Pex: No-Run Nylons

A cup of Horlicks helps a struggling husband bring home the bacon in this 1950s advert.

Limp-haired lover Betty rekindles romance with dashing Dick by swapping to Amami Shampoo and Wave Set in this 1930s advertising film.

Snow White wouldn’t look like Snow White without her special washing powder.

An ice cream a day keeps the wrinkles away…

Luscious hair solves a mysterious disappearance.

Stepford wife Nanette Newman becomes the face of mild green Fairy Liquid in this iconic advert.

Sheerness in never ladder nylons: the proud boast of Pex's Pin Pin nylons.

Bringing "sweet memories of Uganda" to the East Midlands.

The sari has been worn by Asian women for millennia and in 1976 it was about to become a staple of wardobes across the UK.

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

He arrived in Britain with £3 and went on to become one of the richest business men in the Midlands. How did Amrat Parmar do it?

Samosas sit alongside sandwiches as India's Republic Day is celebrated in fine style in Leicester.

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.