55 years ago, on October 1 1968, the first brand advertising spot appeared on the French television screen. Over the next three decades, thousands of creative little films would seduce and build our collective memory. Kitschy or cult spots, humor, slogans, music, stars, gimmicks, grand spectacle or sex appeal: during its golden age, how did advertising convince? Thierry Ardisson has brought together almost 400 advertising clips to relive the era of the conquest of minds and wallets.

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieute...

When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord...

A documentary about the aging prima ballerina Balasaraswati (popularly known as "Bala"), the most fa...

The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a mas...

To avenge her defeat and with the help of the Cardinal's army leader Rochefort, the treacherous Mila...

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"Bias" challenges us to confront our hidden biases and understand what we risk when we follow our gu...

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A history of the British television comedy double act Morecambe & Wise to coincide with the BBC dram...

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A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they ga...

Originally a home video never intended for public viewing, this film captures the final chapter in R...

They come from all walks of life and have lived for almost a century. They have lived through the up...
A behind the scenes featurette focussed on Hammer Film Productions' 1971 film 'Doctor Jekyll & Siste...

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame...

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a...