As with many classic films, The Third Man might have been very different had the leads been taken by the stars whom the producers first had in mind. In this case, David O. Selznick, who co-financed ...

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, ...

Throughout its long history, drama documentary has been one of film and television's most popular, but also most controversial, forms. Film and programme makers are attracted to its combination of the ...

A series of seven short public information films designed to be shown on television if a nuclear attack seemed likely. Designed to accompany the Civil Defence handbook, each film in the series Advice ...

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 ...

As 2012's Dickens bicentenary celebrations continue, we launch an exciting new tour of short films. With the help of expert guides, the films explore the many ways Dickens' work has been adapted for ...

The inhabitants of a London street discover buried treasure and documents proving they are really citizens of Burgundy. When the government tries to claim the treasure for the Crown, the Burgundians ...

In 1955, the British film industry faced a new threat. Television had experienced a boom year in 1953 and was welcoming a new independent channel that, free from many of the restrictions of public ...

Dickens was always adapted. From the start of his brilliant career his works were pirated for the stage - often, to his annoyance, before his serial publications were even finished. The Inimitable ...

Alastair Sim was a memorable character player of faded Anglo-Scottish gentility, whimsically put-upon countenance, and sepulchral, sometimes minatory, laugh.

George Cole's 60-year career gives the lie to the notion that child actors fail to go on to adult success. He became a major character star, hurdling the decades with ease as he refurbished his ...

Due to an error, the wrong Reverend Smallwood is appointed to the parish of Orbiston Parva, where his Christian charity causes chaos.