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Anti-Smoking Public Information FilmsHow the government tried to curb our addiction to the demon weedNEW
British Film in the 1980sThe British are coming! - but how far did they get?NEW

Film

Any Man's Kingdom (1956)Bracing Technicolor travelogue of windswept NorthumberlandNEW
Devonshire Hospital Buxton (1916) A variety of health treatments on offer to wounded soldiersNew analysis
Dying for a Smoke (1967)Halas & Batchelor cartoon with an anti-smoking messageNEW
Give Up Before You Clog Up (2003)Memorably - and effectively - disgusting film about clogged arteriesNEW
Passive Smoking: Smoking Kids (2003)Anti-smoking film focusing on potential danger to children.NEW
Smoker of the Future (1985)Sci-fi campaign film looking at how future smokers might evolveNEW
Smoking and You (1967)The first major government-sponsored anti-smoking campaignNEW
Sparrows Can't Sing (1962)Lively slice of East End life starring a pre-Carry On Barbara WindsorNEW
Superman vs Nick O'Teen (1981)A familiar figure helps defeat the evil cigarette peddlerNEW
Topical Budget 767-1: Britain's First 'General Strike' (1926)A riveting you-are-there glimpse of Britain's first all-out strikeNew analysis

People

Blair, Lionel (1931-)Ebullient dancer-turned-presenter best known for Give Us A ClueNEW
Bough, Frank (1933-)Genially unflappable, famously ubiquitous 1970s/80s TV presenterNEW
Cargill, Patrick (1918-1996)Urbane actor best remembered for Father, Dear FatherNEW
Coleman, Charlotte (1968-2001)Distinctive, impish actress who graduated from child star to eccentric character rolesNEW
Tarbuck, Jimmy (1940-)Chirpy gap-toothed Liverpool comedian, a TV fixture from the 1960sNEW