BFI Screenonline: Updates and Additions

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This month's updates and additions (January 2012)

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Dickens on Film	Why the 'inimitable' Dickens is the most filmed of all novelists, right from cinema's earliest days	Updated collection
Film
Ae Fond Kiss (2004)	Unusually tender Ken Loach feature about love across cultural divides	Added video
Black Jack (1979)	Rare Ken Loach children's film: an adventure story set in 18th century Yorkshire	NEW
Bleak House (1920)	Lady Dedlock's story is the centre of this early Dickens adaptation	NEW
David Copperfield (1913)	Epic - for its day - adaptation of Dickens' classic, using authentic locations	NEW
Dickens' London (1924)	Scenes from Dickens' novels enacted against a London background	NEW
Little Dorrit (1987)	Ambitious two-film adaptation of one of Dickens' greatest works	NEW
Mitchell and Kenyon: Blackpool North Pier (1903)	Edwardian holidaymakers enjoy the seaside attractions	NEW
Mitchell and Kenyon: Blackpool Promenade Extension (1905)	The seaside resort grows to fit in the Edwardian crowds	NEW
Mitchell and Kenyon: Blackpool Victoria Pier (1904)	Edwardian entertainments on Blackpool's elegant, upmarket 'South Pier'	NEW
Only Way, The (1925)	Beautifully designed silent version of Dickens' epic A Tale of Two Cities	NEW
Scrooge (1913)	The pre-eminent Scrooge of his day, Seymour Hicks, reprises Dickens' Christmas fable	NEW
Topical Budget 261-1: Welsh National Eisteddfod (1916)	Coverage of the Welsh National Eisteddfod in Aberystwyth	New analysis
Television
Tales of the Unexpected (1979-88)	Ironic stories of menace and the macabre with a sting in the tail	NEW
People
Barry Hines (1939-)	Novelist and screenwriter known for tough portraits of working-class life in works such as Kes	NEW
Brosnan, Pierce (1951-)	Suave and drily witty actor who found fame as Remington Steele and James Bond	New biography
Neeson, Liam (1952-)	Imposing actor who made a late start but rose to stellar status in often complex hero and villain roles	New biography
Neville Smith (1940)	Actor and writer who was an important but often overlooked collaborator with Ken Loach	NEW

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