Dog Show Classes

Mingo, Jerry and Thea: names of the dogs or people seen? Either way, they will be connected, for sure, with Isla Johnston of Bryn Mêl, Glyngarth, Anglesey, who shot the footage.

The quirks of a whippet race, with novices in winklepickers learning from the old hands, all fully elucidated in broad West Yorkshire dialect.

An English Bull Terrier warns wartime cinema goers to put their cigarettes out with more care.

Gardener’s nightmare: a kitten at large in a flower bed!

Little disturbs the peace in Little London - despite some foxhunting, polo and the Second World War!

Oh to be Ginger Tom the cat and while away the hours!

Take to the skies or take to the water: a variety of popular North West events from 1934.

How Stockport got ahead in hatting - the story of the rise and fall of a North West industry.

From furry buns to natty titfers: workers at Jackson's in Stockport demonstrate traditional skills of hat making.

A holiday of sorts for Stockport army reserves, fitting high-jinks between drills over two weeks of summer training in South Wales.

An orderly exit from one of the biggest hat factories in Edwardian Stockport.

Spinners and weavers jostle through the exit of one of Stockport’s largest textile mills.

Daniel Kokotajlo talks to Nia Childs about Starve Acre, his folk horror about a couple digging deep into grief in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.

Sky Peals director Moin Hussain and lead actor Faraz Ayub talk to Tomisin Adepeju about their magic realist drama.

Documentary exploring the BFI National Archive’s role in rediscovering and remastering the early films of Michael Powell.

Bryony Dixon, curator of silent film at the BFI national archive, explores the origins of a series of comic travelogues, and Michael Powell's involvement in making them.

Discover why Dan George of Northumbria University believes everyone should experience Oldboy at least once.

Trixie Parkin-Christie of Northumbria University offers fresh insight into why Wings of Desire remains essential viewing.