Bbc Movies

When Matthew Bannister was appointed Controller of BBC Radio 1, his plans to make the station cool again began with the ousting of a number of long-se...

Old memories are awakened in a terrifying and dangerous way when Jock McGinn counters a strange little girl in the flats where he lives. A crucial ste...

Documentary about comets. Many ancient civilisations believed comets were gods. Now, space missions can show what comets are really made of and where...

Peter Kosminsky, who directed Wolf Hall, looks back on the making of the drama, with anecdotes and insights into his working with the cast and the joy...

A picture of politicians under pressure, shot during the 1966 elections in Britain. The camera goes to meetings up and down the land, with an eye on a...

Documentary exploring Ted Hughes, one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, focusing on how his life story influenced his work and vision.

Elton John opens up about his childhood, stardom and battles with addiction in an exclusive interview with Graham Norton.

A camera crew follows Edward Earl Johnson, a man falsely convicted of rape and murder, during his last 14 days on death row. Everyone involved is inte...

In November 1991, BBC One broadcast a new show, live from BBC Television Centre every Saturday night. Over the next decade it broadcast 169 editions....

A young couple go on a hitch-hiking tour of Europe.

Sir John Betjeman visits and explains the architecture of various churches in the Diocese of Norwich. Among those visited: Sandringham church on the...

Daisy Asquith investigates the mysterious world of children's entertainers.

It is five times hotter than the sun and turns sand to glass in an instant. It can shoot 80 kilometres up above storm clouds. And it may even have pro...

A television interviewer is determined to get a coup on a dodgy cabinet minister.

A profile of British painter, Francis Bacon.

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, an absorbing examination of the events that followed. 1945: Germany is beaten...

Lyse Doucet speaks to Hind Kabawat, Syria's minister for social affairs and labour and the only female minister in the transitional government.

Karen and Richard Carpenter concluded their 1976 British tour with this specially-recorded programme. Songs include There's A Kind of Hush, I Need to...

A history of the documentary film production company British Transport Films.