Eyes Down: The Story of Bingo
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History Documentary hosted by Sarah Lancashire, published by BBC broadcasted as part of BBC Time Shift series in 2013 - English narration
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It is one of Britain's most popular leisure pursuits, but high street bingo came about almost by accident as the result of a loophole in an obscure piece of gambling legislation. Almost overnight, in January 1961 what had been a quiet parlour game or occasional seaside flutter was turned into a brash multimillion-pound business. As Timeshift affectionately recalls in this documentary, soon nearly a quarter of the population were playing and becoming fluent in the rhyming slang of 'bingo lingo' - from 'Legs Eleven' to 'Clickety Click, Sixty Six'. This explosion of interest quickly led to a moral panic about the dangers of easy prize money, but bingo was defiantly here to stay - and not just as the preserve of older women, as today's mega-halls full of hen night parties show.
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- Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L3.1
- Video Bitrate: CRF 20 (~2728Kbps)
- Video Resolution: 1280x720
- Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Frame Rate: 25 FPS
- Audio Codec: AAC-LC
- Audio Bitrate: Q=0.45 VBR 48KHz (~126Kbps)
- Audio Channels: 2
- Run-Time: 59 mins
- Number Of Parts: 1
- Part Size: 1.17 GB
- Source: HDTV
- Encoded by: JungleBoy
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Categories: History | Sarah Lancashire | BBC | BBC Time Shift | 2013 | English | Name
Language > English
Name
Narrator > Sarah Lancashire
Publisher > BBC
Publisher > BBC > BBC Time Shift
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Subject > History
Year > 2013