The Silence of the Sound

Young imaginations run wild at School for Blind Children.

“I’d much rather work at a computer than make wicker baskets” – disabled people hit the mainstream in 1980s Britain

Early attempts at inclusive swimming for disabled people.

Feisty and free-spirited, three disabled people talk frankly and directly about the barriers they experience in the 1960s

Man Alive! moral panic, sex, and when professionals ruled – life as a disabled couple in 1972

Occupational therapy turns full circle, as amputee soldiers learn to make artificial limbs for others

A charming regional commercial for Plymouth’s best loved department store.

Help keep your relationship on track by outsourcing your laundry!

Former shipwright turns his talents to model-making.

Reporter tests the theory of caviar heightening libido.

The last apprenticed cooper in the Royal Navy’s Royal William Victualling Yard undergoes a trusso, an ancient rite of passage.

Cruising into the history books SS Liberté makes its final voyage stopping at Plymouth en route to Le Havre.

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.