Britain Through a Lens - The Documentary Film Mob

Featuring footage spanning from 1901 to 1985, this little-seen footage has been found from all across the UK. This programme allows an exploration int...

At the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of offshore secrecy jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe...

Shown as part of the BBC's Modern Times series. Think of England shows Parr talking to the many people he encountered in the summer of 1999. He innoce...

Having been granted special permission to film inside one of the most secretive countries in the world, Britain's fastest snowboarder sets off to expe...

Guyanese painter Aubrey Williams (1926-1990) returns to his homeland on a “journey to the source of his inspiration” in this vivid Arts Council docume...

Professor Alice Roberts discovers which are Britain's most popular fresh foods and uses the latest science to uncover the surprising health benefits o...

This short satirical film, created entirely from archival footage, is about the British Empire—on which the sun never sets. The majority of the humour...

War - Documentary film depicting the attack by Allied forces on the Japanese strong-holds of Arawe Beach and Cape Gloucester, New Britain, in the Sout...

Augustus Northmore Welby Pugin is far from being a household name, yet he designed the iconic clock tower of Big Ben as well as much of the Palace of...

This BBC Three film follows the first all Asian girls’ cricket team over the summer holidays as they train for their last ever tournament together. Th...

An historical account looking at how Britain's canals were used, and declining, in 1951.

As good as any Dickens novel, this is the triumphant and tragic story of the greatest architectural dynasty of the 19th century. Dan Cruickshank chart...

Michael Cockerell sheds new light on the tragi-comedy of the 1970s by focusing on some of its most controversial characters. With fresh filming and ne...

Chronicles the musical career of British post-punk art rockers Wire.

After 200 years under lock and key, all the personal papers of one of our most important monarchs are for the first time seeing the light of day. In t...