J. Lee Thompson's anti-hanging movie was produced at time when Britain's death penalty was the subject of national debate. Although not explicitly about the hanging of Ruth Ellis in 1955 (the subject, ...

Cast: May Clark (Alice), Cecil M.Hepworth (Frog), Mrs Hepworth (White Rabbit/Queen), Stanley Faithfull, Geoffrey Faithfull (Cards), Blair (Dog) At 800ft, Alice in Wonderland was the longest film yet ...

Until recently, the Fifties have been commonly seen as the 'doldrums era' of British cinema. During the decade the two major cinema chains had embarked on a programme of cinema closures. The Rank ...

A hugely prolific Scots character player, John Laurie was Central School-trained, on stage from 1921 after World War I service and in films since Juno and the Paycock (d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1930).

Between early 1959, when he was hired by Huw Wheldon (left), head of the BBC's Monitor arts strand, and late 1962, when he first achieved widespread fame with the groundbreaking Elgar (tx. 11/11/1962) ...

The scripts for almost all films go through a number of drafts. The changes that are made give an insight into the film-makers' thinking: plots change, themes emerge, characters are developed.

27x25 min episodes in 2 series, plus 2 specials, black & white ...

In a future Britain, the appetites and passions of the masses are controlled by television, with a constant stream of pornography regulating sexual desire. When audiences show signs of boredom, the ...

James Bond traces the evil Ernst Stavro Blofeld to Switzerland, and while dodging his henchmen on skis he falls in love with the beautiful Tracy.

Better than any other genre, social realism has shown us to ourselves, pushing the boundaries in the effort to put the experiences of real Britons on the screen, and shaping our ideas of what British ...

Following a mysterious white rabbit, Alice falls down a hole in the ground and finds herself in a strange topsy-turvy universe populated by wondrous creatures. Miller digs deep into the roots of ...

Britain's greatest film mogul of the 1930s and 1940s ...