Weddings and Holidays

A glimpse of happiness in the 1950s at a Jarrow wedding beside the ruins of a Benedictine monastery.

The bar flies prepare for the big day with betting, boozing and banter. But will best man Billy break more than his ma’s heart before the wedding?

Royal nuptials at Westminster Abbey, attended by the great and good including King George VI and Winston Churchill

The wedding of Queen Elizabeth II's future parents, as later incarnated by Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter in 'The King's Speech'.

Newsreel of the lavish royal marriage, which was probably the biggest British newsreel story of the decade.

The sartorial build up to the lavish nuptials of Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles in 1922.

Talented women become mistresses of the skies.

A special report looks into the preparations for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee and her subsequent tour of the South West.

Mrs Cross takes the Daz test but what will the outcome be?

This documentary charts the progress and challenges of disabled people living in the community.

The TV cameras return to Downham School to see what has changed for disabled children since 1966.

Responses to questions about dressing to please are of their day.

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

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

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.

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.