Hepworth Sculpture Arrives at Bolton Museum

A poetic portrait of sculptor Barbara Hepworth and the otherworldly Cornish landscapes which inspired her.

Discover the 'name behind the hairstyle', in this essential portrait of the bard of Salford, aka John Cooper Clarke.

Author of Gulliver's Travels faces trial by television

Impressionistic portrait of life as a dancer in London’s Ballet Rambert.

Playful experimental film about one of the most famous, widely reproduced paintings in the world.

An analysis of the use of photomontage to distort meaning and create subversive and oppositional art, exemplified by the work of Peter Kennard.

Any old iron? The people of the North West contribute to the nationwide collection of scrap metal.

Local authorities trial the Thatcher government’s new ‘care in the community’ initiative.

A tribute to Lancashire, land of industry, leisure, sublime landscape - and laundry detergent

Innovative teaching techniques for new South Asian pupils learning English in secondary schools

A rare glimpse into the leisure pursuits of ordinary people in pre-war Britain.

WWII offered new career opportunities for women, but not all men were happy about it…

Filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman and curator Matthew Barrington discuss Frederick Wiseman’s High School with Sandra Hebron.

Rose is desperate to celebrate her 60th birthday in style, but her daughter Genevieve is struggling to ignore some recent tragic news about her mum.

A haunting with words is the lure between life and death for a young Cornish poet.

Adeel Akhtar portrays a man on a weekly trek to his nearest JobCentre, entering a state of purgatory through barriers put in place by the system.

Seagull is a recovering drug addict who is about to have a very strange night on The English Riviera.

Upon returning to her home town for a funeral, a young woman reconnects with the friends she left behind.