The following is a list of titles currently available to view in the Mediatheque. A number of additional titles are currently unavailable, and will be restored as soon as possible.
Please note that a very small number of titles, marked with an asterisk (*), are currently available to view only in our London Mediatheque due to rights issues. We hope to make these available in all BFI Mediatheques in the future.
1984
1955 | 89
Rarely-seen 50s feature 'freely adapted' from George Orwell's classic novel.
Collection: The Book Group
1984: Designing a Nightmare
1984 | 25
Join Christopher Frayling on the set of the 1984 film version of Orwell's classic novel.
Collection: The Book Group
28 Up
1984 | 160
The children first interviewed when they were 7 in 1964 are revisited at the age of 28.
Collection: Essentially British
3 Non-Blondes
2003 | 30
'Candid Camera' with attitude featuring the soon-to-be Little Miss Jocelyn.
Collection: Black Britain
The 39 Steps
1935 | 87
A boy's own adventure from London to Scotland. Hitchcock's best British film?
Collection: Essentially British
4D Special Agents
1981 | 60
A group of East End kids track down a gang of jewel thieves. To the helicopter, everyone!
Collection: Box of Delights
600-Year-Old Custom
1927 | 1
An eccentric sport courtesy of East Midlands tradition.
Collection: Heartlands
617: The Last Days of a Vulcan Squadron
1982 | 40
The final days of the 'Dam Busters' squadron.
Collection: Heartlands
64 Day Hero: A Boxer's Tale
1985 | 92
The turbulent life and death of championship boxer Randolph Turpin.
Collection: Black Britain
84 Charing Cross Road
1975 | 75
Love among the second hand books.
Collection: Play for Today
ABC Xmas and New Year Greetings
1946 | 3
Santa doles out the pressies courtesy of Associated British Cinemas.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Abigail's Party
1977 | 100
Beverly hands out the brickbats with the 'little cheesy pineapple ones'.
Collection: Play for Today
Above Us the Earth
1977 | 85
The closure of Ogilvie Colliery by the National Coal Board, shown through a mixture of documentary footage and dramatisation.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 | 30
Sweetie darling! Edina's putting on a charity fashion show, and things aren't going to plan...
Collection: Brit Chic
The Acrobatic Fly
1910 | 3
Roll up, roll up! The fly circus is in town!
Collection: Pandora's Box
Yr Actor (Meredith Edwards)
1989 | 47
The Ealing star chats about his life with Meredydd Evans.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Adeste Fideles
1941 | 13
The spirit of Christmas is alive and well in wartime Britain.
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1958 | 30
Richard Greene plays Nottingham's infamous outlaw in a mythical Sherwood Forest.
Collection: Heartlands
The African Conference in London 1948
1948 | 17
African delegates visit some of Britain’s most famous sites.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
African Derby
1927 | 11
A day at the races in Basutoland.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
The African Trade
1997 | 50
The story of the African man who was one of the true leaders of the abolitionist movement.
Collection: Exodus: Remembering Slavery
Africa's Fighting Men
1943 | 14
The Colonial Film Unit's most popular film of the year - propaganda for the African war effort.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
After the Attack
1914 | 2
German film showing the effects of WWI bombardment on the East Coast.
Collection: North by North East
After the Blizzard
1926 | 3
Beautiful scenes of a North Wales winter wonderland following a heavy snowfall.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Age of Dissent
1994 | 51
Will Parry and Hugo Greenhalgh campaign to lower the age of consent for gay men from 21 to 16.
Collection: Beautiful Things
AIDS: Iceberg / Monolith
1985 | 2
Don’t die of ignorance - the government's infamous AIDS awareness campaign.
Collection: The Joy of Sex Education
Akenfield
1974 | 98
Peter Hall's innovative improvised drama following three generations of farmhands in a fictional Suffolk village.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Alan Bennett (South Bank Show)
1984 | 60
Alan Bennett talks to Melvyn Bragg about his childhood in Leeds and his writing career.
Collection: Alan Bennett - An Englishman at Home
Alexandra Day in Peckham
1913 | 4
Flower sellers raise money for charity in Peckham and Camberwell.
Collection: Beautiful South
Alfalfa
1987 | 9
The queer alphabet - from AC/DC to Zipper.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Alice in Wonderland
1903 | 8
New restoration of cinema's first trip down the rabbit hole.
Collection: March Hares & Easter Bunnies
The Alien Sky
1956 | 98
Colonial chaos on the cusp of Indian Independence in this early TV drama from Paul Scott's novel.
Collection: Before Midnight
All Good Men
1974 | 63
The relationship between a labour politician and his Marxist son falters when a television crew visits.
Collection: Play for Today
All in Good Time
1965 | 25
Look out for a fresh-faced Richard Briers in Guinness' curious experiment in product placement.
Collection: Pandora's Box
All Kinds of Houses
1946 | 10
Enid Blyton wrote the story for this wildlife film on the nesting habits of British birds, made for young children.
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
All Star Record Breakers
1979 | 54
Name a 70s children's presenter and they'll probably be in this all star extravaganza, complete with musical skeletons and high-kicking dance routines.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
All Your Own
1958 | 35
A teenage Jimmy Page makes an early appearance on Huw Wheldon’s talent show.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Amelia and the Angel
1958 | 30
Ken Russell's magical fantasy about an angel who loses her wings.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Amy Johnson Family Films
1932 | 15
Glimpse a different side to the pioneering aviator in this selection of home movie extracts.
Collection: Amy Johnson: Queen of the Skies
Amy!
1980 | 34
Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen's avant-garde portrait of a feminist icon.
Collection: Amy Johnson: Queen of the Skies
Amy, Wonderful Amy
1974 | 60
A disturbed runaway who idolises aviator Amy Johnson finds her fantasies unravelling in this TV play with a twist.
Collection: Amy Johnson: Queen of the Skies
And Now They Rest
1939 | 18
Documentary made to encourage the preservation of East Anglia's beautiful windmills.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Andy the Furniture Maker
1986 | 60
An unlikely star of the 1980s art world is given a suitably unconventional profile.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Angel of the North
1998 | 40
Angel or demon? Gateshead locals speak their mind on Antony Gormley's controversial sculpture.
Collection: North by North East
Angela Carter (Off the Page)
1987 | 23
The Magic Toyshop author reads from her work and admits that writing 'chose' her - not the other way around.
Collection: The Book Group
Angela Carter's Curious Room
1992 | 50
Omnibus profile, poignantly filmed shortly before the author's death.
Collection: The Book Group
The Angelic Conversation
1985 | 81
Derek Jarman's queer reading of 14 Shakespeare sonnets addressed to a young man, narrated by Judi Dench.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Angels are so Few
1970 | 65
A potentially malevolent angel visits suburbia in Dennis Potter's sinister drama.
Collection: Play for Today
Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge
2003 | 30
A-ha! A look back at the life and career of Radio Norwich's most famous DJ.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Anniversary
1967 | 95
Bette Davis stars as a domineering mother who will stop at nothing to keep her family together.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
Annual Inspection of the Bodyguard by His Excellency the Lord Lytton
1925 | 5
Lord Lytton and family - on and off duty.
Collection: Before Midnight
Another Case of Poisoning
1949 | 14
Coughs and sneezes spread diseases - some sanitary warnings to the wise...
Collection: Pandora's Box
Another Country
1984 | 88
The fictionalised schooldays of future Cambridge spy Guy Burgess.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Another Flip for Dominick
1982 | 85
More time-travelling adventures in this sequel to the much-loved 'Flipside of Dominick Hide'.
Collection: Play for Today
Another Sky
1955 | 83
A young Englishwoman travels to Morocco and falls in love with a street musician.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Another World by Sean Connery
1962 | 5
A slightly awkward Sean Connery makes an appeal on behalf of the RNIB.
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Ant & Dec Show
1996 | 25
Get ready to rhumble with the cheeky twosome's first foray into presenting, including the controversial 'Beat the Barber' segment.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
The Antique Vase
1913 | 9
Racist comedy short in which the tables are turned on a greedy Jewish antique dealer.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Any Evening After Work
1930 | 22
The British Social Hygiene Council comes to the rescue of a young man who catches something nasty.
Collection: The Joy of Sex Education
Any Man’s Kingdom
1956 | 22
The lure of Northumberland as portrayed by British Transport Films.
Collection: Reality Bites
Any Man's Kingdom
1956 | 22
The lure of Northumberland as portrayed by British Transport Films.
Collection: Reality Bites
The Apprentices
1988 | 25
Two young apprentices based in Derby learn the basics of driving a train.
Collection: Heartlands
Aquatic Frolics
1926 | 1
Bathing beauties in Blackpool.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Architecture or Revolution
1966 | 30
Televised student debate on the future of architecture.
Collection: The Promised Land
Are You Being Served?
1973 | 30
Mr Humphries: dreadful stereotype or national hero?
Collection: Beautiful Things
Arise Ye Workers
1973 | 25
Cinema Action's response to the 1972 Dockers' dispute.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
Arrival of Mah H.R.H. Jind
1911 | 1
Royalty arrives by train.
Collection: Before Midnight
Arrival of the Earl of Lytton at Calcutta
1922 | 7
Lord Lytton comes to take up the post of Governor of Bengal.
Collection: Before Midnight
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
1940 | 84
When a death occurs during a charity football match, Scotland Yard are called in.
Collection: London Calling
Aspects of Kirkwall: Some Changes
1981 | 20
Margaret Tait's portrait of her hometown in the Orkneys.
Collection: British Islands
At Home With Larry Grayson
1983 | 25
Janet Street-Porter presents a not-quite-intimate portrait of the entertainer as he celebrates his 60th birthday.
Collection: Beautiful Things
At the Fountainhead (of German Strength)
1980 | 96
A German-Jewish musician seeks exile in Cold War London in this BFI-produced experimental work.
Collection: Oy Britannia
At the Villa Rose
1920 | 93
Kidnap, murder and fake séances in the French Riviera in this Agatha Christie-esque detective thriller.
Collection: Silent Britain
The Attendant
1993 | 8
A museum attandant indulges his sado-masochistic fantasies.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Attlee Talks to Percy Cudlipp
1955 | 15
Clement and Violet Attlee attempt to regain power in the run-up to the 1955 election.
Collection: The Ballot Box
ATV Today: Brian Clough
1968 | 4
A brief insight into the early management days of a football legend.
Collection: Heartlands
ATV Today: Derby Clocks
1968 | 8
How do Smith of Derby keep their clocks ticking on time?
Collection: Heartlands
ATV Today: The Lost Villages of Derwent and Ashopton
1966 | 10
Gwyn Richards reports on the history of two Derbyshire villages flooded for the Ladybower Reservoir in the 1940s.
Collection: Heartlands
ATV Today: Women in Love
1968 | 11
On location during the filming of Ken Russell's Women in Love.
Collection: Heartlands
Audrey Hepburn Test
1952 | 5
Early silent colour footage of the future Holly Golightly.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Auf Wiedersehen Pet
1983 | 30
Jimmy Nail's Oz gets stranded in Newcastle in this episode of the popular comedy-drama.
Collection: North by North East
Aunt Sally
1933 | 80
Slapstick meets the Folies Bergère in this Cicely Courtneidge vehicle.
Collection: Funny Girls
Ave You Got a Male Assistant Please Miss?
1973 | 5
Students have sex.
Collection: The Joy of Sex Education
B.D. Women
1994 | 20
The hidden histories of black lesbians.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Babi ar ei Brifiant
1985 | 40
The history of the BBC radio service from Bangor, under the leadership of the inimitable Sam Jones.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Baby
2001 | 12
A teenager (Ben Whishaw) pays a sexually charged visit to a swimming pool.
Beautiful Things
Baby Blues
1973 | 75
A mother's feelings towards her newborn baby begin to turn dangerous.
Collection: Play for Today
Babylon
1980 | 95
Brinsley Forde stars as a young rapper in one of the first British features to explore black youth culture.
Collection: Black Britain
Baby's Toilet
1905 | 3
Nothing to do with potties... Baby gets a good wash.
Collection: Reality Bites
Bachelor of Hearts
1958 | 94
A German student gets a culture shock in 1950s Cambridge in this glorious romantic comedy.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Bad Day for Levinsky
1909 | 6
Racist comedy short about an avaricious Jew.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Badger
1989 | 25
The cruelty of badger-baiting threatens to ruin a girl's birthday.
Collection: Heartlands
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
1988 | 12
Poetic reflection on Oscar Wilde's testimony at his 1895 trial.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Bamburgh Fete
1930 | 1
Forty seconds of fun in the grounds of Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland.
Collection: North by North East
Bar Mitzvah Boy
1976 | 75
Much-loved bittersweet Jewish family comedy from Jack Rosenthal.
Collection: Play for Today
The Barber of Stamford Hill
1962 | 64
Big-screen version of Ronald Harwood's drama about a lonely North London barber.
Collection: Oy Britannia
The Basil Brush Show
1976 | 30
Boom boom! Basil Brush joins forces with Lulu to wreck Mr. Roy's romantic evening.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Basil Bunting - A World of My Own
1969 | 30
A poet's vision of the history and landscape of Northumbria.
Collection: North by North East
The Battle
1934 | 85
Charles Boyer and Merle Oberon star in this spy drama set during the Russo-Japanese War.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
The Battle of Kinder Scout
1970 | 20
The history of the famous mass trespass in the Peak District.
Collection: Heartlands
The Battle of Orgreave
2002 | 60
Mike Figgis films an artist's recreation of the violent clash between miners and the police during the 1984-5 strike.
Collection: King Coal
Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery
1925 |
Effeminate fisticuffs from the French in this boxing-themed send-up of foreign stereotypes.
Collection: Beautiful Things
The Beacons and Beyond
1979 | 27
British Transport Film promoting the pleasures of South Wales.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Beautiful Thing
1996 | 87
Two teenage boys fall in love in South East London to the songs of the Mamas and the Papas.
Collection: Beautiful Things
The Bed
1963 | 28
Thora Hird hones her battleaxe persona in the pilot for the long-running sitcom 'Meet the Wife'.
Collection: Funny Girls
Bed Among the Lentils, A (Talking Heads) (tx03/05/1988)
1988 | 30
Can a fling with an Indian grocer rescue a vicar's wife from fetes and flower-arranging?
Collection: Essentially British
Bedelia
1946 | 90
Margaret Lockwood strikes again as a surprisingly sympathetic poisoner.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
Beer at its Best
1955 | 14
Nigerian beer advert promoting the lack of human involvement in the manufacturing process.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Before the Fringe
1967 | 7
Dora Bryan plays an unlikely killer in this hilarious sketch.
Collection: Funny Girls
Being Happy Is What Matters Most
1987 | 26
Life at Summerhill, the controversial school run as a democratic community where attendance at lessons is optional.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Bellamira
1975 | 54
Helen Mirren dons her finest wig as Bellamira - Restoration mistress and occasional masked robber.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
The Belles of St. Trinians
1954 | 91
Ronald Searle's devils-in-gymslips receive their first big screen outing.
Collection: Essentially British
Bermondsey
1972 | 35
'Brokeback Mountain' in a pub in South East LondonÖ
Collection: Beautiful Things
Bermondsey Boy
1991 | 40
A South London wide boy awaits trial for GBH.
Collection: Beautiful South
Bernard Braden Collection: Quentin Crisp
1968 | 11
Previously unseen footage of Quentin Crisp before he was famous.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Bernard Shaw's Village
1951 | 9
Pay a visit to the celebrated playwright's home in Ayot St. Lawrence.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Beryl Reid Says...Good Evening
1968 |
Rarely seen comedy sketch show starring the versatile Beryl Reid.
Collection: Funny Girls
The Bespoke Overcoat
1955 | 33
Jack Clayton's Oscar-winning ghost story, based on a Gogol fable.
Collection: Oy Britannia
The Best of British Fashion
1978 | 52
Highlights from the 1979 Spring collections, with leisurewear a-plenty.
Collection: Brit Chic
Betcher
1971 | 13
A very young Keith Chegwin shows off his cycling prowess.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Beyond Image
1969 | 17
Psychedelia without the illegal drugs.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Les Bicyclettes de Belsize
1968 | 29
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Hampstead-style.
Collection: London Calling
Big Brother
2002 | 65
Highlights show from series 3 of the omnipresent reality TV show, which made Jade Goody a household name.
Collection: The Book Group
The Big Flame
1969 | 85
Ken Loach's incendiary drama about a dockers' strike turned workers' takeover.
Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
The Big Job
1965 | 2
The National Coal Board wants you as a new recruit.
Collection: King Coal
The Big Meeting
1963 | 24
The Durham Miners' Gala - one of the world’s largest annual gatherings of miners and their families.
Collection: Reality Bites
The Big 'Un
1969 | 25
The construction and launch of a 250,000 ton tanker on the River Tyne.
Collection: North by North East
Bikaner - Secrets of India
1934 | 8
A portrait of the city in Rajasthan.
Collection: Before Midnight
Billy Merson singing 'Desdemona'
1927 | 3
The great music hall performer sings, dances and skips with a lyre.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Billy the Fish
1990 | 15
Harry Enfield voices 'Viz' comic's half-man/half-fish goalkeeping star.
Collection: North by North East
Birds of a Feather
1992 | 30
The most famous episode of the long-running sitcom - the one where Dorian sings "Like a Virgin".
Collection: Funny Girls
Birth of a Dress
1954 | 12
Mass-production offers a taste of couture to the commoners.
Collection: Brit Chic
Birthday Procession of a Maharajah
1904 | 1
Royalty on elephantback.
Collection: Before Midnight
The Bit of Scarlet
1996 | 75
A history of British gay cinema, described as 'a kind of post-modern queer soap opera for Britain in the nineties'.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Black Christmas
1977 | 50
As Christmas approaches, Gertrude gathers her family around her. But the perfect Christmas Day that she dreams of seems destined to turn to disaster.
Collection: Black Britain
Black Diamonds - The Collier's Daily Life
1904 | 1
Mitchell and Kenyon take their camera to the coal mine.
Collection: King Coal
Black Joy
1977 | 95
A naïve Guyanan immigrant learns some tough lessons on the streets of Brixton.
Collection: Beautiful South
Black Narcissus
1947 | 100
Tensions and repressed passions possess a group of nuns working in the Himalayas.
Collection: Before Midnight
Black on Black
1982 | 52
Channel 4's pioneering magazine show made for Britain's black communities.
Collection: Black Britain
Black Peoples of the Americas
1997 | 20
A young Briton explores the history of the British slave trade and its aftermath in his search for his roots.
Collection: Exodus: Remembering Slavery
Black Silk
1985 | 50
Rudolph Walker stars as a barrister with political ambitions and strong links to his local community.
Collection: Black Britain
The Black Stuff
1980 | 110
A first outing for Yosser Hughes and co in Alan Bleasdale's 'Boys From...' forerunner.
Collection: Play for Today
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988 | 45
Classic festive special where Blackadder sees visions of Christmasses past and future.
Collection: The Book Group
Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night
1988 | 25
Excellent 'Dramarama' play which led to the highly successful 'Children's Ward'.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Blackfriars Bridge
1896 | 1
Top-hatted Victorians and horse-drawn traffic cross Blackfriars Bridge.
Collection: London Calling
Blackhill Campaign
1963 | 48
Villagers and miners fight against the closure of Blackhill Colliery, Northumberland.
Collection: North by North East
Blackmail
1929 | 82
Manslaughter, blackmail and an epic chase through the British Museum. Sound and silent versions of the early Hitchcock classic.
Collection: London Calling
Blackmail Test Take
1929 | 1
Hitchcock gets dirty with his leading lady.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Blasphemy at the Old Bailey
1977 | 75
Gay News vs. Mary Whitehouse - one of the most controversial trials of modern times.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Blight
1997 | 30
An East End community voices its anger as homes are demolished to make way for the M11 road link.
Collection: London Calling
Blighty
1927 | 106
Melodrama about the impact of WWI on a wealthy English family.
Collection: Silent Britain
Blithe Spirit
1945 | 93
A harmless séance summons up an unwanted ghost in this Noel Coward play, starring Margaret Rutherford as a gung-ho medium.
Collection: Funny Girls
The Block
1972 | 75
Hard-hitting documentary from Paul Watson examining the plight of people living below the poverty line in Southwark.
Collection: Beautiful South
Blood Ah Goh Run
1982 | 20
The demonstrations following 1981's infamous New Cross Fire in which 13 young black people died.
Collection: Black Britain
Bloody Sunday
2002 | 120
Award-winning drama about the civil rights protest march that ended in massacre. From the director of 'United 93'.
Collection: Essentially British
Blooming Youth
1973 | 75
Student love, life and squalor at a London 'poly'.
Collection: Play for Today
Blue Black Permanent
1992 | 84
A woman (Celia Imrie) reflects on memories of her Orcadian poet mother.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
The Blue Lamp
1949 | 84
Police drama that spawned the hugely successful series Dixon of Dock Green.
Collection: London Calling
Blue Peter
1964 | 25
Valerie Singleton and Christopher Trace present the iconic children's magazine show.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Blue Peter Countryside Special
1985 | 30
'Blue Peter' takes to the countryside - a year on a farm in the Peak District of Derbyshire.
Collection: Heartlands
Blue Remembered Hills
1979 | 75
Helen Mirren dons ankle socks in Dennis Potter's tragic evocation of childhood.
Collection: Play for Today
Blue Scar
1949 | 102
Welsh coal mining drama dealing with ambition, class and gender.
Collection: King Coal
Blur: End of a Century
1999 | 51
Damon Albarn and his bandmates revisit their Colchester roots.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Body Beautiful
1990 | 23
Ngozi Onwurah's powerful and poetic portrait of her relationship with her mother.
Collection: Black Britain
The Body Show
1982 | 30
Legwarmers at the ready for Yvonne Ocampo's exercise regime.
Collection: Channel 4 Anniversary
Bombardment of Hartlepool - 60th Anniversary
1974 | 6
60 years after Germany's raid on Hartlepool during WWI, an eyewitness recalls the attack.
Collection: North by North East
Book Four
1982 | 30
Fay Weldon and Len Deighton lock horns in Channel 4's first book programme.
Collection: Channel 4 Anniversary
Book Tower: The Secret Garden
1981 | 30
In this episode of the series aimed at encouraging children to read, Tom Baker focuses on Frances Hodgson Burnett's 'A Secret Garden'.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Books of the Century
1996 | 5
Queen of the saucy blockbuster Jackie Collins reveals her favourite book - Enid Blyton’s 'The Folk of the Faraway Tree'.
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
Borderline
2005 | 4
London as seen through the eyes of Escher.
Collection: London Calling
Bow Bells
1955 | 14
A nostalgic traipse through the East End accompanied by music-hall numbers.
Collection: London Calling
Bowler and the Bunnet
1967 | 36
Sean Connery's only film as director - a stylish and opinionated piece on the prospects for the Govan shipyards.
Tales From the Shipyard
Boy and Bicycle
1965 | 25
Ridley Scott's directorial debut: a day in the life of a schoolboy truant.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Boy Kumasenu
1951 | 60
A boy in the Gold Coast moves from a small fishing village to the modern city of Accra.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Boy Who Turned Yellow, The
1972 | 55
The London Underground turns yellow in Michael Powell's charming Children's Film Foundation entry.
Collection: London Calling
The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off
2004 | 60
BAFTA-winning documentary following the last months of Jonny Kennedy, a Northumberland man born with a disabling skin condition.
Collection: North by North East
Boyfriends
1996 | 81
Seven men spend a weekend in the country - gay sex, love and relationships in the 1990s
Collection: Beautiful Things
Boys
2000 | 25
Sex and 16 year old boys.
Collection: The Joy of Sex Education
Bradford Coronation Procession
1902 | 2
A procession celebrating the coronation of King Edward VII.
Collection: Essentially British
The Brave Don't Cry
1952 | 90
Drama-documentary about a Scottish mining rescue team, based on the Knockshinnoch disaster.
Collection: King Coal
Break in the Sun
1980 | 25
The climax of a six-part serial adapted from Bernard Ashley's novel about a young girl who flees her abusive stepfather.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Break the News
1938 | 78
Maurice Chevalier and Jack Buchanan star as chorus boys who fake a murder for some much-needed publicity.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Breakfast with Frost
1998 | 64
News, politics and historic interviews - all over breakfast.
Collection: Frost/Mediatheque
Breeze Anstey
1972 | 60
A rural romance from H.E. Bates.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Brief City
1952 | 19
How the Festival of Britain transformed the South Bank into a post-war wonderland.
Collection: London Calling
Brief Encounter
1945 | 86
Repressed emotions, steam trains and a fateful bit of grit in the eye.
Collection: Essentially British
Brimstone and Treacle
1976 | 75
Satan pays a visit in this long-banned Dennis Potter play.
Collection: Play for Today
Britain Belongs to You No.1
1959 | 20
Tony Benn campaigns for Labour.
Collection: The Ballot Box
British Fashion Awards 1989
1989 | 52
Princess Diana dishes out the first ever British Fashion Awards.
Collection: Brit Chic
The British in India
1998 | 47
Precicely what was and is Britain's legacy in India?
Collection: Before Midnight
British India - Voices from an Imperial Past
1981 | 90
British accounts of life during the Raj.
Collection: Before Midnight
British Paramount News
1936 | 2
Activists rally against the British Union of Fascists and the Metropolitan Police in these 1930s newsreel rushes.
Collection: Oy Britannia
The British Policeman
1959 | 17
A day in the life of a British Bobby in Leicester.
Collection: Heartlands
Brixton Black
1984 |
A former delinquent explains how he turned his life around.
Collection: Beautiful South
Broken Blossoms
1919 | 107
London's Limehouse Chinatown recreated in Hollywood.
Collection: London Calling
Bronco Bullfrog
1969 | 86
Youth culture in not-so-swinging Stratford.
Collection: London Calling
The Brontë Business
1977 | 30
Joan Bakewell joins Brontë Country's lucrative tourist trail.
Collection: The Book Group
The Brontë Connection
1979 | 30
Who were the real-life figures behind Heathcliff and Co?
Collection: The Book Group
The Brontës Lived Here
1973 | 15
Margaret Drabble examines the role of childhood games in the literary legacy of the Brontës.
Collection: The Book Group
Brookside
1982 | 30
The first ever episode of Channel 4's long-running soap, starring The Royle Family's Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston.
Collection: Channel 4 Anniversary
Brookside
1994 | 25
Soap’s first lesbian kiss.
Collection: Soap Bubbles
The Buddha of Suburbia
1993 | 60
Gay sex, mysticism and family strife: revisit this four-part TV adaptation of Kureishi's debut novel.
Collection: The Book Group
The Building of the New Tyne Bridge
1928 | 40
Extraordinary footage of the construction of Tyneside's iconic landmark.
Collection: North by North East
The Bull Ring Shopping Centre, Birmingham
1965 | 26
The development of Britain's busiest shopping mall.
Collection: Shop 'til You Drop
Bullet Boy
2004 | 100
A young black man struggles to avoid a life of crime after being released from jail.
Collection: London Calling
Bumps on the River Cam
1922 | 1
Cambridge Lent racers row their boats ungently down the stream.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Burning
1967 | 30
Early short film from Stephen Frears set in apartheid South Africa.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Burning an Illusion
1981 | 101
Pioneering black British feature in which a woman begins to question her attitude to life, love and marriage.
Collection: Black Britain
Buxton Skyline
1901 | 2
Mitchell & Kenyon's panorama of the Derbyshire town at the end of the Victorian era.
Collection: Heartlands
Buxton Well Dressing
1904 | 7
Early film footage of the Derbyshire ceremonies giving thanks for fresh water.
Collection: Heartlands
By Leafy Ways - A Garden Memorabilia
1971 | 4
Ivor Abraham's poignant portfolio of photographic stills and illustrations, taking the viewer into the world of suburban gardening.
Collection: British Islands
By the Fireside
1945 | 2
An idyllic fireside scene slips seamlessly into an advert for Maypole Tea.
Collection: Housewives' Choice
Byker
1983 | 53
The changing face of a close-knit working-class community in Newcastle from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.
Collection: North by North East
Byker Grove
1992 | 25
The infamous 'paintball' episode of the long-running Geordie soap, which introduced the world to Ant and Dec.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Byker Wall
1988 | 10
Beatrix Campbell explores a 20th century 'walled city'.
Collection: The Promised Land
C O D - A Mellow Drama
1929 | 10
Mischievous experimental short made by moonlighting film studio technicians.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine
1927 | 5
The conditions that provide a breeding ground for the parasitic disease, kala azar.
Collection: Before Midnight
Calcutta Topical No.1
1925 | 6
Fashionably attired folk attend the races.
Collection: Before Midnight
Calling Blighty
1944 | 10
Armed forces personnel from Leicestershire send messages home to their loved ones from India.
Collection: Heartlands
Camberwell - Dedication of the Borough Mace at the Licensed Victualers Asylum Chapel, Asylum Road, S.E.
1918 | 2
Mayors, bishops and clergymen march through Camberwell to the asylum, better known today as Caroline Gardens.
Collection: Beautiful South
Cambridge
1931 | 12
Inventive portrait of the city by documentary pioneer and Cambridge alumnus Stuart Legg.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Cambridge Folk Festival
1980 | 50
Don McLean, Lonnie Donegan and other folk stars wow the crowds at the 1980 music festival.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Came Out, It Rained, Went Back in Again
1991 | 10
A girl comes out and treks to London. But will the Big Smoke offer her the lesbian bliss she seeks?
Collection: Beautiful Things
Camgymeriad Gwych (Beautiful Mistake)
2000 | 72
John Cale teams up with the leading bands of ‘Cool Cymru’.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Canney View of Sunderland
1970 | 25
Michael Canney discovers the joys of Sunderland, a city on the verge of change.
Collection: North by North East
The Canterbury Tale
1944 | 125
Magical and unsetting evocation of rural Britain as seen through the eyes of WWII's modern pilgrims.
Collection: Essentially British
Captain Busby
1967 | 15
Quentin Crisp's acting debut - in a bizarre film that includes some entertainingly surreal interplay with a carrot at a railway station.
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Captain Zip Video Trip
1978 | 74
Amateur films of the punk scene in London, 1978-81.
Collection: Anarchy in the UK
Car of Dreams
1935 | 69
A young John Mills stars in this breezy musical comedy of errors.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Caravaggio
1986 | 89
Derek Jarman's portrait of the Renaissance painter.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Carnaby Street Fashions
1968 | 4
Join the hipsters (and Sophia Loren) at the epicentre of Swinging London.
Collection: Brit Chic
Carrie's War
1974 | 30
The original five-part adaptation of Nina Bawden’s haunting WWII-era children’s novel.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Carry on At Your Convenience
1971 | 90
Comedy about union unrest at the WC Boggs toilet factory.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
Carry On Camping
1969 | 88
The Carry On team go camping - in all senses of the word.
Collection: Essentially British
Carry on Christmas
1969 | 51
Festive frolics with the Carry On gang, with a guest appearance from Frankie Howerd.
Collection: Santa's Grotto
Carry On Constable
1960 | 86
Williams, Hawtrey and co. dole out the Carry On treatment to Dixon of Dock Green.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Carry on Up the Jungle
1970 | 89
The Carry On gang parody the Tarzan films.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Carry on up the Khyber
1968 | 88
The Burpas are revolting! The Carry On take on the Raj.
Collection: Before Midnight
Cast Us Not Out
1969 | 23
A look at homes run by the Jewish Welfare Board.
Collection: Oy Britannia
The Castle of Adventure
1990 | 25
Four children and Kiki the parrot investigate some dodgy goings-on in Enid Blyton's mystery tale.
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
Castles and Fisherfolk
1933 | 12
The lives of West Africans, against the backdrop of the castles of the Gold Coast.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Catherine Comes Home
1978 | 25
Bestselling author Catherine Cookson returns to her childhood home in the North East after an absence of 48 years.
Collection: North by North East
Cavalcade of Variety
1941 | 59
Ventriloquism, tap dancing and drag acts a go-go. That's variety!
Collection: Pandora's Box
Central Figure
1978 | 5
Martin Hearne's camera explores the relationship between human movement and the environment.
Collection: British Islands
The Centre
1947 | 21
Extraordinary docu-drama filmed at the Pioneer Health Centre, Peckham.
Collection: Beautiful South
The Century in Stone
2004 | 114
The forgotten history of the ironstone miners of Eston, south of Middlesbrough.
Collection: North by North East
The Certain Day in April 1927
1927 | 1
Cardiff beat Arsenal to take home the FA Cup.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Challenge
1938 | 73
A British take on the German mountain film, recreating the 19th-century conquest of the Matterhorn.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Chance Encounter
1978 | 17
David Lean discusses his involvement with the Indian charity, Raphael.
Collection: Raphael
The Changing Face of Camberwell
1963 | 30
The post-war architecture of the London Borough of Camberwell.
Collection: Beautiful South
Charades
1977 | 55
The Lady of the Manor becomes increasingly intimidated by her maid in this female take on Harold Pinter's 'The Servant.'
Collection: Play for Today
Charles Dickens' World of Christmas
1974 | 25
An all-star cast embody Dickens' larger than life characters as they intermingle on a snowy set.
Collection: The Book Group
Charley in New Town
1948 | 8
Suburban utopia explained in this animated guide for townies.
Collection: The Promised Land
Charlton's Champions: Middlesbrough FC
1974 | 25
Behind the scenes of Middlesbrough Football Club.
Collection: North by North East
Charted Waters
1944 | 33
Bad puns abound in Widgey Newman's lively jaunt through the Fens.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Cheer Boys Cheer
1939 | 84
Prototype Ealing comedy about a conflict between rival breweries.
Collection: Roll Out the Barrel
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974 | 90
A radical history of Scotland in 90 minutes.
Collection: Play for Today
Chief Guide at Hyderabad Rally
1937 | 3
Girl guides on parade.
Collection: Before Midnight
Childhood Days
1929 | 1
The 20s equivalent of Little Miss Congeniality is crowned in Walworth, Southwark.
Collection: Beautiful South
Children Learning by Experience
1947 | 32
Margaret Thomson's observational study of Britain's post-war nippers.
Collection: Reality Bites
Children of Green Knowe, The
1986 | 100
A boy visits his grandmother at the magical house of Green Knowe.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Children of the Jungle
1939 | 17
Documentary about the Bhil tribal people of central India.
Collection: Before Midnight
The Children Who Cheated the Nazis
2000 | 55
Documentary looking at the Kindertransport children - Jewish children who were sent away by their parents to escape Nazi persecution.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Christmas and New Years Announcements Compilation aka Merry Christmas 1949
1946 | 8
Snowy idylls, animated toys and an exploding Father Time - a selection of trailers shown in cinemas from 1946-1950.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Christmas at Work in the Open
1920 | 1
Children make their own Christmas decorations at the Great Northern Hospital.
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Christmas Carol
1977 | 60
Bah, humbug! Michael Hordern stars as Scrooge in this BBC adaptation of Dickens' Christmas classic.
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Christmas Carol
1914 | 20
Excellent 1914 silent adaptation starring Charles Rock.
Collection: The Book Group
Christmas Day in the Workhouse
1914 | 15
Festive misery.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Christmas Greetings Trailers 1937 and 1938
1937 | 5
Star-studded cinema trailers wish the audience a merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Christmas is Coming
1951 | 2
Post early for Christmas! Santa threatens to strike in Lotte Reiniger's animation.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Christmas Merry
2005 | 3
Julia and Jim are dreaming of a white Christmas.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Christmas Message From Mr Oscar Deutsch
1939 | 4
The founder of Odeon cinemas makes an appeal for the War Comforts Fund.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Christmas Under Fire
1941 | 10
This year Christmas trees are cut short to fit in the shelters. Propaganda of the most moving kind.
Collection: Essentially British
Y Chwarelwr (The Quarrymen)
1935 | 39
The first ever Welsh-language ‘talkie’, showing a slate quarryman's life at Blaenau Ffestiniog.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Cilla
1974 | 44
The Liverpudlian lovely is joined by David Essex and the Wombles for a special Boxing Day broadcast.
Collection: Santa's Grotto
Cinema Record, The - Newcastle
1928 | 8
Amateur film of events around Newcastle, including the North East Coast Exhibition and a visit from George V.
Collection: North by North East
Cinghalese Dances
1910 | 3
Snapshots of life in Ceylon.
Collection: Before Midnight
The Citadel
1992 | 14
National and world events are imagined by a woman gazing across London.
Collection: London Calling
Citizen 63: Barry Langford
1963 | 30
The life of a flamboyant Jewish entrepreneur with one foot in the music industry.
Collection: Oy Britannia
The Claims of Metaphysics
1976 | 47
Tax those brain cells with this rarely-seen interview with influential British philosopher Sir Alfred Ayer.
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Clangers
1974 | 10
A rarely seen election special of Oliver Postgate's beloved stop-motion animation.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Clapham Junction
2007 | 120
The most controversial gay drama since 'Queer as Folk'.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Clarmont Skrine's Home Movies
1940 | 13
Vivid colour home movies featuring the great Kathakali dancer Guru Gopinath and scenes in Bundi, Rajasthan.
Collection: Before Midnight
Clash at Forsyth's
1973 | 30
Bill Treacher (‘Eastenders’’ Arthur Fowler) appears in this industrial film showing how poor management communication can damage productivity in the workplace.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
Class by Class: The Miner's Tale
1991 | 30
A former coal miner and his family discuss their feelings on class.
Collection: King Coal
Climbing Mount Everest
1933 | 32
Hugh Ruttledge's attempt to conquer Everest via Tibet.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
Climbing Mt Everest
1922 | 73
The second British Everest expedition, led by Brigadier General C.G. Bruce.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
The Clothes Show
1986 | 30
Shoulder pads at the ready: Selina Scott and Jeff Banks present the first episode of the long-running fashion show.
Collection: Brit Chic
Club for Fighting Men
1916 | 1
The Lord Mayor distributes mugs of tea at the opening of the new Service Club in Waterloo.
Collection: Beautiful South
Coal Face
1935 | 12
The work of the British miner and its significance to British industry.
Collection: King Coal
Colchester: 900 Years Old Ceremony
1920 | 1
Forks at the ready - the mayor officially opens oyster season.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Collecting Postcards
1909 | 4
Adulterers, take warning: never admit. Or go into postcard shops...
Collection: Pandora's Box
Collector's Lot
1997 | 25
Enid Blyton's daughter presents the doll collection that inspired her mother's books.
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
Colonial Cinemagazine No. 9
1947 | 7
The Gold Coast Band visits the UK.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
The Colony
1964 | 60
From the Caribbean to Birmingham - immigrants tell of their experiences.
Collection: Essentially British
Colour Capers
1957 | 3
Colours dance and caper in these two shorts demonstrating the effects of painting directly on to film.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Colour on the Thames
1935 | 8
A rare glimpse of 1930s London in colour. The Thames has never looked lovelier.
Collection: London Calling
Come Dancing
1969 | 15
Two men meet on a Southend pier in this early short from Bill Douglas - but is it a gay pick-up, or something more sinister?
Collection: Beautiful Things
Come to South West Durham
1965 | 18
Promotional film advertising Durham's industries and leisure activities.
Collection: North by North East
Come With Me to Berwick-on-Tweed
1952 | 20
Richard Dimbleby sings the praises of England's northernmost town.
Collection: North by North East
Come with Me to Cardiff
1954 | 18
Richard Dimbleby tours Cardiff a year before it became Wales’ capital city.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Comedians
1979 | 95
A young Jonathan Pryce stars in an angry attack on the popular comedy scene, as six budding comedians hope for their big break.
Collection: Play for Today
The Comic Strip Presents: The Strike
1987 | 65
Hollywood version of the miner’s strike, featuring Arthur Scargill, as played by Al Pacino, as played by Peter Richardson.
Collection: King Coal
Comic Strip Presents…Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982 | 30
The Famous Five receive the Comic Strip treatment.
Collection: Channel 4 Anniversary
The Comic Strip Presents…Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983 | 30
The Comic Strip mercilessly revisit Enid Blyton's crime-solving quintet in the follow-up to 'Five Go Mad in Dorset'.
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
Comin' Thro' the Rye
1923 | 100
Beautiful pastoral melodrama, considered by Cecil Hepworth to be his masterpiece.
Collection: Silent Britain
Coming Out
1979 | 75
A closeted gay author causes a stir after writing an anonymous gay article - is it time to come out?
Collection: Beautiful Things
Coming Through
1985 | 80
Kenenth Branagh and Helen Mirren star in the romance between D.H. Lawrence and Frieda Weekly.
Collection: Heartlands
Commissioner Higgins Visits Ahmedabad Girls School
1904 | 2
A visit from the Salvation Army.
Collection: Before Midnight
The Common Round
1935 | 42
Racist and patronising drama showing colonial rule in Africa.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Compact
1962 | 30
The BBC's second soap opera, set in the world of magazine publishing.
Soap Bubbles
The Complainers
1997 | 50
British consumers get their revenge in this 'docusoap' lesson in the art of moaning.
Collection: Reality Bites
Completing the Vision?
1989 | 38
South Bank arts folk debate 1989's ill-fated plans for a major regeneration of the complex.
Collection: Building the South Bank
The Concrete Garden
1994 | 23
11-year-old Marcia leaves Jamaica to join her parents in the bleak, racist London of the 1950s.
Collection: Black Britain
Condition of Illusion
1975 | 31
Structuralist film examining illusions of continuity and senses of linear time.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Congregations Leaving St Hilda’s Church, Middlesbrough
1902 | 1
Edwardians leave the morning service.
Collection: North by North East
Connie
1979 | 55
Connie has an eye for the other women in the factory.
Collection: Beautiful Things
The Connoisseur
1966 | 75
Clandestine gay relationships cause tension at a boys' public school.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Consenting Adults 1 - The Men
1967 | 30
Gay men's lives on the eve of the Sexual Offences Act.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Consenting Adults 2: The Women
1967 | 30
Lesbians talk about their feelings prior to the enactment of the 1967 Sexual Offences Bill.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Conservative Party Election Broadcast
1979 | 5
Crisis - what crisis? The Conservative Party highlights the 1978-9 Winter of Discontent.
Collection: The Ballot Box
The Consoling Weed
1937 | 7
Promotional film shot in Rhodesia extolling the virtues of smoking tobacco.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Continental Drift
2005 | 16
William Raban's film of Dover harbour shows how Britain is defined by its complex relationship with Europe.
Collection: British Islands
Contrasts: Joseph Wright of Derby - The Spectacle of Light
1990 | 25
Profile of the Derby-born artist Joseph Wright (1734 - 1797).
Collection: Heartlands
Conway - River of a Thousand Moods
1921 | 10
A scenic trip through North Wales to the sea.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Conwy Castle - Panoramic View of Conwy on the L. & N.W. Railway
1898 | 2
A tinted 'phantom ride' around Conwy Castle.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Coping with Cupid
1991 | 18
A trio of platinum blonde aliens lands in Soho to investigate our romantic foibles.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Coronation Durbar at Delhi
1903 | 2
Pomp and circumstance marking the coronation of King Edward VII as Emperor of India.
Collection: Before Midnight
Coronation Street
1965 | 25
Ena Sharples vs. Elsie Tanner in the great Mancunian soap.
Collection: Essentially British
Coronation Street
2003 | 25
Weatherfield's first serial killer claims his third victim.
Collection: Soap Bubbles
Coronation Street
1981 | 25
Ken and Deirdre tie the knot in a ratings-busting episode of ‘the Street’.
Collection: Soap Bubbles
Coronation Street
1992 | 25
Will Bet Lynch leave the Rovers Return - and Weatherfield - for good?
Collection: Soap Bubbles
Coronation Street
1960 | 25
50 years ago, this is how it all began - Elsie Tanner, Ena Sharples, Ken Barlow et al make their debut.
Collection: Soap Bubbles
Corridor Third
1949 | 42
Detailed account of the design and construction of a Derby railway carriage.
Collection: Heartlands
Cosmopolitan London (Wonderful London)
1924 | 13
Discover a 'hidden' London of the 1920s.
Collection: London Calling
The Cottage on Dartmoor
1929 | 87
A love triangle has terrifying consequences in Anthony Asquith's dark masterpiece.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Count Dracula
1977 | 150
Be seduced by Louis Jourdan as Stoker's suave Count in the BBC's 1970s epic.
Collection: The Book Group
Countdown
1982 | 25
The long-running gameshow cuts its teeth. Will this week's Countdown Conundrum be crucial?
Collection: Channel 4 Anniversary
Country Town
1945 | 15
Life and industry in a Lincolnshire town.
Collection: Heartlands
The Countrywomen
1941 | 14
Jam and Jerusalem - the Women's Institute goes to war.
Collection: Essentially British
Coves and Caves
1920 | 12
Magical travelogue of Cornwall from the director of The Open Road.
Collection: Essentially British
Crackerjack
1958 | 45
This edition of the staple variety show features Ronnie Corbett, Pinky and Perky and Winifred Atwell introducing kids to rock 'n' roll.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
The Crane
1992 | 15
And introducing... Jude Law!
Collection: Pandora's Box
Cranford
2007 | 300
Dame Judi, Dame Eileen and the cream of British talent star in this superb five-part adaptation from 2007.
Collection: The Book Group
Cranford
1976 | 60
A 1976 adaptation with a twist. Give those vocal chords a work out - it’s sing-along-a-Cranford time!
Collection: The Book Group
Cranford
1972 | 180
Gabrielle Hamilton and Pat Coombs star in this little-seen 1972 adaptation of Mrs. Gaskell's novel.
Collection: The Book Group
Crazy Gang's Party
1957 | 24
The Gang's all here for festive frolics in the hugely popular show devised by Bud Flanagan.
Collection: Santa's Grotto
Crewe Hospital Procession
1900 | 11
Blackface performers, cross-dressers and dancing bears in Crewe.
Collection: Out of the Archive
Cricket
1951 | 18
The sweet sound of leather on willow.
Collection: Essentially British
Cries From the Watchtower
1979 | 75
Can a Nottingham watchmaker survive the Silicon Revolution?
Collection: Heartlands
Crime on the Hill
1933 | 58
Slight but effective rural murder mystery from director Bernard Vorhaus and cinematographer Claude Friese-Greene.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
The Crippendales
2007 | 30
A group of strippers make their Brighton debut.
Collection: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
Crossing the Great Sagrada
1924 | 15
Three intrepid explorers embark on a journey to Sagrada in this humorous spoof travelogue.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Crossroads
1968 | 25
The original ‘Acorn Antiques’.
Collection: Soap Bubbles
Crown Derby
1949 | 42
Warm, genial, and thoroughly English - The story of Royal Crown Derby Bone China.
Collection: Heartlands
Crusade
1986 | 50
March in the footsteps of the Jarrow Crusaders.
Collection: North by North East
Crystal Gazing
1982 | 86
Experimental drama set in London during the Thatcher administration.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura
1983 | 90
Superb dramatised account of George Orwell's life on the remote Scottish island where he completed 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'.
Collection: The Book Group
Cubs
2006 | 10
A very cunning twist on a very British sport.
Collection: Essentially British
Cul-de-sac
1966 | 113
An eccentric couple are terrorised by gangsters in Roman Polanski's psychological thriller, shot on Holy Island.
Collection: North by North East
Culloden
1964 | 70
Mock-documentary of the 1746 Battle of Culloden seen from the perspective of a TV crew.
Collection: Essentially British
Cumbernauld, Town for Tomorrow
1970 | 8
Colourful 1970s promo for the postwar Scottish 'utopia' and its infamous town centre.
Collection: The Promised Land
Cut it Out: A Day in the Life of a Censor
1925 | 20
A very annoying film censor attempts to disrupt a film shoot.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Cuttack Leper Asylum
1930 | 5
Amateur film featuring scenes at the leper colony.
Collection: Before Midnight
Cutting Up Rough: Alexander McQueen
1997 | 30
An unlikely new British fashion genius is born...
Collection: Brit Chic
Cycling the Channel
1929 | 1
Dover to Calais by hydrocycle.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Dad's Army
1970 | 29
Britain's 'last line of defence' at their best.
Collection: Essentially British
Dai Jones: A True Story
1941 | 7
An unemployed Welsh miner saves the day in this stirring war propaganda film.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Daisy Doodad’s Dial
1914 | 6
A face-pulling competition between husband and wife - can Daisy pull it off?
Collection: Pandora's Box
Dal yma Nawr/ Still Here Now
2003 | 75
Some of Wales' greatest performers take us on an odyssey through the nation's bardic tradition in Marc Evans' extraordinary documentary.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
1966 | 84
Exterminate! Can Dr. Who and Bernard Cribbins save the Earth?
Collection: Box of Delights
Dam Busters, The
1955 | 124
Classic yarn featuring stiff upper lips, an immortal score and the bouncing bomb.
Collection: Heartlands
Dame Judi Dench (South Bank Show)
1995 | 45
The Oscar-winning actress discusses her acting career and her Quaker childhood.
Collection: Farewell South Bank Show
Dance Festival
1969 | 22
What is a 20 foot inflatable phallus doing at the Roundhouse?
Collection: Pandora's Box
Dance Lexie Dance
1996 | 15
Billy Elliot meets Riverdance.
Collection: Essentially British
Dance of the Harvest
1935 | 8
Life in rural Sri Lanka.
Collection: Before Midnight
Dandy Dick
1935 | 70
Will Hay - as a country vicar no less - finds himself accused of doping racehorses.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Daphne du Maurier - A Loving Spirit
1997 | 60
Documentary marking the launch of the du Maurier Festival in Fowey, Cornwall.
Collection: The Book Group
Daphne du Maurier – The Loving Spirit
1993 | 52
Documentary shedding light on the author's complex relationships with men and women.
Collection: The Book Group
The Dark Eyes of London
1939 | 73
A landmark in British horror cinema: can shifty insurance broker Bela Lugosi shed any light on those bodies floating in the Thames?
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Dark Season
1991 | 30
The tense finale to Russell T. Davies' adventure series, starring Kate Winslet in her breakthrough role.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Darling, Do You Love Me?
1968 | 4
Germaine Greer gets amorous.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Date With A Dream
1948 | 53
Hey, kids, let’s put on a show! Musical extravaganza featuring an array of pre-fame stars, including Terry-Thomas and Jeannie Carson.
Collection: Funny Girls
Date With Decimals, A
1970 | 15
Discover how Tesco employees got to grips with new money on the eve of decimalisation.
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Dating Game
1994 | 15
Three disabled women talk about the difficulties they have encountered when trying to form relationships.
Collection: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
Daughter of Darkness
1948 | 91
An Irish maid (Siobhan McKenna) with an irresistible attraction to men descends into psychopathy.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
Daventry Calling
1925 | 2
The 'world's greatest broadcasting station' makes its debut on the airwaves.
Collection: Heartlands
David
1951 | 36
The life of a Welsh miner, from pits to poetry.
Collection: Essentially British
David Hockney (South Bank Show)
1988 | 45
A private view of the painter's Tate Gallery retrospective.
Collection: Farewell South Bank Show
The Day in the Hayfields
1904 | 3
Extraordinary early portrait of people caught up in the remorseless round of industrial production.
Collection: Essentially British
The Day in the Life of a Coal Miner
1910 | 10
Extraordinary early portrait of people caught up in the remorseless round of industrial production.
Collection: Essentially British
The Day of One's Own
1956 | 20
At last, Mum gets a well-earned break from cooking, cleaning and kids.
Collection: Housewives' Choice
Day of One's Own, A
1956 | 20
At last, Mum gets a well-earned break from cooking, cleaning and kids.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961 | 99
The Thames has dried up. Climate change threatens the survival of the world in this smart, prophetic sci-fi thriller.
Collection: London Calling
Dead Man's Shoes
2004 | 90
Rural Derbyshire has never seemed quite as unsettling as in Shane Meadows' masterly revenge thriller.
Collection: Heartlands
Dear Murderer
1947 | 94
Eric Portman at his sinister best as a jealous husband in this pitch-black post-war thriller.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Dear Phone
1976 | 17
Cast your minds back to the time before the mobile phone... Peter Greenaway on the bright red phone box.
Collection: Essentially British
Death at Broadcasting House
1934 | 74
Murder most foul at the Beeb.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Death in the Morning
1964 | 50
Alan Whicker investigates the elite world of the Leicestershire Quorn Hunt.
Collection: Heartlands
Death May Be Your Santa Claus
1969 | 38
Thought 'lost' for many years, 'Santa Claus' is an intriguing look at sex and politics from a black British perspective.
Collection: Black Britain
Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol
2005 | 25
The flagship S4C show, one of the longest running religious programmes in the world and the inspiration for ‘Songs of Praise’, comes to Rhos.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Delhi
1946 | 10
Amateur 8mm film shot in the Indian capital.
Collection: Before Midnight
Delhi
1938 | 10
Delhi as city of the future.
Collection: Before Midnight
To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly
1909 | 1
A mechanical spider takes to the air.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Denys Lasdun
1971 | 26
The pioneering architect discusses his vision for the new National Theatre.
Collection: Building the South Bank
Derby Charter Celebrations
1954 | 60
Glorious colour footage of the 800th anniversary of the Derby charter.
Collection: Heartlands
Derby Youth
1947 | 28
The activities of Derby youth clubs in the 40s.
Collection: Heartlands
Design for Fashion
1954 | 24
The creation of a 50s couture dress in Giuseppe Mattli's London atelier.
Collection: Brit Chic
Desmond's
1989 | 24
The lives of Peckham barber shop proprietor Desmond Ambrose, his wife Sheila, three children and assorted locals and regulars.
Collection: Black Britain
The Desperate Case
1958 | 10
How not to pack your suitcase - a guide from British Transport Films.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Desperate Poaching Affray
1903 | 2
Pioneering chase film through rural Pembrokeshire.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Destiny
1978 | 105
A West Midlands by-election arouses strong feelings when an extreme right wing party begins to win support.
Collection: Play for Today
The Development of the English Town
1942 | 17
Quirky educational film promoting the importance of intelligent town planning.
Collection: The Promised Land
Devonshire Hospital, Buxton
1916 | 2
Returning WWI soldiers get more than they bargained for in Buxton's new-fangled thermal baths.
Collection: Heartlands
The Diaries of Ossie Clark
1998 | 52
A tribute to the influential designer, filmed two years after his violent death.
Collection: Brit Chic
The Diary For Timothy
1946 | 38
What does the future hold for Timothy, born on the fifth anniversary of the start of WWII?
Collection: Essentially British
Dick Henderson Singing 'Love Her All the More'
1926 | 5
Music hall star Dick Henderson trills out a resounding ode to his beloved.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Dilip
1972 | 25
The story of Dilip Kumar, a young man with leprosy.
Collection: Raphael
Dirty Filthy Love
2004 | 120
A man with OCD and Tourette's Syndrome strikes up a rapport with the head of his support group.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Disablement
1977 | 26
A married couple discuss the challenges they face in achieving a healthy sex life after an accident leaves the man in a wheelchair.
Collection: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
Dispute
1960 | 36
A workplace grievance is told from different viewpoints in this imaginative British Productivity Council film, influenced by Kurosawa’s ‘Rashomon’.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988 | 84
A wedding and a christening evoke powerful memories for a working-class Liverpool family.
Collection: Essentially British
Do I Love You?
2002 | 72
A London lesbian examines her life as her relationship crumbles - just why does she 'prefer taco to salami?'
Collection: Beautiful Things
Doctor Syn
1937 | 81
Ripping yarn starring George Arliss as Dr. Syn - vicar by day, adventurer by night.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Doctor Who
2005 | 45
A wicked alien is intent on blowing up Cardiff - can our Time Lord hero save the day?
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Dog Years
2005 | 4
Ben, 39, castrated mongrel, needs love. GSOH essential.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Don't Be Like Brenda!
1973 | 10
Brenda makes a mistake and it's clearly all her own fault...
Collection: The Joy of Sex Education
Don't Dilly Dally on the Way
1969 | 25
Jimmy Edwards and Pat Coombs star in this classic Galton & Simpson farce.
Collection: Funny Girls
Don't Drop the Coffin
2003 | 30
A glimpse into life and death in Bermondsey.
Collection: Beautiful South
Double Dare
1976 | 65
Self-reflexive and surreal Dennis Potter play; the identities of a writer, an actress, a callgirl and her client overlap.
Collection: Play for Today
Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
1992 | 24
A mix of documentary and drama exploring the lives of lesbians and gay men with disabilities.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Down at the Local
1944 | 18
Richard Massingham looks at pub culture across England.
Collection: Roll Out the Barrel
Down to the Sea In Trucks
1947 | 36
The importance of rail transport in the shipbuilding industry.
Tales From the Shipyard
Down Town
1965 | 9
Perfect precincts: Britain goes shopping centre crazy.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Dr Smith: Indian Films
1920 | 25
Amateur silent footage from Peshawar and Kashmir.
Collection: Before Midnight
Dracula
1958 | 82
Lee and Cushing battle it out in Hammer's landmark adaptation, newly restored by the BFI.
Collection: The Book Group
Dracula
2006 | 90
A blood-curdling Christmas special and the most recent TV reworking of Stoker's novel.
Collection: The Book Group
Dracula (Mystery & Imagination)
1968 | 80
Denholm Elliott stars in this effective small screen adaptation from 1968.
Collection: The Book Group
Dracula (Nightmare: The Birth of Horror)
1996 | 50
Christopher Frayling examines the many sources that inspired Stoker to pen his immortal novel.
Collection: The Book Group
Dracula (South Bank Show)
1993 | 50
Melvyn Bragg profiles Bram Stoker and explores the legacy of his most famous work.
Collection: The Book Group
The Dragon Has Two Tongues
1985 | 30
Two leading historians debate the rise of Marxism in Wales during the years before WWI.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Draughtsman's Contract
1982 | 104
Peter Greenaway's breakthrough film: a draughtsman enters into a dangerous game of wits.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Dream House
1953 | 3
Meena Kumari and Ashok Kumar extol the virtues of Dunlopillo.
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Dream of Gerontius (Part II)
1979 | 60
TV coverage of the performance of the second part of Elgar's choral work, by The Hallé Orchestra at Huddersfield Town Hall.
Collection: Hope and Glory
Dream of Home
1954 | 9
Rupert Brooke (played by Oliver Cox) wanders through Cambridgeshire, with extracts from his poem 'The Old Vicarage, Grantchester' as commentary.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Dreams of Leaving
1980 | 60
A young Bill Nighy stars as a disillusioned journalist in Swinging London.
Collection: Play for Today
Dreams of Toyland
1908 | 5
A trip to a St. Albans toyshop leads to a violent nightmare as a toyland scene quickly dissolves into a violent melee.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Drifters
1929 | 60
The story of the North Sea herring fisheries, filmed at Derwick, in the Shetlands, Lowestoft and Yarmouth.
Collection: Reality Bites
Drifters
1929 | 60
The story of the North Sea herring fisheries, filmed at Derwick, in the Shetlands, Lowestoft and Yarmouth.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Drinking for England
1998 | 50
A national pastime exposed - Britain's turbulent relationship with the bottle.
Collection: Reality Bites
Drum, The
1937 | 104
Controversial flagwaver starring Sabu as a young prince loyal to the Raj.
Collection: Before Midnight
Dry Hands
1964 | 8
The (lack of) thrills and spills in a self-service laundrette.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Dual Control
1932 | 18
Amy Johnson and fellow aviator Jim Mollison appear in this eccentric early sound film.
Collection: Amy Johnson: Queen of the Skies
Duke of Connaught’s Indian Tour
1921 | 3
The Duke goes hunting.
Collection: Before Midnight
Dulwich College and Village
1960 | 10
Glorious colour footage of the famous Lambeth college, used as a location for the Harry Potter films.
Collection: Beautiful South
Durham Miners Answer Lord Kitchener's Call To Arms
1914 | 1
Newsreel footage of Durham miners on their way to the recruiting station.
Collection: North by North East
Durham Miners' Gala
1930 | 1
Marching bands and fancy dress parades - business as usual at the annual gala.
Collection: North by North East
Dusty Ermine
1936 | 85
A reformed criminal tries to save his nephew from going down the same road.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Dylan Thomas
1961 | 30
Oscar-winning documentary on the great Welsh poet and writer, narrated by Richard Burton.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
E. H. Hunt's Amateur Films of the Rafai Fakirs
1929 | 8
An amateur record of the self-mutilation of fakirs in Hyderabad.
Collection: Before Midnight
Early Struggles
1976 | 60
A young, single father (Paul Nicholas) struggles to bring up his baby. Stephen Frears directs.
Collection: Play for Today
East African College
1950 | 16
The activities of Makerere College, Uganda.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
East Anglian Holiday
1954 | 20
Hop on a train to the East of England, where cathedrals, waterways and beaches await.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
East is East
1917 | 70
A Cockney girl unexpectedly inherits a fortune, but will she forget about her old East End sweetheart?
Collection: London Calling
East of Ipswich
1987 | 73
Michael Palin-scripted comedy about a family trip to the Suffolk seaside.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
EastEnders
1987 | 30
Dot and Ethel reminisce about good times and bad.
Collection: London Calling
Eastenders
1986 | 30
Des has handed Angie divorce papers - and she’s not happy.
Collection: Soap Bubbles
EastEnders [Tavernier Family arrival]
1990 | 30
The Tavernier family moves into Albert Square.
Collection: Black Britain
Eating High
1966 | 10
Cordon bleu at the top of the Post Office (BT) Tower.
Collection: London Calling
Echoes of the Raj
2000 | 50
Personal testimonies and home movies tell the story of the last years of the Raj.
Collection: Before Midnight
Edna, The Inebriate Woman
1971 | 90
A BAFTA-winning Patricia Hayes stars as a homeless drunk.
Collection: Play for Today
Educating Marmalade
1982 | 20
The late Charlotte Coleman stars as the world's naughtiest schoolgirl in Andrew Davies' anarchic post-punk comedy.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Education Week
1925 | 30
The work of Newcastle upon Tyne Education Services.
Collection: North by North East
The Educative Community
1974 | 23
Residents of Peckham discuss social problems and their effects on the education system.
Collection: Beautiful South
Edward II
1971 | 125
Ian McKellen stars in Marlowe's masterpiece.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Eldorado
1992 | 30
The Costa del Sol beckons in the first episode of the BBC’s ill-fated Euro-soap.
Collection: Soap Bubbles
Eleanor
1974 | 65
'Birds of a Feather'’s Pauline Quirke stars as a misfit at a girls' day school.
Collection: Play for Today
Elenya
1992 | 81
During WWII a girl shelters a German soldier in the Black Mountains.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Elephant Boy
1937 | 84
Sabu makes his debut in this adventure, based on a story by Rudyard Kipling.
Collection: Before Midnight
The Elephant Man
1980 | 124
Poignant, humanist true-life tale of the man who was displayed as a freak in Victorian London.
Collection: London Calling
The Elephant Will Never Forget
1953 | 10
A fond and tearful farewell to London's trams.
Collection: London Calling
Elgar
1962 | 55
Ken Russell's rhapsodic docu-drama about the great British composer.
Collection: Essentially British
Elgar - Fantasy on a Composer on a Bicycle
2002 | 50
Ken Russell revisits Elgar’s work forty years after his original film, this time for 'The South Bank Show'.
Collection: Hope and Glory
Elgar and Shaw - 1929-32
1932 | 12
Home movie footage of Elgar, literary and musical friends and, of course, his dogs.
Collection: Hope and Glory
Elgar's Tenth Muse
1996 | 50
Drama about the ageing Elgar's brief but intoxicating relationship with a young violinist.
Collection: Hope and Glory
Elmina's Kitchen
2004 | 90
Kwame Kwei-Armah's Hackney-set story of gun crime, racism and a difficult father-son relationship.
Collection: Black Britain
Elphida
1987 | 60
Angela Wynter stars as a young woman who needs to make major changes in her life.
Collection: Black Britain
Elsie and the Brown Bunny
1921 | 8
Early Cadbury ad, playing like a surreal outtake from 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'.
Collection: March Hares & Easter Bunnies
Elstree Calling
1930 | 83
Alfred Hitchcock directs segments of a lavish revue featuring stars of the early 30s.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Emergency - Ward 10
1964 | 25
The lives and loves of the staff of Oxbridge General Hospital.
Collection: Soap Bubbles
Emily Brontë at Howarth – A Personal Impression
1973 | 25
Beryl Bainbridge reflects on the triumphs and tragedies which shaped the novelist's short life.
Collection: The Book Group
Emmerdale Farm
1973 | 50
Murder for a lunchtime audience.
Collection: Soap Bubbles
The Empire Pays Back
2005 | 50
A heated criticism of the British government's involvement in the slave trade, that argues that African and Afro-Caribbean communities should be compensated.
Collection: Exodus: Remembering Slavery
Empire Road
1978 | 28
Day-to-day life among the West Indian community living in Birmingham's Empire Road
Collection: Black Britain
The Encyclopaedist
1961 | 30
A pushy encyclopaedia salesman attempts to flog his wares in this TV drama written by John Mortimer.
Collection: Black Britain
The Ends
2005 | 9
A shooting on an Elephant and Castle estate is not quite what it seems in this powerful short.
Collection: Beautiful South
Energy
1934 | 21
Promotional film highlighting employee welfare in a Welsh energy company.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Enginemen
1959 | 21
Manchester railway workers discuss the end of the steam age.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
England Home and Beauty
1976 | 37
Whimsical evocation of our 1930s design heyday.
Collection: The Promised Land
England May Be Home
1950 | 17
Italian immigrant workers try to adapt to life in 1950s Bedfordshire.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
England Their England: Debauchery
1980 | 75
Rock climbing at Matlock Bath in Derbyshire via the notoriously tricky Debauchery route.
Collection: Heartlands
England Their England: Ilkeston Advertiser
1980 | 25
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The daily grind in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, as seen through the local newspaper.
Collection: Heartlands
England Their England: Sky High
1983 | 25
Hatton School in Derbyshire express their views about an imminent open cast mine - through the language of song!
Collection: Heartlands
English Fen, An
1946 | 18
A day in the life of a fenman.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
English Harvest
1938 | 9
Humphrey Jennings shoots the grain fields of Sawston in glorious Dufaycolor.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Englishman's Home…
1946 | 2
A salute to the calming influence of Horlicks.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Enid
2009 | 82
A memorably icy performance from Helena Bonham Carter uncovers the public and private lives of prolific children’s author Enid Blyton.
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
Entertaining Mr Sloane
1968 | 80
A sexy young murderer joins the household of a spinster and her brother - but who is manipulating whom?
Collection: Beautiful Things
The Enthronement of the First Archbishop of Wales
1920 | 7
Alfred George Edwards becomes Wales' first Archbishop at a ceremony attended by Lloyd George.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Epic of Everest
1924 | 92
Mallory and Irvine's ill-fated attempt to conquer Everest.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
Epic of Joey
1924 | 1
Follow that monkey! A pet ape makes a break for freedom in Camberwell.
Collection: Beautiful South
Erection of the Dome of Discovery, Festival of Britain, 1950/51
1951 | 48
The Festival of Britain's radical centrepiece rises from the rubble of the South Bank.
Collection: Building the South Bank
Eskimo Day
1996 | 84
Maureen Lipman stars in Jack Rosenthal's Cambridge-set comedy.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Yr Etifeddiaeth (The Heritage)
1949 | 48
The rural way of life in Eifionydd, as seen through the eyes of a young black evacuee.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Eton Wall Game
1921 | 1
A young George Orwell takes part in an Eton institution - the notoriously perplexing Wall Game.
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Evacuees
1975 | 75
Jack Rosenthal's classic WWII drama about Jewish brothers evacuated from Manchester to Blackpool.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Everest
1933 | 16
Wildlife is at the fore in this film of Hugh Ruttledge's Everest expedition.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
Everest Expedition 1938
1938 | 59
Vivid 8mm home movie record of an (unsuccessful) attempt to tame the famous peak.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
Evergreen
1934 | 90
Jessie Matthews is at her best in this musical proving that 30s glamour wasn't confined to Hollywood.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Every Day
1929 | 17
Experimental day in the life of London's office workers.
Collection: London Calling
Every Day Except Christmas
1957 | 40
12 hours in the life of Covent Garden fruit and vegetable market.
Collection: London Calling
Every Valley
1957 | 20
The effect of modern transport on the Welsh valleys and beyond.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Everyday Something
2001 | 14
A Home Truths-style guide to British eccentricity narrated by John Peel.
Collection: Essentially British
Everything In the Garden's Lovely
1980 | 26
Tom Baker narrates the story of the Garden City movement, founded at Letchworth in Hertfordshire.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Everything is Rhythm
1936 | 73
Harry Roy stars as a band leader who falls in love with a European princess in this vibrant musical comedy.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Experiment
1958 | 33
How to defuse potential industrial relations problems, using an experiment at a Monmouthshire coal mine as an example.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
Expresso Bongo
1960 | 111
Cliff Richard gyrates his way through Soho's strip clubs and coffee bars.
Collection: London Calling
Extraordinary (Zandra Rhodes)
1980 | 30
All aboard the Extraordinary Express! Meet Zandra "with a zed".
Collection: Brit Chic
The F***ing Fulfords
2004 | 60
Political incorrectness gone mad in a dilapidated Devon mansion.
Collection: Essentially British
Fable
1965 | 75
Controversial and provocative TV drama imagining Britain under black rule.
Collection: Black Britain
The Face of Britain
1935 | 18
How industrialisation has shaped and changed our landscape.
Collection: Essentially British
Face to Face: Derek Jarman
1993 | 40
Derek Jarman, the great queer artist, discusses his life and work.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Facing the Sun
1980 | 55
Rare TV depiction of bisexuality, in a love triangle between an Englishman, his Brazilian lover and the latter's wife.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Factory (Schweppes Tonic Water ad with Benny Hill)
1959 | 1
Benny Hill does his bit for the tonic water industry.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Facts and Fancies
1951 | 17
Joan Collins gets to grips with the by-products of coal in her first screen appearance.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Facts and Figures - Or, Whatever Happened to Dick
1970 | 1
Bleak animated safety campaign film by the National Coal Board.
Collection: King Coal
The Fair City of Udaipur - Secrets of India
1934 | 9
A tourist's-eye view of 'the Venice of the East'.
Collection: Before Midnight
Fair Oriana
1961
The building of the mighty 'Oriana', then the largest passenger ship ever built in England.
Collection: Tales From the Shipyard
Fairy of the Phone
1936 | 12
A delirious ode to page 5 of the telephone directory, conducted by the fairy of the phone.
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Family
1974 | 30
The birth of reality TV?
Collection: Essentially British
Family Pride
1991 | 25
The first Asian soap to hit British television screens.
Collection: Soap Bubbles
Far and Near
2003 | 30
Leaving her country for the first time, a young Chinese writer wanders on a wild mountain in West Wales.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Far Pavilions
1984 | 315
'Gone With the Wind', India-style.
Collection: Before Midnight
Fashion Fantasy
1946 | 35
A glamour-starved Wren dreams of modelling for Norman Hartnell.
Collection: Brit Chic
Fat Man on a Bicycle aka W-H-O-R-K a la Pimple
1914 | 3
Pimple attempts to teach a large friend to ride a bicycle, with disastrous results.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Father and Son
1945 | 14
Old ways and new ways clash as a son returns to his Kenyan village and contends with his father’s belief in magic and superstition.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Father Christmas Union
1972 | 10
The unions are revolting and Santa goes on strike.
Collection: Santa's Grotto
Fatty Issues
1990 | 5
A wavering weight-watcher counts the calories.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Fawlty Towers
1975 | 30
Basil! Hell hath no fury like Prunella Scales' Sybil Fawlty.
Collection: Funny Girls
Festival in London
1951 | 10
Picture-postcard record of the Festival of Britain and its myriad attractions.
Collection: Building the South Bank
Festival of Britain London Exhibitions
1951 | 20
Amateur colour footage of the Festival, shot along the South Bank.
Collection: Beautiful South
Fiddlers All: A Musical Test for Violin Lovers
1941 | 9
Fiddle fans pay attention - can you name that tune?
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Fight Against Slavery
1975 | 300
Major BBC dramatised documentary series about Britain's role in the slave trade.
Collection: Exodus: Remembering Slavery
Fighting the Bill
1970 | 36
Agit-prop film campaigning against the Industrial Relations Act.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
Figures in a Landscape
1953 | 17
The sculptures of Barbara Hepworth, and the Cornish landscapes that inspired them.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
The Film That Never Was
1955 | 30
The making of a movie about industrial relations is thwarted - by industrial relations - in Paul Dickson’s funny and eccentric film.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
The Films of E.J. Montgomery
1928 | 26
An often playful record of the lives and duties of Lord and Lady Stephenson.
Collection: Before Midnight
Fingersmith
2005 | 60
In the 1860s, a female pickpocket and an heiress enter into a relationship - but is the whole thing a con?
Collection: Beautiful Things
Finisterre
2003 | 57
Snapshots of contemporary London form a vibrant backdrop to Saint Etienne's 2002 album.
Collection: London Calling
Finnegan's Chin
1981 | 82
James Joyce-inspired exploration of order, logic, cause and effect.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
The Fire Has Been Arranged
1935 | 70
Flanagan and Allen play crooks coerced in to commiting arson in this wild farce, also starring Alastair Sim.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Fires Were Started
1943 | 63
Spend an eventful day and night with the National Fire Service during the Blitz of 1940-41.
Collection: London Calling
Fireworks Revisited
1994 | 9
A sexy, girlie twist on Kenneth Anger's homoerotic classic, 'Fireworks'.
Collection: Beautiful Things
First a Girl
1935 | 93
A hard-up girl pretends to be a female impersonator to make ends meet.
Collection: Beautiful Things
The First Born
1928 | 93
Desire for a son and heir leads to marital strife between director/star Miles Mander and future 'Hitchcock blonde' Madeleine Carroll.
Collection: Silent Britain
First Reaction: Isabella Rusbridger
1992 | 3
A schoolgirl gives her verdict on the rewritten Enid Blyton novels, which tone down the sexism of the originals.
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
Fisherfolk of Northumbria
1942 | 20
With the men at war, the laborious jobs in Newbiggin-by-the Sea fall to the village's women.
Collection: North by North East
Five Go to Demon's Rock
1996 | 25
The Famous Five encounter buried treasure, a shipwreck and a mischievous monkey in this 1990s adaptation.
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
Five Have a Mystery to Solve
1964 | 15
A cliff passage on Whispering Island promises adventure for the young sleuths.
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
Five on a Treasure Island
1957 | 15
The first episode of the Children's Film Foundation adventure serial - Julian, Dick, Ann and Timmy the dog meet tomboy George, and the Famous Five are born.
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
Five Towns
1947 | 26
Life and work in the Staffordshire Potteries.
Collection: Essentially British
Flame in the Streets
1961 | 93
Domestic difficulties develop in a working-class family when their daughter falls in love with a Jamaican man.
Collection: Black Britain
Flames of Passion
1922 | 120
The consequences of lust: an illegitimate child threatens ruin in this lavish 1920s society drama.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Flames of Passion
1989 | 18
Ingenious gay homage to Brief Encounter.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Flight of the Swan
1994 | 12
Can a young black girl hope to become a classical ballerina?
Collection: Black Britain
The Flipside of Dominick Hide
1980 | 95
A time-traveller from 2130 attempts to track down his great-great-grandfather in 1980, but love complicates things…
Collection: Play for Today
Floating
1991 | 39
A man becomes convinced a great flood is coming and sets about building an ark.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Flying at Pwllheli
1911 | 1
Intrepid aviator H.J.D. Astley laughs off another crash for the newsreel cameras.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Flying The Foam and Some Fancy Diving
1906 | 2
'Professor' Reddish demonstrates how to dive from Brighton Pier whilst riding a bicycle.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Focus on Northampton
1965 | 25
Brian Connell introduces the town of Northampton.
Collection: Heartlands
Foothill Town, A: Darjeeling
1937 | 9
Darjeeling - a portrait of the Raj hill station made for schools.
Collection: Before Midnight
For the Love of Ada
1970 | 25
Irene Handl stars as an elderly widow who begins a love affair with a gravedigger in this gentle 70s sitcom.
Collection: Funny Girls
Forbidden Love
1992 | 26
The older generation of disabled people discuss how theories of eugenics were often used to deny disabled people the opportunity to explore their sexuality.
Collection: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
Forbidden Pleasures
2000 | 50
Documentary about the use of prostitutes by disabled people.
Collection: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
Forty Years On
1978 | 20
The changes in coal mining that have taken place during one man's working lifetime.
Collection: King Coal
Forward to Service
1947 | 38
Didactic instructional film promoting company loyalty to employees of Smiths Dock Company, Teesside.
Collection: North by North East
The Four M's
1964 | 44
The eccentric Lord Robens takes us through the 4 essential M’s of the coal industry.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
The Fourth Everest Expedition
1933 | 49
Hugh Ruttledge's failed attempt to conquer Everest - he got to a point just 1000 feet below the summit.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
Fox Farm
1922 | 95
Passion blooms in the countryside when a girl falls in love with a blind farmer.
Collection: Silent Britain
Fragment of Memory, A
1984 | 53
Cambridge students protest in the incendiary climate of 1930s Britain.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Framed Youth: Revenge of the Teenage Perverts
1983 | 50
Queer teens discuss their experiences in Thatcher's Britain.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Freak Out
1999 | 25
Welcome to Club Flesh, a disabled fetish club often frequented by able-bodied men and women.
Collection: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
Free Time
1972 | 9
Lambeth at leisure.
Collection: Beautiful South
Freedom of the Hills
1930 | 1
The hills are alive with the sound of protestors, fighting for the right to roam.
Collection: Heartlands
Friday the Thirteenth
1933 | 84
A star-studded cast appears in this ensemble piece - a dozen characters are involved in a London bus crash, but who will survive?
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
The Frock and Roll Years
2002 | 23
A beginner's guide to post-war British fashion.
Collection: Brit Chic
From High Heels to Sensible Shoes
1997 | 30
Former TV presenter Jackie Forster discusses the day that changed her life - when she had her first lesbian affair.
Collection: Beautiful Things
From Raw Material to Finished Product
1932 | 26
Descend into the Eston mines as coal and ore are gathered to make iron and steel products.
Collection: North by North East
From the Four Corners
1941 | 15
Why would Australians, Canadians and New Zealanders risk their lives for Britain?
Collection: Essentially British
The Frost Programme
1970 | 52
Counterculture invades The Frost Programme as Jerry Rubin and the Yippies take over the stage.
Collection: Frost/Mediatheque
The Frost Report on Class
1966 | 25
Classic sketches from Messrs Barker, Corbett, Cleese and Frost.
Collection: Frost/Mediatheque
The Frost Report on Elections
1966 | 25
Satirical send ups of politicians – 'The Daily Show' circa 1966.
Collection: Frost/Mediatheque
The Fruit Machine
1988 | 108
Fantastical gay buddy movie following two boys on the run from Liverpool to Brighton.
Collection: Beautiful Things
The Fugitive Futurist
1924 | 11
An oddball inventor startles Londoners with images of the city's future.
Collection: London Calling
The Funeral of Queen Victoria (Funeral Procession at Cowes)
1901 | 3
The funeral of Britain's longest-reigning monarch.
Collection: Essentially British
Gala Day
1963 | 26
Controversial portrait of the 1962 Durham Miners' Gala.
Collection: North by North East
Gallivant
1996 | 100
A tour of Britain's coastline, with the director's grandmother and daughter in tow.
Collection: Essentially British
The Games
2007 | 15
A surreal take on East London's Olympian future.
Collection: London Calling
The Game of Haxey Hood
1929 | 1
Welcome to a mad British tradition. Follow that hood!
Collection: Heartlands
Gangsters
1975 | 110
The French Connection comes to Birmingham.
Collection: Play for Today
Gardens of the Orient
1936 | 10
The gardens here are tea gardens, and the 'Orient' is India and Sri Lanka.
Collection: Before Midnight
The Gaunt Stranger
1938 | 73
A funeral wreath delivered to an unpopular businessman sparks off a police investigation.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Gavin and Stacey
2008 | 30
An Essex boy falls in love with a Barry girl in the popular BBC series, written by Ruth Jones and James Corden.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Gay Life
1981 | 30
British gay men's lives from the '30s to the '50s.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Gay Rights Demonstration
1976
Gay students protest against the homophobic coverage of a Brighton newspaper.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Gaytime TV
1995 | 35
The gay magazine show cuts its teeth, presented by Rhona Cameron and Bert Tyler-Moore.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Geh Kinde Geh
1991 | 15
Maria Charles and Bernard Spear star as a mother and father hosting a Jewish funeral.
Collection: Oy Britannia
General Election
1946 | 19
Can John Profumo hold onto his seat in Kettering?
Collection: Heartlands
General Sahib
1976 | 50
A portrait of Major General Bakhshi, former chairman of the charity Raphael.
Collection: Raphael
Genevieve
1953 | 86
Cheerful, and very British comedy set against the London to Brighton car rally.
Collection: Funny Girls
Geordie Scene
1974 | 30
Get ready to get down in this Tyne Tees-produced pop music programme showcasing the talents of Lindisfarne and Bullfrog.
Collection: North by North East
George Orwell - 1984 (Arena)
1984 | 50
Fifth instalment in the major 'Arena' portrait of Orwell, focusing on his final work.
Collection: The Book Group
George Orwell: The Road to the Left
1973 | 60
Documentary tracking Orwell's life in 1936, the year he married, set off for the Spanish Civil War and completed his first novel.
Collection: The Book Group
George Sherriff's Home Movies - Lhasa Films
1940 | 63
These amateur films of Lhasa feature the current Dalai Lama and his family in the 1940s.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
George Sherriff's Home Movies - S.E. Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim Films
1934 | 155
The vivid colours of Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim in the 1930s and 40s.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
George Sherriff's Home Movies - Tibetan Landscapes and Ceremonies
1938 | 51
The Tibetan landscape, wildlife and religious ceremonies through the eyes of botanist George Sherriff.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
Gert and Daisy's Weekend
1941 | 79
The irrespressible Cockney pensioners take on a boisterous group of evacuee kids in this wartime comedy.
Collection: Funny Girls
Giant in the Sun
1959 | 19
Beautiful colour documentary showing Nigeria’s preparations for self-government.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
The Gift
1997 | 16
A man gives his disabled wife a video camera, and she begins to film their deteriorating relationship.
Collection: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
Gilbert & George Go Day Tripping
1992 | 10
The Turner prize-winning artists head to Southend, the popular Essex seaside resort.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Ginger Nutt’s Christmas Circus
1949 | 7
Disney-inspired animated mayhem at the circus.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Girl
1974 | 35
Alison Steadman stars as a young army recruit.
Collection: Beautiful Things
The Girl Can't Always Have Everything (Tales of the Unexpected)
1980 | 25
Two Collins' - Joan and Pauline - vie for the affections of a wealthy toy manufacturer.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
Girls' Night Out
1987 | 6
Shy factory worker Beryl lets her hair down in Joanna Quinn’s uproarious animation.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Give Her a Ring
1934 | 79
A switchboard operator unknowingly falls for her boss in 1930s Copenhagen.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Glimpses of India
1929 | 15
Indian travelogue featuring the famous sights and rural life.
Collection: Before Midnight
Glowyr - Mynd yn Grwt i’r Gwaith
1994 | 25
Ex-miners recall their childhood days working in the Welsh coalmines.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Go Go Go Said the Bird
1966 | 55
A trip through Swinging London with Marianne Faithfull, David Hockney, Twiggy and co.
Collection: London Calling
The Go-Between
1971 | 116
Sex, class and cricket - the past as a not-so-foreign country.
Collection: Essentially British
Go-Between, The
1971 | 116
Sex, class and cricket - the past as a not-so-foreign country.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
God's Chillun
1938 | 10
The history of the West Indies' slave trade, and the islands' development since emancipation.
Collection: Exodus: Remembering Slavery
Going Places - The Story of Sunderland Transport
1955 | 27
Hop on a routemaster for a tour of 1950s Sunderland.
Collection: North by North East
Going Shopping with Elizabeth Allan
1955 | 8
Brandy, teabags and 'Tupperware' are all on offer in London's most famous store.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Going Shopping with Elizabeth Allan at Marshall and Snelgrove
1955 | 10
The indomitable Ms. Allan gives another department store the once-over.
Collection: Shop 'til You Drop
The Good Companions
1933 | 113
Adaptation of J.B. Priestley's popular play about a performing troupe, starring Jessie Matthews.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
The Good Housewife ‘In Her Kitchen’
1949 | 9
Make a refrigerator out of an old pot and a bit of cloth. Post-War survival for housewives.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Good Manners
1937 | 9
Members of the Roston Youth Club debate the subject of good manners.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Goodbye
1975 | 80
Scenes from a marriage on the rocks.
Collection: Play for Today
Good-Time Girl
1947 | 93
A girl born on the wrong side of the tracks (Jean Kent) descends into ruin.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
Gorrie Family Personal Films
1932 | 80
The Gorrie family at home in Dehra Dun and on expedition in the Himalaya.
Collection: Before Midnight
Gosforth Park Races
1912 | 6
Join the Edwardian crowds and place a bet at Newcastle Racecourse.
Collection: North by North East
Graham's Gang
1979 | 30
Uproarious kids' series in the 'Just William' vein.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Grand Hotel
1932 | 8
Comedy stars Laurel and Hardy make an appearance at Tynemouth.
Collection: North by North East
Grange Hill
1981 | 24
A Christmas special with the school soap's iconic rebel Tucker Jenkins up to his old tricks at the school disco.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Granny's Is
1989 | 48
Avant-garde portrait of the director's grandmother.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
The Grassy Shires
1944 | 15
'Pattern of Britain' film exploring the farmlands of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and beyond.
Collection: Heartlands
The Great Barrier
1937 | 84
Western-style adventure on the Canadian Pacific Railway with a heroic Richard Arlen and luminous Lili Palmer.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Great Crusade: The Story of a Million Homes
1936 | 17
Patriotism and production lines: J.B. Priestley joins the 'crusade' for better housing.
Collection: The Promised Land
Great Crusade: The Story of a Million Homes
1936 | 17
Patriotism and production lines: J.B. Priestley joins the crusade for better housing.
Collection: The Promised Land
Great Hucklow Jubilee Film May 5th 1935
1935 | 6
Jubilee celebrations in a Derbyshire village.
Collection: Heartlands
The Greatest Menace We Have Ever Known
1921 | 1
'Topical Budget' opposes the miners during the 1921 Coal War.
Collection: King Coal
Groove on a Stanley Knife
1997 | 41
Two girls - a lesbian and a homophobe - go on the run from crack-dealers.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Grove Carnival
1981 | 19
Kaleidoscopic celebration of the 1980 Notting Hill Carnival.
Collection: London Calling
The Grove Family
1956 | 20
There's a thief about in an episode from Britain's first ever soap.
Collection: Soap Bubbles
Growing Girls
1951 | 12
Mary discovers the minefield that it puberty.
Collection: The Joy of Sex Education
Gurkhas and Shillong Scenery
1930 | 13
The festival of Dashian is celebrated - including scenes of animal sacrifice.
Collection: Before Midnight
G_yl Cerdd Dant - Rhosllannerchrugog a’r Cylch
2006 | 48
The unique Welsh art of singing poetry to the accompaniment of harp music.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
H.R.H. Prince George
1930 | 1
Prince George launches a lifeboat in Cromer.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
H.R.H. The Princess Royal Visit to Oswestry
1933 | 3
Princess Mary visits Oswestry, near Wrexham, in 1933.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Hadrian's Wall
1953 | 24
Haunting landscape poem dedicated to the Roman Wall - Northern England's most visited tourist attraction.
Collection: North by North East
Halcyon Days
1962 | 13
Brushes at the ready - are you ready to paint the Halcyon way?
Collection: Heartlands
The Half Monty
1999 | 24
The Full Monty with a twist.
Collection: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
The Halfway House
1944 | 95
Ealing ghost story set in a Welsh valleys hotel.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Hanif Kureishi - 'Black and White in Colour' Interviews
1991 | 30
'The Buddha of Suburbia' author offers his opinions on race in British film and TV.
Collection: The Book Group
Hanif Kureishi (Guardian Interview) AUDIO ONLY
1999 |
South Bank Show profile of the provocative writer.
Collection: The Book Group
Hanif Kureishi (South Bank Show)
2003 | 48
Kureishi discusses his work at the NFT.
Collection: The Book Group
Ha'penny Breeze
1951 | 57
A young man tries to rally a Suffolk village on the banks of the River Orwell to improve their post-war lot.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Happy Ever After
1974 | 30
The popular sitcom that introduced the world to retired empty nesters Terry and June.
Collection: Funny Girls
Happy Families
1985 | 30
Jennifer Saunders takes on five roles in this neglected Ben Elton sitcom, also starring Dawn French.
Collection: Funny Girls
Happy Family, The
1952 | 86
A plucky South Bank family decide to fight back when building work for the Festival of Britain threatens their home.
Collection: Building the South Bank
Happy in the Morning: A Film Fantasy
1938 | 13
A jolly showcase for Henry Hall's band, doubling up as a water heater commercial.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Happy Moorings
1964 | 52
Comedy starring Millicent Martin as a prim lady apparently having an affair with her manservant. But is she?
Collection: Funny Girls
Hard Feelings
1984 | 85
A group of Oxford graduates live in Brixton in 1980, oblivious to the rioting on the streets.
Collection: Beautiful South
Hard Labour
1973 | 70
Mike Leigh's first TV drama, starring Liz Smith and Alison Steadman in a Salford-set snapshot of domestic drudgery.
Collection: Play for Today
Harrods (A Day in the Life…)
1993 | 30
A 1990s peek behind the scenes of the Knightsbridge institution.
Collection: Shop 'til You Drop
Hartbeat
1984 | 20
An early episode of the children's art show presented by the much-missed Tony Hart.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Hartlepool Charter
1951 | 23
1950s Hartlepool - port town of industry and tourism.
Collection: North by North East
Harvest Shall Come, The
1942 | 38
Dramatised account of the poor working and living conditions of the average farm worker, filmed in Needham Market, Suffolk.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Have We Missed the Boat? (Northern Scene)
1981 | 36
The challenges facing shipbuilding in Tyneside.
Tales From the Shipyard
Hawking
2004 | 89
Dramatised account of the early adult life of Stephen Hawking, including his radical work at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Health and Clothing
1928 | 15
Clothing tips from Bermondsey Borough Council.
Collection: Reality Bites
Heart of the Angel
1989 | 40
Molly Dineen follows two chaotic days and a long night behind the scenes at Angel tube station.
Collection: Reality Bites
The Heart Within
1957 | 59
A West Indian dockworker is suspected of the murder of a compatriot.
Collection: Black Britain
The Heat of the Sun
1998 | 100
A detective based in colonial Kenya solves crimes among the Happy Valley set.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Hedd Wyn
1992 | 112
Oscar-nominated biopic of the Welsh poet, tragically killed in WWI.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Hedging
1942 | 9
How to cut back and lay a hedge with the aid of a trusty land girl.
Collection: Heartlands
Help for Russia
1941 | 9
After the German invasion of Russia in 1941, Bermondsey locals do their bit to raise funds.
Collection: Beautiful South
Hen Elynion (Old Enemies)
1997 | 100
The complex relationships of a Rhos-born Spanish Civil War veteran are explored in this absorbing S4C drama.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Henry V
1944 | 137
Shakespeare as WWII propaganda.
Collection: Essentially British
Her Great Mistake
1925 | 14
Retail therapy, 1920s-style: a housewife seeks solace in hats.
Collection: Shop 'til You Drop
Here is the Gold Coast
1947 | 35
A Central Office of Information film outlining the planned development of the Gold Coast over the next ten years.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Here's a Health to the Barley Mow
1955 | 17
Traditional English folk songs and step dances in a Suffolk pub.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Hidden City
1987 | 108
Stephen Poliakoff's unnerving thriller uncovers a dark, unseen side of the capital.
Collection: London Calling
Hi-De-Hi!: Peggy's Big Chance
1981 | 30
Su Pollard made her mark as dizzy chalet maid Peggy in the long-running 50s holiday camp sitcom.
Collection: Funny Girls
The Higgler
1973 | 52
Derbyshire-set adaptation of A.E. Coppard's story about a higgler town between two women.
Collection: Heartlands
The High Command
1937 | 88
Blackmail and murder in the colonies.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
High Jinks at Durham Miners' Gala
1928 | 1
In spite of an uncertain future, Durham miners party in the streets.
Collection: North by North East
High Living
1968 | 10
The only way is up: the 1960s' answer to Britain's booming population.
Collection: The Promised Land
High Treason
1928 | 75
Britain's answer to 'Metropolis' - a sci-fi epic of conspiray and sabotage set in a futuristic London.
Collection: Silent Britain
Hillmen Go to War
1944 | 10
The contribution of the people of the Kullu Valley to the war effort.
Collection: Before Midnight
Hindle Wakes
1927 | 116
Lancashire's cotton workers decamp to Blackpool for their annual taste of freedom.
Collection: Essentially British
Hints and Hobbies No.1
1926 | 14
Want to know more about Persian cats, cardboard vases and treating fractured limbs?
Collection: Pandora's Box
Hints and Hobbies No.11
1926 | 14
Jiu-jitsu for ladies, how to get ink off a white apron and other life essentials.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Hints and Hobbies No.12
1926 | 12
Who needs an iron when you have a jam jar to hand?
Collection: Pandora's Box
Hints and Hobbies No.3
1926 | 5
How to construct an efficient wireless set for just 1/10d. Although Mensa membership may be a prerequisite...
Collection: Pandora's Box
Hints and Hobbies No.7
1926 | 14
How to remove dirt from your finest stole and enthral your guests with a few sugarlumps.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Hints and Hobbies No.8
1926 | 12
Turn your dog into a burglar alarm and clean out that murky decanter - the Hints and Hobbies team are back.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Historic Mutiny Sites
1914 | 5
Sixty years after the event, this travelogue indicates the continued potency of the Indian Mutiny to the British in India.
Collection: Before Midnight
History of the English Language
1943 | 15
How did the mother tongue of 400 million people come into existence?
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Hole in Babylon
1979 | 70
Dramatisation of the 1975 Spaghetti House Siege.
Collection: Play for Today
Holiday
1957 | 18
The kiss-me-quick pleasures of saucy Blackpool.
Collection: Essentially British
Holidays at Home - Saltwell Park Gateshead
1944 | 11
Gateshead residents enjoy a 'staycation' to cut down on travel during WWII.
Collection: North by North East
Hollow Drift Children's Procession, Durham
1902 | 3
Thousands of Durham schoolchildren march through the streets to mark the coronation of Edward VII.
Collection: North by North East
The Holly and the Ivy
1952 | 83
An unfairly neglected Christmas tale starring Ralph Richardson and Celia Johnson.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Holly and the Ivy, The
1952 | 83
An unfairly neglected Christmas tale starring Ralph Richardson and Celia Johnson.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Hollyoaks
2000 | 25
Three men go on trial for the rape of Luke Morgan (Gary Lucy) in a superior episode of the soap.
Collection: Soap Bubbles
Holyhead Mail Boat
1898 | 1
The Royal Mail steamer Munster completes its journey from Dublin to the island of Anglesey.
Llong ager y Post Brenhinol, y Munster, yn cyrraedd pen ei thaith o Ddulyn i Ynys Môn.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Home Movies of H.A.N. Barlow
1945 | 20
Gritty images of India's northerly frontiers contrast with vibrant colour scenes of Udaipur in these 8mm films.
Collection: Before Midnight
The Home Movies of Robert Wrench
1924 | 14
Home movies showing Tyneside in the 1920s and 30s.
Collection: North by North East
Home Movies of T. Burtt
1933 | 20
Lahore, Rajasthan and Simla feature in Burtt's home movies.
Collection: Before Midnight
Homes for All (This Modern Age No.1)
1946 | 20
A plug for the post-war housing policy of a new Labour government.
Collection: The Promised Land
Homes for the People
1945 | 23
Housewives of Britain offer a weary insight into the dire state of their homes.
Collection: The Promised Land
Hop Gardens of Kent
1933 | 5
From hop to pint: the GPO Film Unit explains it all.
Collection: Roll Out the Barrel
Hop Picking In Kent
1929 | 2
Londoners 'hop' to it in the Kentish fields.
Collection: Roll Out the Barrel
Hope and Glory
1984 | 79
The life, times and music of Sir Edward Elgar.
Collection: Hope and Glory
Horror of Darkness
1965 | 62
A couple's relationship is disturbed by the arrival of the man's old college friend.
Collection: Beautiful Things
The Horsey Mail
1938 | 10
Will floods scupper the duties of two Norfolk postmen?
Collection: Essentially British
Horsey Mail, The
1938 | 10
Rising water levels threaten to scupper the duties of two Norfolk postmen.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Hot Summer Night
1959 | 90
Racism in a white, working-class family - later re-made as 'Flame in the Streets'.
Collection: Black Britain
Hothouse, The
1978 | 50
Six former Newnham students - "the pleasantest of the ladies' colleges" - discuss their lives since leaving Cambridge University.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
House in Which You Live, The
1947 | 17
Don't mention the War: a reassuring architectural tour of British homes past, present and future.
Collection: The Promised Land
How a Bicycle is Made
1945 |
The recipe for the perfect bike.
Collection: Pandora's Box
How a British Bulldog Saved the Union Jack
1906 | 7
A plucky hound rescues a British cavalryman from a treacherous Zulu in this Edwardian flagwaver.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
How Percy Won the Beauty Competition
1909 | 6
Percy drags up to scoop the top prize in this silent short - but will he be found out?
Collection: Beautiful Things
Hoxton…Saturday, July 3rd, Britannia Theatre
1920 | 6
A very busy Saturday on Old Street.
Collection: London Calling
Hue and Cry
1946 | 82
A group of schoolboys uncover a dastardly scam. When the police won't listen, it's time to take matters into their own hands.
Collection: Box of Delights
Hull Fair No.2
1902 | 2
Two black boxers challenge fair-goers to a bout in the ring.
Collection: Black Britain
Hunter Family Films
1928 | 57
India through the idiosyncratic eyes of the Hunter family.
Collection: Before Midnight
Hunts War Agricultural Committee
1940 | 24
New machinery helps East Anglian agriculture during WWII.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
A Hymn from Jim
1977 | 30
Trashy pulp comedy-thriller from the writer of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'.
Collection: Beautiful Things
I Am a Reporter
1961 | 13
A journalist scours Hertford for material for the local newspaper.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945 | 92
Metaphysical love story starring Wendy Hiller, beautifully filmed in the Scottish Hebrides.
Collection: The Truth About Love
I Will Speak English
1955 | 16
An eccentric English lesson in the Gold Coast.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Ice Cold in Alex
1958 | 132
John Mills' perfect beer moment makes for a perfect movie moment.
Collection: Roll Out the Barrel
ICI on Teesside
1950 | 6
The influence of Imperial Chemical Industries on Billingham and Wilton.
Collection: North by North East
Ilford Everest
1933 | 32
Members of Ruttledge's Everest expedition at play.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
I'm All Right Jack
1959 | 105
Peter Sellers is a militant trade unionist in this peerless workplace satire.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
I'm British But…
1989 | 30
Britain beats to the sound of Bhangra and Bangla.
Collection: Essentially British
The Imitation Game
1980 | 95
A young middle-class woman joins the Auxiliary Territorial Service during WWII.
Collection: Play for Today
The Important Thing is Love
1971 | 50
The invisible history of British lesbians.
Collection: Beautiful Things
In Celebration
1974 | 125
Three brothers return to Nottinghamshire to celebrate their parents' anniversary. Lindsay Anderson directs.
Collection: Heartlands
In Fading Light
1989 | 107
A young woman's return after many years away causes upheavals in a small North Shields fishing community.
Collection: North by North East
In Gear
1967 | 9
The Sixties swing into Carnaby Street and the King's Road.
Collection: London Calling
In Rural Maharashtra
1940 | 12
Happy farmers, a wedding and some giant cauliflowers...
Collection: Before Midnight
In Search of Dracula with Jonathan Ross
1996 | 52
Jonathan Ross celebrates 100 years of Bram Stoker's creation...and gets distracted by Hammer's heaving bosoms.
Collection: The Book Group
In Search of Geordie
1975 | 25
What makes a Geordie?
Collection: Essentially British
In the Limelight with Lesley
1980 | 25
Margaret Thatcher fields questions from an audience of children. Hosted by Lesley Judd.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
In the Pink
1982 | 30
Feminist troupe The Raving Beauties take their comedy show from stage to television screen.
Collection: Channel 4 Anniversary
Inappropriate Behaviour
1987 | 78
A female psychiatrist develops feelings towards a schoolgirl patient.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Incident
1971 |
An anti-short short film? A 4 minute wonder starring Stephen Frears.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
In Darkest Africa
1972 | 55
The Victorian attitudes to colonial Africa and the war with the Zulus.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
India
1929 | 16
Amateur film of the passage to India - complete with guest appearance by Gandhi.
Collection: Before Midnight
Indian Background
1946 | 9
Progress vs. tradition in India.
Collection: Before Midnight
The Indian Summer
1992 | 30
Sir Leonard Cheshire's final journey to India.
Collection: Raphael
The Indian Washing the Baby
1906 | 2
India's cleanest child enjoys an enthusiastic wash and Ayurvedic massage.
Collection: Before Midnight
Insight - Zandra Rhodes
1981 | 14
Peter Greenaway's innovative day-in-the-life portrait.
Collection: Brit Chic
Intensive Care
1982 | 80
A teacher visits his dying father and strikes up a rapport with the night nurse in Alan Bennett's black comedy, starring Thora Hird and Julie Walters.
Collection: Play for Today
International Association Match, England v. Wales, Wrexham 1912
1912 | 3
Billy Meredith, one of Wales' early football superstars, takes on the English team at the Racecourse, Wrexham.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Interview with Beatles
1963 | 10
The Fab Four respond to searching questions from viewers of Tyne Tees Television - does Ringo like beards?
Collection: North by North East
Introducing Anglia
1959 | 43
Anglia Television makes its debut.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Introducing Work Study
1955 | 20
Industrial film aimed at the many sceptics of the work study scheme, seen by thousands of workers across the country.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
Invisible City
1991 | 18
The fate of a Nazi-era Jewish couple disrupts a futuristic dystopia where memory and history are outlawed.
Collection: Oy Britannia
The Iron Dale
1964 | 25
Life at Stanton and Stavely Ltd. Ironworks.
Collection: Heartlands
The Irresponsibles
1929 | 40
A no-nonsense warning of the perils of gonorrhoea and syphilis.
Collection: The Joy of Sex Education
Island People
1940 | 10
The British way of life at the dawn of the 1940s.
Collection: Essentially British
It Ain't Half Racist, Mum
1979 | 30
The pervasive racism of British TV in the '70s is exposed.
Collection: Black Britain
It Always Rains on Sunday
1947 | 92
A housewife's life is complicated when her ex-lover, an escaped violent criminal, comes to her for shelter.
Collection: London Calling
J L McAdam Ltd. Annual Staff Outing to Beadnell
1937 | 5
Staff of the Newcastle tailor's head for the seaside at Beadnell Sands.
Collection: North by North East
Jack Hylton Presents: The Crazy Gang
1956 | 55
The Crazy Gang at the Victoria Palace - British humour from another era.
Collection: Essentially British
Jack Petersen v. Hein Muller
1930 | 9
The greatest moment in the history of Welsh boxing?
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Jack the Ripper
1963 | 3
Screaming Lord Sutch performs a song of alarmingly questionable taste.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Jackanory - George's Marvellous Medicine
1986 | 75
Rik Mayall makes for a bravura storyteller with his reading of Roald Dahl's children's classic.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Jacqueline Du Pre and the Elgar Cello Concerto
1967 | 70
Documentary about the legendary cellist, featuring a complete performance of her finest hour – the Elgar Cello Concerto.
Collection: Hope and Glory
Jacqueline Du Pre Masterclass
1979 | 35
Cellist Jacqueline du Pré gives a masterclass on the Elgar Cello Concerto.
Collection: Hope and Glory
James Guthrie's Home Movies - Gyantse Trips
1935 | 50
Amateur films shot in and around Gyantse, Tibet.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
James Guthrie's Home Movies - Lhasa Trips
1935 | 73
Life in and around Lhasa.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
James Guthrie's Home Movies - Tibetan Ceremonies
1939 | 60
Home movie footage including a potent scene featuring the young Dalai Lama in a golden palanquin.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
James Guthrie's Home Movies - Tibetan Valley Trips
1939 | 29
Tibetan life and landscape by British Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon James Guthrie.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
James Guthrie's Home Movies: Miscellaneous Tibet Films
1935 | 39
Ceremonies, people and landscapes - life in Tibet vividly captured by amateur filmmaker Guthrie.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
Jemima and Johnny
1966 | 30
In a west London community divided by racism, a white boy befriends the daughter of a family recently arrived from the Caribbean.
Collection: Box of Delights
Jesmond Dene
1951 | 12
Glorious colour record (saved from a skip!) of Newcastle's oasis of natural beauty.
Collection: North by North East
Jew Süss
1934 | 104
British film adaptation of Lion Feuchtwanger's historical novel.
Collection: Oy Britannia
The Jewel in the Crown
1984 | 105
Sex, class and scandal in the final days of the Raj.
Collection: Before Midnight
Jim Corbett Personal Films
1929 | 12
Records of North India's wildlife - both living and dead - by the famous hunter and conservationist.
Collection: Before Midnight
Jim'll Fix It
1986 | 35
Viewers dream come true with the help of Terry Wogan and Midge Ure, plus a touching fix-it for veteran actor Peter Cushing.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
John Betjeman: A Poet in London
1959 | 12
Betjeman voices his dismay at a vanishing London.
Collection: London Calling
John Craven's Newsround
1975 | 10
A day's world news from October 1975.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
John Galliano (South Bank Show)
1997 | 52
Profile of the trailblazing British couturier during his time at Givenchy.
Collection: Brit Chic
John Peel’s Sounds of the Suburbs: South Wales
1999 | 35
The legendary DJ turns his ear to the musical developments in South Wales.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Johnnie's Welcome Home
1930 | 3
The 'Topical Budget' cameras capture Amy Johnson's triumphant return to Croydon Aerodrome after her solo flight to Australia.
Collection: Amy Johnson: Queen of the Skies
Johnny Cash in San Quentin
1969 | 60
Haunting record of the singer's legendary concert in San Quentin.
Collection: Reality Bites
Joyce Grenfell
1964 | 50
George, don't do that - Joyce Grenfell, the Queen of the comic monologue, stars in her one-woman show.
Collection: Funny Girls
Jubilee!
1983 | 30
Floella Benjamin and friends look back on 60 years of BBC children's programmes.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Just A Boy's Game
1979 | 75
The brutal life of Glasgow hard-man, Jake McQuillan - from the director of 'The Long Good Friday'.
Collection: Play for Today
Just Another Saturday
1975 | 75
One young man's long day as participant and bystander in the Protestant Orange day parades of Glasgow 1975.
Collection: Play for Today
Juvenile Liaison
1975 | 97
Banned documentary from Nick Broomfield exposing the bullying methods of a juvenile liaison unit in Blackburn.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Juvenile Scientist, A
1907 | 4
Punished for mistreating the family pets, a young boy uses his chemistry set to wreak revenge on his parents.
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
1981 | 70
Japanese servicemen - all played by white Englishmen - gather to commemorate their country's defeat 35 years previously.
Collection: Play for Today
Katie Boyle at Selfridges (Camay Commercial)
1967 | 1
Camay hope the luxury store's glamour will rub off in this 60s soap commercial.
Collection: Shop 'til You Drop
Keep an Eye on Albert
1975 | 75
The neglected wife of a pigeon fancier becomes attracted to his best mate.
Collection: Play for Today
Keep Things As They Are
1991 | 12
Recreation of artist Ian Breakwell's residency at Cambridge.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Keep Your Seats Please
1936 | 81
George Formby and his trusty ukulele go on the hunt for missing jewellery.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Kenneth Williams (Comic Roots)
1983 | 30
Kenneth Williams takes us on a very personal stroll around the city he called home.
Collection: London Calling
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1981 | 30
The ethos of punk is alive and well in Kenny Everett's appropriately disrespectful hands.
Collection: Anarchy in the UK
Kensal House
1937 | 11
A visionary community powered by the miracle of gas.
Collection: The Promised Land
Kensington Calling!
1930 | 8
Squalid conditions in Kensington - and a bid for a brighter future.
Collection: London Calling
Kid for Two Farthings
1954 | 88
On Petticoat Lane a young boy believes that his pet goat is a magical unicorn.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Kiddies and Rabbits
1901 | 2
Victorian toddlers have fun with some bunnies.
Collection: March Hares & Easter Bunnies
Kill the Day
1997 | 18
An ex-drug addict reflects on his life in and out of prison in Lynne Ramsay's sophomore effort.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 | 102
Joan Greenwood’s portrayal of delicious yet subtle malevolence is just one of the treats in this murderous take on social climbing.
Collection: Funny Girls
Kindly Leave the Raj
1969 | 56
The Raj in the style of 'Oh What a Lovely War!'
Collection: Before Midnight
King Coal
1948 | 3
More coal! Colourful and inventive animation promoting the work of Britain's coal industry.
Collection: King Coal
King Edward Skating Club
1933 | 2
Professional speed skating in the frozen Cambridgeshire Fenland.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Kingdom of My Own, A
1962 | 30
The life of John Constable, featuring shots of the Suffolk countryside that inspired his paintings.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
King's Visit to Norwich, October 25th 1909
1909 | 14
Century-old actuality footage of Edward VII visiting Norwich.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul
1921 | 89
Folkestone-set film based on H.G. Wells' novel about a draper who struggles when thrust into high society.
Collection: Silent Britain
The Kiss in the Tunnel
1899 | 1
Amorous Victorians indulge in illicit smooching.
Collection: Essentially British
Kisses at Fifty
1973 | 70
A middle-aged man’s fling with a barmaid threatens the stability of his family.
Collection: Play for Today
Kizzy
1976 | 45
A young Romany girl deals with prejudice after moving to a small village in Rumer Godden's tale for children.
Collection: Box of Delights
Knightmare
1988 | 30
Kids’ TV entered the era of computer gaming with this cutting-edge swords-and-sorcery game show.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
The Knowledge
1979 | 89
Learner taxi drivers attempt to master 'the knowledge' of London's streets.
Collection: London Calling
The Kumars at No. 42
2001 | 30
Spoof chat-show featuring the Kumars, with this week's special guests Graham Norton and Davina McCall.
Collection: Funny Girls
Laburnum Grove
1936 | 73
Hypocrisy and deceit bubble under the surface of suburbia in this brilliantly acted J.B. Priestley adaptation.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Lace
1930 | 7
The manufacture of Nottingham lace in the 1920s.
Collection: Heartlands
Ladies on Bicycles
1899 | 1
Victorian ladies show off their slalom cycling skills.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Lady Audley's Secret
1920 | 76
To what lengths will Lady Audley go to hide her past? Margaret Bannerman stars in this silent feature film adaptation from 1920.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
Lady Audley's Secret
2000 | 98
Neve McIntosh stops at nothing to safeguard her future in this 2000 TV adaptation of Mary Elizabeth Braddon's novel.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
Lady Windermere's Fan
1916 | 72
Will the mysterious Mrs Erlynne redeem herself? Upper class intrigue abounds in the first screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play.
Collection: Silent Britain
The Ladykillers
1955 | 97
Brilliant black comedy of armed robbers, murder and a Boccherini string quintet.
Collection: London Calling
Lambeth Boys
1985 | 120
What happened to the lads from 1959's 'We Are the Lambeth Boys'? And do teenagers in the 80s share the same concerns?
Collection: Beautiful South
Lambeth Festival Week 1951
1951 | 12
The Official Film of the Lambeth Festival, packed with floats, dancing and frivolity.
Collection: Beautiful South
The Lambeth Housing Film
1932 | 11
An appeal for funds to improve the lot of the Lambeth slums.
Collection: Beautiful South
Lambeth Links
1962 | 17
Beauty Queens and racing waiters - it can only be Lambeth Festival week!
Collection: Beautiful South
Lambeth Marsh
2001 | 12
A study of the London Borough of Lambeth, inspired by a William Blake poem.
Collection: London Calling
Lambeth Rejoices
1953 | 10
Lambeth kicks up its heels during Festival Week.
Collection: Beautiful South
Lambeth Through Our Eyes
2003 | 5
The Borough of Lambeth, as told by five young locals.
Collection: Beautiful South
Lambeth: The Council that Cares
1981 | 15
Lambeth Council rallies against Thatcherism.
Collection: Beautiful South
Lambethan Landmark
1969 | 12
West Norwood library is opened by Princess Margaret.
Collection: Beautiful South
Land of Green Ginger
1973 | 50
In Alan Plater's play a young woman returns to her hometown of Hull. But will she stay?
Collection: Play for Today
Land of Promise
1946 | 65
Film 'argument' on the past, present and future of British housing.
Collection: The Promised Land
The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton
1899 | 1
One of the earliest British films depicting genuine Africans - a dramatic re-enactment of a battle from the Matabele wars.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
The Landlady (Tales of the Unexpected)
1979 | 30
Abanbon all hope, all ye who enter Siobhan McKenna's B&B.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
The Lane
1990 | 45
6-part series about the communities, characters and hidden corners of Brick Lane and Spitalfields.
Collection: London Calling
Lap
2004 | 15
A lap dancer meets a man at a bus stop one rainy night.
Collection: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
The Larkins
1958 | 26
Forty years before 'The Darling Buds of May', Peggy Mount and David Kossoff star in an early TV adaptation of H.E. Bates' popular novels.
Collection: Funny Girls
Last Days of Dolwyn, The
1949 | 95
The shadow of murder haunts a doomed village in the Welsh valleys in Emlyn Williams’ period drama, with Richard Burton in his big screen debut.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Last of England*
1987 | 88
Derek Jarman's dark, poetic vision of a city and a country brought to its knees.
Collection: London Calling
Last Romantics, The
1992 | 90
Ian Holm stars as F.R. Leavis in a tale of love and betrayal at Cambridge University.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Last Train Through the Harecastle Tunnel
1969 | 78
A trainspotter's day trip becomes a voyage of discovery.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Launch
1974 | 36
The Amber collective captures a breathtaking launch at the Swan Hunter's Wallsend shipyard.
Tales From the Shipyard
Launch of the HMS Albion
1898 | 36
RW Paul's controversial film of the launch of the mighty battleship, which ended in tragedy when many spectators drowned following the collapse of a gangway.
Tales From the Shipyard
Laurence Olivier - A Life (South Bank Show)
1982 | 95
Emmy-award winning edition profiling one of Britain's greatest actors.
Collection: Farewell South Bank Show
The League of Gentlemen
1999 | 30
Welcome to the weird world of Royston Vasey. You'll never leave!
Collection: Heartlands
Learie Constantine
1946 | 10
A day in the life of the Trinidadian-British cricketer.
Collection: Black Britain
Learning About Sex
1977 | 25
Sex ed in the '70s.
Collection: The Joy of Sex Education
Leeds - United!
1974 | 117
Play for Today at its angriest - exploited factory workers literally strike back.
Collection: Play for Today
Leicester Coffee Houses
1930 | 3
Fondants, fancies and coffee house culture in Leicestershire.
Collection: Heartlands
Leicestershire: A Heritage at Risk
1970 | 25
A sharp warning from Leicestershire council on the need for greater preservation of the countryside.
Collection: Heartlands
The Lenny Henry Show
1984 | 29
A showcase for comedian Lenny Henry, featuring a mix of stand up monologues, sketches and spoof songs.
Collection: Black Britain
Leo the Last
1969 | 104
John Boorman's surreal vision of culture clash in Notting Hill.
Collection: London Calling
Let’s Pretend: The Make Believe World of Daphne du Maurier
1977 | 38
In conversation with Cliff Michelmore, Dame Daphne looks back over an astonishing life.
Collection: The Book Group
Let's Go Shopping
1961 | 6
Haverhill Camera Club presents a silent snapshot of early 60s shopping in Suffolk.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Letter for Wales
1960 | 25
British Transport Films’ love letter to Wales.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Letter From Wales
1953 | 14
A farmer’s boy describes his life in the rural idyll of Llandwrog.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Licking Hitler
1978 | 65
During WWII, a woman is sent deep into the countryside to work in secret with a Glaswegian journalist, where she finds herself in a brutal and sinister world.
Collection: Play for Today
Lido
1995 | 49
A microcosm of London life from beautiful men to spirited single mums: meet the regulars at the Brockwell Park Lido.
Collection: Beautiful South
The Lie
1970 | 90
Ingmar Bergman dissects a marriage breakdown.
Collection: Play for Today
The Life Apart
1977 | 25
An examination of the charity Raphael's work with people living with leprosy.
Collection: Raphael
Life in Hunza
1937 | 8
Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern Areas of Pakistan.
Collection: Before Midnight
The Life of the Rabbit
1945 | 11
The behaviour of the European rabbit.
Collection: March Hares & Easter Bunnies
Life Story
1987 | 107
Jeff Goldblum stars as controversial scientist James D. Watson in the race to discover DNA in 1950s Cambridge.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Lights and Shades on the Bostock Circus Farm
1911 | 5
A tumultuous and tragic day on the Bostock Circus Farm.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Like Father
2001 | 97
A Durham ex-miner struggles to make a living while his relationships with his relatives falter.
Collection: North by North East
Like Other People
1972 | 50
The emotional and physical needs of a couple with disabilities.
Collection: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
Lines of Defence
2007 | 6
Erosion of the Suffolk coast, captured through time-lapse photography.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Linger
1995 | 15
A postcard from an old friend reminds a woman of the night they drunkenly made love.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Listen to Britain
1942 | 10
The sounds of the Home Front - with appearances from Dame Myra Hess, Flanagan and Allen and the Queen Mother.
Collection: Reality Bites
Little Britain
2004 | 30
Are Vicky Pollard and Daffyd Thomas the voices of 21st century Britain?
Collection: Essentially British
Living at Thamesmead
1974 | 27
Fly-on-the-wall tour of the south-east London estate.
Collection: The Promised Land
Living Statistic
2005 | 11
The bid by Weymouth residents to save the Kachepa family from deportation.
Collection: Essentially British
Lizzie Dripping
1973 | 20
Lizzie Dripping's first encounters with the witch...
Collection: Box of Delights
Lizzie Dripping Again
1975 | 20
The second series of Lizzie Dripping from 1975.
Collection: Box of Delights
Llangollen's Story
1996 | 30
The eventful history of the International Eisteddfod, held annually in the Denbighshire town of Llangollen.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Lobsters
1936 | 16
The king of crustaceans gets his own movie.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Local Hero
1983 | 111
Residents of an idyllic Scottish coastal village see dollar signs when a US oil company tries to move in.
Collection: Essentially British
Lockerbie - A Night Remembered
1998 | 60
The terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103 - killing 270 people and devastating a community.
Collection: Reality Bites
Lol - A Bona Queen of Fabularity
1981 | 40
The life and times of a London drag queen.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Lola - Crown Court
1976 | 72
A gay transvestite comes under fire in this 3-parter from 'Crown Court'.
Collection: Beautiful Things
London
1994 | 85
Patrick Keiller's joyously idiosyncratic chronicle of a year in the life of the capital.
Collection: London Calling
London A Social Centre
1928 | 2
The future King and Queen Mother visit the Browning Settlement, Walworth.
Collection: Beautiful South
London Adventure with the Wetton Family: Wetton Personal Film
1951 | 9
One family's edited home movie recording the magic of the Festival of Britain.
Collection: Building the South Bank
London After Dark
1929 | 7
Rare footage of the Elephant Theatre, featuring a stage performance from a young Tod Slaughter.
Collection: London Calling
London Borough
1953 | 30
The evolution of local government, using Camberwell as an example.
Collection: Beautiful South
London Bridge
1996 | 25
A corpse washes up on the Thames in the first episode of the ITV soap.
Collection: Soap Bubbles
London Can Take It!
1940 | 10
A depiction of the stoicism of Londoners during the Blitz, crafted in the hope of America entering the War.
Collection: London Calling
The London Nobody Knows
1967 | 48
A stroll with James Mason around the more eccentric corners of the capital.
Collection: London Calling
London Orbital
2002 | 76
Iain Sinclair and Chris Petit's visionary film about the world's largest by-pass - the M25.
Collection: London Calling
London Street Scenes
1920 | 4
A busy, bustling celebration of the capital.
Collection: London Calling
London Street Scenes - Trafalgar Square
1910 | 1
A 180 degree panorama of Trafalgar Square in 1910.
Collection: London Calling
London Town
1946 | 126
Glorious, camp Technicolor treat or failed London musical?
Collection: London Calling
London Town [93min version]
1946 | 93
Glorious, camp Technicolor treat or failed London musical?
Collection: London Calling
The Londoners
1939 | 37
The London County Council sings its own praises.
Collection: London Calling
London's Lambeth
1971 | 25
Lambeth buildings at their best - and worst.
Collection: Beautiful South
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 | 99
A borstal boy turns marathon runner in this adaptation of Alan Sillitoe's novel.
Collection: Heartlands
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987 | 116
Maggie Smith on BAFTA-winning form as a lonely Irish spinster.
Collection: The Truth About Love
The Long Distance Piano Player
1970 | 80
The Kinks' Ray Davies stars as a pianist who embarks on a 4-day musical marathon.
Collection: Play for Today
The Long Good Friday
1981 | 114
Helen Mirren and Bob Hoskins call the shots in the great East End gangster epic.
Collection: London Calling
Long Live Rutland
1975 | 30
Documentary about Rutland made shortly after it became part of Leicestershire.
Collection: Heartlands
Long Live the King & Queen: The Local Coronation Film Review
1937 | 8
Ipswich braves the rain to celebrate the coronation of King George VI.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Longhirst Story
1967 | 27
Employers and employees give wildly varying opinions on the high productivity at a Northumberland colliery.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
Look Up and Laugh
1935 | 80
Gracie Fields takes on some grasping businessmen in this superior star vehicle, also featuring Vivien Leigh.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Lord Camber's Ladies
1933 | 75
Getrude Lawrence makes a rare screen appearence in this Hitchock-produced tale of dastardly deeds.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
The Lord Mayor Recruiting
1916 | 1
The Lord Mayor, having opened the Mansion House as a recruiting office, makes a special appeal to Jewish men to join the war effort.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Lord Willingdon in India
1930 | 12
Home movie of the Viceroy of India.
Collection: Before Midnight
The Lost Language of Cranes
1992 | 87
Nature or nurture? A father and son discover that they have something in common.
Collection: Beautiful Things
The Lost World of Tibet [90min version]
2008 | 90
The BBC/BFI documentary exploring life in pre-invasion Tibet features a potent interview with the Dalai Lama.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
Louise
1969 | 50
A manipulative woman (Sarah Badel) uses her illness to live a life of luxury. Based on the story by W. Somerset Maugham.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
Love From A Stranger
1937 | 92
A lottery winner meets the man of her dreams (Basil Rathbone) - but does he have sinister motives? Based on a short story by Agatha Christie.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998 | 87
Derek Jacobi and Daniel Craig star as artist Francis Bacon and his muse, George Dyer.
Collection: Beautiful Things
The Love Less Ordinary
1999 | 51
Let's talk about sex - three disabled women share their experiences.
Collection: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
Love on the Range
1939 | 6
It's Horlicks to the rescue in this animated ad set in the Wild West.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Love on the Wing
1938 | 5
Banned Norman McLaren animation following the journey of a letter between two lovers.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Love on Wheels
1932 | 86
Wonderful toe-tapping musical comedy starring Jack Hulbert.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Love Story
1944 | 113
Love conquers all: Margaret Lockwood and Stewart Granger defy death on the Cornish coast.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Love Story
1944 | 113
Love conquers all: Margaret Lockwood and Stewart Granger defy death on the Cornish coast.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Love Test
1935 | 60
Scheming chemists in laboratory love triangle shock!
Collection: The Truth About Love
Love Thy Neighbour
1971 | 26
The hugely popular - but deeply racist - '70s sitcom starring Rudolph Walker and Nina Baden-Semper.
Collection: Black Britain
Love, Sex and Disability
1999 | 30
Five disabled people discuss their sex lives.
Collection: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
Love's Presentation
1966 | 25
A study of David Hockney's etchings inspired by the love poems of Cavafy.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Loving Memory
1970 | 57
Tony Scott’s debut feature - a bizarre story of love and loss.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
The Lowdown
1995 | 30
Two children prepare for adolescence.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Lowland Village
1942 | 10
A peaceful depiction of Lavenham, Suffolk, made during WWII.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Loyalties
1933 | 67
Groundbreaking British feature facing up to anti-semitism in inter-war high society.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Luna
1983 | 25
14-year-old Patsy Kensit stars in this wildly inventive futuristic kids' series.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Lunch-Hour
1933 | 8
London at lunchtime.
Collection: London Calling
Lust for a Vampire
1970 | 95
Hammer horror with a sapphic twist.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Machair
1993 | 25
Gaelic-language soap set in the Outer Hebrides.
Collection: Soap Bubbles
Machynlleth (in the Heart of Cambria)
1929 | 2
Gorgeous Pathécolor snapshot of the Powys market town.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Mackrell Personal Films
1934 | 36
Hunting and fishing are the order of the day in the colourful home movies of this Assam-based tea planter.
Collection: Before Midnight
Made in Huddersfield
1985 | 90
A look at the Second Wave of punk that hit the North of England in the 1980s.
Collection: Anarchy in the UK
Madeleine
1949 | 114
New restoration of David Lean's true-crime drama set in Victorian Glasgow, with an intriguingly icy Ann Todd.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
Madonna of the Seven Moons
1944 | 110
Phyllis Calvert's split personality transforms her from prim Florentine lady to jewel-thief's mistress.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
The Magic Toyshop
1987 | 107
'80s TV adaptation of Angela Carter's 1967 magical-realist novel, rarely seen since its first broadcast.
Collection: The Book Group
Magnus Family in India
1927 | 13
Home movie footage of the Magnus family.
Collection: Before Midnight
Maharajah of Jodhpur - Personal Films
1946 | 260
See India from a royal perspective with these home movie records of princely power and sumptuous ceremony.
Collection: Before Midnight
Mahatma Gandhi (Noa Khali March)
1947 | 18
Rarely seen footage of Gandhi filmed by his great nephew, Kanu.
Collection: Before Midnight
The Maid of Cefn Ydfa: The Love Story of Ann Thomas
1914 | 40
Welsh romantic tragedy shot in and around Pontarddulais, made by William Haggar and Son.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Main Line Diesel
1946 | 14
The Derby Works proudly present Britain's first diesel locomotive.
Collection: Heartlands
Maisie's Marriage aka Married Love
1923 | 95
Based on Marie Stopes' 1918 bestseller about sex and sexuality, Maisie learns the advantages of having a small family.
Collection: The Joy of Sex Education
Make Me A Tory
2007 | 30
Can a disillusioned Labour voter do the unthinkable and turn Tory?
Collection: The Ballot Box
Make Way for Noddy
2003 | 15
Two naughty goblins try and frame Noddy for smashing some plates.
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
Making Christmas Crackers
1910 | 6
Factory workers demonstrate the manufacture of crackers, and a family receives a Christmas surprise.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Making Fashion (aka Design for Spring)
1936 | 15
'30s models strut their stuff on the Hartnell catwalk.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Mam
1988 | 60
Documentary examining the archetype of the Welsh 'mam'.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Man and His Bottle
1908 | 6
The demon drink has dreadful consequences in this trick film.
Collection: Roll Out the Barrel
The Man From the Sun
1956 | 58
One of the earliest TV dramas to explore the lives of newly-arrived West Indians in Britain.
Collection: Black Britain
The Man in the White Suit
1951 | 85
Ealing classic with naive inventor Alec Guinness up against British industry.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936 | 63
Boris Karloff, in his first mad-scientist role, develops a machine that can exchange minds between bodies.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
The Man Without Desire
1923 | 95
Ivor Novello stars in this extraordinary psychosexual time-travelling drama.
Collection: Silent Britain
Manfailure
1971 | 18
Women are to blame for all mining accidents in this grisly - and raunchy - safety video.
Collection: King Coal
Manifesto for Love
2003 | 6
An exploration of the meaning of love - accompanied by Dusty Springfield.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Marcel Marceau's A Christmas Carol
1973 | 40
Our favourite Victorian miser is brought to life by the legendary French mine artist.
Collection: The Book Group
March to Aldermaston
1959 | 33
A milestone in campaigning documentary and the history of the CND.
Collection: Reality Bites
Marjorie and Men
1985 | 30
Forgotten 80s sitcom starring Patricia Routledge and Patricia Hayes.
Collection: Funny Girls
Market Town
1942 | 11
It's market day in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire. Let's meet the 'country folk'!
Collection: Heartlands
Marriage of Miss Rose Carmel and Mr Solly Gerschcowit
1925 | 3
One lucky couple's big day is captured on 35mm.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Mary Jane's Mishap
1903 | 3
Laura Bayley learns not to play with paraffin - the hard way.
Collection: Funny Girls
The Mary Quant Show
1974 | 5
Revisit the mistress of the mini-skirt.
Collection: Brit Chic
Mary's Birthday
1951 | 11
Germ warfare threatens to ruin young Mary's birthday party.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Mary's Lucky Day
1952 | 19
Extraordinary advert for Lux soap, showing how the lather makes a black Rhodesian woman’s skin look ‘whiter’.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Master of the King's Musik
1931 | 3
Elgar conducts Land of Hope and Glory.
Collection: Hope and Glory
Master Singers: Two Choirs and a Valley
1965 | 46
Sensitive documentary about a Welsh mining community.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Matter of Life and Death
1946 | 104
Heavenly love - the Powell and Pressburger must-see classic.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Mayfair Merry-Go-Round
1954 | 10
Katie Boyle sells affordable fashion to 50s women in this early magazine show.
Collection: Brit Chic
Mayor Making
1946 | 5
The election and installation of Derby's mayor in 1946.
Collection: Heartlands
The Mayor's Nest
1932 | 69
Comedy with a conscience in which comedian Sydney Howard saves the slums.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
McLibel
2005 | 84
A David and Goliath tale of not-so-happy meals.
Collection: Reality Bites
Me! I’m Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978 | 65
A day in the life of schoolteacher, from an unrequited crush on a male student to discussing lesbianism with Thora Hird.
Collection: Alan Bennett - An Englishman at Home
Meantime
1983 | 110
Tim Roth and Gary Oldman star as troubled Londoners in Mike Leigh's made-for-TV favourite.
Collection: London Calling
Meet of the Quorn Hounds at Kirby Gate
1912 | 3
The hunting pack prepare for the chase.
Collection: Heartlands
Meet the People
1977 | 75
Rarely-screened TV drama set in a Yorkshire pit village, directed by Ken Loach and written by Barry Hines.
Collection: King Coal
Meet the Pioneers
1948 | 33
Lindsay Anderson's debut demonstrates new technology in coal mines across the nation.
Collection: King Coal
Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
1944 | 40
William Wyler's classic documentary following the 25th mission of the iconic aircraft, based at Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Men Cycling Up a Country Lane
1910 | 2
Men on motorbikes.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Men of Corby
1961 | 30
Rabbie Burns transplanted to the East Midlands.
Collection: Heartlands
Men of Steel
1932 | 71
A young steelworker rises to the company board in this drama partly filmed at a Middlesbrough steelworks.
Collection: North by North East
Men of Two Worlds
1946 | 109
An African music student returns home and has to defeat the witch doctor who dominates his tribe and take them to healthier land.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Method Study in the Office
1958 | 23
A comic tribute to improved paper filing, made by the British Productivity Council.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
Metro-Land
1973 | 50
John Betjeman examines the culture and spirit of Metro-Land - the outer reaches of the Metropolitan Railway.
Collection: London Calling
Metropolitan Fire Brigade Turn-Out
1899 | 1
Fire engines leaving the station at Southwark Bridge Road.
Collection: Beautiful South
The Mighty Leek
1987 | 40
Size most definitely matters at the World Open Leek Championship in Ashington, Northumberland.
Collection: North by North East
Mile End Purgatorio
1991 | 2
All the signs point to the Mile End Road.
Collection: London Calling
Milk
1998 | 10
Andrea Arnold's powerful Cambridge-set debut about a grieving mother's search for catharsis.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Millenium Wheel
2000 | 25
Artistic take on the birth of the London Eye, from drawing board to completion.
Collection: Beautiful South
Million Pound Grave, The
1965 | 48
The history of the excavation of the Anglo-Saxon graves found at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Milton Road Infant School
1935 | 11
Angelic children at work and play at the recently closed Cambridge school.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Minder
1984 | 50
Arthur Daley has difficulty tracking down a debt in Brick Lane.
Collection: London Calling
The Miners' Film
1975 | 45
Polemical study of the 1974 miners' strike.
Collection: King Coal
Miners Leaving Pendlebury Colliery
1901 | 1
A young black miner is among the crowd leaving Pendlebury Colliery, Salford.
Collection: Black Britain
The Miners' Picnic
1960 | 16
Ken Russell directs the annual colliery band contest at Bedlington.
Collection: King Coal
Mining Review 4th Year No. 11
1951 | 10
The race to save lives from the underground fire at Easington colliery.
Collection: North by North East
Mining Review 12th Year No. 10
1959 | 9
How coal contributes to the making of beer, and other tales from the pit.
Collection: Roll Out the Barrel
Mining Review 13th Year No. 4
1959 | 10
The acclaimed painting miners of Ashington, Northumberland feature in this edition of the mining cinemagazine.
Collection: North by North East
Mining Review 16th Year No 5
1963 | 10
County Durham is the focus for three of the four stories featured in this edition of the long-running cinemagazine.
Collection: North by North East
Mining Review 17th Year No 7
1964 | 11
Horse-drawn coal carts, female trainee engineers and a trip to Prague feature in this edition.
Collection: King Coal
Mining Review 1st Year No.1
1947 | 10
Mining songs, cutting edge machinery and heated debates. The world's longest-running cinemagazine starts here.
Collection: King Coal
Mining Review 22nd Year No.5
1969 | 10
'Mining Review' turns its attention to the women who work in the coal industry.
Collection: King Coal
Mining Review 25th Year No 9
1972 | 10
Tom McGuinness, the celebrated mining painter from Durham, and the dangers of working underground are the focal points of this review.
Collection: King Coal
Mining Review 7th Year No.12
1954 | 10
Ballet dancing miners and the crowning of the 'Coal Queen'.
Collection: Essentially British
Mixed Marriages
1958 | 15
Racism and mixed-race relationships.
Collection: Black Britain
Modern Wales
1958 | 14
Wales becomes an emblem for the success of British industry.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Momma Don't Allow
1956 | 21
An evening at the Wood Green Jazz Club with Chris Barber's Jazz Band.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Monday Morning
1958 | 10
Crouch End awakens.
Collection: London Calling
The Monster of Highgate Ponds
1960 | 59
There's a monster on the loose in Highgate! 'Godzilla' for the under-9s.
Collection: Box of Delights
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1970 | 30
Silly voices, comedy Nazis, upper class twits...
Collection: Essentially British
Moondial
1988 | 28
The eerie finale of Helen Cresswell's memorable supernatural serial.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
1980 | 51
Celebrate Christmas with Eric and Ernie. What do you think of it so far?
Collection: Santa's Grotto
Morning in the Streets
1959 | 35
A Northern English 'Everytown' comes to life in this impressionistic BBC classic.
Collection: Reality Bites
Morphine and Dolly Mixtures
1991 | 95
A young girl struggles to cope with her brutal father after the death of her mother in Karl Francis' BAFTA-winning drama.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Morris Dancing at Berkhamsted
1950 | 2
A noble English tradition is preserved in Hertfordshire.
Collection: Essentially British
Morris Dancing at Berkhamsted
1950 | 2
A noble English tradition is preserved in Hertfordshire.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Moslems in Britain - Cardiff
1961 | 20
Upbeat portrait of the experiences of Muslims living in Cardiff in the early 1960s.
Collection: Reality Bites
Motherlove
1975 | 50
An aristocratic mother (Isabel Dean) battles to keep her son from finding love elsewhere.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
The Mountain Nurse
1977 | 26
Treating tuberculosis in the Himalayan foothills.
Collection: Raphael
Mountaineer's Romance
1912 | 22
Remarkable love-triangle drama shot in the Peak District.
Collection: Heartlands
Mr Ellis Versus the People
1974 | 60
Ron Moody stars in Jack Rosenthal’s play set in a village hall on polling day.
Collection: The Ballot Box
Mr English At Home
1940 | 27
A day in the life of the 'typical' English family.
Collection: Essentially British
Mr Lloyd George at the National Welsh Eisteddfod Ceremony at Caernarfon, 1921
1921 | 1
The Prime Minister pays his annual visit to the Eisteddfod celebrations.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Mr. Mensah Builds a House
1955 | 36
Breezy comedy set around a government housing scheme in the Gold Coast.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
The Mrs Merton Show
1995 | 30
Spoof chatshow with Caroline Aherne: just what first attracted Debbie McGee to the millionaire Paul Daniels?
Collection: Funny Girls
Mrs Williamson's Tibetan Films - Part 1
1930 | 90
Vivid homes movies of life in Tibet made by the Political Officer.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
Mrs Williamson's Tibetan Films - Part 2
1930 | 83
Life in Tibet - look out for the somewhat suprising egg-and-spoon race...
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
Mrs Williamson's Tibetan Films - Part 3
1930 | 89
Home movie scenes in Lhasa, Tibet - as well as further afield in India and Bhutan.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
Mrs Williamson's Tibetan Films - Part 4
1930 | 22
Home movie footage of life in Tibetan monasteries.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
Mrs. Mopp Entertains
1943 | 2
Wartime washing tips from Persil, starring popular radio character Mrs. Mopp.
Collection: Funny Girls
Muffin the Mule
1952 | 3
The popular equine puppet presents songs and stories for very young children.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
1976 | 100
Noel Edmonds presents the earliest surviving edition of the trailblazing live Saturday morning magazine show.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Murphy's Mob
1985 | 24
Kids' series about the young supporters of Dunmore United Football Club.
Collection: Heartlands
Murrain
1975 | 55
A young vet is forced to join a local witch hunt in Nigel Kneale's forerunner to 'Beasts'.
Collection: Heartlands
The Muscle Market
1981 | 80
Pete Postlethwaite and Alison Steadman star in Alan Bleasdale's play.
Collection: Play for Today
My Beautiful Laundrette*
1985 | 97
Inter-racial love on the tumble dryers.
Collection: London Calling
My Night with Reg
1997 | 105
Love in the time of AIDS - from the writer of 'Clapham Junction'.
Collection: Beautiful Things
My Song for You
1934 | 85
30s romcom starring Polish tenor Jan Kiepura.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Y Mynydd Grug (Heather Mountain)
1997 | 88
A year in the life of an 8-year-old girl living in a close-knit community in Caernarfonshire. Based on the stories by Kate Roberts.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Mystery of Marriage
1932 | 32
A comparison of the mating rituals of humans, animals and plants unlocks the secrets of marriage.
Collection: The Joy of Sex Education
N or NW
1938 | 8
Letter-writing lovers in North London postcode palaver.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Naked - As Nature Intended*
1961 | 60
Gratuitous nudity masquerading as a South West travelogue.
Collection: Essentially British
The Naked Civil Servant
1975 | 78
A BAFTA-winning John Hurt portrays the great, empowering Quentin Crisp.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Near Home
1947 | 24
Durham schoolchildren explore their county.
Collection: North by North East
Nearest and Dearest
1968 | 25
Queen of the malapropism Hylda Baker stars in the popular sitcom, opposite Jimmy Jewel as her sparring sibling.
Collection: Funny Girls
The Negro Next Door
1965 | 30
The white residents of a Leeds suburb express their thoughts on their new black neighbours.
Collection: Reality Bites
Neil Kinnock (Labour Party Election Broadcast)
1987 | 10
The Labour leader's (in)famous campaigning film, dubbed 'Kinnock: The Movie'.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Nervous Energy
1995 | 105
A young Glaswegian man with AIDS returns to visit his family and friends, but when things do not go as planned his lover comes to patch things up.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1968 | 30
Can an East End Jew and an Irish Catholic run a business together? Festive edition of the popular culture clash comedy.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Never on a Sunday
1996 | 60
Will the ban on alcohol in Dwyfor - the last place in Britain where you can’t legally get a drink on a Sunday - be overturned?
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
New Architecture at the London Zoo
1937 | 15
Penguins get the VIP treatment in this artistic look at the Zoo's visionary '30s revamp.
Collection: London Calling
New London County Hall
1922 | 2
Icon or eyesore? George V opens the still controversial landmark.
Collection: Beautiful South
New Orleans Jazz Club in Newcastle
1970 | 8
Hang with the cool cats in Tyneside's legendary jazz club.
Collection: North by North East
New Styles of Architecture
1993 | 26
Alan Bennett surveys the architectural landscape of post-WWI Britain.
Collection: The Promised Land
New Towns for Old
1942 | 7
Bulldozers compete with bombers to clear the slums in Sheffield.
Collection: The Promised Land
Newcastle United v Liverpool
1901 | 1
An Edwardian football match at Newcastle's St. James' Park Ground.
Collection: North by North East
Newcastle v Sunderland
1913 | 5
Who will triumph in a match between two of football's fiercest rivals?
Collection: North by North East
The Newcomers
1967 | 25
Soap opera following a London family attempting to adapt to country life.
Collection: Soap Bubbles
Newid Gêr (Changing Gear)
1980 | 40
A car crash leads to an unexpected relationship in this Ceredigion-set short from the Welsh Film Board.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Newmarket Turf Celebrities
1957 | 17
A day at the races in Newmarket, Suffolk.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
NFT @ 50 Fifty Years of the National Film Theatre
2002 | 29
BFI Southbank's famous cinemas get their own tribute.
Collection: Beautiful South
Nice One Sunderland
1974 | 18
Groovy Sunderland is revealed in this 70s curio.
Collection: North by North East
Nice Time
1957 | 17
Has Piccadilly Circus ever looked so bleak?
Collection: London Calling
Nick Park and Aardman Animation (South Bank Show)
2006 | 45
A career overview of the creator of Wallace and Gromit.
Collection: Farewell South Bank Show
Nigerian Footballers in England
1947 | 10
A Nigerian football team tours England.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Nigeria's First Women Police
1956 | 5
Nigeria's female police force in action.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Night and Day
2001 | 25
The Greenwich ‘Twin Peaks’?
Collection: Soap Bubbles
The Night Like This
1932 | 73
Aldwych farce with extravagant musical numbers.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Night Mail
1936 | 23
London to Scotland by train in the company of Benjamin Britten and W. H. Auden.
Collection: Reality Bites
Nighty Night
2004 | 30
Cringe-making comedy at its best: Julia Davis unleashes sociopathic hairdresser Jill on the British viewing public.
Collection: Funny Girls
Nine Centuries of Coal
1958 | 34
A history of coal mining from the 11th century to the 20th.
Collection: King Coal
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 | 110
Major feature film adaptation starring John Hurt and Richard Burton, filmed in 1984.
Collection: The Book Group
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954 | 120
Technically groundbreaking and hugely controversial live TV adaptation of Orwell's novel.
Collection: The Book Group
Nixon's Version of Watergate (The Nixon Interviews)
1977 | 85
The real 'Frost/Nixon'.
Collection: Frost/Mediatheque
No Parlour Pastime!
1927 | 1
It's Upstreeters v. Downstreeters in a messy - and very wet - game in Chester-le-Street, shot five years before it was banned.
Collection: North by North East
No Problem!
1983 | 30
An introduction to the comic world of Willesden's Powell family.
Collection: Black Britain
No Room at the Inn
1948 | 83
Freda Jackson terrorises young evacuees in this 1940s forerunner to 'Mommie Dearest'.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
Nobody's Face
1966 | 21
There’s trouble at the coalface in Peter Pickering’s satirical, semi-improvised farce.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
Noddy Goes to School
1975 | 15
Richard Briers narrates a softened version of Enid Blyton's toyland tale.
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
Noddy in Toyland
2009 | 15
Computer animation brings Blyton's most popular creation up to date.
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
North London Liberal Jewish Group
1956 | 16
Fabulous home movie footage of the annual competition between the Finchley and Ealing teams of the North London Liberal Jewish Group.
Collection: Oy Britannia
North Sea Fisheries, North Shields
1901 | 1
Fish-gutting and staged fights on the North East coast.
Collection: North by North East
The North West Frontier
1959 | 129
Adventure yarn starring Kenneth More as a plucky Brit sent to rescue a Hindu Prince from certain death in British India.
Collection: Before Midnight
Northampton
1932 | 50
A survey of Northampton from the 1930s.
Collection: Heartlands
Northern Scene - Scarlet O Hara
1983 | 25
Profile of Tyneside comedian Pauline Petty, better known as Scarlet O'Hara.
Collection: North by North East
Northumberland Image
1962 | 27
Whistle-stop tour of the county, from the Tweed to the coastline, via the Cheviots and Hadrian's Wall.
Collection: North by North East
Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 | 63
Have your spine tingled by F.W. Murnau's silent classic - the first screen adaptation of Dracula.
Collection: The Book Group
Noson i Ryan
1997 | 45
A tribute to Ryan Davies, one of Wales’ most popular entertainers.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Noson Lawen
1950 | 27
Homepsun evening of entertainment to celebrate the harvest, with singing, dancing and a timely lesson in thrift from National Savings, the film's sponsor.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Not Just Tea and Sandwiches
1984 | 12
Miners' wives speak out in one of the campaigning videotapes made in support of their striking husbands.
Collection: King Coal
Noted Eel and Pie Houses
1975 | 45
Fascinating social history of that great London delicacy - the jellied eel.
Collection: London Calling
Now That It's Morning
1992 | 11
Neil Bartlett's provocatively romantic tale of the love between a 45-year-old man and a 15-year-old schoolboy.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Nude Woman By Waterfall
1920 | 12
A woman poses - in and out of her diaphanous shift.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Nursery Island
1936 | 18
The birdlife of the Farne Islands takes centre stage in Mary Field's delightful documentary.
Collection: North by North East
Nuts in May
1976 | 85
A new age couple try to get back to nature - but does nature want them back?
Collection: Essentially British
O Dreamland
1953 | 11
The dubious delights of a Margate funfair.
Collection: Essentially British
O Fat White Woman
1971 | 70
The wife of a sadistic headmaster is forced to face the truth about her marriage.
Collection: Play for Today
The Obelisk
1977 | 30
A married couple have their horizons broadened during a trip to the seaside in this adaptation of E.M. Forster's short story.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Odeon Cinema Club
1943 | 1
Early karaoke from the Odeon National Cinema Club. Singalong with the bouncing ball...
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Office
2001 | 30
David Brent, Slough's favourite son, entertains the nation.
Collection: Essentially British
The Official Film of the Railway Centenary
1925 | 17
The future George VI and Queen Elizabeth celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Line.
Collection: North by North East
Often During the Day
1978 | 16
The notion that 'the woman belongs in the kitchen' gets a grilling in Jo Davis' film.
Collection: British Islands
Oh Rosalinda! [aka Die Fledermaus]
1955 | 101
Love, lust and infidelity in this Technicolor updating of Johann Strauss' operetta, Die Fledermaus.
Collection: The Truth About Love
O-Kay for Sound
1937 | 86
The Crazy Gang's all here in this boisterous celebration of music hall.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Old Age Pensioners' Seaside Outing to Southend
1938 | 4
A raucous group of senior citizens swap London for the Essex coast.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Old Crowd
1979 | 70
Lindsay Anderson and Alan Bennett's portrait of a decadent, decaying world.
Collection: Alan Bennett - An Englishman at Home
Old London Street Scenes
1903 | 3
Traffic congestion in Edwardian London.
Collection: London Calling
The Old Maid’s Valentine
1900 | 1
February 14th brings sorrow for one spinster.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Old Man Drinking a Glass of Beer
1898 | 1
A drunkard has one over the eight in this early comic short.
Collection: Roll Out the Barrel
Old Rhyl Films
1898 | 8
A selection of films from Arthur Cheetham, Wales’ first filmmaker.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Old Ways, New Ways
1989 | 30
Former employees reminisce as the legendary Bermondsey-based Peek Frean biscuit factory closes.
Collection: Beautiful South
Oliver Strachey in Drag
1930 | 1
The Bloomsbury set are at it again...
Collection: Pandora's Box
Oliver Twist
1948 | 116
Masterful adaptation of Dickens' classic set on the sordid streets of 1830s London.
Collection: London Calling
Oliver Twist Casting Appeal
1946 | 1
Young Pip from 'Great Expectations' helps David Lean find an Oliver.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Omnibus
1982 | 50
Bob Hoskins offers his unvarnished opinion on the architectural dilemmas facing the South Bank.
Collection: Building the South Bank
Omri's Burning
1969 | 42
The first play broadcast by HTV - a shocking drama starring Ian Holm as an alcoholic.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
On a Cold and Frosty Morning
1969 | 17
The activities of the Indian charity, Raphael.
Collection: Raphael
On Giant's Shoulders
1979 | 91
Judi Dench stars in this Cambridgeshire-based dramatisation of the life of Terry Wiles, one of the babies affected by the thalidomide drug.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
On Ilkla' Moor Baht At
1921 | 14
The Yorkshire Dales - from Ilkley to Hubberholme.
Collection: Essentially British
On Show: Strictly Male Voice
2006 | 30
The story of the record-breaking Fron Male Voice Choir.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
On the Black Hill
1987 | 117
Adaptation of Bruce Chatwin's tale of twin brothers battling the elements - and each other.
Collection: Essentially British
On the Night of the Fire
1939 | 93
Gritty Newcastle noir starring Ralph Richardson.
Collection: North by North East
On the Tracks of the Wild Otter
1982 | 50
The lives of otters: surveillance in the Shetland Isles.
Collection: Otterly Marvellous
Once We Were Four
1942 | 9
Innocent bunnies face an onslaught of badgers, bombs and birds of prey in this black comedy masquerading as a nature film.
Collection: Pandora's Box
One Family
1930 | 49
A schoolboy, a Christmas pudding and a bizarre portrait of the British Empire.
Collection: Essentially British
One Fine Day
1979 | 95
Comedian Dave Allen plays a troubled estate agent in this Alan Bennett play.
Collection: Alan Bennett - An Englishman at Home
One in Five
1983 | 53
Endearingly right-on concoction bringing together lesbians and gay men for dancing and debate.
Collection: Beautiful Things
One Man's Story
1947 | 26
Part-dramatised tribute to Dr George M'Gonigle - one of Stockton-on-Tees' great local heroes.
Collection: North by North East
One of Our Airfields - Duxford
1976 | 30
The history of Cambridgeshire's famous aerodrome.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
One on One: David Frost
2002 | 38
A guided tour through the highlights of Sir David Frost’s career in television.
Collection: Frost/Mediatheque
One Potato, Two Potato
1957 | 23
Children's games played out on the streets of London.
Collection: Box of Delights
Only Connect
1979 | 49
Gay lives connect across a century in Noel Greig and Drew Griffiths' moving drama.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Only Fools and Horses
1982 | 30
Join the hapless Trotters of Nelson Mandela House, Peckham, for an impromptu tour of London.
Collection: London Calling
Only Two Can Play
1961 | 106
Peter Sellers contemplates infidelity in the Welsh valleys.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Ooh Aah Delia
2001 | 37
Let's be having you! Can Delia Smith come to the rescue of Norwich City football club?
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Open Road
1927 | 60
An epic trip across Britain filmed in remarkable early colour.
Collection: Essentially British
Opening of British Instructional Film Studio
1928 | 4
VIPs brave the mud to attend the opening ceremony of a new film studio at Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Opening of the New Benton Bank Tram Route
1913 | 5
Local film of the launch of a brand new tram route in Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Collection: North by North East
Opening of the New Lambeth Bridge
1932 | 3
The opening of Lambeth Bridge by George V in July 1932.
Collection: Beautiful South
Oppin
1930 | 17
Londoners flee the Bermondsey slums to go 'oppin (hop-picking) in Kent.
Collection: Beautiful South
Opportunity to Grow
1970 | 11
Promotional film presenting the new industries being embraced in the North of England.
Collection: North by North East
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990 | 55
When her relationship with a female friend turns into something more serious, a girl's ultra-religious family try to brainwash her to renounce her 'satanic' ways.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Order of the Bath
1926 | 4
Surreal and slightly unhinged ad for Norwich's famous export - Colman's Mustard.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Orkney
1971 | 90
Three beautiful, bleak tales from the Scottish Isle of Orkney.
Collection: Play for Today
Orwell: A Personal View
1984 | 30
Author Anthony Burgess talks about the significance of Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'.
Collection: The Book Group
Othello
1956 | 120
The first televised production of Shakespeare's play to feature a black actor in the lead role.
Collection: Black Britain
The Otter aka An Otter Study
1912 | 8
Marvel at an otter from before WWI in this early nature film.
Collection: Otterly Marvellous
Our Friends in the North
1996 | 75
The first episode of Peter Flannery's epic portrait of four Newcastle friends, spanning the 1960s to the 1990s.
Collection: North by North East
Our Street
1960 | 23
The children of a Camberwell community play on their soon-to-be-destroyed street.
Collection: Beautiful South
Out of the Darkness
1985 | 68
Three children in the Derbyshire village of Eyam are haunted by the ghosts of the 1665 plague.
Collection: Heartlands
Out of the Rock
1976 | 45
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas looks at Wales' rich architectural legacy, with an introduction from Prince Charles.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Out on Tuesday
1989 | 53
Can homosexuality be 'promoted', and will playing gay ruin your career?
Collection: Beautiful Things
Out Shopping
1965 | 18
The inexperienced Mrs. A and the seasoned Mrs. B join forces and hit the high street.
Collection: Shop 'til You Drop
Out to Play
1936 | 10
Playtime in the streets and parks of London.
Collection: Reality Bites
Outlook: the Book that Changed the World
1988 | 16
Dramatisation of the life of Bishop William Morgan, who undertook the translation of the Bible into Welsh.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Outside In aka Das Innere Bloss
1981 | 100
A combination of memories from the visual diary of disabled artist Steve Dwoskin.
Collection: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
Over Our Dead Bodies
1991 | 60
Documentary examining the origins and development of AIDS activist movements in the USA and the UK.
Collection: Beautiful Things
The Over-Incubated Baby
1901 | 1
A growth experiment goes horribly wrong in this macabre minute of black comedy.
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Owl Service
1969 | 25
A Welsh myth threatens to possess three teenagers holidaying in a rural North Wales valley in this controversial adaptation of Alan Garner’s novel.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Oyster Fishing at Whitstable, England
1920 | 6
The harvest and consumption of everyone's favourite bivalve.
Collection: Pandora's Box
P.D. James (South Bank Show)
2006 | 45
Murder she wrote - the crime writer in conversation.
Collection: Farewell South Bank Show
Pacemakers: Biba
1970 | 14
Drop in on a photoshoot at the iconic Kensington fashion emporium.
Collection: Brit Chic
Pacemakers: Ross Belch
1970 | 36
Portrait of a shipbuilding maverick.
Tales From the Shipyard
Pacemakers: T. Dan Smith
1969 | 14
Tribute to the courage and determination of the Newcastle councillor - made five years before his conviction for fraud.
Collection: North by North East
Panorama of Calcutta
1899 | 1
The Calcutta ghats - or are they?
Collection: Before Midnight
Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram
1901 | 1
A tram ride through Ealing at its most appealing.
Collection: London Calling
Papworth Hall, Cambridge
1924 | 51
Royalty visits the Cambridgeshire settlement in this silent film compilation.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Partners in Crime
1942 | 9
A stern reprimand to housewives meddling in the black market.
Collection: Housewives' Choice
The Passage to India
1965 | 110
E. M. Forster's masterful tale of racism in colonial India is brought to the small screen in Waris Hussein's rarely-seen production.
Collection: Before Midnight
Passion for Churches, A
1974 | 50
John Betjeman tours the churches of Norwich.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Passport to Pimlico
1949 | 84
Pimlico fights for independence from Britain after the discovery of an ancient treaty.
Collection: London Calling
Passport to Shame
1958 | 95
Diana Dors stars in this stern exposé of the white slave trade.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Pattern for Progress
1948 | 47
Early documentary from John Krish touring an Ebbw Vale steelworks, with animation from Halas and Batchelor.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Pauline's Quirkes
1976 | 25
Controversial - and banned - sketch show for kids featuring the future star of 'Birds of a Feather'.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Payroll
1961 | 105
The best laid plans of a gang of crooks go horribly wrong in this Tyneside-set thriller.
Collection: North by North East
Peace and Plenty
1939 | 29
Savage polemic against the National government in Britain.
Collection: The Ballot Box
The Peaches
1964 | 15
A very beautiful, very clever girl adores peaches, but when she falls in love the world's peaches start to wither...
Collection: Pandora's Box
Peak County
1964 | 20
Derbyshire travelogue covering the heritage, scenery and industry of the county.
Collection: Heartlands
Peak District
1954 | 20
A tour around the Peak District with Robert Shaw as your guide.
Collection: Heartlands
Peak Practice
1993 | 75
Amanda Burton stars in first episode of the long-running Derbyshire-set series.
Collection: Heartlands
Peaks and Dales
1952 | 15
A Visit to Derbyshire Peak District by way of Matlock and Bakewell.
Collection: Heartlands
Peckham Rap
1993 | 30
Three young rappers from Peckham get the chance to meet their hero - LL Cool J.
Collection: Beautiful South
Peeping Tom
1960 | 101
Voyeurism, serial murder and child abuse... Powell's psychological thriller has lost none of its power to shock.
Collection: London Calling
Penda's Fen
1974 | 90
English pagan myths and burgeoning sexuality in the Malverns.
Collection: Play for Today
The People at No.19
1949 | 18
Ministry of Health film highlighting the menace of venereal disease and its impact on the health of the nation.
Collection: The Joy of Sex Education
People, Productivity and Change
1963 | 44
Workers and trade union officials voice their concerns about changes designed to increase productivity in the workplace.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
The Perfect Home
2006 | 120
A frustrated Alain de Botton leaves Britain in search of architectural inspiration.
Collection: The Promised Land
Permission to Love
1999 | 30
Two couples with learning disabilities feel they are ready for a sexual relationship, but their parents have other ideas.
Collection: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
Peter Ackroyd’s London
2004 | 48
How has London survived over the centuries? 3-part series from the great chronicler of the capital.
Collection: London Calling
Peter and Ben
2007 | 10
Two 'black sheep' form an unusual and enduring bond in the Black Mountains.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Petticoat Lane
1903 | 2
Sunday morning in the East End market.
Collection: London Calling
Phantom Light, The
1935 | 75
A series of mysterious deaths in a Welsh lighthouse lead locals to believe it is haunted in this early work from Michael Powell.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Philip and His Seven Wives
2005 | 75
Marc Isaacs' portrait of an unconventional family - lead by a former messianic rabbi who believes he is a Hebrew king.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Philip Treacy: A collaboration with Alexander McQueen for Givenchy
1997 | 30
The master milliner teams up with the provocative young maverick of British fashion.
Collection: Brit Chic
Y Pianydd (Ll_r Williams)
2007 | 50
Profile of the world-renowned pianist from the Wrexham area.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Piccadilly
1929 | 111
The glitter of Jazz Age clubland meets the Far East (of London).
Collection: London Calling
Picturesque North Wales
1910 | 5
A series of views of the castles, landscapes and people of North Wales.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Piece of Cake
1948 | 44
Husband and wife duo Cyril Fletcher and Betty Astell write and star in a madcap tale of magic and mayhem.
Collection: Funny Girls
The Piece of Plastic
1966 | 7
What is a credit card? Let Barclaycard explain.
Collection: Shop 'til You Drop
Pig Heart Boy
1999 | 25
A boy with months to live decides to have a life-saving operation: a transplant with the heart of a pig.
Collection: Black Britain
Pilgrimage to Holy Island
1928 | 1
Congregations brave the boggy beaches to hear Mass.
Collection: North by North East
Pimple’s Battle of Waterloo
1913 | 8
Pythonesque parody of Waterloo, Napoleon and the French...
Collection: Essentially British
Pink with a Red Shadow
1954 | 15
Dramatised attack on the Labour Party's policy document "Challenge to Britain".
Collection: The Ballot Box
Pipeline Through the Fens
1968 | 26
Gas council film showing the difficulties in constructing a major gas conduit through Norfolk fenland.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Pit
1962 | 25
Edgar Alan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum", condensed into 25 wordless minutes.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Plaid Cymru Election Broadcast
1974 | 10
The Party of Wales pleads the case for an independent Welsh state.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Planned Home
1937 | 27
Blocks of flats offer a new future for 1930s working class families.
Collection: The Promised Land
Play School
1968 | 20
Innovative 'education through play' in a programme which also helped BBC2 trial early colour broadcasts.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Pleasure Garden, The
1952 | 38
There's magic in the ruins of Crystal Palace - and Hattie Jacques is the fairy queen!
Collection: London Calling
The Pleasure Girls
1965 | 88
Three beautiful girls enjoy the pleasures of London in the Swinging 60s and befriend their gay lodger.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Pobol y Chyff
1990 | 25
Rhys Ifans and Meirion Davies star as hapless Welsh learners in this hugely popular comedy series. Chuffin' great!
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Pobol y Cwm
1974 | 20
Christmas edition of the Welsh-language soap from its first year of broadcast.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Pobol y Cwm
1994 | 20
A particularly eventful day for the residents of Cwmderi, the fictional village in the BBC's longest running soap.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Polish Your Shoes
2003 | 11
The life of a Cockney patriarch is remembered by his children.
Collection: London Calling
Polo Match
1930 | 3
Crime drama set in London's Docklands.
Collection: Before Midnight
Pool of London
1950 | 85
Crime drama set in London's Docklands.
Collection: London Calling
Port of London's Aquatic Sports
1925 | 1
The intrepid Topical Budget newsreel scales the diving board to capture a Port of London Authority sports day at Rotherhithe.
Collection: Beautiful South
Portrait of a Miner
1966 | 29
The working day, ambitions and hopes of a Nottinghamshire coalminer.
Collection: King Coal
Portrait of a School
1957 | 30
Life in a London secondary modern school.
Collection: Reality Bites
Portrait of Ely Cathedral
1992 | 30
The history of East Anglia's most famous cathedral.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Portrait of Ga
1952 | 4
My mother lives in the windy Orkney Islands... An early film but the artist Margaret Tait.
Collection: Reality Bites
Postal Delivery
1971 | 10
Posting a letter can be a dangerous game.
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Power Game
1965 | 55
Compelling boardroom intrigue, starring Patrick Wymark.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
Presentation and Launch of the Whitley Lifeboat
1912 | 5
Down to the sea with the rowboat rescue service.
Collection: North by North East
Pressure
1976 | 110
Britain's first black feature presents a Notting Hill that's a far cry from the world of Hugh Grant.
Collection: London Calling
Preview 4
1982 | 10
An introduction to the highlights of Channel 4's opening week.
Collection: Channel 4 Anniversary
Prick Up Your Ears
1987 | 110
The turbulent final days of Joe Orton and his lover, penned by Alan Bennett.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Priest (Screen Two)
1994 | 105
A catholic priest is forced out of the closet, to the shock of his congregation.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Priestley and Friends at Home
1932 | 8
J.B. Priestley, Elgar and famous friends.
Collection: Hope and Glory
Primitive London*
1965 | 84
Sleazy sexploitation - from Soho strippers to Jack the Ripper.
Collection: London Calling
Prince of Wales as Miner
1918 | 1
Prince Edward, later Edward VIII, visits a Rhondda coal mine and the Cardiff Docks.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Princess and the Pendant
2007 | 9
Charming animation in the style of Lotte Reiniger, made by the pupils of Hartside Primary School, Durham.
Collection: North by North East
The Private Enterprise
1974 | 78
The first British Asian feature, about a would-be entrepreneur in Birmingham.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
The Private Function
1984 | 94
Alan Bennett's Yorkshire-based comedy set in times of rationing, starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith.
Collection: Funny Girls
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933 | 96
Charles Laughton on Oscar-winning form as the much-married monarch.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
The Private Life of the Gannets
1934 | 14
Oscar-winning portrait of the seabirds of the Pembrokeshire coast.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Private Lives
1976 | 95
Penelope Keith stars in Noël Coward's comedy of marital errors.
Collection: Funny Girls
Productivity Primer
1964 | 18
Vibrant animation made by Bob Godfrey for the British Productivity Council.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
Project One
2009 | 5
A skaterboarder reclaims London, from the Thames Barrier to the South Bank.
Collection: Beautiful South
Proud City: A Plan for London
1946 | 24
A fresh start for the greatest city in the world.
Collection: The Promised Land
The Proud Valley
1940 | 77
Paul Robeson stars as an African-American coal miner 'adopted' by a Welsh mining community.
Collection: Black Britain
The Public Health Service
1931 | 12
Bermondsey Borough Council sets up a local forerunner to the NHS.
Collection: Beautiful South
The Pulling Game
1985 | 25
The Lincoln tug-of-war team train for glory.
Collection: Heartlands
The Punjab Village
1925 | 13
Agriculture, irrigation, washing, weaving, grinding... Everyday village life.
Collection: Before Midnight
Punk and the Pistols
1995 | 95
Never mind the bollocks, here's the story of the Sex Pistols.
Collection: Anarchy in the UK
Punk Can Take It
1979 | 19
A punk parody of wartime propaganda featuring the UK Subs.
Collection: Anarchy in the UK
Punk Rock (London Weekend Show)
1976 | 30
Janet Street-Porter meets The Sex Pistols.
Collection: Anarchy in the UK
Punky Business (The Goodies)
1977 | 30
The Goodies do punk.
Collection: Anarchy in the UK
Purely Belter
2000 | 99
Alan Shearer features in a cameo in this winning film about two lads scraping money together for Newcastle season tickets.
Collection: North by North East
Pwllheli Carnival
1925 | 4
Join the floats, brass bands and marching leeks in the Pwllheli carnival parade.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Q Planes
1939 | 83
Rip-roaring flagwaver starring Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
The Queen is Crowned
1953 | 44
Elizabeth II's big day - this time in Technicolor.
Collection: Essentially British
Queen of He(a)rts
1945 | 34
Droll travelogue through Hertfordshire from the inimitable Widgey Newman. Watch out for zippy broom!
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
1897 | 14
Celebrations of Queen Victoria's sixtieth year on the throne.
Collection: London Calling
Queen’s Christmas Day Broadcast 1957, The
1957 | 14
50 years of change and continuity reflected in the very first televised Queen's Speech.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Queer As Folk
1999 | 50
The opening episode of the trailblazing drama that follows the lives of three gay men in Manchester.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Questioning City, The
1959 | 20
Beautiful Technicolor film promoting Cambridge as a centre of academic excellence.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Quetta Earthquake, 21st May 1935
1935 | 7
The devastation wrought by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.
Collection: Before Midnight
Quite Unfit for Females
1921 | 1
The Football Association proposes a ban on women players.
Collection: Pandora's Box
R101 Story, The
1930 | 26
Compiled footage of the ill-fated R101 airship based at Cardington, Bedfordshire, filmed before and after the crash.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Rabbit
2005 | 8
Run Wrake's inspired and gloriously twisted animation.
Collection: March Hares & Easter Bunnies
Rabbit Pies
1934 | 8
A no-nonsense ‘countrywoman’ demonstrates the finer points of rabbit pie-making.
Collection: Housewives' Choice
Rachel and the Roarettes
1985 | 42
The world's first - and last - lesbian highway(wo)man musical.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Radio On
1979 | 102
Chris Petit’s cult favourite - a haunting blend of edgy mystery story and existential road movie.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
The Rag Trade
1962 | 28
Everybody out! Miriam Karlin schmoozes June Whitfield in this rare episode.
Collection: Funny Girls
Rag, Tag and Bobtail
1953 | 9
Bobtail's burrowing escapades surprise his woodland friends in this 'Watch With Mother' Favourite.
Collection: March Hares & Easter Bunnies
Railway Children, The
1970 | 108
E. Nesbit's very British classic is brought to the big screen.
Collection: Essentially British
Rainy Day Women
1984 | 84
Wartime tensions in a remote English village.
Collection: Play for Today
Rali Senedd I gymru, Machynlleth 1949
1949 | 7
Plaid Cymru rally from 1949.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Raphael
1987 | 21
This film about the Indian charity features a focus on Ava Vihar, the residential centre for people with learning disabilities.
Collection: Raphael
The Real Amy Johnson
2003 | 45
TV documentary re-examining Johnson's life and the legends inspired by her untimely death.
Collection: Amy Johnson: Queen of the Skies
The Real Day Out aka Bakewell Show
1929 | 2
Prize bulls and horsemanship at the agricultural and military show in Bakewell.
Collection: Heartlands
The Real George Orwell (South Bank Show)
2003 | 52
D.J. Taylor traces the early years of George Orwell, their influence on his later outlook and the writing of his final novel: 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'.
Collection: The Book Group
The Real McCoy
1991 | 29
Comedy sketch show showcasing the talents of young black comedians.
Collection: Black Britain
The Real McCoy
1991 | 29
Comedy sketch show showcasing the talents of young black comedians.
Collection: Black Britain
The Real Room 101
2003 | 30
What inspired George Orwell's most terrifying creation?
Collection: The Book Group
The Really Wild Show
1990 | 20
A tapir, a giant beetle and a cuddly lemur threaten to upstage Terry Nutkins.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Rebecca
1997 | 96
Charles Dance and Emilia Fox star as the de Winters in this sumptuous 1997 adaptation in two parts.
Collection: The Book Group
Rebecca
1979 | 215
Memorable four-part Du Maurier adaptation - a classic of late-'70s British TV.
Collection: The Book Group
Red Ensign
1934 | 36
A visionary shipbuilder strives to rescue the British shipping industry in Michael Powell's film.
Tales From the Shipyard
Red Shift
1978 | 85
A fantasy tale for adults from the author of 'The Owl Service'.
Collection: Play for Today
Refuge England
1959 | 27
A Hungarian man's first day in London.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Relax
1991 | 25
A man waits for the results of an HIV test, and retreats into fantasy.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Religion and the People
1940 | 15
The social work carried out by churches of all faiths in Britain, including a section on East End Jewish life.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Rembrandt
1936 | 85
Charles Laughton stars in Alexander Korda's biopic of the great Dutch painter.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Report: St. Ann's
1969 | 60
Stephen Frears acclaimed documentary, depicting the 'real' 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'.
Collection: Heartlands
Repulsion
1965 | 101
Catherine Deneuve succumbs to madness in a Kensington flat in Roman Polanski's psycho-sexual thriller.
Collection: London Calling
Resistance
1976 | 90
The sociological and psychological roots of resistance to military occupation.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Return to Brixton
1991 | 90
Ten years after the riots, Lord Scarman returns to Brixton to see whether anything has changed.
Collection: Beautiful South
Return to Life
1960 | 29
A family of refugees attempts to integrate into British life.
Collection: Essentially British
Review 36th Year No 5
1982 | 9
'Mining Review' bows out in style.
Collection: King Coal
Rhodes of Africa
1936 | 91
The rise of Cecil Rhodes (Walter Huston) from diamond miner to Prime Minister of the Cape Colony.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Rhondda
1935 | 6
Nye Bevan appears in this sincere protest against the Depression's effects in the Rhondda.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Rhyl
1902 | 3
The Prince and Princess of Wales open Rhyl's Royal Alexandra Hospital in 1903.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Rich and Strange
1932 | 92
A marriage hits the rocks during a world cruise in this Hitchcock curio.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Richard is My Boyfriend
2007 | 62
A young woman with learning difficulties has a sexual relationship with her boyfriend, who has Downs Syndrome. What will the neighbours say?
Collection: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
The Right Spirit
1931 | 9
Propaganda cartoon promoting the Conservative Party.
Collection: The Ballot Box
The Rise and Fall of Nellie Brown
1964 | 80
Elisabeth Welch and Jamaican teen-singer Millie star in this festive twist on 'The Wizard of Oz'.
Collection: Black Britain
River Folk (Songs of the Organ)
1944 | 10
Let the organist at Hounslow's Ambassador Cinema take you on a musical journey down the river.
Collection: Pandora's Box
The River Speaks
1956 | 19
Flora Robson traces the history of the River Tyne.
Collection: North by North East
River Tyne
1965 | 16
From Newcastle Quay to the lower reaches of the Tyne, the working river is revealed.
Collection: North by North East
The Road in India
1938 | 10
Headily romantic Technicolor portrait of India, photographed by Jack Cardiff.
Collection: Before Midnight
The Road of Health
1938 | 12
Animated moral fable designed to keep the British public on the ‘straight and narrow’.
Collection: The Joy of Sex Education
The Robbers and the Jew
1908 | 5
Cruel, anti-semitic comedy - one of the earliest representations of a Jew on film.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Robin Redbreast
1970 | 75
A woman visits her holiday home in the country, but begins to suspect the villagers may be planning a human sacrifice.
Collection: Play for Today
Robinson in Space
1997 | 82
Seven trips across industrial England in search of Utopia... Patrick Keiller's sequel to his hugely successful London.
Collection: Essentially British
Rock Goes to College (The Stranglers)
1978 | 30
Well, what a bummer - The Stranglers are unimpressed by their student-heavy audience.
Collection: Anarchy in the UK
Rocket Site Story
1958 | 20
Residents of Norfolk descend upon North Pickenham near Swaffham to protest the construction of a missile base.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Rocking Horse
1962 | 24
The unlikely romance between a teddy boy and a painter.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Rod Hull and Emu Sing a Christmas Song
1976 | 30
Rolf Harris joins Rod and Emu for a seasonal singalong.
Collection: Santa's Grotto
A Rod of Iron
1980 | 54
Nigel Hawthorne and Edward Woodward star in David Mercer's moving play about confronting the ghosts of one's past.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Rogues of London
1915 | 57
Two young people become mixed up in murder, suicide and blackmail in the treacherous Capital.
Collection: London Calling
Roll on Four O'Clock
1970 | 60
Compelling play by the writer of 'Chariots of Fire', exposing homophobic bullying in a northern secondary modern school.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Roll Out the Barrel
1986 | 5
Have a barrel of fun with Andy Walker's twisted animation.
Collection: Roll Out the Barrel
The Rollicking Rajah
1914 | 3
Politically incorrect comedy.
Collection: Before Midnight
Rome Express
1932 | 87
Delightful comedy-thriller set on a VIP-packed express train.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Room - Double Take
1967 | 10
A man gets high from a bong while Peter Gidal's camera seeks out the counter-cultural paraphernalia scattered around his room.
Collection: British Islands
Room 101
1994 | 30
Peter Cook discusses his bêtes noires.
Collection: The Book Group
Room of One's Own, A
1990 | 52
Eileen Atkins plays Virginia Woolf in this adaptation of the latter's essay on her lectures on "Women and Fiction" at Girton College, Cambridge.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Room With a View
1985 | 110
From Florence to Surrey - middle class repression is liberated on a Tuscan hillside.
Collection: Essentially British
Roots
1992 | 105
Jane Horrocks stars in this BBC adaptation of Arnold Wesker's play about a girl returning to her family home in Norfolk.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Rosebud
1991 | 14
An erotic lesbian tale of voyeurism, power dressing and fantasy.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Rothbury Carnival
1931 | 1
Eccentric costumes abound in this march through the streets of Coquetdale, Northumberland.
Collection: North by North East
The Rotters Club
2005 | 60
Punk comes to the West Midlands in this episode from the acclaimed adaptation of Jonathan Coe's novel.
Collection: Anarchy in the UK
The Rough and the Smooth
1959 | 99
Tony Britten risks losing his girlfriend when he's lead astray by a wiley foreign femme (Nadja Tiller).
Collection: The Gentle Sex
Rough Sea at Dover
1895 | 1
Early film footage of Admiralty Pier, Dover.
Collection: British Islands
Rough Trade (South Bank Show)
1979 | 60
The story of Rough Trade, the iconic punk music store at 130 Talbot Road.
Collection: Anarchy in the UK
The Royal Family
1969 | 110
A year in the life of the royal family.
Collection: Reality Bites
The Royal Festival Hall, 1951
1966 | 25
The design and construction of the arresting London landmark.
Collection: Beautiful South
Royal School for the Deaf
1934 | 15
Pupils and staff enjoy sports day and a trip to Skegness.
Collection: Heartlands
Royal Visit to Bangor
1902 | 3
The Prince and Princess of Wales go on a day trip to Bangor. / Tywysog a Thywysoges Cymru'n mynd ar daith undydd i Fangor.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Royal Visit to Barrow and Launch of HMS Dominion
1903 | 36
An Edwardian battleship takes its first plunge.
Tales From the Shipyard
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975 | 65
John Mortimer's Old Bailey barrister makes his debut.
Collection: Play for Today
The Running, Jumping and Standing Still Film
1960 | 11
Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan star in this merry blast of nonsense.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Rush Hour
1970 | 3
The morning stampede at Waterloo Station, packed into three frenzied minutes.
Collection: Beautiful South
Rutland the Brave
1968 | 26
What is the future for a county that only has one set of traffic lights?
Collection: Heartlands
S.W.A.L.K. aka Melody
1970 | 107
Mark Lester and Jack Wild star in a tale of young love at a Lambeth comprehensive.
Collection: Box of Delights
Salaam Butetown
1992 | 30
Profile of the Somali community in Cardiff.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Saloon Bar
1940 | 79
Gordon Harker plays an amateur sleuth from his base in a London pub.
Collection: Roll Out the Barrel
Saltburn-by-the-Sea Centenary 1861 – 1961
1961 | 40
Seaside views on the town’s 100th Anniversary.
Collection: North by North East
Sam Goes Shopping
1939 | 6
There's a fleeting appearance from a very young Terry-Thomas in this advert for the Co-op's wares.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Sambo and Two Girls
1911 | 2
A young black man appears in what may be a dental health film.
Collection: Black Britain
Samphire Picking
1962 | 4
Dreadful trade! A samphire picker explains his vocation in the marshes of Blakeney, Norfolk.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Sanders of the River
1935 | 98
Zoltan Korda’s controversial colonial epic starring Paul Robeson, later rejected by its star for its patronising attitude to West Africans.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Sandringham - The Country Seat of Our King
1920 | 5
Privileged access to royalty's Norfolk retreat.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Santa Claus
1898 | 1
The man in the white beard brings magic to Victorian Britain.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Sapphire
1959 | 92
Investigations into the mysterious murder of a young student reveal a world of racism and bigotry.
Collection: Black Britain
Sat'day
1999 | 10
A South Asian teenager seeks to break free from family traditions and constraints.
Collection: Heartlands
Saturday Shopping
1903 | 6
A brow-beaten husband causes havoc on a trip into town.
Collection: Shop 'til You Drop
Say It With Flowers
1934 | 71
Cockney musical featuring a a flower seller and Old Kent Road music hall.
Collection: London Calling
The Scar
1997 | 94
Proposed pit closures provoke different responses among the inhabitants of a Durham town.
Collection: North by North East
Scarlet Woman
1924 | 45
Catholic fantasy starring Evelyn Waugh in an Andy Warhol fright wig.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Scenes at Piccadilly Circus and Hyde Park Corner Underground Stations
1931 | 7
Magical, slightly surreal record of the London Underground.
Collection: London Calling
Scenes from a Suffragette Demonstration at Newcastle
1909 | 1
Supporters of the Women's Social and Political Union campaign in the North East.
Collection: North by North East
Scenes in Ceylon aka Native Life in Ceylon
1909 | 8
Street scenes, elephants and 'native magic'.
Collection: Before Midnight
Scenes in Glossop
1912 | 3
A tram ride through the small Derbyshire market town.
Collection: Heartlands
School and Community
1977 | 25
The conception and creation of the Cambridgeshire Village Colleges.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Scotland for Fitness
1938 | 12
Scots burn the calories.
Collection: Essentially British
Scrooge
1951 | 86
The definitive Scrooge? See Alastair Sim's bravura performance and judge for yourself.
Collection: The Book Group
Scrooge
1913 | 30
Seymour Hicks recreates a role he played thousands of times on stage for this 1913 screen version.
Collection: The Book Group
Scrooge; or, Marley's Ghost
1901 | 4
The earliest surviving Dickens adaptation: A Christmas Carol, condensed into 4 minutes.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Scrubbers
1982 | 89
A young lesbian engineers her arrest to be nearer her borstal inmate lover. From the writer of 'Scum'.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Scum
1977 | 95
Ray Winstone and David Threlfall star in banned Borstal drama.
Collection: Play for Today
Seacoal
1985 | 82
The men and women who eke a living from collecting 'seacoal' on the Northumberland coast find their way of life under threat.
Collection: Essentially British
Seafood
2004 | 10
Colin wants romance. Naveen wants sex. A tale of love, lust and unbearable frustration.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Seaham Harbour
1899 | 1
A view of Victorian County Durham at the construction of Seaham Pier.
Collection: North by North East
Seamus Heaney (South Bank Show)
1991 | 45
The future Nobel laureate recorded at a point of artistic transition.
Collection: Farewell South Bank Show
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1964 | 116
Plans go awry when a fake spirit medium (Kim Stanley) kidnaps a young child as a publicity stunt.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
Season's Greetings
1986 | 110
Biting Alan Ayckbourn drama about a disastrous family Christmas.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Seawards the Great Ships
1960 | 36
Stunning, Oscar-winning doc celebrating Scotland's shipping industry.
Tales From the Shipyard
Secret Lives: Enid Blyton
1996 | 60
The darker side of the bestselling children's author.
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
The Secret of Stamboul
1936 | 87
A young James Mason uncovers a sinister plot in Turkey.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
The Secret of the Loch
1934 | 73
'Jurassic Park', 1930s-style.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
The Selling of Noddy
1988
Can Noddy break America?
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
The Servant
1963 | 115
The homoerotic power games between master and servant take centre stage in this Pinter adaptation.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Seven Days to Noon
1950 | 94
London is at the mercy of a scientist threatening to detonate an atomic device...
Collection: London Calling
Sex and the Disabled
1978 | 25
The physical and mental barriers that face disabled people who are ready to form loving relationships.
Collection: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
Shadow in the Stream
1939 | 17
Follow the adventures of Ottoline and her newborn cub Otto.
Collection: Otterly Marvellous
Shadow in the Stream
1939 | 17
Follow the adventures of Ottoline and her newborn cub Otto in the Norfolk Broads.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Shadows
1975 | 25
A haunted railway station scares Jenny Agutter in this spooky tale for kids.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Shadowscan
2000 | 12
A doctor and a drug addict nurse skive off work for a while in Tinge Krishnan's BAFTA-winner.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Shaft Survey
1957 | 36
The National Coal Board gives a rigorous run-down on the joys of work study.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
Shalom Joan Collins
1989 | 70
A feuding Jewish mother and daughter prepare for an unlikely visit from a screen legend in Peter Morgan's rarely seen TV play.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Share Thy Bread
1963 | 18
The early years of the charity Raphael as described by founder Leonard Cheshire.
Collection: Raphael
Shellshock Rock
1979 | 47
Punk goes to Northern Ireland.
Collection: Anarchy in the UK
The Shield of David
1928 | 1
Jewish ex-servicemen lay a Star of David-shaped wreath at the Cenotaph.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Shillong Scenes
1932 | 19
Golf (among other things) in the Himalaya.
Collection: Before Midnight
The Ship
1998 | 25
Dispute at the Swan Hunter shipyard, Tyneside.
Collection: Tales From the Shipyard
Ship
1990 | 36
Powerful production of Bill Bryden's spectacular shipbuilding drama, filmed in Harland & Wolff's Shed in Govan, Glasgow.
Tales From the Shipyard
Shipyard (Faces of Britain)
1935 | 36
Paul Rotha films the building of the SS Orion at Barrow-in-Furness.
Tales From the Shipyard
Shipyard Sally
1939 | 36
Up the Workers! Gracie Fields comes to the rescue of unemployed shipbuilders.
Tales From the Shipyard
Shipyard Tapes
1984 | 36
Impassioned films made for the Tyne and Wear 'Save Our Shipyards' campaign.
Tales From the Shipyard
Shirley Schools, The
1929 | 23
The care and education of Bermondsey's orphans and abandoned children.
Collection: Beautiful South
Shoot the Messenger
2006 | 90
Blatantly racist or essential, provocative drama? Few recent TV films have created so much debate.
Collection: Black Britain
Shooting Stars
1928 | 80
The British film industry turns the camera on itself in Anthony Asquith's virtuoso satire.
Collection: Silent Britain
The Shop
1998 | 30
Selfridges' 1990s renaissance gets off to a slightly shaky start in this docu-soap.
Collection: Shop 'til You Drop
The Short Vision
1956 | 8
Adult animation imagining the apocalypse.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
The Shovel
1959 | 16
Everything you ever wanted to know about shovels but were afraid to ask.
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Sick Kitten
1903 | 1
Two children nurse a feline patient.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Sidney Street Siege, the aka The Great East End Anarchist Battle
1911 | 4
Documentary footage of the 1911 Siege of Sidney Street.
Collection: London Calling
Sidney Turtlebaum
2008 | 19
Sir Derek Jacobi plays an eccentric gay Jewish man with an unsavory interest in funerals in this award-winning short.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Sidney’s Chair
1995 | 21
The arrival of film star Sidney Poitier in East London is a momentous event for a young boy and his friends.
Collection: Black Britain
Silent Britain
2006 | 90
Start reclaiming your silent film heritage with a look at Matthew Sweet's ground-breaking documentary.
Collection: Silent Britain
Silent Scream
1990 | 85
The true story of Larry Winters, prisoner and poet - a convicted murderer with an IQ of 165.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
The Silent Village
1943 | 36
A Welsh mining community is used to dramatise the lives of a Czech village under Nazi occupation. Directed by Humphrey Jennings.
Collection: King Coal
Silver Blades Ice Skating
1960 | 7
Vibrant colour footage of Silver Blades, Streatham - ‘the most luxurious ice rink in the world’.
Collection: Beautiful South
The Silver Sword
1958 | 30
Superb adaptation of Ian Serraillier's wartime adventure story, starring a young Frazer Hines and Melvyn Hayes.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Simba
1955 | 99
Love story set amidst the Mau Mau's uprisings in Kenya, starring Dirk Bogarde.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Simla - Maharajah Kumar
1928 | 16
Street life in Simla and Lahore.
Collection: Before Midnight
Simla Scenes: Indian Viceroy at Lahore
1931 | 13
Street life in Simla and Lahore.
Collection: Before Midnight
Sing As We Go!
1934 | 80
Gracie Fields - the 1930s British icon - goes to Blackpool.
Collection: Essentially British
Sir Basil Gould's Films of Tibet
1936 | 81
Remarkable colour footage of Tibet - including shots of the current Dalai Lama as a young boy.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
Sir Conrad Corfield's Personal Films
1928 | 32
Corfield's home movies - from Simla to big game hunts.
Collection: Before Midnight
Six Little Jungle Boys
1945 | 9
Vibrant animated vehicle for a rather unsavoury message from the War Office.
Collection: The Joy of Sex Education
Sixth Happiness
1997 | 98
The sexual awakening of a young Indian man born with brittle bones.
Collection: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun
Size M
1970 | 12
'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' goes underground.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Slavery Business: Breaking the Chains
2005 | 60
William Wilberforce and the rise of the abolition movement.
Collection: Exodus: Remembering Slavery
sleep furiously
2009 | 94
Gideon Koppel’s bittersweet ode to the farming community of Trefeurig, with music by Aphex Twin.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Sling Your Hook
1969 | 79
A rowdy troupe of Nottingham miners spend a life-changing weekend in Blackpool.
Collection: Heartlands
The Small World of Sammy Lee
1962 | 107
Taut, under-seen crime drama set in the seedy Soho underworld.
Collection: London Calling
The Smallest Car in the Largest City in the World
1913 | 6
A cute baby Cadillac completes a victory lap of Trafalgar Square and dodges the city's omnibuses.
Collection: London Calling
Smalltime
1996 | 61
Shane Meadows' feature debut, a petty crime comedy set in Nottinghamshire.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
The Smiths (South Bank Show)
1987 | 52
One of Britain's most idiosyncratic bands under the South Bank Show's microscope.
Collection: Essentially British
Snapshots of Berwick
1928 | 5
Residents of Berwick compete with local dignitaries for the attention of the filmmaker.
Collection: North by North East
Snow
1963 | 8
Poetic portrait of running the railways through a perilous British winter.
Collection: Reality Bites
So Clever are the German Spies in their Disguises that Even Nuns Have to Have Their Passports Examined
1915 | 1
Nuns at bayonet point... almost.
Collection: Pandora's Box
So Haunt Me
1992 | 30
Miriam Karlin stars as ghostly grandmother Yetta Feldman in the first episode of this BBC sitcom.
Collection: Oy Britannia
So it Goes (Clips)
1977 | 30
Tony Wilson presents live performances from The Stranglers, The Sex Pistols and The Clash.
Collection: Anarchy in the UK
So that You Can Live
1982 | 83
Reflective film following a union activist and her family in Treforest, South Wales.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Soho Square
1992 | 11
Painterly portrait of the sights and sounds of the crowded London square.
Collection: London Calling
Solarflares Burn for You
1973 | 9
Road movie or acid trip?
Collection: Pandora's Box
Some Activities of the Bermondsey Borough Council
1931 | 25
A forward-thinking London borough council records its good deeds for posterity.
Collection: London Calling
Some of My Friends Are…Jewish
2003 | 30
Anita Land investigates what it means to be Jewish, interviewing a rabbi and an edgy stand-up comedian.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Something About Diss
1964 | 22
John Betjeman visits the Norfolk town of Diss.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Son of Africa
1996 | 30
The story of the African man who was one of the true leaders of the abolitionist movement.
Collection: Exodus: Remembering Slavery
Song of Freedom
1936 | 80
Paul Robeson stars as a London docker who becomes a world-famous opera singer.
Collection: Black Britain
Songs of the Coalfields
1964 | 15
Traditional mining songs, accompanied by contemporary imagery from the collieries.
Collection: King Coal
Sooty
1963 | 10
Sooty and Sweep run riot at the pharmacy.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Soul Nation
2003 | 150
The story of how British youth fell in love with R&B.
Collection: Black Britain
Sounds of Britain: Coal
1979 | 30
Traditional songs and sketches from the North East coalfields.
Collection: King Coal
Sounds of Britain: Coal
1979 | 30
Traditional songs and sketches from the North East coalfields.
Collection: North by North East
South - Sir Ernest Shackleton's Glorious Epic of the Antarctic
1919 | 80
Stunning record of Shackleton's ill-fated but heroic expedition.
Collection: Reality Bites
South Bank
1964 | 12
Look out for the National Film Theatre in this mid-60s tour of the South Bank's ever-changing architectural landscape.
Collection: Building the South Bank
Southern India – Tobacco Area
1937 | 7
The tobacco industry in Andhra Pradesh.
Collection: Before Midnight
Spare Time
1939 | 15
'Rule Britannia' played on kazoos... Has having good time ever looked quite so miserable?
Collection: Essentially British
Sparrows Can't Sing
1962 | 94
Cockney comedy starring a BAFTA-nominated Barbara Windsor.
Collection: London Calling
Sparrows Can't Sing
1962 | 94
Cockney comedy starring a BAFTA-nominated Barbara Windsor.
Collection: London Calling
Speak Like a Child
1998 | 77
The psychological journey of three friends from a children's home.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Spend Spend Spend
1977 | 90
The rags to riches to rags story of Britain's most famous pools winner.
Collection: Play for Today
Spender
1991 | 55
It's Jimmy Nail vs the criminal underworld, as a jaded detective returns to his native Newcastle.
Collection: North by North East
The Spirit of Lambeth
1962 | 29
Enjoyably quirky colour record of the 1961 Lambeth Festival.
Collection: Beautiful South
The Spongers
1978 | 105
The Silver Jubilee celebrations offer an ironic counterpoint to a family struggling on State Aid.
Collection: Play for Today
Sports Time
1973 | 10
The North East's football managers make their predictions for the 1973/4 season.
Collection: North by North East
Spotlight on the Colonies
1950 | 11
Three years after India achieved independence, the Crown Film Unit continues to promote colonial rule across the globe.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Springtime in an English Village
1948 | 7
A young black girl is crowned Queen of the May.
Collection: Essentially British
S.S. Olympic
1910 | 36
The building and launch of the Titanic's sister ship in Belfast.
Tales From the Shipyard
St. Kilda – Britain’s Loneliest Isle
1928 | 17
A voyage from Glasgow to St Kilda, containing scenes of the Western Isles and island life of the crofters on St Kilda.
Collection: Essentially British
Stand on Your Man
1992 | 25
What is the attraction of country music to so many lesbians?
Collection: Beautiful Things
Stand On Your Man
1992 | 25
What is the attraction of country music to so many lesbians?
Collection: Beautiful Things
Stan's Last Game
1983 | 63
Black comedy in which the rivalry between two football club chairmen is exacerbated following the death of a long-time fan.
Collection: Play for Today
The Star of Bethlehem
1956 | 18
Lotte Reiniger's distinctive silhouette animation of the Nativity.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Staying On
1980 | 87
An elderly British couple stay on in India long after the Raj.
Collection: Essentially British
Steelchest, Nail in the Boot and the Barking Dog
1987 | 36
Award-winning documentary showing the lives of shipyard workers through story and song.
Tales From the Shipyard
Steel Goes to Sea
1941 | 36
"Hitler is a B******" - Shipbuilding at the height of WWII.
Tales From the Shipyard
Steptoe and Son
1970 | 30
Harold is led astray by a 'cultured' antiques dealer.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Steve of the River
1937 | 10
Parody of ‘Sanders of the River’, starring Steve, the cartoon horse.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Stewart Family Films
1934 | 11
Home movies shot in Manipur.
Collection: Before Midnight
Still Waters
1948 | 17
Tropical disease prevention in Southern Rhodesia.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
1992 | 3
Echoes of 'Alice' in the Quay Brothers' eerie stop-motion music video for US group His Name Is Alive.
Collection: March Hares & Easter Bunnies
Stocker's Copper
1972 | 85
Drama set around the strike of Cornish clay miners in 1913.
Collection: Play for Today
Stockton-on-Tees
1910 | 3
The Cleveland market town-dwellers smile for the camera in a film commissioned by the local cinema.
Collection: North by North East
Stonehenge - Panorama of the Ancient Druidical Remains
1900 | 1
The ancient British icon in the days before coach parties invaded.
Collection: Essentially British
Storm Damage
2000 | 95
Ashley Walters and Adrian Lester star in this tough drama about troubled teenagers in care.
Collection: Black Britain
Stormy Monday
1988 | 93
Melanie Griffith and Tommy Lee Jones come to Newcastle in Mike Figgis' debut, inspired by the T. Dan Smith scandal.
Collection: North by North East
Story of Papworth: The Village of Hope, The
1935 | 18
Anthony Asquith directs an appeal for funds for the Cambridgeshire medical settlement, starring Madeleine Carroll and Gordon Harker.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Street
2007 | 60
Coming to terms with your sexuality can be hard, especially if you’re a married demolition worker from a tough northern town.
Collection: Beautiful Things
The Street
2007 | 60
Coming to terms with your sexuality can be hard, especially if you’re a married demolition worker from a tough northern town.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Street Betting [c1935]
1935 | 5
Illicit goings-on upon the streets of Chesterfield.
Collection: Heartlands
Street of Crocodiles
1986 | 20
A nightmarish netherworld populated by strange and sinister puppets.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Streets and Lion Yard
1977 | 12
The construction and completion of the Cambridge Lion Yard shopping centre, including a visit from Princess Anne.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Strip! Strip! Hooray!!!
1932 | 36
A tale of loose morals in a private club for scantily-clad sunbathers.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Struggles for Black Community - Leicester: A Common History
1984 | 45
The oral histories and testimonies of the people who helped make a multi-cultural Leicester.
Collection: Heartlands
Stuart: A Life Backwards
2007 | 90
A writer tells the story, from finish to start, of a homeless man living on the streets of Cambridge.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Student Power
1968 | 21
The spirit of May 68 comes to the Capital, as students and staff lock horns at the London School of Economics.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
The Study in Change
1970 | 34
Should workers embrace automation or rage against the machine?
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
Suburban Week-End
1949 | 8
A day in bustling West Norwood, from dawn to dusk.
Collection: Beautiful South
Success Story: Enid Blyton
1974 | 30
Critics and librarians argue for and against the works of Enid Blyton.
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
The Sugar Slaves
1972 | 55
BBC documentary examining the importance of slavery to the maintenance of the British Empire.
Collection: Exodus: Remembering Slavery
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971 | 110
Daniel loves Bob and so does Alex...
Collection: Beautiful Things
Sunday in the Park
1956 | 15
A lazy summer's day in Hyde Park.
Collection: London Calling
Sunderland Oak
1961 | 30
Philip Donnellan's evocative documentary, set on a Sunderland shipyard under threat of closure.
Collection: Tales From the Shipyard
Sunderland - Setting for Industry
1966 | 22
Poignant film promoting industries in Sunderland that have long since ceased to exist.
Collection: North by North East
Sunderland v Middlesbrough
1904 | 1
Edwardian football match filmed at Roker Park - can Middlesbrough beat the home team?
Collection: North by North East
Sundial
1991 | 1
Canary Wharf as icon.
Collection: London Calling
Sunflowers
1968 | 5
Impressionistic short showing the humble sunflower as a symbol of life.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Sunley's Daughter
1974 | 50
Love among the haystacks in the Yorkshire Dales.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Sunny Clacton
1939 | 10
Redcoats, sandcastles and knobbly knees are all part of the fun and frolics of 30s Clacton.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Sunny Stories
1992 | 70
Maureen Lipman portrays Enid Blyton in an imaginative mix of drama, documentary and animation.
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
Sunset Across the Bay
1975 | 70
Mam and Dad retire to Morecambe in Alan Bennett's poignant tale.
Collection: Play for Today
Sunshine in Soho
1956 | 33
This 1950s Soho beats with far more energy than its pallid 21st century counterpart.
Collection: London Calling
Supergran
1986 | 25
The super-powered pensioner battles the baddies in Tyneside in this Christmas special.
Collection: North by North East
Supernumaries
2003 | 21
Who is accountable for the stowaway held on a merchant ship and what should the captain do? By Anja Kirschner.
Collection: British Islands
A Superstition
1977 | 75
A pre-'Brideshead' Anthony Andrews stars in David Mercer's provocative queer love triangle drama set on the Cote d'Azur.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Superted
1983 | 10
Original Welsh-language episode of the popular children’s series about a teddy with super powers.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Suzie Gold
2003 | 90
Girl meets goy: a Jewish princess must decide between a Jew and a gentile in this light-hearted romantic comedy.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Sweeney Todd
1928 | 91
Early British horror about the legendary barber-cum-killer, made over 80 years before Tim Burton's vision.
Collection: Silent Britain
Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*
1936 | 68
The City's menfolk risk a dangerously close shave in Mr Todd's barbershop.
Collection: London Calling
Sword Dance Performed Before the King and Queen in India
1912 | 1
Swords, but no dances.
Collection: Before Midnight
Sword of Honour
2001 | 193
Channel 4's two-part Waugh adaptation starring Daniel Craig, first broadcast in 2001.
Collection: The Book Group
Sword of Honour
1967 | 270
The BBC's faithful 1967 Waugh adaptation in three parts, starring Edward Woodward as Guy Crouchback.
Collection: The Book Group
Sykes and a Haunting
1962 | 25
Hattie Jacques finds herself handcuffed to Eric Sykes.
Collection: Funny Girls
T. Dan Smith
1987 | 86
Innovative semi-documentary about the notorious ex-Newcastle councillor.
Collection: North by North East
T.H. Brown Amateur Films
1930 | 54
Wonderful, unique home movies made by a Middlesbrough dentist.
Collection: North by North East
Take the High Road
1980 | 20
A business executive threatens the peace in the community of Glendarroch.
Collection: Soap Bubbles
Take Two
1988 | 25
Philip Schofield presents a behind-the-scenes look at his own Saturday morning show 'Going Live!'
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Tansy
1921 | 63
A shepherd girl gets caught up in a love triangle between two brothers.
Collection: Silent Britain
Tarka the Otter
1978 | 91
Britain's most famous otter stars in this much-loved family favourite.
Collection: Otterly Marvellous
Tartans of the Scottish Clans
1906 | 2
Kilts but no Celts in this early film about the great Scottish icon.
Collection: Essentially British
The Taste of Honey
1961 | 100
A single pregnant woman befriends a gay man in the prejudiced world of '60s Britain.
Collection: Beautiful Things
T-Bag's Christmas Carol
1989 | 25
Wicked witch T-Bag attempts to spoil poor Sally Simpkins' Christmas.
Collection: The Book Group
Tea Making Tips
1941 | 10
What's the recipe for the perfect cup of char?
Collection: Essentially British
The Team on 204's
1964 | 16
How does Lea Hall Colliery manage to achieve its output of treble the national average?
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
Television Adverts by Joseph Losey
1960 | 5
The versatile director turns his attention to Horlicks and Fray Bentos.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Television Comes to London
1936 | 18
The first ever TV documentary explores the year running up to the launch of the BBC Television Service.
Collection: Reality Bites
Tell England
1931 | 82
Two boyhood friends are sent to fight at Gallipoli.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Tell Them in Gdansk
1989 | 36
Angry response to end of shipbuilding on the River Wear, featuring music from The Flying Pickets and comedy from Mike Elliott.
Tales From the Shipyard
Temples of India
1938 | 10
Hinduism for beginners.
Collection: Before Midnight
Ten Bob in Winter
1963 | 12
Pioneering black British film following the travails of a jobless student on an icy London day.
Collection: London Calling
The Ten Year Plan
1945 | 17
Charles Hawtrey on the utilitarian wonder of the 'prefab'.
Collection: The Promised Land
Terence Davies Trilogy
1976 | 92
Repressed homosexuality and Catholic guilt in Davies' landmark Liverpool-set saga.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Terminus
1961 | 30
The ebb and flow of human life wryly observed during a day at Waterloo Station.
Collection: London Calling
The Terrible Price: Gresford 1934
2004 | 30
Documentary looking at the mining disaster at Gresford colliery near Wrexham, in which 266 miners were killed
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Territories
1984 | 26
Isaac Julien's political experimental documentary about the Notting Hill Carnival.
Collection: Black Britain
Terry on the Fence
1985 | 70
A South London schoolboy runs away and becomes involved with a gang of tearaways.
Collection: Box of Delights
That Was the Week That Was - Tribute to President Kennedy
1963 | 20
Poetic tribute to John F. Kennedy on the day following his death.
Collection: Frost/Mediatheque
Their Majesties Lambeth Way
1940 | 3
The King and Queen boost morale in a heavily bombed Lambeth.
Collection: Beautiful South
They Also Serve
1940 | 10
Touching morale-booster celebrating the stalwarts of the Home Front.
Collection: Housewives' Choice
They Flew Alone
1942 | 104
Anna Neagle stars as Amy Johnson in Herbert Wilcox's biopic.
Collection: Amy Johnson: Queen of the Skies
They Had an Idea
1953 | 14
John Krish's British Transport Film showcasing employee suggestions in the workplace.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
They Planted a Stone
1953 | 26
Oscar-nominated documentary showing co-operation between Sudan and the UK, made at the height of the Suez Crisis.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
They Travel By Air
1947 | 19
How to deal with airline passengers, however tiresome.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Things to Come
1936 | 97
The city of the future rises from the rubble of world war in H.G. Wells' prescient sci-fi fable.
Collection: The Promised Land
Think of a Number
1978 | 24
Johnny Ball does the impossible and makes maths and science interesting for kids.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
Think of England
1999 | 50
Photographer Martin Parr seeks out the English icons.
Collection: Essentially British
Thirteen Cantos of Hell
1955 | 20
Silhouette film illustrating aspects of Dante's Inferno.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
This Automation Age
1963 | 33
The introduction of computers in the workplace heralds a new industrial revolution.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
This Charming Man
1994 | 26
Meloni Poole's moving portrait of her father - the inventor of the horse jacuzzi.
Collection: Essentially British
This Happy Breed
1944 | 106
Noël Coward's saga of a Clapham family between the two World Wars.
Collection: London Calling
This Is Tomorrow
2007 | 54
The Royal Festival Hall is reborn for a new generation, to the sounds of Saint Etienne.
Collection: Of Dreams and Cities
This Was a Woman
1948 | 104
Mothers don't come much deadlier than Sonia Dresdel's murderous matriarch...
Collection: The Gentle Sex
This Was England
1935 | 21
The agricultural development of Suffolk - from the Neolithic to the 1930s.
Collection: Essentially British
This Was England
1935 | 21
The agricultural development of Suffolk - from the Neolithic to the 1930s.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
This Was Forever
2007 | 10
An snapshot of life on Manor Garden allotments in East London.
Collection: London Calling
This Week Special: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
1966 | 20
Celebrate Christmas with media mogul Robert Maxwell and family.
Collection: Pandora's Box
This Week: Britain's Jews
1965 | 25
The problems facing Jews in Britain.
Collection: Oy Britannia
This Week: Homosexuals
1964 | 25
TV documentary from a time before sex between men was legal.
Collection: Beautiful Things
This Week: Lesbians
1965 | 25
1960s lesbians in the spotlight.
Collection: Beautiful Things
This Year – London
1951 | 25
A pleasure trip to the sights (and bomb sites) of post-War London.
Collection: London Calling
Three Bears, The
1999 | 14
Soviet submariners get more than they bargained for when they surface in the Fens.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Three Fat Women of Antibes
1969 | 50
Call me Frank! Three women enjoy the spa treatment.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Three Girls in a Boat
1933 | 2
Three beauties take to the Norfolk Broads to show off their loveliness.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Three Minute Heroes
1982 | 60
Cult '80s drama following the lives of inner city teens.
Collection: Play for Today
Three Weird Sisters
1948 | 82
Three spinsters - one deaf, one blind, one with arthritis - battle their younger brother in a gothic tale from Dylan Thomas.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
The Threepenny Opera
1931 | 105
19th century London is recreated in a Berlin film studio for this adaptation of Brecht and Weill's revolutionary musical.
Collection: London Calling
Thud and Blunder in Knock-Off Time
1964 | 2
A cautionary cartoon about what happens when you disobey safety rules underground.
Collection: King Coal
Tibet
1928 | 6
Tibet through the eyes of Frederick Bailey - Political Agent, butterfly collector and spy.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
Tibetan Scenes
1945 | 125
Extraordinary portrait of life in Tibet in the 1940s by Tsien-Lien Shen, resident Chinese Commissioner in Lhasa.
Collection: The Search for Shangri-La
Tiger Bay
1959 | 105
A young girl befriends a murderer in Cardiff's Tiger Bay.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Til Death Us Do Part
1972 | 30
Bigoted East Ender Alf Garnett rails against the world.
Collection: London Calling
Tilly, The Tomboy, Visits the Poor
1910 | 7
Anarchic fun with Alma Taylor and Chrissie White wreaking havoc as naughty schoolgirls.
Collection: Funny Girls
Timbuctoo
1933 | 71
West Africa-set comedy adventure, plus a fascinating documentary detailing the film's production.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Time for Dancing (This England)
1979 | 26
Strictly come social tea dancing in Buxton.
Collection: Heartlands
The Time of Our Lives
1994 | 81
The life and times of an East End Irish family.
Collection: London Calling
The Time There Was…A Profile of Benjamin Britten (South Bank Show)
1980 | 90
The life of Suffolk's greatest musical son.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Time-Lapse Study of Nail Growth
1960 | 2
Serious scientific study or long-lost avant-garde body horror? You decide.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Tins for India
1941 | 8
Unseen for over 50 years, Bimal Roy's documentary finds poetry in the kerosene can.
Collection: Before Midnight
TISWAS
1978 | 32
Compilation of the madcap children's Saturday morning show presented by Chris Tarrant.
Collection: The Kids Are Alright
To Have and to Hold
2000 | 13
A woman finds herself in a gruesome predicament after a car crash in the deep, dark woods...
Collection: Pandora's Box
To Keep Our Way of Life
1959 | 54
A West Indian man working in Britain faces prejudice, suspicion and jelousy.
Collection: Black Britain
The Tocher; A Film Ballet by Lotte Reiniger
1938 | 5
The 'wee folk' help a man woo his true love in Lotte Reiniger's 'film ballet'.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Today We Live; a Film of Life in Britain
1937 | 23
Impassioned socialist view of Depression-era Britain.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
To-day We Live; a Film of Life in Britain
1937 | 23
Impassioned socialist view of Depression-era Britain.
Collection: Reality Bites
Together
1956 | 52
East End and Butlers Wharf locations feature in this under-seen drama about two deaf men.
Collection: London Calling
Together Alone
2009 | 30
The last of a generation of East London Jews tell their story with humour and optimism.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Tommy Cooper's Christmas
1973 | 51
Magic, music and sketches with the kooky comedian, with appearances by Sacha Distel and Clodagh Rogers.
Collection: Santa's Grotto
Tommy Steele My Life, My Song
1974 | 60
An evening of music and anecdotes from Bermondsey boy Tommy Steele.
Collection: Beautiful South
Tom's Ride
1944 | 11
Tom wants a bike and finds a wallet - will he do the honorable thing?
Collection: Pandora's Box
Tonite, Let’s All Make Love in London
1967 | 72
Vivid, memorable doc examining the 'swinging' London phenomenon.
Collection: London Calling
Too Late to Talk to Billy
1982 | 85
Blistering, Belfast-set drama of a family at loggerheads, starring Kenneth Branagh.
Collection: Play for Today
Toot-an-kum-in Daily Sketch
1923 | 1
Cambridge students re-enact the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb in a rag week stunt.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Top of the Pops 78 (Inc. Kate Bush 'Wuthering Heights' promo video)
1978 | 59
Kate Bush throws some ethereal shapes in the iconic music video for 'Wuthering Heights'.
Collection: The Book Group
Top Ten - Punk
2000 | 60
A beginner's guide to punk.
Collection: Anarchy in the UK
Torchwood
2007 | 50
Captain Jack goes back to the 1940s and falls in love.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Tottenham Still Going Strong in Tea Fights August 30 1919
1919 | 8
Street parties abound as the people of Tottenham celebrate the end of World War I.
Collection: London Calling
Tower Bridge Boats on Thames
1905 | 2
Rare early footage of the Thames at its busiest.
Collection: Beautiful South
Tower Bridge Road Market
1931 | 3
Street scenes around the bustling market at Tower Bridge Road.
Collection: Beautiful South
Town Moor Fair Scenes
1898 | 1
All the fun of the Newcastle Town Moor Fair from over 100 years ago.
Collection: North by North East
The Trade Winds Blow
1963 | 9
Glossy cinemagazine following the decline (and possible renaissance) of industry in the North East.
Collection: North by North East
Trafalgar Square Riot
1913 | 1
A suffragette procession in Trafalgar Square causes a riot.
Collection: London Calling
Traffic Island
1994 | 27
Five people and a dog cope with harsh conditions when they become marooned - on a traffic island just off Hemel Hempstead.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Traitor
1971 | 60
John Le Mesurier stars as a disgraced spy in Dennis Potter's play.
Collection: Play for Today
Tram Rides Through Nottingham
1902 | 7
Hop on a tram and visit Nottingham with Mitchell and Kenyon.
Collection: Heartlands
Traveller
1981 | 78
Two young travellers take an uneasy journey through 80s Ireland.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Traveller in Time, A
1978 | 150
Penelope finds herself able to travel back in time to the reign of Elizabeth I, where she becomes involved in the plot to save Mary, Queen of Scots.
Collection: Box of Delights
Treasure Hunt: County Durham
1988 | 60
Follow Anneka Rice around County Durham in this popular helicopter-assisted game show.
Collection: North by North East
Trellick Tower
1991 | 10
Who says architecture should be easy? The controversial legacy of Modernism.
Collection: The Promised Land
Trial for Marriage
1936 | 28
A sizzling insight into student life in the '30s.
Collection: The Joy of Sex Education
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960 | 123
Wilde brings about his own downfall when he decides to sue the father of his lover for slander.
Collection: Beautiful Things
A Trip Down the Clyde
1921 | 2
A visit to the Dumbarton Rock and Rothesay shipyards.
Collection: Tales From the Shipyard
The Trip to North Wales on the St. Elvies
1902 | 2
All aboard the St. Elvies paddle steamer to Llandudno with Mitchell and Kenyon.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Tropical Hookworm
1936 | 9
Instructional film for African audiences on the causes and prevention of disease.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
The Trouble With Black Men
2004 | 53
David Matthews' polemic unpicking the preconceptions that surround African-Caribbean men in Britain today.
Collection: Black Britain
The Trouble With…Gay Men
2006 | 56
After years of political and cultural progress, why do so many of today's gay men seem content to conform to stereotypes?
Collection: Beautiful Things
True Romance Etc.
1982 | 34
A refreshing take on sex education using a wild teenage party as a springboard for discussion.
Collection: The Joy of Sex Education
The Truth About Gay Sex
2002 | 49
Ever wondered what gay men get up to in bed? Virgins, notepads at the ready...
Collection: Beautiful Things
The Truth Will Out
1930 | 3
Anti-Congress propaganda made by a District Officer.
Collection: Before Midnight
Tryweryn
1965 | 37
Amateur film by Bangor schoolchildren, about the hugely controversial flooding of a valley to create the Llyn Celyn reservoir.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Tulip Town
1961 | 9
Tiptoe through the tulip parade at the vibrant Spalding festival.
Collection: Heartlands
The Tunnel
1935 | 94
Spectacular sci-fi tale about the troubled construction of a transatlantic tunnel.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Turkey Time
1933 | 72
Festive frolics in a seaside town. Politically correct viewers, look away now. It's Turkey Time!
Collection: Funny Girls
The Turn Up For Tony
1968 | 30
Tati-esque comedy - Tony Tanner seeks a job and a girlfriend in Newcastle.
Collection: North by North East
The Turning Point (Horlicks Ad)
1951 | 3
Who needs a marriage councillor when a mug of Horlicks is at hand?
Collection: Pandora's Box
Twelve Views of Kensal House
1984 | 55
Can the social housing ideals of the '30s survive in a very different era?
Collection: The Promised Land
Twilight City
1989 | 52
Black Audio Film Collective's portrait of Thatcher's London.
Collection: Black Britain
Two Cooks and a Cabbage
1941 | 6
How not to boil a cabbage.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Two Farmers
1948 | 18
Popular Rhodesian film showing the best - and worst - ways to grow crops.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
The Two Marys
1994 | 30
Slavery through the eyes of two very different women.
Collection: Exodus: Remembering Slavery
The Two of Us
1988 | 60
Controversial BBC drama in which two gay boys must decide whether to leave their homophobic home town or stay and resort to conformity.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Two Town Mad
1964 | 37
Torn between two towns - will Ray Gosling opt for Leicester or Nottingham?
Collection: Heartlands
Two Victorian Girls
1970 | 30
Two members of pioneering female typing pools recall life in the 1890s.
Collection: Reality Bites
Two Worlds
1965 | 21
The ancient and the modern worlds come together in the North East coal industry.
Collection: North by North East
Tynemouth Swimming Gala in the Haven, North Shields
1901 | 1
Racing swimmers take the plunge - wearing top hats and tails.
Collection: North by North East
Tyneside
1941 | 17
The building of the 'Dominion Monarch' on the River Tyne - the most powerful motor liner in the world.
Collection: North by North East
UCS 1
1971 | 20
Campaign film used by the Clydeside shipyard workers.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
The Ultra Modern House
1931 | 3
The ultimate in streamlined chic - on a hillside above Amersham.
Collection: The Promised Land
Un Nos Ola Leuad (One Full Moon)
1991 | 98
Haunting adaptation of Caradog Prichard's classic novel, set in Snowdonia.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Uncharted Sea
1928 | 39
A young man discovers the perils - and sensual pleasures - of city life.
Collection: The Joy of Sex Education
Uncle Denis?
2009 | 18
US-born filmmaker Adrian Goycoolea recalls his Great Uncle Denis - aka Quentin Crisp.
Collection: Beautiful Things
The Unclean World
1903 | 1
What's that crawling around in the cheese?
Collection: Pandora's Box
Under the Skin
1997 | 80
Intense psychological drama about two bereaved sisters.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Underground
1928 | 80
Passions run deep on the London Underground.
Collection: London Calling
Undressing Extraordinary
1901 | 2
Classic comedy or early horror? A man finds taking his clothes off more difficult than usual.
Collection: Pandora's Box
The Union Jack: A Banner for Britain
2006 | 60
Biography of the flag - from a symbol of national pride to its adoption by the BNP.
Collection: Essentially British
United Kingdom
1981 | 75
Play for Today at its most political - Tyneside communities take on the police and the state.
Collection: Play for Today
The Universe of Dermot Finn
1988 | 15
Guess who's coming to dinner? A brilliant, touching short reminiscent of Tim Burton.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Untold: An Indian Affair
2001 | 49
Four-part documentary series exploring the connections between the slave trade and contemporary Britain.
Collection: Before Midnight
Untold: Britain's Slave Trade
1999 | 52
Four-part documentary series exploring the connections between the slave trade and contemporary Britain.
Collection: Exodus: Remembering Slavery
Unveiling of the War Memorial to the Men of Alfreton
1927 | 7
A monument to fallen soldiers is revealed to the public.
Collection: Heartlands
Unwanted Guests
1943 | 8
Pay a visit to the nit nurse.
Collection: Pandora's Box
"Uppies and Downies"
1926 | 1
Thrilling sport or hideous brawl? Medieval football, the Ashbourne way.
Collection: Heartlands
Upside Down or The Human Flies
1899 | 1
A mischievous magic trick that would inspire the special effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Urdd Gobaith Cymru - Anenwadol ac Amhleidiol
1930 | 8
The activities of the The Welsh League of Youth.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
V E Day
1945 | 8
War is over, and Gateshead celebrates in style.
Collection: North by North East
The Val Doonican Show
1976 | 47
Snuggle up with the Irish crooner for an evening of comedy, warmth and Nana Mouskouri.
Collection: Santa's Grotto
Valley of Song
1953 | 74
Rivalry in a Welsh village choir, featuring the debut of Rachel Roberts.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Vanishing Street
1962 | 20
Record of the once-thriving East End Jewish community.
Collection: London Calling
Very Jean Muir
1993 | 30
Three-part profile of the dressmaker renowned for her austere but beautifully-crafted style.
Collection: Brit Chic
Victim
1961 | 100
Groundbreaking drama that dared to portray homosexuals sympathetically in a dark tale of blackmail and prejudice.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Victoria the Great
1937 | 112
Huge box office success detailing the life and loves of Queen Victoria (Anna Neagle).
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Victoria Wood - As Seen on TV
1986 | 30
The joy of Victoria Wood: from Acorn Antiques to the erotic potential of bicycle clips.
Collection: Essentially British
View From An Engine Front - Ilfracombe
1898 | 4
A bendy train trip through Devon - full steam ahead!
Collection: Reality Bites
Views on Trial
1954 | 26
Amusing, yet heavily biased, industrial film - a disgruntled worker is put on trial for rallying against the introduction of machinery in the workplace.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
The Village Affair
1995 | 120
A married mother's life is turned upside down in the much-loved lesbian Aga saga from Joanna Trollope.
Collection: Beautiful Things
The Village Affair
1995 | 120
A married mother's life is turned upside down in the much-loved lesbian Aga saga from Joanna Trollope.
Collection: Beautiful Things
The Village in India
1940 | 10
Technicolor scenes in rual Rajasthan.
Collection: Before Midnight
Villain
1971 | 98
Richard Burton stars as a psychotic homosexual gangster based on Ronnie Kray.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Visit of Their Majesties The King And Queen To The North-East Coast Ship-Building and Engineering On The Wear
1917 | 8
George V and Queen Mary visit the Sunderland shipyards.
Collection: North by North East
The Visit to Peek Frean and Company's Biscuit Works
1906 | 36
Meet the workers at one of Bermondsey's thriving family businesses.
Collection: Beautiful South
Vivienne Westwood (South Bank Show)
1990 | 52
Take a revealing peek into the working life of British fashion's grande dame.
Collection: Brit Chic
Vivienne Westwood Showreel
1989 | 58
An intriguing archive discovery: Sara Stockbridge models Westwood in rushes for an avant-garde fashion showcase.
Collection: Brit Chic
Volvo City
1991 | 60
A portrait of the Hasidic Jewish community of Stamford Hill.
Collection: Oy Britannia
Vymura Advert - Noddy and Big Ears
1982 | 2
Noddy's interior decorating tips lead to a violent altercation with Big Ears.
Collection: Toyland Tales and Happy Endings
The W Plan
1930 | 104
Brian Aherne is dropped behind enemy lines in this inventive espionage thriller.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Wales v. Ireland at Wrexham
1906 | 2
An Edwardian treat for footie fans courtesy of Mitchell & Kenyon.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Wales' Wonderful Rugby Win
1922 | 1
Wales thrash England with a landslide win.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Walter
1982 | 75
Ian McKellen stars as a man with learning difficulties in the first ever Film on Four broadcast, directed by Stephen Frears.
Collection: Channel 4 Anniversary
Waltzes From Vienna
1934 | 77
A real Hitchcock rarity, and a Hitchcock musical, to boot.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
The Wandering Jew
1923 | 108
The legend of the Wandering Jew, condemned to walk the earth until the Second Coming, is brought to the big screen.
Collection: Oy Britannia
War of the Worlds
1952 | 25
Years before Hollywood adaptations and Jeff Wayne, Clacton County Youth Centre takes on H.G. Wells' sci-fi classic.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Warning
1939 | 35
Words of warning on the eve of the war from Sir John Anderson.
Collection: Heartlands
Wasp
2003 | 24
An Oscar-winning short, with a pivotal role for nobody's favourite insect.
Collection: Essentially British
Waterloo Road*
1944 | 76
Soldier John Mills goes AWOL in Lambeth to investigate rumours about his wife.
Collection: Beautiful South
Watership Down*
1978 | 92
“Bright eyes, burning like fire...” Memorably dark animated classic, based on Richard Adams’ bestselling children’s novel.
Collection: March Hares & Easter Bunnies
Watton Christmas Party
1944 | 12
American airmen entertain war orphans at Watton airfield, Norfolk.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
The Waugh Trilogy
1987 | 180
Impressively thorough three-part profile of Evelyn Waugh's life and work.
Collection: The Book Group
The Way of Life
2004 | 91
Bleak portrait of a teenage single mother in South Wales.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Way We Live
1946 | 62
Docu-drama heralding the visionary transformation of Plymouth after its near-obliteration in WWII.
Collection: The Promised Land
We Are the Lambeth Boys
1959 | 52
South London youth - members of Alford House Youth Club in Kennington at work and play.
Collection: London Calling
We Chose Skegness
1961 | 26
Not even a pools win can tempt a family away from the joys of Skeggy.
Collection: Heartlands
We Think the World of You
1980 | 55
The life and loves of author J.R. Ackerley.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Weavers Green
1966 | 25
Episode one of the rural East Anglian serial set around a vet.
Collection: Soap Bubbles
Wedding of the Maharaj Kumar Shri Meghraji Saheb of Kutch and Maharaj Shri of Kishangarh
1933 | 13
Indian princes arrive by yacht for a lavish wedding.
Collection: Before Midnight
The Wedding on Saturday
1964 | 45
A bustling Yorkshire mining village prepares to celebrate in this early experiment in shooting on videotape.
Collection: Reality Bites
The Welcome to Britain
1943 | 60
Britain for beginners... or Americans, at least.
Collection: Essentially British
Welcome to the Queen
1956 | 32
The young Queen visits Teesside to a rapturous reception.
Collection: North by North East
Welsh Army (The Frost Programme)
1967 | 12
David Frost interviews members of the much-mocked Welsh nationalist organisation.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Welsh Coal Strike Scenes at Aberaman
1910 | 4
Shots of the ill-fated strike action in the Rhondda Cynon Taf mining village.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Welsh National Eisteddfod
1916 | 1
Newsreel coverage of the 1916 Welsh National Eisteddfod in Aberystwyth.
Collection: Essentially British
Went the Day Well?
1942 | 92
What if German paratroopers had invaded Britain?
Collection: Essentially British
West End Aged Poor's Outing to Benton August 15th 1923
1923 | 5
Senior citizens on a day trip from Newcastle take to the dancefloor.
Collection: North by North East
West Indies Calling
1944 | 14
Learie Constantine and Una Marson introduce the war effort in the West Indies.
Collection: Black Britain
We've Come a Long Way
1951 | 36
The history of the oil tanker, as told through Halas & Bachelor's vivid animation.
Tales From the Shipyard
What a Life!
1948 | 12
Rationing, moaning and burnt toast. A film for pessimists.
Collection: Essentially British
What Can I Do With a Male Nude?
1985 | 24
Ron Peck’s amusing rumination on the difficulties of showing the naked masculine body.
Collection: Beautiful Things
What Do You Do On Friday Night?
1926 | 2
Dance the night away at the Cambridge Varsity Dance Club.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
What Have You Done Today, Mervyn Day?
2006 | 45
Saint Etienne’s hymn to a vanishing east London - before the Olympic bulldozers moved in.
Collection: London Calling
What We Want is Watney's: Michael Caine
1959 | 1
A pre-fame Michael Caine stars in this advert for Watney's ale.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973 | 30
The Likely Lads' finest (half) hour - can they avoid hearing the football results?
Collection: Essentially British
Whatsoever a Man Soweth
1917 | 37
A remarkably explicit warning to WWI soldiers about the perils of fraternizing with loose women.
Collection: The Joy of Sex Education
When Coal Was King with Ricky Tomlinson
2006 | 60
Ricky Tomlinson's personal history of British coal mining, lavishly illustrated with footage from the BFI National Archive.
Collection: King Coal
When I Came to Britain
2004 | 12
Caribbean settlers in the UK recall their first impressions of Britain.
Collection: Black Britain
When I'm Sixty-Four
2004 | 90
It's never too late to come out...
Collection: Beautiful Things
When The Boat Comes In
1976 | 50
Dance ti' thy daddy, sing ti' thy mammy - Bill Seaton digs under the floorboards for precious coal in an episode from the much-loved series.
Collection: King Coal
When the Boat Comes In
1976 | 50
The first episode of the much-loved BBC series set in the fictional town of Gallowshield - loosely based on South Shields.
Collection: North by North East
Whistle and I'll Come to You
1968 | 42
Classic ghost story in which Michael Hordern summons a phantom apparition while holidaying in Norfolk.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
White Tribe
2000 | 60
Darcus Howe goes in search of white England.
Collection: Essentially British
Who is Poly Styrene?
1979 | 40
Guide to the pint-sized teenage singer of X-Ray Spex.
Collection: Anarchy in the UK
Who the Dickens is Mrs Gaskell? (Omnibus)
1999 | 55
Was Elizabeth Gaskell Britain's most passionate Victorian novelist?
Collection: The Book Group
Who Voted For This? The Nationalisation of Coal
1948 | 2
Tory-sponsored film decrying the recent public ownership of mining.
Collection: King Coal
Who Would Not Welcome One?
1922 | 1
The Valentine's card, 1920s-style.
Collection: The Truth About Love
The Wicked Lady
1945 | 104
A bored Margaret Lockwood finds fulfilment through highway robbery.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
The Wicked Lady
1983 | 99
Guilty pleasure alert: Faye Dunaway stars alongside Britain’s finest in Michael Winner’s notorious 1983 remake.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
Wicked Women: Christiana Edmunds
1970 | 54
Anna Massey stars as the Chocolate Cream Poisoner in this Victorian true-crime drama.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
The Wicker Man
1973 | 86
Pagan rites on a Scottish isle in the original cult favourite.
Collection: Essentially British
Wil Cwac Cwac
1985 | 5
Children’s animation based on the Welsh-language stories by Jennie Thomas and J.O. Williams about a mischievous duckling.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
The Wild and the Willing
1962 | 115
A young cast of future stars features in this X-rated university-set drama.
Collection: Heartlands
William Meiklejohn's Family Films
1935 | 17
These home movies include footage of Darjeeling, West Bengal and Bangladesh.
Collection: Before Midnight
Windrush
1998 | 236
Major four-part documentary series, marking the 50th anniversary of the start of mass post-war immigration to Britain from the Caribbean.
Collection: Black Britain
Winter
1923 | 13
Wildlife in winter.
Collection: Reality Bites
Winter
1923 | 13
Wildlife in winter.
Collection: Reality Bites
Wisbech Mart
1926 | 8
Wisbech locals strike a pose for the camera before heading to the Mart funfair.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Wise and Otherwise
1947 | 34
A careless family fall prey to Cambridge's hazardous roads.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Witchfinder General*
1968 | 87
A menacing Vincent Price wreaks havoc across 17th Century Suffolk.
Collection: Essentially British
Within These Walls
1975 | 60
Women in prison - from a time before 'Bad Girls' and 'Prisoner - Cell Block H'.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Withnail & I
1986 | 107
I demand to have some booze! - two out-of-work actors take to the countryside in this comedy classic.
Collection: Essentially British
Wittgenstein
1993 | 71
A playful portrait of the Cambridge-educated philosopher by Derek Jarman.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Wives of Nendi
1949 | 20
Women’s clubs in rural Rhodesia.
Collection: Cape to Cairo
The Woman for Joe
1955 | 94
A hawker at Nottingham's Goose Fair attempts to find a woman for his latest attraction - 'The World's Smallest Man".
Collection: Heartlands
Women in Love
1969 | 130
Ken Russell does 'Son of Nottingham' D.H. Lawrence proud: an exquisite Midlands-set study of class and sexuality in the 1910s.
Collection: Heartlands
Women in Tropical Places
1989 | 87
Women on the verge of a Newcastle breakdown.
Collection: North by North East
Women of the Rhondda
1973 | 70
Four women living in a South Wales mining village describe their experiences.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Women's Rights aka Ladies Skirts Nailed to a Fence
1899 | 1
Rubbish Victorian cross-dressers.
Collection: Essentially British
The Wonderful Fruit of the Tropics
1914 | 5
Collecting and eating the fruit of India.
Collection: Before Midnight
Wood and Walters
1982 | 30
Victoria Wood's first TV sketch show, co-starring Julie Walters.
Collection: Funny Girls
Woodbine Place
1989 | 105
A gentle observation of the private world of children living on a Gateshead street, and a follow-up documentary shot 4 years later.
Collection: North by North East
Work Study and Tom Howard
1958 | 20
British Rail wants to follow the work study model - but Tom Howard is not a fan.
Collection: Boom Britain: We Can Work It Out
Workers at Jesse Crossley and Sons Ironworks, Ripley
1900 | 2
Victorians take a break from work.
Collection: Heartlands
Workers Leaving Butterley Ironworks, Ripley
1900 | 3
The end of a hard day's work in Derbyshire, over 100 years ago.
Collection: Heartlands
Workforce of Scott and Co Shipyard Greenock
1901 | 36
Workers leaving the Greenock-based shipbuilding firm.
Tales From the Shipyard
Working Class Dykes From Hell
1992 | 60
Lesbians talk about being out, proud and working class.
Collection: Beautiful Things
The World is Turning (Rushes)
1948 | 40
Six reels of rushes are all that remain of this unfinished film showcasing talented members of Britain's black and Asian communities.
Collection: Black Britain
The World Ten Times Over
1963 | 93
British cinema's earliest lesbian relationship?
Collection: Beautiful Things
World's First Caterpillar Track
1908 | 6
It's tractor vs. tractor in this gruelling test to see who will triumph - will it be steam or petrol? Gentlemen, start your engines.
Collection: Pandora's Box
World's Greatest Station
1922 | 1
A re-vamped Waterloo Station is opened by Queen Mary.
Collection: Beautiful South
Wrexham Co-operative Society's Procession, Wednesday, July 31st, 1912
1912 | 3
Wrexham casts aside its umbrella and smiles for the camera on a rainy summer’s day.
Collection: Through the Dragon's Eye: Wales on Screen
Wuthering Heights
1962 | 95
A big budget isn't everything, as this innovative 1962 one-off TV adaptation - shot entirely in a studio - demonstrates.
Collection: The Book Group
Wuthering Heights
1970 | 104
A young Timothy Dalton broods in breeches as Heathcliff in this rarely-seen feature film version from 1970.
Collection: The Book Group
The X-Rays
1897 | 1
The 1890s' latest scientific discovery is used to mischievous effect on a courting couple.
Collection: The Truth About Love
Yarmouth
1902 | 1
Edwardians frantically process the day's catch at Yarmouth Quay.
Collection: Eastward Ho!
Yarmouth Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour
1896 | 1
Very early film footage that boasted the Royal Family for an audience.
Collection: Reality Bites
Yasmin
2005 | 100
9/11 and its after-effects on a young Muslim woman.
Collection: Essentially British
Yellow
1996 | 12
A young girl pits her wits against her mother's lover in this provocative short starring Ray Winstone.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Yellow Week at Stanway
1923 | 42
J.M. Barrie's whimsical home-movie record of a summer house party in the Cotswolds.
Collection: Pandora's Box
Yield to the Night
1956 | 99
A death-row dame (Diana Dors) awaits execution for murder.
Collection: The Gentle Sex
You in Your Small Corner
1962 | 82
Lloyd Reckord stars as a gifted student confronting the race and class divide in 1960s Brixton.
Collection: Beautiful South
Young Lesbians
1977 | 30
The problems facing young lesbians at the end of the 1970s.
Collection: Beautiful Things
The Young Lovers
1954 | 95
Romeo and Juliet, updated to Cold War-era London.
Collection: The Truth About Love
The Young Man's Fancy
1939 | 77
A lord, destined for a loveless marriage, falls in love with a human canonball.
Collection: Welcome to the Dream Palace
Young Soul Rebels
1991 | 105
The Queen's Silver Jubilee beats to the sounds of Funkadelic, Sylvester and the O'Jays.
Collection: London Calling
Youngers Shoppers Gazette
1942 | 5
Cinema advertising before the days of Pearl & Dean.
Collection: Heartlands
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
1979 | 35
Anna Massey plays an ageing bisexual actress hosting an eclectic mix of uninvited guests in her West End dressing room.
Collection: Beautiful Things
Your Money's Worth
1955 | 15
Harold Wilson fights (unsuccessfully) for government.
Collection: The Ballot Box
You're Human Like the Rest of Them
1967 | 17
A teacher struggles to come to terms with his own mortality.
Collection: Cinema of Tomorrow
Z Cars
1964 | 50
When a young African man attacks a bailiff, his wife does not believe he will get unprejudiced treatment from the Newtown police.
Collection: Black Britain