Bbc Archive
@bbcarchive·780K subscribers·1.9K videos
1979: Buying a House | Public Life | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
Posted
December 21, 2025
Views
78,832
Likes
1,296
Comments
599
Engagement
2.40%
December 21, 2025
78,832
1,296
599
2.40%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
28:18Now Playing"For the majority of us, the most expensive, complicated transaction we're ever likely to make."
Graham Purches reports on the hazards and problems faced by people who are trying to buy a house, with particular attention given to the role of estate agents in the Bristol area. Is the whole system of house buying in Britain in need of modernisation?
Clip taken from Public Life, originally broadcast on BBC One West England, 15 June, 1979.
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
You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
