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- The Professor retires and moves back into his estate with his young wife, turning the lives of those who have been maintaining it in his absence upside down.
- Daphne Du Maurier, author of "Rebecca" and "Jamaica Inn," becomes attracted to the wife of a publisher and to an actress.
- Inspired by a powerful involuntary mania that took hold of citizens in the city of Strasbourg just over 500 years ago, this film is a collaboration in isolation with some of the greatest dancers working today.
- Oscar Wilde is confined in Reading Gaol. His younger self appears, and the two men wrestle with the humiliation of Wilde's fall from celebrity to convict because he loved a man. The dialogue in the film draws heavily on Oscar Wildes own written word and famous quotations and as such the film can be viewed for much of it's running time as being in "his own words".
- Directed by Laura Fairrie and produced by the Academy Award®-winning Passion Pictures, along with AGC Studios, CNN Films, BBC Arts, and John Battsek, 'LADY BOSS: The Jackie Collins Story' takes viewers on an immersive journey through the trailblazing life of novelist Jackie Collins. Spinning together fact and fiction, this feature documentary reveals the untold story of a ground-breaking author and her mission to build a one-woman literary empire. Narrated by a cast of Jackie's closest friends and family, the film shares the private struggles of a woman who became an icon of 1980s feminism whilst hiding her vulnerability behind a carefully crafted, powerful, public persona. The film evolves from a celebration of Jackie's revolutionary novels - which placed female sexuality at the heart of their storytelling - into a multi-layered deliberation on feminism, family dynamics, and the universal quest to understand how our childhood experiences and early traumas ultimately make us who we are.
- Dr James Fox examines the art and culture of Japan, exploring the links between culture, the countryside, urban landscapes and religion.
- Vogue model, artist's muse, fearless war photographer: Lee Miller had many lives. Built on images of Lee and by Lee, LEE MILLER - A LIFE ON THE FRONT LINE explores a pioneering female artist who broke taboos and defied expectations.
- A series of creative performance readings of iconic British novels. Each episode is directed by emerging talent from the New Creatives scheme.
- London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.
- In a world savaged by pollution, it would seem impossible to comprehend a day-to-day life, but somehow normality must continue on. We follow one man navigate his way through his daily shop.
- Art sleuth Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden within some of the greatest paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Seurat .
- A year in the life of British playwright Alan Bennett as he's finishing the latest tome of his diaries for his publisher.
- The film looks back at Hockney's formative years in the British pop art scene and his experiences as a gay man.
- Created in partnership with the BBC and Rural Media, this is a striking adaptation of Damon Galgut's 'The Promise', directed by Christine Ubochi and starring David Jonsson.
- Broadcaster and journalist Samira Ahmed goes on a remarkable journey to places rarely seen, as she travels through Iran, telling the story of a complex and fascinating people, culture and history.
- A creative exploration and amplification of the COVID-19 pandemic as experienced through the eyes of Signkid, a deaf-rapper in London.
- Great Circle is directed by Christine Ubochi and starring Ria Zmitrowicz, taken from the novel by Maggie Shiptsead. Created in partnership with the BBC and produced by Rural Media.
- Four young British art historians explore the BBC archives to discover how six decades of TV has influenced our understanding of some of art's most celebrated topics.
- A lonely lesbian plagued with intrusive thoughts of fruit whenever she attempts to masturbate begins to develop her own sexual prowess.
- When a lonely estate agent becomes obsessed with the perfect life of a charismatic social media influencer, the lines between the online world and reality become dangerously blurred.
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- A documentary on the lives of the Bronte family produced to mark the 200th anniversary of Charlotte's birth.
- Art historian Alastair Sooke travels to America to discover what impact President Trump will have on American culture - particularly in light of his plans to eliminate all federal funding for the arts.
- Part of the 2021 BookerPrize shortlist film series, created in partnership with the BBC and Rural Media. Liam Young's interpretation of Richard Powers' 'Bewilderment', starring Luke Norris.
- Dream city, Sin City, a mirage in the desert, Las Vegas is a film set in its own right, a piece of pop art, an outdoor museum of American culture. What is the story behind the neon lights and fantastical buildings? What will its future be in these tough times? Alan Yentob takes a mob tour and talks to producers and performers about the golden days when Sinatra and Dino held the stage, and the wise guys called the shots.
- James Fox investigates our complex and changing relationship with the image in the modern age.
- TV Movie
- Created in partnership with the BBC and Rural Media, this is a contemporary adaptation of Nadifa Mohamed's novel 'The Fortune Men', directed by Yero Timi-Biu and starring Elmi Rashid Elmi.
- Jim Moir explores video art.
- Sign Night is a poetic conversation in sign language between two star crossed lovers, projected onto buildings in central Bristol, U.K. The deaf performers share their dreams for the future from building to building, across the night sky.
- A quirky tale about a man ignoring his problems as he slowly and literally drowns in them. This is a unique animation exploring the themes of procrastination, loneliness, stubbornness and lethargy. Created as part of the BBC Arts Talent Development series called BBC New Creatives.
- Rena attends a speed dating event where she meets an array of daters all with the same objective, to find a connection. Rena questions whether love and technology are a stairway to heaven or a marriage made in hell.
- London-based designer Fred Butler - best known for creating the headpiece worn by Lady Gaga in her Telephone video - discusses using light, colour, shape and sound, and how she has created an uplifting installation to stimulate creativity and well being.
- Filmmakers draw on their knowledge and expertise to shine a light on the artistry of films that they love.
- A short, creative drama drawing on first hand testimony from a former inmate reflecting on the effects of being segregated in a young offender institution.
- Charlie's bath-time is interrupted by some old friends who they haven't seen in years. Though Charlie is bitter about old history, their friends help them come to terms with what they've gone through and what it means to remember.
- Documents the works of three generations of Gothic architects Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878), George Gilbert Scott Jr (1839-1897) and Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960). Between them they designed the Chapel of Exeter College, Oxford; the Albert Memorial; the Foreign & Commonwealth Office; Midland Grand Hotel, St Pancras Station; the churches of All Hallows, Southwark, St Agnes, Kennington, and St Mary Magdalene, East Moors, North Yorkshire; the Avenues district of Hull; St John the Baptist (Catholic) Cathedral, Norwich; Liverpool (Anglican) Cathedral; Battersea Power Station; Waterloo Bridge; Bankside Power Station which is now the Tate Modern Gallery; and the iconic K2 and K6 red telephone boxes.
- TV Series
- TV Movie
- In the summer of 1954, Sylvette David met Pablo Picasso. She became the inspiration for a series of paintings, and is his last surviving muse. In this short film, Sylvette - who has since changed her name to Lydia Corbett and become an artist in her own right - looks back on the time she spent with the great painter.
- BLAST takes its cue from the growth of radical ideologies and modern art in London, 1914.
- Four isolated residents of a seaside town connect with each other in an unexpected way.
- Baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James Baillieu make their own winter journey, reimagining Schubert's songs at the top of a mountain pass in Switzerland in a setting that emphasises the timelessness of the composer's music.
- An animated story of Cam, a farmer's daughter, who saves a fox cub from the hunt. New Creatives is supported by Arts Council England and BBC Arts.
- THE DEAD ARE JEWELS TO ME is an intimate experimental film that explores a forensic jeweller's craft and interrogates whether a new scientific practice could unearth hidden stories that lie beneath a surface.