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When a schoolboy's day-dream of a fantasy sports day includes events where acts of vandalism and trespass are required, dire consequences ensue. Originally created as an educational film, this ...

A group of boys scramble to retrieve pennies tossed into the shallow water at the foot of Brighton's West Pier. This is one of a tiny number of films known to survive made by the Brighton-based film ...

Cinema’s poet of the West, John Ford had countless westerns under his belt before reteaming with regular star John Wayne for this disturbing story of racism, obsession and revenge. Intending to kill ...

Ridley Scott’s first film – featuring his younger brother, the late Tony Scott, as a schoolboy playing truant for the day to meander around Hartlepool on his bicycle – is a far cry from the director’s ...

The Rank Bush Murphy company in Ernesettle began making colour TV sets in 1949 with a 220 to 2500 increase in its workforce. By 1968 the company expanded again and in 1973 a second factory was opened ...

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In this major season we spotlight Japanese filmmakers who have inspired admiration and fascination around the world ...

From Victorian voyeurism to Soho striptease: how a hidden film industry emerged to satisfy the sexual appetites of (male) viewers.

Is this Britain's oldest erotic film? Modern viewers might question how genuinely erotic it is, But it certainly pushes the boundaries of what was permissible in 1896 - and there's little doubt that ...

A part of the film story from its earliest days, advertising grew up with the cinema, going on to transform television and colonising the online world with seductive viral videos. Look out for famous ...

Striking, illuminating and sometimes surprising images of black culture, community and characters, spanning over a century of British film and TV.