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Double bill of BBC films featuring narration from the poet John Betjeman. THANK GOD IT’S SUNDAY (1972) takes a look at how Londoners spend their Sundays. SUMMONED BY BELLS (1976), based on Betjeman’s...
[caption id="attachment_452" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Picture by Queenie and the Dew"][/caption] With Channel 4’s recent announcement that an additional £1m will be invested in the...
Trio of BBC films looking at various aspects of English history and heritage, narrated by the poet John Betjeman. An ENGLISHMAN’S HOME (1969) takes to the skies to provide an aerial view of English houses,...
Mike Newell’s adaptation of Dickens’ novel stars Helena Bonham-Carter as Miss Havisham and Ralph Fiennes as Magwitch.
[caption id="attachment_348" align="alignleft" width="170" caption="Image courtesy of Chris John Beckett"][/caption] With the critical and box-office success of Tomas Alfredson's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier,...
The project’s research has involved three elements: a 30-year history of Film4 as a feature film producer, a survey of the breadth of Channel 4’s broadcast film content (including purchased film,...
Are these ‘glorious’ times for the British film industry? At a recent debate at Goldsmiths College on the 3rd of February 2011, four panellists lined up to discuss this motion. Producer Robert Jones...
[caption id="attachment_365" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Courtesy Sander Spolspoel under CC Licence."][/caption] Ahead of a visit to Pinewood Studios today, David Cameron has said that the film...
[caption id="attachment_324" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="David Hare in conversation. Image courtesy Museo Reina Sofia "][/caption] David Hare’s Page Eight, which premiered at the Edinburgh...
The University of Portsmouth’s School of Creative Arts, Film and Media launched its major new research on Channel 4’s impact on British film culture at a special event on 19 May. This first major...
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