Manchester Tickled Pink

Scintillating look at the 1960s drag renaissance, with a visit to London's Royal Vauxhall Tavern.

The Gay Black Group - reasserting culture and identity on two levels.

A lonely gay man discovers friends, love and activism in this rediscovered educational film made by the Campaign for Homosexual Equality

Transgender pioneer April Ashley appears in this moving look at the challenges faced by the trans community in 1980s Britain

Struggling with the pressures of homophobia when her partner is taken away by a hateful mother, a young gay woman struggles to cope with the traumas and anxieties of her life.

Sao Paulo-set love triangle drama, featuring a rare TV depiction of bisexuality.

A volunteer cavalry regiment is enthusiastically welcomed home after active service in South Africa.

Windows of opportunity: how a charity aimed to improve the lives of blind and partially sighted people.

A brisk look at the tests and education practices for deaf people in 1940s

Faith in the inner city - the mission of the Sharon Full Gospel Church in Manchester.

Earning and learning, as an apprentice begins his working life.

Meet Brian Hughes, helping dreams come true for the aspiring boxers of Manchester.

The director of a documentary about British funk pioneers Cymande joins the band at BFI Southbank to talk about the film.

Plotting world domination, Devil Doctor Fu-Manchu steals plans for a new aero-torpedo in this earliest surviving thrill-a-minute serial instalment.

Filmmakers Jane Giles and Ali Catterall discuss their documentary Scala!!!, revisiting the legendary and inspirational cinema venue and some of the most notorious films that screened there.

Long thought lost, this Powell-directed promotional short for a veteran’s charity was only rediscovered in 2003.

A poignant, stirring letter from a recently deceased pilot to his mother is read by John Gielgud.

Former Bristol Poet Laureate, Miles Chambers reads a poem specially commissioned for the 75th anniversary of the NHS.