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  1. I’m British but... (1989)

    Director
    Gurinder Chadha
    Subject
    Music; Sociology

    Using the sound beats of Bhangra music and testimonies of young people from Glasgow, Belfast, London and South Wales, Gurinda Chada’s first film offers an insight into how a new generation of British...

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  2. Start the Week [19/04/2010] (2010 Radio)

    Series
    Start the Week
    Producer
    Katy Hickman

    BBC Radio 4 cultural discussion programme hosted by Andrew Marr. Professor Stanley Wells explains why he thinks that in Shakespeare’s mind, sex and the high ideals of romantic love were inextricably linked.

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  3. About the project

    Date
    11 Aug 2014, 15:10
    Author
    Gabriel Hernandez
    Post Type
    Page

    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,...

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  4. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

    Director
    Stephen Frears
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 97 minutes), £14.99

    Feature film. Stephen Frears’ film about Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a son of a Pakistani immigrant, who embarks on a venture to renovate his uncle’s laundrette with the help of his childhood friend,...

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  5. British Council Film Collection Competition

    Date
    29 May 2014, 13:12
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    Post

    During the 1940s, the British Council was charged to promote an idea of ‘Britain and British-ness’ by becoming an enthusiastic commissioner of over 120 documentary films designed to showcase Britain to...

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  6. For Want of a Cultural Film Policy

    Date
    11 Aug 2014, 16:45
    Author
    bufvclinda
    Post Type
    Post

    [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...

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  7. A Film4 Timeline

    Date
    11 Aug 2014, 16:30
    Author
    Gabriel Hernandez
    Post Type
    Page

    Although the idea of film funding wasn't directly discussed in the Annan Report which led to the creation of Channel 4, it was a passion of the Channel’s first Chief Executive, Jeremy Isaacs. In Europe...

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