Llangollen Historical Pageant

A celebration of the welcome, the fun and the colour awaiting visitors at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.

It's market day in Llangollen: sheep, pigs and calves are brought to the town on foot or by lorry and unloaded and re-loaded. It's all go but there is still time for tea and a smoke.

Caesar Hughes, a clock-maker with shops in Chirk and Llangollen, keeps track of post-war times, recording local events on film e.g. agricultural shows, the River Dee in spate.

Nellie Boote's laundry in Market Street in operation, the women dashing away with all manner of smoothing irons as clothes are sorted, mended, washed, ironed and sorted again.

From Grimsby to Manchester via Eisteddfod, our intrepid brass band entertains the crowds around the country, from a bandstand on a lake to major competitions and the BBC.

Arkita believes herself to be be modern, liberal and independent. An unprecedented encounter with a transgender sex worker questions her beliefs.

Martin Gorham presents a video update to his staff, outlining some of his department's past achievements and upcoming challenges.

In a madcap musical, a 'cat'-stronaut travels the galaxy looking for the meaning of life and encounters a space pup eager to help.

A longer version of the famously icky anti-smoking promo in which cigarettes ooze fat.

“If you care, show it” - is the message to encourage voting in the Scottish elections, long before the galvanising independence referendum of 2014.

A South Asian gaze on representation, inequality and discrimination in UK film and TV, set against the backdrop of the casting room.