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Britain’s Peaceful Bank Holiday

Date released

10 Aug 1950

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1105A

NoS ID

016590

Story no

2 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Britain’s Peaceful Bank Holiday. DESCRIPTION: Thousands enjoyed a peaceful time at the seaside but not everyone got a cup of tea in bed first thing in the morning. Territorials, for...

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Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 137 minutes), £15.99

Richard Attenborough’s celebrated 1969 film adaptation of Joan Littlewood’s musical play about the horrors of World War I. The huge cast includes Maggie Smith, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Dirk...

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War poems read at the Imperial War Museum (1995)

Genre

Interview; News report; Poetry

Jason Kaye reports on readings at the Imperial War Museum of Second World War poetry written by ordinary people from a compilation put together by the Oasis group, The Voice of War. Includes excerpt of Oh...

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Celebrity interview (1987)

aka: Bob Holness in conversation with Charles Chilton

An interview with renowned BBC writer-producer Charles Chilton, creator of the science-fiction trilogy ‘Journey Into Space’ and producer of the film ‘Oh What a Lovely War’.

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Oh! What A Lovely War

Date

28 May 2014, 13:26

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Joan Littlewood’s stage production Oh! What a Lovely War has long been a favourite with students and teachers. Long unavailable on home video, Richard Attenborough’s 1968 film adaptation in now out on as...

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Oh! What a Lovely War (2006)

Director

Richard Attenborough

Subject

Film Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 144 minutes), £15.99

A restored version of Richard Attenborough’s directorial debut film which re-interprets real First World War events as a musical. Based on the 1963 radio play written by Charles Chiltern which was adapted...

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Michael Parkinson interviews Marcel Marceau and Victor Spinetti (1990)

Genre

Advertisement; Interview; Jingle; News bulletin; News report; Phone-in; Trailer; Vox pop

Michael Parkinson interviews mime artist Marcel Marceau on his career and admiration for Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy. Parkinson then interviews performer and actor Victor Spinetti on his life and...

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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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