Movies

When the British Amnesty shows finally resumed in 1987 after a six-year hiatus, the show format was retooled in an effort to take advantage of the...

The Levys, a glamorous couple, used to make their living robbing golfers, until they met their fatal handicap. Years later, scriptwriter Remy...

When sweet-voiced Cassie of unsigned reggae act Midnight is offered a lucrative deal to join successful group Breaks by record company rep Billy, her...

A motley band of suburbanites arrives at a summer school to simulate life in an Iron Age village. However, the village is right in the middle of a...

In this diverse and inventive autobiography, painter and author John Byrne travels from his youth, through his art school years to the period of his...

In the autumn of 1773, the English writer Samuel Johnson visits the Hebrides, or Western Isles, off the North-West coast of Scotland. With him are...

It is very rare for a British comedian to be given a concert film all to themself but in 1989 Lenny Henry was given that honour. We start off with...

The making of Steven Lisberger's 1989 Sci-Fi film Slipstream

A British businessman operating in Hong Kong has feelings of inferiority and turns to murder when he faces bankruptcy.

Through the experiences of two women in Paris and London, Ghost Dance offers an analysis of the complexity of our conceptions of ghosts, memory and...

A woman enlists a man who claims he is gay to accompany her on a long drive to a feminist conference in Munich.

An American in West Berlin finds himself caught up in murder and intrigue after his associate is killed and a diplomat's daughter is found dead in...

Prince Charles tells a group of children the story of the Old Man of Lochnager, based on the book he wrote.

Janie, daughter of Commander Jackson, the head of D15, has been kidnapped and there are only two men who can save her - former agents Bonehead and...

An overview of the making of Danny the Champion of the World (1989)

Robbie Coltrane explores Britain's back roads in this offbeat travel program in which the actor/comedian sets off in his classic Jaguar roadster on a...

A comedy special starring Robbie Coltrane as a variety of different characters.

The story of songwriting genius Matt McGinn. Featuring Robbie Coltrane among many others. Recorded by Stramash 1988 on cassette (Greentrax Records)....

Documentary profile of Stanley Baxter featuring his first in-depth interview for forty years and extracts from his comedy series and specials. With...