Series 1: Episode 2
Anita Rani is with India's new generations of stars and producers as she sets out to understand how the modern film industry is being challenged to keep up with India's unusuall ...
25-11-2019
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 1
The film industry employs more than a quarter of a million people in India and Anita Rani begins her journey in Mumbai - the home of Bollywood - where the stars tower over the c ...
18-11-2019
BBC 2
Series 2 - Island Nation
Using the 1960s Look at Life films to examine the implications of Britain's identity as an island nation, a geographical reality that influences our national psyche.
10-06-2014
BBC 4
Series 2 - Times Of Change
The Rank Organisation's Look at Life shorts document the profound shifts across Britain's political, economic and cultural landscapes in the 1960s.
27-05-2014
BBC 4
Black History Month: 2. Ava Duvernay
Documentary that explores the work of a film director of groundbreaking firsts. Ava DuVernay is the first black woman to win Best Director at Sundance, for her romantic drama Mi ...
12-10-2020
BBC 4
Series 2 - Messing About In Boats
Documenting our fondness for boats in a period that saw sailors seeking endurance world records and boatmen striving to halt the decline of rivers and canals.
07-01-2018
BBC 4
Series 1: 3. Getting Down To Business
This episode examines Look at Life's surprisingly entertaining films on the British economy, at a time when industry faced ever-increasing competition from abroad.
04-11-2015
BBC 4
Series 2 - The Home Front
Series on 1960s British life continues by looking at how we tackled housing shortages, rebuilt cities and met the expectations of an increasingly affluent nation.
15-10-2014
BBC 4
Series 2 - This Sporting Life
1960s short films reflecting our national preoccupation with a range of competitive sports, ranging from golf and cycling to skiing and stock car racing.
18-09-2014
BBC 4
Series 2 - The Spirit Of The Sixties
1960s short films capture the post-war emergence of dynamic youth cultures and celebrate an age when creativity was flourishing in the music industry.
16-09-2014
BBC 4
Series 2 - Road, Rail And Runways
Documenting the upheavals in our transport systems at a time when the popularity of air travel soared, rail networks were dismantled and the car was king.
15-07-2014
BBC 4
Series 1 - This Sceptred Isle
A look at the short 1960s films that documented unusual British customs, rituals and traditions, as people preserved the idiosyncratic aspects of national life.
13-06-2014
BBC 4
Series 2 - Kids Today
Using the Rank Organisation's Look at Life documentaries, a look at how childhood was transformed by sweeping changes to the British educational system in the 1960s.
03-06-2014
BBC 4
Introduction To Cow
An introduction to Andrea Arnold’s film Cow from Melanie Iredale as part of a new season of British film premieres celebrating film-makers who are offering fresh perspecti ...
04-12-2022
BBC 2
Episode 18-11-2018
Sir Hubert Parry is simultaneously one of Britain's best-known and least-known composers. Jerusalem is almost a national song, regularly performed at rugby grounds, schools, Wom ...
18-11-2018
BBC 4
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2024
The EE BAFTA Film Awards are back and they’re more action packed and entertaining than ever. Multi-award winning actor David Tennant hosts the ceremony celebrating the yea ...
18-02-2024
BBC 1
2023: The Ceremony
The Bafta Film Awards are back. Award-winning actor Richard E Grant hosts the ceremony, celebrating the year’s finest movie moments. Alison Hammond gets the gossip from th ...
19-02-2023
BBC 1
5. Introduction To Surge
An introduction to Aneil Karia’s film Surge, from the programmer Nia Childs, as part of a new season of British film premieres celebrating filmmakers who are offering fres ...
20-11-2022
BBC 2
Introduction To Here Before
An introduction to Stacey Greggs’s film Here Before from Michelle Devlin as part of a new season of British film premieres celebrating filmmakers who are offering fresh pe ...
13-11-2022
BBC 2
Introduction To Sweetheart
An introduction to Marley Morrison’s film Sweetheart from Allison Gardner as part of a season of British film premieres celebrating filmmakers who are offering fresh persp ...
06-11-2022
BBC 2
Introduction To His House
An introduction to Remi Weekes’s film His House from the programmer Mathieu Ajan as part of a season of British film premieres celebrating filmmakers who are offering fres ...
30-10-2022
BBC 2
2022: 1. The Ceremony
The Royal Albert Hall in London rolls out the red carpet to celebrate the amazing achievements of those in front of and behind the camera during the past year in cinema. Present ...
13-03-2022
BBC 1
2021: 1. Opening Night
The opening night of the EE Bafta Film Awards kicks off the biggest weekend in the British film calendar by taking us behind the camera to celebrate the incredible people workin ...
10-04-2021
BBC 1
Episode 27-11-2019
Made entirely of Scottish film archive, a journey into our collective past, the film explores universal themes of love, loss, resistance, migration, work and play. Ordinary peop ...
27-11-2019
BBC 4
6. Oscars, Patriots Day, A Cure For Wellness
DJ and film lover Edith Bowman hosts and is joined by critics Danny Leigh and Tim Robey to talk all things Oscar-related, predicting the winners and losers for Sunday's Academy ...
22-02-2017
BBC 1
9. Arrival, A Hundred Streets
Actor, comedian and film geek Ben Bailey Smith takes the reins of Film 2016 to review sci-fi blockbuster Arrival, starring Amy Adams, and British drama A Hundred Streets. And sc ...
09-11-2016
BBC 1
1. The Big Short, Our Brand Is Crisis, The Assassin
Claudia Winkleman and the Film 2016 team take a critical look at the week's latest film releases. Top of the bill is black comedy The Big Short and Sandra Bullock stars in Our B ...
20-01-2016
BBC 1
14. Star Wars, The Danish Girl, Joy, The Revenant, Room
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh give their verdicts on the much-anticipated new Star Wars film The Force Awakens, along with Eddie Redmayne as The Danish Girl. Joining them o ...
16-12-2015
BBC 1
Episode 12
Claudia Winkleman and the Film 2015 team take a critical look at the week's latest film releases. Top of the bill is Victor Frankenstein, starring Daniel Radcliffe and James McA ...
02-12-2015
BBC 1
1. The West End
From bright lights, showbusiness and shops to riots, sleaze and traffic jams, film-makers have long been drawn to London's West End. Using a rich mix of archive material, this f ...
01-11-2015
BBC 4
Episode 3
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh take a critical look at the week's film releases including spy caper Kingsman: The Secret Service starring Colin Firth and Paul Thomas Anderson ...
27-01-2015
BBC 1
Episode 13
The Film 2014 team take a critical look at the latest film from Middle Earth, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Director Ridley Scott talks about new swords and sandals ...
10-12-2014
BBC 1
Episode 11-01-2024
Granted exclusive access to hundreds of drawings and paintings by Orson Welles, film-maker Mark Cousins dives deep into the visual world of this legendary director and actor, to ...
11-01-2024
BBC 4
Episode 18-09-2023
The first woman to hold major cabinet positions in the male-dominated world of politics, Barbara Castle, talks candidly about her life in Michael Cockerell's intimate film portr ...
18-09-2023
BBC 4
Episode 10-03-2021
Cultural historian Janina Ramirez presents a collection of intriguing and exciting short films by emerging women directors and artists. Each film gives a female perspective on m ...
10-03-2021
BBC 4
6. Intro To One Man And His Shoes
An introduction to the British film premiere of One Man and His Shoes.
06-12-2020
BBC 2
7. Intro To Dirty God
An introduction to the British film premiere of Dirty God.
05-12-2020
BBC 2
5. Intro To Monsoon
An introduction to the British film premiere of Monsoon.
28-11-2020
BBC 2
4. Intro To Lynn + Lucy
Guy Lodge introduces the British film premiere of Lynn + Lucy.
21-11-2020
BBC 2
Apostasy
Critic Anna Smith introduces the British film premiere of Apostasy.
24-10-2020
BBC 2