Synopsis
Oscar-nominated dark and evocative animated tale set in 17th-century London, narrated by Kenneth Branagh, from texts extracted from Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year.
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Naples '44 (2016)
In 1943, Norman Lewis arrived in newly liberated Naples. His memoir evocatively captures a city devastated by fascism, bombings, Nazi occupation and the Allied invasion.
Bennett on Bennett | 5: Postscript
'Sometimes as I'm standing by their grave I try and get a picture of my parents, Dad in his waistcoat and shirtsleeves, Mam in her blue coat and shiny straw hat.' In this poetic monologue, Alan Bennett movingly describes visiting his parents' grave in his North Yorkshire village.