Oldham Catholic Schools Procession (1904)

Church school pupils set off for a trip to the famous Birmingham entertainment hall.

A damp and murky day greets the annual Whitsuntide Catholic procession in Edwardian Manchester.

May Queens and drag queens, cadets and clowns: thousands turn out for an Edwardian fundraiser in the Merseyside town.

An Edwardian congregation emerges after Sunday service in Accrington, Lancashire.

Colourful carnival floats in the Lancashire seaside resort of Southport.

Residents of Manchester's own 'Little Italy' put on a display of religious pomp during the city's annual Whit Walk.

Disabled people working in the community in Oldham.

A last look at the mighty steam engines that once powered Lancashire's mills.

"Britain's bread hangs by Lancashire's thread" – cotton, Britain's great post-war hope.

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See how steam powered the textile industry of Lancashire.

The Collin family of Chadderton, Oldham, enjoy life to the full.

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.