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- A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
- Miranda's Letter takes as a starting point the 'missing women' in Shakespeare, in this instance, The Tempest, and imagines what Miranda's mother would have wanted to say to her daughter. Commissioned as part of Shakespeare Lives 2016.
- Following the court verdict, which saw more members of the gang responsible for Britain's biggest ever burglary convicted, this is the full, inside story of how they nearly pulled off Easter 2015's £14 million record-breaking heist.
- WYRDOES is a comedy inspired by 'Macbeth', written and directed by Nat Luurtsema and produced by Jennifer Eriksson and Iona Westlake. Three sisters - Elsab, Magrit and Merope - battle through poverty and rumours that they're witches just because they're a little 'wyrd'. Through accidental tragedy, murder and war, the downtrodden Wyrdoes finally fight back.
- An evocative and imaginative exploration of the racial tensions in Othello and how the themes in Shakespeare's play still resonate today.
- Discover new words and join in the activities with Timmy and his friends in this fun learning series developed by Aardman and the British Council, world expects in teaching English.
- Exploring the daily life of a large family in Yorkshire, at work in the textile mills and at play.
- The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
- Four grown wolves and a little one chase a sheep through the night. Little Wolf stops, captivated by the moon. He catches hold of it, and then the moon rises, with Little Wolf hanging on. The other wolves see him hanging there and try to rescue him, but their attempts are confounded by the playful sheep. As day breaks, the moon sets and Little Wolf comes close enough to earth to jump to terra firma. A celebration ensues.
- We meet 8-year old Ela at a very particular moment in her life, the moment she experiences loss for the first time.
- A stylish comedic tale of sex and revenge played out between a maid, a female executive and a bottle of starch...
- A contemporary take on Lady Macbeth, summoning up her demons. A mix of live action and animation.
- Shows in the blast furnaces, forges, rolling mills and machine shops work numbers of highly skilled craftsmen who for generations have devoted their lives to serve the tradition of British Steel.
- Inspired by Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce creates an other-worldly response to the play.
- Thursday morning. Zagreb, Jerusalem, London, Cologne, Prague. Five people. Getting up. Going to work. In five cities-hives, like bees. Looking for the sweeter life then the one they are living now.
- In Merseyside Vicky Harrison, Emma Sharkey, Glenys Jameson and Terry Robertson open up their houses.
- Although Mermaids have been traditional symbols of fertility and a sexuality so powerful as to be a danger to shipping, details of their reproductive processes have been scarce. The film reveals the cycle of laying, fertilising and hatching as well as the previously secret role of storm-wrecked sailors.
- Bionic pop artist Viktoria Modesta and Director Sing J Lee create a futuristic response to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Part of the Shakespeare Lives programme celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death by creating new work inspired by Shakespeare.
- Are we living a modern lie? In this extravagant satire, a mysterious carnival master walks us through the problems of our modern society, questioning the dangerous future we are building around us.
- Television series aimed at helping to improve your reading and speaking skills step by step and getting you ready for your next English test.
- Robert Helpmann explains, and dancers from the Covent Garden and Sadler's Wells troupes demonstrate, basic steps and movements of the dance as a new ballet is rehearsed and performed.
- Brutus and the conspirators plot the downfall of Julius Caesar in a dystopian re-imagining of Shakespeare's play.
- To celebrate the online release of the British Council's Film Collection - an archive of 120 short documentaries made throughout the 1940s to showcase Britain to the rest of the world - we invited three contemporary UK filmmakers to respond to the Collection. John Akomfrah, Penny Woolcock and Mark Cousins each took a different view. 'But Then Again, To Few To Mention: A Life Of Bob' is Mark's response.