Intended for broadcast in 1965, writer / director Peter Watkins' nuclear war drama was withheld by the BBC - possibly as a result of political pressure - and remained unshown for nearly twenty years, ...

There was so much more to Ealing Studios than its famous comedies. But there's one category of Ealing films that's really obscure. The 30-odd documentaries and propaganda shorts released by the studio ...

Tall, gangly, with protruding teeth framing a cheerfully gormless grin, Cardew Robinson is best remembered today for his enduring schoolboy comedy persona, 'Cardew the Cad of the School'. Developed in ...

Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914-1916 Antartic expedition to the South Pole. A few months into the journey the ship HMS Endurance becomes trapped in pack ice and is ultimately crushed. Shackleton and his ...

A colourful historical pageant presenting significant public and private events during the 60-year reign of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1901, with particular emphasis on her marriage to Prince Albert ...

In 1935, the notion that film should be considered an art form, something to be preserved in the same way books and paintings are, was still quite revolutionary. The BFI National Archive was one of ...

Unsurprisingly, given his stature as one of the greatest writers in the English language, William Shakespeare (1564-1616) has directly or indirectly inspired a huge number of British films - and an ...

Doctor Who and his companions travel to a blasted planet where they help the persecuted Thals battle against the villainous Daleks. William Hartnell, the Doctor in the television series, but unknown ...

There was certain inevitability that Sydney Tafler would be found playing the title role in Wide Boy (d. Ken Hughes, 1952). In British films of the late 1940s, 50s and 60s, Tafler was most likely to ...

Two British officers in North Africa are assigned to escort an ambulance to Alexandria. En route, they pick up a South African officer, who proves invaluable on their perilous journey through enemy ...

Fancy yourself as a filmmaker? Suppose you're a star at storytelling? Ever wondered what it's like to edit your own film? In filmmaking rushes is the term used to describe the unedited, 'raw' footage ...

COLONEL MARCH OF SCOTLAND YARD: Passage at Arms ITV tx 24/9/1955 director COLONEL MARCH OF SCOTLAND YARD: The Missing Link ABC(US) tx 3/1/1955; ITV tx 19/11/1955 director COLONEL MARCH OF SCOTLAND ...