Also this month, we continue our focus on Liverpool in 'A City on Screen', while we look back at the awe-inspiring body of work left behind by David Lean in this, his centenary year, and explore television in the 1950s, the decade when the youthful medium really made its presence felt. In the Education Zone, three teachers suggest lesson ideas around Jemima + Johnny (1966), a touching short film about the friendship of a young white boy and a West Indian girl, set against the backdrop of a racially-divided Notting Hill.

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Elsewhere, we introduce the long-awaited Timeline of British Film, while the Education Zone features materials to accompany the recent 'The Promised Land?' DVD, a selection of archive films dealing with issues of housing and homelessness in the 20th century, sent free to UK schools.

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We explore the long love affair between cinema and the railways in our 'Romance of Steam' collection and, in the History section, trace the rise and slow decline of shipbuilding - once one of Britain's proudest industries - with some stunning documentary footage.

In the Education Zone, our focus this month is on screen adaptations of the mistress of understated satire, Jane Austen.

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This month's other big event is the long-overdue (sorry) unveiling of our massive, interactive Timeline of British Television, which we hope will be an indispensible tool for those studying, teaching or just fascinated, like us, in the history of TV from its inception right up to 2008. The accompanying Timeline of British Film is on the way...

In the Education Zone, our focus this month is David Lean's masterful adaptation of Great Expectations.

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