British Council Popular Movie

Theatre of War is an essay on how to represent war, performed by former enemies. British and Argentinian veterans of the Falklands war come together...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Marcelo Vallejo

Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making and broadcasting of pedagogical radio shows on the BBC.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Norman Shelley

A documentary on modern British farming.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Frederick Grisewood

Miranda's Letter takes as a starting point the 'missing women' in Shakespeare, in this instance, The Tempest, and imagines what Miranda's mother...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raffey Cassidy

An evocative and imaginative exploration of the racial tensions in Othello and how the themes in Shakespeare's play still resonate today.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ashley Thomas

Rufus is a child with an extraordinary obsession: a burning, inþamed desire for anything red. Driven by this impassioned, scarlet fixation,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sienna Guillory

Three overseas servicemen take a tour of the Royal Mile - visiting the sights between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace, and learning about the...

Genre: Documentary

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Cunenk grew up as a girl trapped in a boy’s body. She could not wait to leave her village and become a performer.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Miss Cunenk

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Felix Aylmer

A profile and interview of director, Lindsay Anderson.

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Cast: Lindsay Anderson

Dramatically told, English Criminal Justice takes us on a journey through the principles and procedures of the various courts of law in Britain.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harold Warrender

The history of Westminster Abbey and a tour of the monuments within it; accompanied by choral music and including footage of the coronation of King...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alvar Liddell

'Divided We Scroll' is an eerie depiction of our intimate relationships with technology.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Stephen Moynihan

Instead of learning sign-language, deaf children are taught to speak and lip-read so that they might interact with others as easily as possible. This...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Lloyd James

A stately film about the history of St Paul’s Cathedral in London, with a focus on the architecture and individuals buried there, and the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Robert Speaight

Part of the archive's Junior Biology series, this study of maize is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.

Genre: Documentary

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Untung and Nesti really love their 6 year old son who has autism. Their daily life becomes more challenging because both of their parents are...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Falhan

The manufacture of cables for transmitting electric power is shown. Copper bars are rolled and drawn into wire, which is twisted into strands, and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Norman Shelley

A young man learns to become a farmer, keen to show the integration of traditional farming with modern science and education.

Genre: Documentary

Cast:

A brisk visual summary of the changing faces of the English town throughout the ages, from the ancients and their hill-forts to the Second World War...

Genre: Documentary

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