1977: Exploring the LANCASTER HOLE | Beneath The Pennines | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive

Award-winning Yorkshire cameraman Sid Perou, who has travelled the globe on caving explorations, penetrates the mysterious world beneath the Pennines, and takes us where television has never been before. It's a world seen previously only by an exclusive and obsessive band of explorers - Britain's 20,000 cavers. The golden age of cave exploration falls well within living memory. Veteran caver Jim Eyres, of the British Speleological Association, relives the last great Pennines discovery - the Lancaster Hole - which allowed access to miles of river-ways, caverns and grottos beneath the western dales. Narrator: Ken Cooper Written by: Brian Thompson Film Recordist: Lindsay Dodd Film editor: Martin Winterton Dubbing Mixer: John Hale Executive producer Douglas B. Smith Clip taken from Beneath The Pennines: The Lancaster Hole, originally broadcast on BBC One (North), 6 December, 1977. You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1 You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive