since disappeared? Tonight DAVID JACOBS talks to the real Billy Hayes. The award-winning film Midnight Express was based on his experiences in a Turkish jail. Also, Humphrey Lestocq - remember him as Flying Officer Kite?; and Ethel Whittaker who was a Tiller girl in the 20s.
S1E4
Wed 29th Aug 1979, 19:10 on BBC One London
How many times have you wondered what happened to the people who made headlines in the past - and have since disappeared? Tonight DAVID JACOBS talks to
Reita Faria , the Indian medical student who was crowned Miss World in 1966. Also, Sir Alec Rose , the Southsea greengrocer who sailed single-handed round the world; and Gerald Campion , the actor who was the greediest school-boy of them all, Billy Bunter.
S2E1
Wed 3rd Sep 1980, 19:10 on BBC One London
How many times have you wondered what happened to the people who made headlines in the past - and have since disappeared? In the first of this series of six programmes, DAVID JACOBS talks to McDonald Hobley , who was one of the first BBC television announcers in the days when news-readers wore dinner jackets; Janice Nicholls , the girl who made ' Oi'll give it foive' a national catchphrase; and Mandy Miller whose performance at the age of seven as the deaf and dumb girl in the film Mandy made her an international star.
S2E2
Wed 10th Sep 1980, 19:10 on BBC One London
How many times have you wondered what happened to the people who made headlines in the past-and have since disappeared? This week DAVID JACOBS goes to Hollywood to discover what happened to Fay Wray after King Kong carried her off; and back in England tracks down Brian Poole of THE TREMELOES. and that pretty little girl on the BBC Test Card.
S2E3
Wed 17th Sep 1980, 19:20 on BBC One London
How many times have you wondered what happened to the people who made headlines in the past - and have since disappeared?
This week, Carole Carr , one of the Forces' Sweethearts, returns to sing again and talks about the Big-Band era; and in America, DAVID JACOBS meets Cornel Wilde, the Hollywood heart throb of the 40s.
S2E4
Wed 24th Sep 1980, 19:10 on BBC One London
How many times have you wondered what happened to the people who made headlines in the past - and have since disappeared?
More than 50 years ago, a 14-year-old boy soprano recorded 'the most sublime record ever made'. It was 'Oh for the wings of a dove' by Master Ernest Lough. It sold eight million copies and is still one of the most requested records. This week DAVID JACOBS talks to Mr Lough; and goes to California to meet former Wimbledon champion Louise Brough.
S2E5
Wed 1st Oct 1980, 19:10 on BBC One London
How many times have you wondered what happened to the people who made headlines in the past - and have since disappeared?
Christopher Trace was the first presenter of Blue Peter, Barbara Goalen was our top model in the 50s, and Rudy Vallee was an international singing idol in the 20s. DAVID JACOBS finds out what happened to all of them.
S2E6
Wed 8th Oct 1980, 19:10 on BBC One London
How many times have you wondered what happened to the people who made headlines in the past-and have since disappeared?
In the last programme of the series, DAVID JACOBS goes to Texas to meet Jim Lovell , who uttered the historic words ' Houston, we have a problem' when he was in charge of the ill-fated Apollo 13 moon mission. Also. back in England, he meets Belita, the ice skater who, at the age of 31, represented Britain in Hitler's Olympics, and went on to stardom in those dazzling Hollywood musicals.
(I have no problem pre-knowing or looking up any of the subjects except Ethel Whittaker.)