Episode 2 | Elstree: Britain’s Hollywood

1: Beginnings | Watching

Journalist Tom Sutcliffe presents a documentary exploring the various ways directors begin their feature films. Includes mentions of Saul Bass and D...

12 Monkeys (1995)

Sombre time-travel thriller in which a convict from 2035 is sent back in time to find the cause of a virus which has wiped out most of the planet's populat...

2: Big | Watching

The news that unwraps the mysteries of cinema continues as Tom Sutcliffe explains how size can emphasise the importance of objects.

28 Days Later (2002)

28 days after a killer virus is accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate str...

3: Screens | Watching

This week, through films such as All That Heaven Allows and Videodrome, Tom Sutcliffe explores how cinema has portrayed television as a sinister and da...

4: Punch | Watching

Tom Sutcliffe presents a documentary exploring the history of the punch in cinema, featuring examples from films throughout the ages, with contributions ...

5: Unseen | Watching

Tom Sutcliffe presents a documentary exploring how what is left unseen on the movie screen can be just as important as what is shown.

50 Years of Mr Men with Matt Lucas

Mr Men superfan Matt Lucas presents a history of the colourful little characters who found their way into the hearts and bedtime stories o...

6: Freeze | Watching

Final part of the series that unwraps the mysteries of cinema. Tom Sutcliffe explores the emotional impact of slowing down or stopping the action altoge...

Belfast (2021)

Young Buddy's happy home life is rocked by the eruption of the Troubles, on top of his concerns about ailing grandparents, a crush on a girl at school, and do...

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker achieve growing notoriety as they carry out a series of robberies with their gang in 1930s America.

Boyhood | Breakfast

Now eighteen, Ellar Coltrane began filming Boyhood twelve years ago. It chronicles the life of a fictitious child until he leaves home for college. The c...

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Classic western adventure, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as legendary outlaws Butch and Kid.

Captain Fantastic (2016)

Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced...

Casablanca (1942)

Rick's Cafe is a centre for criminals, refugees, resistance fighters and Nazis. Its cynical owner takes risks for no-one - until the arrival of Ilsa.

Citizen Kane (1941)

A landmark in the history of cinema, telling the story of newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane in a series of flashbacks. Starring Orson Welles.

Culloden (1964)

Drama-documentary re-creates one of the bloodiest engagements ever fought on British soil, stripping away many of the romantic myths surrounding Bonnie Princ...

Culloden | Ex-S

To mark the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden, Ex-S looks at the making of the 1964 classic film Culloden, and talks to the film's director and pro...

Do The Right Thing (1989)

An uncompromising comedy about the racial tensions surrounding a white-owned pizzeria in the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn on the hottest day of the...

Episode 1 | Elstree: Britain's Hollywood

David Puttnam presents the first of two programs celebrating the 75th anniversary of Elstree, once home to six separate film studios...