Banks had scanned the classified ads and selected a run down 1975 Datsun for sale in Leith. He made sure it was a runner and had enough pe...

'Mac', Major Iain Frasier MacDuff, Royal Marine Commandos was running. It was what he did to help him think. He always wore his b...

Vivian McBeath looked her most stunning. She flirted with Banks from the moment he appeared at the door. Over dinner every movement was ca...

Banks opened the passenger door to be hit by a strong smell of Indian cooking "Smells worse than an Indian whorehouse!" Two flim...

Banks made a show of leaving. McBeath was in no doubt that everyone in The Grill was aware that they were "going for a curry" ....

The Grill was busy as usual. The long, dark mahogany bar accommodated dozens of jostling elbows amid a forest of pint glasses and the occa...

Shares in North Sea Oil leapt today following the announcement that The Cawdor Group, the largest oil and gas company based in Scotland ...

      Minister: "Nigel, spot of Cabernet?" Nigel: "Thank you Minister. Half a glass if you please. On duty. Derek her...

Linda: "Well, I guess it's getting late. Thank you for such a wonderful evening". John: "Yes, I enjoyed myself too....

Tonight on BBC 2 at respected social historian Dominic Sandbrook begins a new series looking at the 1970's and the decade's imp...

.. Troops takeover forecourts as petrol crisis spreads    An Emergency Government spokesman has outlined operations under...

"Good morning gentlemen. As you know, I have had to recover somewhat after my unscheduled visit to the other side of Offa's Dyke......

Panorama has been given unprecedented access to military operations in the Borcestershire area of operations. In tonight's programme we ...

"......Thank you Mr Hacker. We can assure the public that no stone will be left unturned in our search for the murderers. They will h...

   The Paras was a fly on the wall BBC TV documentary aired in November 1983. It follows the recruits from 480 (Training) Platoon of the ...

In September 1975, the BBC's Panorama takes a look inside Sandhurst. We find the then officer cadets preparing for a Winter of '79 ...

    Good morning gentlemen! I'm Captain Frost, IO, 5 Para and my job today is to brief you on the Borset TAOR. We'll begin with th...

The British Armed Forces in 1979 were the product of the cumulated effect of two major post colonial defence reviews. The Healy Reviews of...

. In my day job I'm paid to challenge the status quo. So you can imagine that Not Mentioned in Despatches by Spencer Fitz-Gibbon would...

"Ah, Gerald, thank you for dropping in so quickly. Tea? No Jaffa Cakes I'm afraid. As I've been told to give you an "int...