MORE than seven centuries of history are celebrated in a video launched yesterday, just in time for Christmas.

The 53-minute video contains scenes from many of the events featured in this year's Bedale 750 celebrations.

The six-month festival marked the 750th anniversary of the granting of the town's market charter. The video has now gone on sale at £9.99.

Produced by Andy Warboys of Swaledale Video with the help of festival publicity officer Ralph Robinson, it features a commentary by Any Kluz of Tyne-Tees Television.

"We had to cut down 13 hours of footage to just under one hour," said Ralph yesterday.

"We are aiming to cover our costs. Any excess of income over expenditure will go towards providing a permanent memento of the festival for Bedale."

The video is available from Taylor's newsagent in Bedale.