Pub Closing

A compelling glimpse inside an unnamed East End pub in 1963 where a talent show takes place featuring singers and strippers.

Music hall ghosts haunt the Bartons Arms pub in Birmingham; a temple to drink and a rare survivor in a city that has destroyed much of its Victorian architecture.

David Bellamy puts his head into hops, then into a fermenting tank, watches it mash into wort and has a pint – all grist to our engaging presenter.

A polemical film where two men in a pub compare and contrast the post-war resurrection of both Portsmouth and Plymouth after their pummelling by the Luftwaffe.

A non-alcohol-serving pub offers somewhere to go and something to do for teenagers in Burnham-on-Sea.

Real ale and folk music in the pub – performed by Fairport Convention – are celebrated in this portrait of Southwold on the Suffolk coast and the work of the Adnams brewery.

Writer and activist So Mayer joins filmmaker and critic Alexandra Hidalgo to discuss the work of acclaimed French director and artist Agnès Varda.

You too can solve the case of the stolen boy, courtesy of this film from 1944.

Sorry kids – your parents might never let you out of the house again after watching this bleak 1940s road safety film

This ethnographic film offers a brief overview of the traditional culture of the Ainu, an ethnic minority in Japan.

The performance of a masked dancer is followed by a scene from a kendo match, contrasting grace and ferocity.

A grand tour of Japan’s major cities, offering scenic views of the streets and daily life.