For posterity, here is a collection of the charming characters, ebullient enthusiasts, exquisite eccentrics, magnificent misfits and the ever-so-slightly offbeat that make the BBC Archive great.

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BBC 最新推出的六集系列将为大家介绍六位古怪的英国人– English Eccentrics. In this first episode, we find out about the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland 芭芭拉·卡特 ...