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October 22, 2026 2.3x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 818,521 views a day, 2.3 times a normal day (348,599).

This week on the channel +2.6M views this week

Can a computer produce art? Sally Gray put the question to Harold Cohen in 1996

The It'll Never Work clip, filmed at the University of California, San Diego, passed 390,000 views in four days, one of ten uploads in a we…

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The video drawing the most views now

1984: The Countryside is Rubbish | One Pair of Eyes: Laurie Taylor | BBC Archive

Video published

October 23, 2026

Video views so far

23,133

Video views, pace per day

26,891

Views in its first 17 hours

23,133

Position on Trari and in the category

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category

0.4% of all views the category's channels gained this week

Subscriber growth this week

0.3% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel

The channel's latest videos

The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views	Per day	First day	Likes	Comments
1984: The Countryside is Rubbish | One Pair of Eyes: Laurie…	October 23, 2026	28:34	23,133	26,891	23,133 (17 hours)	268	61
1990: Building Dioramas and Models | Techno | BBC Archive	October 22, 2026	6:04	36,647	9,214	30,684	468	46
1972: The History of the Cornish Pasty | Nationwide | BBC A…	October 21, 2026	6:33	43,264	9,611	24,131	741	172
1984: Life as a BT Apprentice | Job Bank | BBC Archive	October 20, 2026	20:04	105,125	9,461	60,700	1,036	299
1971: Billy the Beacon on how to cross the road | BBC Archi…	October 20, 2026	1:56 short	13,609	1,308	6,063	384	76
1979: A Kitchen Fit For Magnus Pyke | Design by Five | BBC …	October 19, 2026	24:58	20,923	895	14,302	205	80
1958: Winfred Atwell’s piano got lost in the BBC! | BBC Arc…	October 19, 2026	1:28 short	8,185	431	4,294	265	23
1986: Why the West Indies are Unbeatable | Calypso Cricket …	October 18, 2026	43:21	137,605	15,541	20,858	1,285	191
1974: Help Yourself to a House | Tuesday Documentary | BBC …	October 17, 2026	49:50	54,093	1,784	30,405	586	190
1969: Leaving School at 15 in Yorkshire | Girls Leaving Sch…	October 16, 2026	23:26	146,298	3,656	59,375	1,448	920
1990: Does Anybody Understand the Rules to Rugby Union? | O…	October 15, 2026	6:50	41,819	1,298	15,547	291	80
1966: How to Throw a House Party | A Whole Scene Going | BB…	October 14, 2026	10:06	57,648	1,356	21,936	853	190
1979: Pooh Sticks played by the real-life Christopher Robin…	October 14, 2026	1:05 short	10,850	109	6,198	235	29
1975: The Life of a Beach Comber | Nationwide | BBC Archive	October 13, 2026	6:05	37,750	596	15,332	450	55
1958: On the Never-Never: Buying on Hire Purchase | Eye to …	October 12, 2026	30:00	123,092	1,678	44,720	1,152	319

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

11.2 in the category: 21.1

comments per 1,000 views

3.2 in the category: 0.7

a video's usual first day on this channel

20,378 views

short vs long

3 short (up to 3 minutes), 12 long
average views per short video: 10,881
average views per long video: 68,949

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.

1. October 22, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 818,521 views a day, 2.3 times a normal day (348,599).
2. October 11, 2026Video taking off1975: Time to Scrap British Rail? | The Money Pro… The video opened at a pace of 72,616 views a day, 3.4 times a normal first day on this channel (21,340).
3. October 5, 2026Video taking off1976: British Rail introduces high speed trains |… The video opened at a pace of 107,293 views a day, 4.7 times a normal first day on this channel (22,875).
4. October 2, 2026Video taking off1996: Can a Computer Produce Art? | It'll Never W… The video opened at a pace of 69,570 views a day, 3.3 times a normal first day on this channel (20,962).