Journalist Tom Sutcliffe presents a documentary exploring the various ways directors begin their feature films. Includes mentions of Saul Bass and D...
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...
The news that unwraps the mysteries of cinema continues as Tom Sutcliffe explains how size can emphasise the importance of objects.
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...
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...
Tom Sutcliffe presents a documentary exploring the history of the punch in cinema, featuring examples from films throughout the ages, with contributions ...
Tom Sutcliffe presents a documentary exploring how what is left unseen on the movie screen can be just as important as what is shown.
Mr Men superfan Matt Lucas presents a history of the colourful little characters who found their way into the hearts and bedtime stories o...
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...
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...
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker achieve growing notoriety as they carry out a series of robberies with their gang in 1930s America.
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...
Classic western adventure, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as legendary outlaws Butch and Kid.
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...
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.
A landmark in the history of cinema, telling the story of newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane in a series of flashbacks. Starring Orson Welles.
Drama-documentary re-creates one of the bloodiest engagements ever fought on British soil, stripping away many of the romantic myths surrounding Bonnie Princ...
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...
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...
David Puttnam presents the first of two programs celebrating the 75th anniversary of Elstree, once home to six separate film s...
David Puttnam presents the second of two programs celebrating the 75th anniversary of Elstree, once home to six separate film ...
Claude Lanzmann's epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses - perpetrators as well as survivors.
Volatile Mia (Katie Jarvis), 15, tries to escape from her harsh life on a council estate by learning to street dance. Then she meets her Mum's handsome and ...
A Storyville documentary, mostly animated, that charts the extraordinary true tale of Ali, a gay Afghan man, and the desperate measures he is forced...
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
Chris and his girlfriend Rose head to upstate New York to meet her parents for the first time. When they arrive, Rose's parents are genial and welcoming to hi...
During a career spanning 50 years of filmmaking, from the silent era into the age of television, Alfred Hitchcock becam...
Second part of a two-part documentary profile examining the personality and works of film director Alfred Hitchcock. This prog...
Director Alexandre O Philippe's gripping documentary takes an unprecedented look at Alfred Hitchcock's infamous and iconic shower scene...
With its portrayal of youthful rebellion in an English public school, Lindsay Anderson's controversial film "If" helped push the boundaries of Brit...
Director Kevin Macdonald reveals the influence of The Battle Of Algiers on his latest drama, The Mauritanian, t...
Hollywood's most famous monster movie in which Kong, the giant gorilla, is taken from his prehistoric island home to be exhibited in the music halls of Manh...
It has been thirty years since film director Mathieu Kassovitz started work on the cult cinema classic, La Haine. He has been sharing his memories...
An aspiring actress and a dedicated jazz musician fall in love in modern-day Los Angeles. Starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.
Documentary telling how Frenchman Philippe Petit fulfilled his dream of walking on a wire strung between the rooftops of New York's Twin Towe...
Complex thriller about a man whose search for his wife's brutal killer is hindered by his loss of short-term memory.
British-Pakistani rapper Zed believes he is about to break into the big time - until he is suddenly struck by a debilitating illness that threatens to de...
Psychological thriller about a lunar miner nearing the end of his three-year mission. Then a moon buggy accident sets in motion a terrifying string of surreal ex...
A coming-of-age drama that presents the childhood, adolescence and early adult life of Chiron, born to a drug-addicted single mother in Miami and facing dif...
Lale and her four sisters are on their way home from school, innocently playing with the local boys. But prying village eyes view their games with suspicion.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to world renowned and influential British film-maker Nick Broomfield. His subjects have included a female serial killer, a Ho...
When advertising executive Roger Thornhill is mistaken for the mysterious Mr Kaplan by a ruthless espionage ring, he soon faces deadly peril, frame...
Two mothers bond in an unexpected way after giving birth on the same day.
Following two childhood friends over the course of 24 years while they contemplate the nature of their relationship as they grow apart, living different li...
A countess resorts to subterfuge to have her reluctant daughter's portrait painted so that she can be appraised by a prospective suitor.
In 1984, a group of lesbian and gay activists take on hardship from the press and the government, and find unlikely allies in a group of Welsh miners.
Black comedy about the activities of a group of LA lowlifes. A hit-man falls for his boss's wife, a boxer loses a big fight, and a couple attempt a heist...
Action-packed adventure with Harrison Ford. Intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones races to beat the Nazis to a religious relic which is central...
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