East is East (1999)

Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

To avoid her Sikh parents' disapproval, soccer-obsessed teenager Jess Bhamra hides the fact she has joined a local female football team, where he...

S02: Cherries | BBC HD Film Shorts

Starring Alfie Allen, this is a highly original take on teenagers today, their preoccupations and their challenges, set in the possible ne...

Saltburn (2023)

A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming, aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family's sprawling ...

Trainspotting (1996)

Smart, funny, sickly, and sometimes just plain unconscious, Mark Renton is a hero of our times. Set in an underbelly of Edinburgh the city fathers never...

Gregory's Girl (1981)

Witty and unsentimental coming-of-age comedy about a boy (John Gordon Sinclair) who falls hopelessly in love with a girl who becomes the new star playe...

If (1968) | Cast and Crew

With its portrayal of youthful rebellion in an English public school, Lindsay Anderson's controversial film "If" helped push the boundaries of Brit...

S01E04: Round | BBC HD Film Shorts

Shot entirely using hand shadow performance, this short film highlights man's position as a footnote in the Earth's very long story. Music...

S02: Little Dinosaurs | BBC HD Film Shorts

Original animation which uses a tale of two dinosaurs to reflect on issues around how we relate to each other.

S02: Mud Boy | BBC HD Film Shorts

Creative and cinematic drama which explores the imagination of a young girl who needs to believe in an alternative reality.

Bhaji On The Beach (1994)

A day trip to Blackpool to see the lights, a harmless break from the routine for a mini-bus full of women from the Asian's Women's Centre. It all s...

Buster (1988)

Lively biopic telling the story of Great Train Robber Buster Edwards, a small-timer who fell in with more ambitious thieves. After the gang robs a London to Gl...

Calendar Girls (2003)

Comedy drama based on the true story of 12 Yorkshire ladies who find a compelling way to raise money for charity: a nude calendar. Stars Helen Mirren a...

Cathy Come Home | The Wednesday Play

Landmark 1960s TV play about a young couple and their children who are cruelly overtaken by events which lead them into an unrelenting t...

Episode 1 | Elstree: Britain's Hollywood

David Puttnam presents the first of two programs celebrating the 75th anniversary of Elstree, once home to six separate film studios...

Episode 2 | Elstree: Britain's Hollywood

David Puttnam presents the second of two programs celebrating the 75th anniversary of Elstree, once home to six separate film studio...

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.

S01E01: Four Weddings and a Funeral | Movie Connections

Documentary charting the evolution of British movie Four Weddings and a Funeral. Hugh Grant and Richard Curtis are am...

S01E01: This Way Up | BBC HD Film Shorts

Oscar-nominated British animation short in which two funeral directors go on a hellish journey trying to bury a woman's coffin.

S01E02: Would Like to Meet | BBC HD Film Shorts

A single mum looks for love in the lonely hearts pages. Unbeknown to her, someone has decided to play Cupid - her eight-year-...