Browsing: 2004
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And So Goodbye
(2004)
Finding some hand-made film magazines at home, Robin Mitchell
learns about a film that his father starred in and produced in
1943. His search leads him to the film and to its extraordinary
director...
Andrew and Jeremy Get Married
(2004)
Andrew and Jeremy met each other at Bromptons Club, a legendary gay
bar in Earls Court, London. Despite a considerable age gap (Andy is
49, Jeremy 69) and stark social differences, they fell in love...
Animation Nation
(2004)
For over a hundred years, British animation has been employed to
sell everything from soap powder to democracy and, in the process,
established itself as a world-class industry. Using material found...
Art and the 60's: From Bronze to Baked Beans
(2004)
Vanessa Engle's three-part series on British art in the 1960s continues with the development of sculpture during the era.
British sculpture in the Sixties truly broke the mould. Episode t...
Battaglia
(2004)
A journey through the life of the extraordinary Sicilian
photographer and anti-Mafia activist Letizia Battaglia. A story of
passion, pain and the struggle for freedom. At 37 Letizia, together
with ...
Battle of the Bogside
(2004)
On 12 August 1969, the disaffected Catholic population of the
Bogside district of Derry, Northern Ireland, took to the
streets in the wake of a Protestant Apprentice Boys parade in the
ci...
Bella And The Boys
(2004)
This powerful drama is about a group of children growing up in a residential care home in south London. Rather than looking at the familiar territory of abusive care workers, this film explores some o...
Biography: Elizabeth: The Reluctant Monarch
(2004)
First hosted by veteran actor Peter Graves, and later by Jack
Perkins, this popular Arts and Entertainment Network series
profiled the lives of notable figures in the history of
entertainment, spor...
Blood Matters
(2004)
Blood Matters was produced in association with The National Blood
Service for Channel 4's The Slot. The films have almost exclusively
been made by new directors, animators and sound designers. Each ...
Born into Brothels
(2004)
Academy award winning documentary Born into Brothels gives a touching snapshot of Calcutta’s forgotten children. In the bleak underbelly of Sonagchi's re...
Boy Whose Skin Fell Off, The
(2004)
Jonny Kennedy is 36 and suffers from a genetic condition called
Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a skin condition that means
his skin literally falls off at the slightest touch. He has been
d...
Brighton Bomb, The
(2004)
Marking the 20th anniversary of the IRA's attempt to blow up the cabinet, this film revisits the tragedy and heroism of the Brighton bombing. The film tells of the events that led to Margaret Thatcher...
British Isles: A Natural History
(2004)
An eight-part series, during which Alan Titchmarsh journeys through
Britain's natural history.
1. 3 Billion Years in the Making: peeling back the layers of
Britain's past and its natu...
Britten's Children
(2004)
In this film Benjamin Britten's world of childhood and the music it
inspired are explored, and some of the boys who were close to him
talk for the first time about their relationships with the man. ...
Bye Bye Happiness
(2004)
It is amazing to think that one in five people will be affected by
depression at some point in their life. Yet there are still popular
misconceptions about what depression means, who is affected by ...
Century's End
(2004)
A film poem about London in the last hours of the twentieth century. It is composed of documentary footage shot between midday and midnight on 31st December 1999.
Company We Keep, The
(2004)
Filmmaker Simon Chambers will one day inherit his grandmother's shares in the Rio Tinto mining corporation, a multinational which apparently does not have a good reputation. Wanting to find out more a...
Concrete Revolution, The
(2004)
This film shows the consequences of the construction of the new China. The film opens with desperate unemployed peasants moving to Beijing to try and get a job demolishing and re-building the city. Bl...
Cutting Edge: The Fucking Fulfords
(2004)
The Fulfords are an aristocratic family, living in their mansion in
the midst of the English countryside. However, they are severely
strapped for cash, a plight that is echoed around the country's
...
D-Day
(2004)
An epic drama-documentary which begins in January 1944 as the
Allies and Germans race to prepare for the long awaited invasion of
Europe and leads onto the dramatic 24 hour story of June 6th -
D-Da...
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