Lord Mayor's Show

The intrepid Lieutenant Pimple thwarts foreign enemies in an action-packed wartime spy spoof.

On the brink of invasion, holidaymakers promenade while refugees shelter in beach huts on the Belgian coastline in 1914.

Inventive WWI propaganda in which a rejected volunteer foils a German plot to blow up Parliament.

A well-acted early version of Charles Dickens' much loved Christmas story, featuring some impressive ghost sequences.

Cairo street scenes, the pyramids, the majestic Nile and a visiting Lord Kitchener in a gorgeous tinted travelogue.

A mysterious pair of gloves from an ancient Egyptian tomb cause chaos in this silent 'trick' comedy.

Journalists congregate outside the Japanese embassy in London following the announcement of the death of the Emperor Meiji.

Geeky Pavan takes his 'English Rose' on a date to the most authentic Indian restaurant in the city. To his horror she goes off-menu, in Hindi...

Capital scenes thanks to Victorian filmmakers

The Band of the First Life Guards approaches Westminster Bridge during Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.

A conquering Boer War hero enjoys a rapturous homecoming parade

A sports day gives the young residents of the Foundling Hospital a chance to let off steam

Jonathan Romney and a panel of directors defend the unorthodox and original in modern British cinema.

Critic and broadcaster Rhianna Dhillon introduces the Oscar-winning Brazilian drama.

Farnoosh Samadi, the director of 180° Rule, and actor Sahar Dolatshahi in conversation following an online screening at LFF 2020.

Director turned detective Carol Morley (and actor Zawe Ashton) explain how an anonymous death changed both of their lives.

Directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard talk about their film, which unpacks a suitcase of love letters that inspired an album by Emilíana Torrini.

Afrika Bambaataa and DJ, musician and filmmaker Don Letts discuss the development of Afrofuturism and its key artists.