Riding on Air

Typically hard-hitting public information film about the threat posed by combining a rug and a freshly polished floor.

Another of Richard Massingham’s snappy public information fillers finds the oafish everyman’s personal hygiene in question again.

Never a dull moment for a rural district nurse in the early days of the NHS.

New law targets discrimination in housing and employment in this eye-opening public information film.

A couple goes out for a drive, but their car has clearly seen better days - and so have its tyres.

Documentary warning children about the drawbacks of cigarettes – not least their addictiveness.

Journalists congregate outside the Japanese embassy in London following the announcement of the death of the Emperor Meiji.

Geeky Pavan takes his 'English Rose' on a date to the most authentic Indian restaurant in the city. To his horror she goes off-menu, in Hindi...

Capital scenes thanks to Victorian filmmakers

The Band of the First Life Guards approaches Westminster Bridge during Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.

A sports day gives the young residents of the Foundling Hospital a chance to let off steam

Londoners turn out in their thousands to greet the returning Boer War hero after his famous defence of Ladysmith

Laura Mulvey in conversation, following her BFI Fellowship Award.

George Clooney visited BFI Southbank to look back on his life and career.

The Oscar®- winning director of Nomadland discusses her unique approach to filmmaking and the inspiration behind the adaptation of Hamnet.

The director talks to Mark Kermode about putting Stephen King's dystopian life-or-death gameshow thriller through its paces. 

Richard Linklater discusses his remarkable and wide-ranging body of work, including Blue Moon and Nouvelle Vague.

Daniel Day-Lewis, the ultimate actor’s actor discusses his career in conversation with Mark Kermode.