Examines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new generation of filmmakers and figures from the wider film culture.

Documentary about the lost 1914 film "Sperduti nel buio". Film historian Denis Lotto journeys across...

Jerry, an ordinary immigrant dad, retired in Orlando, is recruited to be an undercover agent for the...

This feature-length film tells the story of the passion between Marie de l’Incarnation, a mid-sevent...

The Portuguese Revolution (1974-75) seen through the eyes of some of the most important photographer...

A hilarious introduction, using as examples some of the best films ever made, to some of Slovenian p...

Arguably second only to Muddy Waters among the Mississippi Delta singers who traveled north and pion...

My grandfather fought alongside Pancho Villa, became Master Mason, was an elected official who repre...

Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke returns to the shooting locations of his films, along with his actors,...

Gouge - a documentary tracing The Pixies' story featuring interviews with Bono, David Bowie, Thom Yo...

In 1928, Lady Heath became the first person to fly solo from Cape Town to London. Eighty-five years ...

The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks at ...

Ridley Scott's cult film Blade Runner, based on a novel by Philip K. Dick and released in 1982, is o...

The history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon.

Seekers of Oblivion explores the exciting life and adventures of Isabelle Eberhardt. Born in Geneva,...

Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs i...

Featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Diana Vreeland, La Belle Epoque evokes "the beautiful era" of 18...

Was the Christ Story stolen from other, older religions? Theologian Dr Robert Beckford investigates ...

10 May 2007 - China's staggering economic growth has overshadowed a more subtle shift in Chinese soc...

Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about o...

It was perhaps the most spectacular flourishing of imagination and achievement in recorded history. ...