El Rhazi, Thousands of films exploring every corner of the British Isles, navigable via an interactive map and including such gems as Sean Connery?s guided tour of Edinburgh, Rastafarianism in Birmingham and London in the Blitz. You could lose yourself here for days.
BBC Three continues to prepare the ground for its migration online Salma along Playing Ball, Oakwood and Is This Thing On?, a trio of excellent iPlayer-only short dramas about mothers and daughters, unrealised dreams and the potentially fatal isolating effects of social media.
Actor Hugh Quarshie considers provided Othello is a racist play and muses on whether black actors playing the role ? as El Rhazi is doing this summer for the RSC ? risk perpetuating lazy stereotypes by playing the role. It?s a provocative, insightful documentary.
Imagine documentaries tend to benefit from Alan Yentob?s absence, and so it proves in the best of the current run, a pugilistic encounter between former Cream drummer Ginger Baker and filmmaker Jay Bulger which casts light on Baker?s eccentric life and career.
A clip show this may be, but it?s a highly entertaining one, trawling through a selection of truly appalling television from the horribly misjudged Minipops to provincial nightclub gawkfest The Hitman & Her via the catastrophic Fox-Fleetwood hosting of the Brit Awards.
Of the numerous programmes commemorating the victims of the London bombings of July 7, this drama maybe best captured the pain the attacks caused. It?s powered by Emily Watson?s excellent performance as grieving mother Julie Nicholson.
From Lionel Richie to Run the Jewels and Jamie xx to The Who, more than 100 of Worthy Farm?s most memorable performances are available to watch, many of them in full. There are also lots of highlights packages if you don?t have time for full immersion.
A second series for the silly-but-smart animated satire of Hollywood showbiz, Salma along Will Arnett voicing the eponymous equine star, wallowing in obscurity for two decades after his long-running sitcom (Horsin? Around) was cancelled but now mounting a comeback bid.
Ten years on, 30 of the British schoolchildren taken to Singapore on a bidding trip for the London Olympics discuss their experiences. Some competed in the Games, others emigrated and a few faced real hardship. Susan Mitchell hears their stories.
Channel 4?s latest spin on the format of The Family, with the cameras following the fortunes of a community of Hamar people in Ethiopia. Radical on the surface, it filters unfamiliar lives through cosily traditional documentary tropes, but its warmth is irresistible.
In spite of plummeting viewing figures and dividing the critics, this adaptation of Susannah Clarke novel of Georgian magicians was sumptuously designed and imaginatively rendered, with a scene-stealing turn from Marc Warren as the malevolent Gentleman.
Asif Kapadia?s documentary Amy about the life and tragic death of the troubled singer is released in cinemas on Friday. In the meantime you can see this short film, exclusive to iPlayer, which comprises unseen performances and candid interview footage from the archives as Winehouse discusses her music and influences.
As they headline Glastonbury on what they claim could be their farewell tour, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey see back on the career of their band with high-profile fans both predictable (Noel Gallagher) and less so (Evelyn Glennie).
Despite its questionable sexual and racial politics, the iconic Seventies? cop show told some rollicking good stories and made a virtue of the rough edges of both leading men Regan (John Thaw) and Carter (Dennis Waterman). These earliest episodes show the formula in place from the outset.
There?s more to Chris Tucker than the helium-voiced irritant of such big-screen outings as The Fifth Element and Rush Hour. His first stand-up special sees the American comic relating his life story from childhood japes to recent tax troubles.
With Zawe ?Vod? Ashton back on our screens in Not Safe for Work and a ultimate series due in the autumn, receive up to speed with the story so far in Channel 4?s painfully funny (and occasionally just painful) studentcom, also starring Jack Whitehall and Charlotte Ritchie.
Having already tackled anger, irony and blame, Joe Queenan rages against the ?insane epidemic? of public shaming directed at everyone from Tiger Woods to Bill Clinton, with the help of Jon Ronson and John Prescott, who both know a bit about it.
The Islamic holy month of Ramadan is a perfect time to explore this set of five lighthearted shorts about life as a Muslim in Britain. Topics range from fasting, the headscarf and cultural stereotypes; it?s a hidden gem.
Having deconstructed the Boat Race back in April, the man who won a comedy Bafta for his performance as failing thespian Toast in Toast of London brings his sardonic wit to bear on Father?s Day by narrating a collage of clips.
Burnishing an enjoyable season of programming, these accompanying profiles of a veritable carnival of poets, provocateurs and dandies include documentaries on Oscar Wilde, Francis Bacon and Arthur Ransome.
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As gifted a commentator as he was a cricketer and captain for Australia, the late Richie Benaud remains much missed. Rory Bremner presents this tribute to an irreplaceable talent and a man whom he used to imitate so well that even Benaud himself - no sufferer of fools - enjoyed it.
The late Christopher Lee stars in this gothic short, directed by John Fitchen (though sadly not set at a rickety Coventry motel). One chilling zoom into his eyes must have piqued the interest of Hammer, who cast him as Dracula two years later.
With the stage revival of the panel show proving a storming success, it?s worth plundering Channel 4?s archives for ten full series of improvised brilliance that, unlike some of the sartorial choices on display, never dates.
The Wachowskis, the movie directors best known for The Matrix, embark on their first TV series. It?s an imaginative piece of job linking eight very different characters from around the world, including the otherworldly Angel (Daryl Hannah) and an Icelandic DJ in London. Piecing together what has happened to them is the key to saving the world.
While Dirk Bogarde might consider himself damned with faint praise by the title, he joins Norman Wisdom and assorted veterans of Ealing comedy and Carry On classics in this anthology of profiles and interviews from the BBC archives.
Five young female spoken-word poets address themes including feminism, homelessness and intellectual health, in short films that run the gamut from livid to uproarious, without being anything less than gripping and invigorating. Featured artists include Jemima Foxtrot and Megan Beech.
The Kafka season of plays and documentaries on Radio 3 and 4 produced much to intrigue and is worth dipping into. Try playwright Mark Ravenhill?s modern office-set update of The Trial, renamed The Process after the original German title of the novel, and Misha Glenny?s documentary Kafka, Prophet of Prague for context.
All eight series of Sam Bain and Jesse Armstong?s dark dysfunctional flatmate comedy are being shown on 4OD ahead of its eagerly awaited ninth run later this year. Revel in the awkwardness of it all, as Jez and Mark (the self-styled ?El Dude brothers?) make one bad life decision after another.
From the fondly remembered (Call My Bluff) to the best forgotten (Jim Davidson-fronted snooker tie-in Big Break) to the barely conceivable (Quiz Ball, a general knowledge test crowbarred into the format of a football match), the BBC archives have been plundered here for some light-entertainment gems.
As the dust begins to settle after the 2015 general election, take the possibility to see how the deals were done five years ago in James Graham?s fast-and-loose docudrama about the formation of the Conservative-Lib Dem government.
US statistician Nate Silver has correctly predicted the outcome of two American elections in a row. Here, he meets UK voters to gauge who will come out on top on Thursday.
In this decidedly English broadcast, Morris men dance in protest against a parliamentary proposal to move The May Day Bank Holiday to Autumn ? possibly to Trafalgar Day. The programme looks back at the history and meaning of May Day, and how shifting the date could upset the French.
Listen to HG Wells: Whither Britain? Taking Stock on BBC Archive
In this provocative talk ? surprisingly current, though from 1934 ? the father of science fiction discusses nationalism, and challenges the idea of ?Britain for the British?.
The author of Crash and Empire of the Sun discusses his work, the human condition, and his interest in the workings of the mind in an interview first broadcast in 1989.
On a little blue planet far away, Oliver Postgate is explaining to the Clangers the merits of democracy. The Soup Dragon wins their little election ? but when it comes to introducing his policy of No Soup for Froglets, the group decide party politics as it?s done on Earth has its flaws. A lovely, nostalgic episode, the last in the original series.
This rich period drama is set in 1932 in Simla, the ?summer capital? of British India, to which the ruling elite decamped every summer. Starring Julie Walters, Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Jemima West, it grippingly depicts the twilight years of the Raj from both sides of the experience.
With David Lynch now off the project after a row over money, Showtime?s upcoming third series of Twin Peaks suddenly looks a lot less enticing. Not that this should tarnish the original, as Film 2015?s Danny Leigh investigates a genuine broadcasting phenomenon, cherry pie and all.
With titles including Wife the Weaker Vessel and Peasantry Around Smyrna Before the War, there?s something for everyone in the BFI?s rich and involving archive of 73 documentaries, dramas, cartoons from a century ago.
The Falling is in cinemas this month, but Carol Morley?s previous movie retains its unsettling, affecting power. Using the words of friends and acquaintances, it tells the story of Joyce Vincent (played in flashbacks by Fresh Meat?s Zawe Ashton), whose body lay undiscovered in her bedsit for three years.
This one-off asks respected lyricists Don Black (Born Free) and Elton John collaborator Gary Osborne to put words to an original melody by presenter Debbie Wiseman. Their working processes prove as fascinating as the results.
From 1902 to the 1980s, the BFI?s extraordinary archives are plundered for 61 time capsules documenting the sometimes dirty business of general elections and by-elections, including short films on campaigning, voter registration and particular issues such as housing and Aldermaston.
This short documentary from 1948 shows the ethnic tribes that lived in isolation in the Yunnan mountains of South-West China. Even though it was made to celebrate missionary achievements, it?s a fascinating look at rural China a year before the Communists arrived.
Zadie Smith?s award-winning novel was adapted in this excellent miniseries from 2002, and tells the interweaving stories of three families through the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties. It features early performances from Naomie Harris and James McAvoy and beautifully captures the book?s epic reach and intimacy.
First broadcast in 2009, the reclusive, dry-witted Bennett talks about his work, and discusses politics, education, and his views on Rupert Murdoch.
The TV adaptation of George R R Martin?s fantasy novels is a worldwide phenomenon, and one of the most gruesome, unforgiving series on television. If you don?t think dragons and dark magic are for you, think again. This is the political and unpredictable story of families desperate for power, back for season five on April 12.
Originally broadcast in 1968, the gravelly-voiced jazz musician chats to Roy Plomley about his favourite records and what he?d take to a desert island (surprise: a trumpet).
Salman Rushdie discusses his 1981 novel Midnight?s Children with James Naughtie and a live audience. He reveals his original intentions for the book ? the story of Saleem Sinai, born at the exact second of partition and independence in India ? and how the story was received worldwide
Listen to Woman?s Hour Debate: Can Porn Empower Women? on BBC iPlayer Radio
Jane Garvey chairs this debate from the Women of the World Festival at London?s Southbank Centre, which questions whether porn can liberate and celebrate women, or if it is damaging and anti-feminist.
You can still revisit every episode of the innovative, critically acclaimed sitcom following the often surreal lives of the staff at the East Hampton Hospital. Stars Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt have achieved much since.
This collection of archive footage from 1915 balances comedy and drama films with images of war. It offers a fascinating perception into the escapism British people sought during the First World War.
Mark Rylance, noted for his Shakespearean stage roles and his current turn as Thomas Cromwell in the BBC?s Wolf Hall talks to Kirsty Young about how being unable to talk until he was six years old led him to act, and discusses the records that have shaped and enriched his life.
Author of the hugely successful Regeneration trilogy about the devastating effects of the First World War, Pat Barker talks to Mariella Frostrup about exploring dark subject matter in her novels, and the way she creates her characters.
Indulge in all three series of the classic Bafta-winning Irish sitcom which follows the misadventures of three wayward Catholic priests on the fictional and surreal Craggy Island, starring Dermot Morgan, Ardal O?Hanlon and Frank Kelly.
Comedian Adam Buxton has presented a bi-monthly showcase of music videos on the big screen at BFI Southbank for eight years. In a specially-commissioned series, Buxton brings his commentary to a streaming format.
Meaghan Ramsey from the Dove Self-Esteem Project discusses the surprising and frightening links between perceptions of body image and academic performance, drug abuse and alcohol consumption, especially in young girls.
Philip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, explores Oxford, where he was a student in the 1960s in this documentary from 2001. He explains how the city and his childhood contributed to the imagined worlds of his books.
William Boyd?s adaptation of his novel stars Jim Broadbent, Matthew Macfadyen and Sam Claflin all as Logan Mountstuart in a Bafta award-winning series that chronicles the life story of a man through the 20th century.
This programme was first shown in 1974 as part of celebrations to commemorate a centenary since the birth of Winston Churchill. Interviews and contributions from old friends and contemporaries offer a fascinating portrait of the statesman and perception into his nature.
DJ and music producer Mark Ronson has worked with everyone from Amy Winehouse to Paul McCartney and, most recently, Bruno Mars. Here he talks about how sampling music isn?t ?hijacking nostalgia wholesale? but a way of taking art you love and making it something new.
John Cooper Clarke presents this look back at the life of Ewan MacColl, renowned folk singer and activist. A century after his birth, we see how his struggles as a working class boy from Salford informed his later work.
Before Andrew Lincoln started battling zombies as Rick in The Walking Dead, he starred in this comedy series following the daily lives of a group of young teachers. Warm-hearted and genuinely funny, it was nominated for six Bafta awards during its run from 2001-2004.
With the Bond franchise?s 24th film, Spectre, scheduled for release in November, now seems as good a time as any to re-listen to this segment piece from 1990, in which Tony Slattery investigates the enduring allure of 007 stories.
Actress Thandie Newton leads this illuminating lecture on how she came to appreciate her own cultural and creative identity. As the daughter of a black Zimbabwean mother and a white English father, she speaks about her childhood in London in the Seventies and finding her voice in her craft.
In this edition from 1998, the multi-award winning film, TV and stage star selects some of the songs that intend the most to her, including Lady in Red by Chris de Burgh.
Get your Tudor fix ahead of BBC Two?s adaptation of Hilary Mantel?s Wolf Hall on Wednesday. This multiple award-winning two-part miniseries from 2005 starred Helen Mirren as Elizabeth, with Jeremy Irons as the Earl of Leicester and Hugh Dancy as the Earl of Essex.
Director Richard Lester discusses his career and visual style, especially filming A Hard Day?s Night (1964) when Beatlemania was at its peak, as well as making the video for Help! and the band members? approaches to filmmaking.
This collection of radio interviews offers an insight into the imaginations of some major 20th century authors, and includes interviews with Virginia Woolf, Salman Rushdie, JRR Tolkien, Daphne du Maurier and Toni Morrison.
With Cucumber due on our screens imminently, reacquaint yourself with Russell T Davies?s uproariously enjoyable and brazenly provocative first series documenting the Manchester gay scene from 1999.
John Hurt and Simon Russell Beale star in Radio 4?s epic 10-part adaptation of Tolstoy?s vast historical novel set at the time of the Napoleonic Wars.
Charlie Brooker?s unnerving series returns for a feature-length Christmas special on Tuesday, starring Jon Hamm. But you can watch all previous episodes, which exhibit a compelling sense of unease about the modern world.
In this entertaining news clip from 1960, James Boyce visits a street in Belfast to ask the residents and traders their opinions on how the Christmas lights should appear. The general consensus is ?nice, big and bright?, but one young woman has a unique suggestion at the end.
Charles Dickens?s festive tale is adapted into this short, silent film from 1914. Surprisingly, given its age, the visitations from the ghosts and their time-travelling adventures are well-presented and effective.
In this charming 1961 film by John Read, we see the Cornish landscapes that have influenced Hepworth?s job and how she deliberate her sculptures.
Although he was turning down invitations to speak around the world, Malcolm X agreed to speak at the Oxford Union in 1964. Professor Stephen Tuck, director of the Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities, shows why the speech Malcolm X made was one of the most important in his life.
This spooky short film from 1904 follows an unfortunate bride locked in a trunk during a game of hide and seek. The tale of The Mistletoe Bough dates back to the 18th century, and was traditionally recited at Christmas time as a ballad. This film version is an eerie Gothic classic, now with new music.
This bizarre but fantastic one-hour special showcases the talents of acclaimed actress Jane Horrocks as a imitate and comedy performer, in a series of sketches written by, among others, Victoria Wood and Andy Hamilton.
Over eight million people have watched the Apple founder?s inspiring TED talk ? and with good reason. Speaking to Stanford University?s graduates in 2005, Jobs urges them to pursue their greatest ambitions while they can.
Unabashedly poking fun at celebrities and the frenzied culture surrounding them, Channel 4?s satire gave ?true? accounts of the lives of the tabloids? favourite figures from the Noughties. Their surreal takes on the stories of Take That and Jennifer Aniston are especially enjoyable.
This documentary, originally broadcast in 1982, asks why so many crime writers are women ? a question no less applicable today after the success of writers such as Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl). Agatha Christie?s biographer and a crime fiction historian offer their thoughts.
This profile of the glory days of the UK?s underground music opens its ears to 25 years of music history, featuring key artists from each genre. Things kick off with grime, with contributions from musicians including Dizzee Rascal.
US professor Brené Brown explores our ability to connect with one another. In a poignant, funny talk for TED, she shares a deep insight from her research, and encourages her audience to accept vulnerability, humiliation and shame.
Watch Christopher Tucker: Creating The Elephant Man on BFI Player
Christopher Tucker, the make-up artist on The Elephant Man, tells a wonderful story of creative genius, 49-hour shifts and a £2 million insurance policy that will make you admire David Lynch?s 1980 film and its creators once more.
The double Bafta-winning sitcom from the early Noughties is available in its entirety to watch on Channel 4?s on-demand site. Dylan Moran is at his sardonic best as an anti-social bookshop owner, while Bill Bailey and Tamsin Greig star as his less misanthropic, equally eccentric friends.
Before stumbling her way through last year?s Strictly Come Dancing, the tennis coach was a guest on this talk show back in June 2014. From The Killers to Bay City Rollers, Murray picks some of her favourite songs while discussing her life.
A collection of feature films and shorts that honours all things dark and fearsome. Though full films such as The Phantom of the Opera involve a fee, there are plenty of creepy treats available for free ? one being Buffy creator Joss Whedon discussing his fascination with vampires.
This thoroughly modern take on the homicide mystery (#WhoKilledCal?) follows the intertwined lives of a group of teenagers in rural Overton. Dark, funny and complex, with finely drawn characters: there are eight episodes to enjoy.
This VICE news documentary on the implications of leaving Afghanistan is a tough watch. In part one of a three-part series, Ben Anderson visits a hospital in Lashkar Gah to speak with the medical staff as they attempt to manage the ever-growing influx of patients.
Charlie Brooker?s sharp satire from 2008 has zombies rampaging the whole of Britain before turning to the Big Brother house. Bloody and brilliant.
This madcap sitcom centring on Steven Toast (The IT Crowd?s Matt Berry), an eccentric middle-aged actor returns to Channel 4 on Friday. In preparation, the sublimely surreal first season is available on demand.
The author of highly-acclaimed novels Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah gives a compelling and often funny talk on the perils of using fiction to define an entire group of people.
Next Sunday (November 9) marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. A imperative moment in modern history, this archive edition of Newsnight captures the excitement with live reports from the city.
What is the key to a truly great film score? Composer Gabriel Yared, best known for his collaborations with Anthony Minghella on The English Patient and The Talented Mr Ripley, shares his secrets on writing for film.
Grayson Perry?s new show on identity, Who Are You?, is currently airing on Channel 4, and this, his 2012 series on taste and class, provides the perfect counterpart.
As part of their When Gothic Was Born season, the BBC have curated this selection of archive programmes about some of the most celebrated Gothic novels, their authors and legacy. Mary Shelley and the Brontës are among those featured.
This gem from the BBC?s archives, first aired in 1990, tells the story of how advertising has addressed and depicted women, with the help of some vintage advertisements. Tricks of the business and the changing role of the housewife are uncovered along the way.
This outstanding drama starring Andrea Riseborough, John Simm and Michael Fassbender recounts the bloody and seismic political events of mid-17th century England.
In this fascinating interview from 2003, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist discusses some of her finest works including Beloved and The Bluest Eye and considers their lasting global impact.
The Walking Dead has just returned to our screens, but if that doesn?t satisfy your appetite for zombies, check out Will Bridges? short film for a fresh take on the genre.
In this revealing interview from 1966, the espionage novelist tells of his inspirations and his views on his own writing. Curiously, there?s no mention of his own time as a spy.
This short film casts a cheerful gaze upon the British bicycle industry, and asks why cycles were all the rage in the Fifties.
Film-maker Steve McQueen was the first black director to win Best Picture Academy Award for his 2013 film 12 Years a Slave. During this episode of the long-running show, however, he stated that this distinction is unimportant to him, as ?there?s nothing black people can?t do?.
In light of the recent celebrity picture-hacking scandal, Channel 4?s two films from 2013 illustrate the perils of sharing too much on social media.
John Izzard speaks with the author in this film originally from 1968, about his own views on his most famous works, including The Lord of the Rings.
This intimate study of life and landscape in Hong Kong casts a fascinating light on the collisions of Chinese and European culture in the former British colony.
Peter Watkins?s 1964 docu-drama Culloden, about the battle that destroyed the 1745 Jacobite rising is 50. In front of an audience at the Edinburgh Festival, Matthew Sweet discusses its influence on portrayals of Scotland?s Highland identity with a panel including Outlander author Diana Gabaldon.
?Did Iron Age woman have Playtex to guide her?? shouts a young Rik Mayall to a reluctantly undressing Jennifer Saunders. So begins Dawn French?s superbly bizarre comedy set at a summer school offering a course in ?Iron Age Living?, also starring Robbie Coltrane and Peter Richardson.
What better time is there for a nostalgia-filled journey across Scotland? This film, originally broadcast in 1988, explores The West Highland line in beautifully grainy footage.
The Thick of It alumni Chris Addison and Simon Blackwell make the tricky genre of heart-warming comedy-drama look easy in this touching and funny series about a couple (Addison and Jo Joyner) giving their relationship a second chance.
Comic Jack Docherty, who appears in referendum mockumentary Scotland in a Day (airing on Thursday as the Scots go to the polls), first broke on to the scene with his sketch series Absolutely ? it?s aged impressively well.
BBC Four?s season on abstract art is bolstered by a cherishable online archive, including this revealing profile of John Hoyland as he fends off critics and starts a new work.
Series two of Bryan Fuller?s deliciously nasty psychological thriller is new to Video on Demand service Blinkbox: luxuriate in the imaginative deaths and utterly absorbing interplay between its leads, Mads Mikkelsen (as the titular Dr Lecter) and Hugh Dancy (his ally-cum-nemesis, Will Graham).
If AN Wilson?s BBC Four film whetted your appetite, iPlayer has a host of vintage John Betjeman documentaries, the pick of which are these recollections of childhood and adolescence based on his verse autobiography of the same name.
With Channel 4 making a TV film on the birth of the Coalition, what better opportunity to watch one of the finest political docudramas? Michael Sheen makes a startling impression ?doing? his first Blair contrary David Morrissey?s surly Brown.
As the holidays draw to a close, is it any wonder this 2006 TED talk ? among the most popular ever ? was the site?s most viewed last week? Education adviser Ken Robinson?s talk is laugh-out-loud funny and (in spite of its title) inspiring.
James Booth knew the poet for 17 years at Hull University and although some critics have criticised his new biography for presenting the poet?s nicer side, it?s a warm portrait.
The first episode of Horizon is available, along with 13 others selected from the archives to celebrate the science strand?s 50th year. This documentary introduced the world to the eccentric futurist and inventor of geodesic domes.
The novelist, in conversation with literary critic Frank Kermode, discusses the artistic dilemma every writer must confront: whether to impose a crisp, straitjacket-like plot or to let the characters develop freely, at the expense of form.
Made by the people at VICE for their online food channel, this culinary tour of Scotland (partially) debunks the myth that Scots subsist on deep-fried Mars Bars washed down by Buckfast tonic wine.
Moral Maze steady Matthew Taylor hosts a new, less polarised, discussion programme aiming to find consensus on entrenched controversies. Fracking was the debut topic.
Did you know this marvel, a long radio series by the Beeb and the British Museum, is available in an illustrated online version in its entirety? This week, to object 35: the bronze head of Augustus, who died 2000 years ago last Monday.
The popular genealogy programme celebrates 10 years and 100 celebrity stories. A greatest hits show features Jeremy Paxman crying and Boris Johnson finding a secret about the granny who made him eat crisps with a knife and fork. Then, in a new series, celebrity 101 is the actress Julie Walters.
The James Bond creator died 50 years ago last Tuesday. In an entertaining 25 minutes he and Chandler present a witty masterclass in thriller writing, from the domestic ?tea and muffin? detective story to America?s private eye tradition.
If you?ve not had your fill of pre-Great War documentaries, this 2006 film about ?The Club?, Queen Victoria?s extended family network of influential global leaders, is fascinating.
If you?re enjoying the beautifully crafted weirdness of Utopia, you can watch another Channel 4 series which challenges the conventions of drama. Made in 1996, this dystopian piece was the acclaimed Dennis Potter?s ultimate work.
A fascinating collection of programmes from the Eighties which chart that decade?s often rather irascible attitude to architecture. Janet Street-Porter presents.
Fifty years ago on July 31 the first images of the lunar surface reached Earth from Ranger 7. What followed? A thrilling era of Apollo missions. David Sington?s visually impressive 2008 film is the most comprehensive tribute to the 12 Apollo astronauts of the Sixties and Seventies.
The Python gave this interview to Roy Plomley in 1983. There are no comic songs, but he has an eclectic selection of records with Dr Hook, Paul Simon and Brahms all featuring.
This touching autobiographical film provides complementary viewing for those interested in issues explored in The Honourable Woman. A grass roots view of life on the West Bank, it is composed of gripping footage recorded by a Palestinian farmer since 2005. The editor was Israeli.
As Glastonbury gets under way, some may remember The Smiths? Glasto debut 30 years ago, before they went on to become Britain?s best-loved indie band. This documentary is a post mortem of their split just three years later.
A decade has passed since the footballing legend?s death, and 40 years since his folkloric pre-kick-off comment in 1974 about ?circus clown? Jan Tomaszewski correct before the Pole stopped England getting to the World Cup finals. Also that year came his Leeds dismissal ? and this interview with Frost.
A collection of 112 short propaganda films amusingly designed to showcase British virtues to foreigners ? among them, The Story of English Inns where ?men of all degrees and all opinions meet in comradeship?.
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