Tower Bridge Boats on Thames

Swans, boats and bridges are celebrated by lyrical commentary and fine images in this delightful tour of the Thames from “trivial” beginnings to torrential end.

A mermaid, a fat man in a barrel and water-bound jockeys all appear in this brilliant short showing Londoners taking part in the Molesey Regatta.

A ceremonial swan census takes place on the river Thames.

A nostalgic pre-war voyage down the mighty Thames, shot by Technicolor maestro Jack Cardiff.

Don your straw boater and join Victorians at play as you potter down the river at Henley-on-Thames

A rare glimpse of 1930s London in colour: the Thames has never looked lovelier.

Surreal black and white film of London's many moving parts. Includes an extended ride on the DLR from the outer reaches to Tower Gateway

1970s Bromley is the venue for this enjoyable film from Tony Mitchell – with back garden frolics – in flares – as well as days out to London, Greenwich and Heathrow Airport

Startling colour photography of 1920s Britain imbues Claude Friese-Greene’s 1920s road trip around Britain.

A beautifully evocative three-mile glide along the Thames from bustling docks to bohemian Chelsea.

Follow the Thames from Westminster to Limehouse, Covent Garden to Tower Bridge.

Filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman and curator Matthew Barrington discuss Frederick Wiseman’s High School with Sandra Hebron.

Rose is desperate to celebrate her 60th birthday in style, but her daughter Genevieve is struggling to ignore some recent tragic news about her mum.

A haunting with words is the lure between life and death for a young Cornish poet.

Adeel Akhtar portrays a man on a weekly trek to his nearest JobCentre, entering a state of purgatory through barriers put in place by the system.

Seagull is a recovering drug addict who is about to have a very strange night on The English Riviera.

Upon returning to her home town for a funeral, a young woman reconnects with the friends she left behind.