Shakespeare Land

Johnston Forbes-Roberston gives his famous performance of Hamlet in this ambitious early Shakespeare feature

Two virtuoso performances in one – Shakespeare's complete works presented in puppet form by a master of animation

Discover why filmmakers in the silent era turned to the works of William Shakespeare for inspiration.

Teenage actors discuss their work with Franco Zeffirelli on Romeo and Juliet.

Vitagraph’s charming 1910 interpretation features some notably lively performances.

The stars of Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet are reunited on stage for the first time since 1968 as part of the BFI and British Council’s Shakespeare on Film.

The UK's immigration laws have prevented Dara Singh from seeing his family for a decade. His is one of many sad stories...

A 1971 race relations report claimed that Leamington Spa was way ahead in its dealings with issues arising from migrants settling in the town.

Church bells, organs and choirs are all sounds you'd expect to hear at a church - but what about the sound of a steam locomotive at full tilt?

Camouflaged against aerial attack, the Lockheed aircraft factories in Leamington Spa and Leicester work day and night for the war effort.

Follow working narrow boats as they make their 60-hour trip from London to Birmingham along Britain's longest industrial waterway.

World renowned landmarks, the country's most famous author and traditional farming culture meet in the centre of England.

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.