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Silent LoversThe look of love, 1920s styleNEW
TraveloguesHow cinema brought the world to the massesNEW
 

Film

Anchoress (1993)Visually stunning fable about a girl who voluntarily isolates herself from societyAdded Video
Black Joy (1977)Lively Brixton-set comedy-drama that was one of the first Black British featuresNEW
Christmas Under Fire (1941)Propaganda film showing the first British Christmas after the BlitzRevised and Expanded
City, The (1939)Sir Charles Bressey presents a visionary plan for traffic developmentNEW
East is East (1916)Silent romantic melodrama about a Cockney who comes into moneyNEW
First Born, The (1928)Society drama about a man with families in both England and AfricaNEW
Flicker (2001)Bonfire Night revelry in Lewes, East Sussex, becomes an orgiastic revelryAdded Video
Front Line, The (1940)A portrait of Dover, the 'front line' against German invasion in the early years of WWIINEW
Islanders, The (1939)How Scottish islanders maintain their existence... with the help of the GPONEW
London Can Take it! (1940)Powerful propaganda film about the resilience of Londoners under the BlitzNEW
Lure of Crooning Water, The (1920)Comedy-drama about the ill-fated romance between an actress and a farmerNEW
Men of the Lightship (1940)The bombing of a lightship, and the resulting rescue attemptNEW
Old Man of the Sea, The (1989)Chris Newby's cryptic parable about the dark fantasies of a bedridden old manAdded Video
Spring Offensive (1940)How British agriculture coped with the onset of World War IINEW
Squadron 992 (1940)The training of recruits in a balloon barrage unit in the early days of WWIINEW
SS Ionian (1939)Patrolling the Mediterranean on the eve of World War IINEW
Story of an Air Communique (1940)How figures for destroyed enemy aircraft are compiled and released to the pressNEW
War and Order (1940)Police work in the early years of World War IINEW
War Library Items 1,2,3 (1940)Three films about Britain in the first weeks after war was declared on GermanyNEW
Winstanley (1975)Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo's ambitious recreation of the English Civil WarNEW

Television

Coronation Street - The 1980sThe veteran soap enters its third decade - and faces serious competitionNEW
Kizzy (1976)Children's TV adaptation of Rumer Godden's story of a bullied gypsy girlNEW
Naked Video (1986-90)BBC Scotland sketch show that spawned Rab C. Nesbitt and SiadwelNEW
 

People

Arden, Jane (1927-82)Uncompromisingly radical feminist actor, writer and director who worked across several mediaNEW
Bond, Jack (1937-)Director who graduated from TV arts to experimental featuresNEW
Carpenter, Richard (1933-)Writer who specialised in Sunday teatime fare, starting with CatweazleNEW
Craven, John (1940-)TV presenter who gave countless children their first insight into current affairsNEW
Sheridan, Dinah (1920-)Popular light comedy actress who temporarily abandoned her career for marriageNEW
Tarrant, Chris (1946-)Anarchic and irreverent presenter of TISWAS and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?NEW