Malory Towers | S01E09: The Letter

Malory Towers | S01E09: The Letter

Malory Towers | CBBC | 2020 | 24'43''

The Malory Towers ghost appears again, seen by Sally who is recovering in the sanatorium. Darrell, still worried about Sally's behaviour, ...

Malory Towers | S01E08: The Push

Malory Towers | S01E08: The Push

Malory Towers | CBBC | 2020 | 25'06''

Sally behaves oddly whenever her baby sister is mentioned. Darrell joins the remedial class, taken by Head Girl Pamela, to improve her grade...

Malory Towers | S01E07: The Open Day

Malory Towers | S01E07: The Open Day

Malory Towers | CBBC | 2020 | 25'01''

It is half term and Malory Towers welcomes the girls' parents to an open day of picnics and sporting events. Mary-Lou is invited to a pi...

Malory Towers | S01E06: The Midnight Feast

Malory Towers | S01E06: The Midnight Feast

Malory Towers | CBBC | 2020 | 24'56''

It is Alicia's birthday and she receives a generous food hamper. She plans a midnight feast in North Tower, but Darrell is relucta...

Malory Towers | S01E05: The Match

Malory Towers | S01E05: The Match

Malory Towers | CBBC | 2020 | 24'55''

Sally suffers a stomach ache and drops out of the lacrosse team. Darrell replaces her as first reserve. But when Malory Towers' opponents a...

Malory Towers | S01E04: The Slap

Malory Towers | S01E04: The Slap

Malory Towers | CBBC | 2020 | 24'38''

Gwen's unpleasant side surfaces when she bullies timid Mary-Lou in the swimming pool. Darrell loses her temper and does something unspeakabl...

Malory Towers | S01E03: The Trick

Malory Towers | S01E03: The Trick

Malory Towers | CBBC | 2020 | 24'43''

Alicia's new trick sweets are confiscated by Matron, with unfortunate results when Matron unwisely samples one herself. Alicia and Darrell ...

Malory Towers | S01E02: The New Girls

Malory Towers | S01E02: The New Girls

Malory Towers | CBBC | 2020 | 23'45''

Darrell is hopeful of securing a place on the junior lacrosse team, but misses the trials when her sports shoes mysteriously disappear....

Malory Towers | S01E13: The Last Day

Malory Towers | S01E13: The Last Day

Malory Towers | CBBC | 2020 | 25'08''

It is the last day of term. The girls are horrified when Mary-Lou discovers her new fountain pen has been deliberately smashed. The evid...

Malory Towers | S01E12: The Ghost

Malory Towers | S01E12: The Ghost

Malory Towers | CBBC | 2020 | 24'51''

Darrell and Sally, now best friends, decide to track down the Malory Towers ghost. Sally marks all the sightings of the ghost on a map and ...

Malory Towers | S01E11: The Spider

Malory Towers | S01E11: The Spider

Malory Towers | CBBC | 2020 | 25'02''

Timid Mary-Lou is terrified of spiders and falls victim to several spiteful tricks, including the appearance of a large spider that create...

Malory Towers | S01E10: The Dress

Malory Towers | S01E10: The Dress

Malory Towers | CBBC | 2020 | 24'51''

A beautiful dress arrives at Malory Towers and there is much speculation as to who the owner might be. Darrell replaces Gwen as Pamela's mo...

Malory Towers | Series 1

Malory Towers | Series 1

Malory Towers | CBBC | 2020 | 24'42''

New girls Darrell Rivers, Sally Hope and Gwendoline Mary Lacey arrive for their first day at Malory Towers, their new school on a clifftop location ...

Malory Towers | S07E09: The Traitor

Malory Towers | S07E09: The Traitor

Malory Towers | CBBC | 2025 | 28'39''

Gwen is furious with her father when he puts her future plans in doubt, but she is shocked when she finds out the truth. Meanwhile, Jo be...

Performance | Broken Glass

Performance | Broken Glass

Broken Glass | BBC Four | 1997 | 1'36'06''

Adaptation of Arthur Miller's play set in Brooklyn 1938, focusing on the marriage of Sylvia and Phillip Gellburg against the backdrop of Kristalln...

The Great Escape (1963)

The Great Escape (1963)

The Great Escape | BBC Two | 1971 | 2'45'03''

During the Second World War, a group of Allied prisoners of war mount a daring breakout from a supposedly inescapable Nazi prison camp. Based on a tr...

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Seven Pillars of Wisdom | BBC Two | 1987 | 3'26'51''

Leaving his station in Cairo, the idealistic, misfit First World War British officer TE Lawrence begins an ambitious movement against the Turks by ...

Rear Window (1954)

Rear Window (1954)

It Had to Be Murder | BBC Two | 2014 | 1'47'48''

Voyeuristic suspense thriller about a recuperating photojournalist who spends his time watching the neighbours from the confines of his own apartment and ...

Brecht on Stage

Brecht on Stage

BBC Two | 1993 | 23'51''

Professor Hans Mayer describes how Brecht's plays were staged at the Berliner Ensemble.

Icons | Virginia Woolf

Icons | Virginia Woolf

BBC Two | 2019 | 13'53''

Feminist, pacifist and trailblazer Virginia Woolf subverted expectations, both professionally and personally. She broke new ground in literature, was ...

The Box of Delights | 06: Leave us not Little, nor yet Dark

The Box of Delights | 06: Leave us not Little, nor yet Dark

The Box of Delights | BBC One | 1984 | 30'39''

Kay is trapped in the dungeons of the Bishop's Palace, and has to find the magic box before it is too late.

The Box of Delights | 05: Beware of Yesterday

The Box of Delights | 05: Beware of Yesterday

The Box of Delights | BBC One | 1984 | 29'58''

On Christmas Eve, Abner Brown discovers that the missing box is at the Bishop's Palace.

The Box of Delights | 04: The Spider in the Web

The Box of Delights | 04: The Spider in the Web

The Box of Delights | BBC One | 1984 | 29'33''

Kay and Peter fly to the Chester Hills to unravel the mystery of the kidnappings and to find Abner's hideaway.

The Box of Delights | 03: In Darkest Cellars Underneath

The Box of Delights | 03: In Darkest Cellars Underneath

The Box of Delights | BBC One | 1984 | 29'08''

Kay and Mouse spy on Abner from the Prince Rupert Arms.

The Box of Delights | 02: Where shall the ‘nighted Showman go?

The Box of Delights | 02: Where shall the ‘nighted Showman go?

The Box of Delights | BBC One | 1984 | 29'00''

Fearing that he is soon to be kidnapped, Cole Hawlings entrusts the Box of Delights to Kay.

The Box of Delights

The Box of Delights

The Box of Delights | BBC One | 1984 | 29'52''

Schoolboy Kay Harker travels home for Christmas and meets a strange Punch and Judy man at the railway station.

World Theatre | Mother Courage and Her Children

World Theatre | Mother Courage and Her Children

Mother Courage and Her Children | BBC TV | 1959 | 1'42'25''

During the Thirty Years' War, Mother Courage suffers many tribulations and tragedies.

Scotland’s Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle | Orwell on Jura

Scotland’s Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle | Orwell on Jura

BBC Scotland | 2023 | 8'01''

Ben travels up the length of the wilderness isle to one of its most remote corners on a personal pilgrimage. ...

John Steinbeck: Voice of America | Weedpatch

John Steinbeck: Voice of America | Weedpatch

BBC Four | 2011 | 3'18''

Melvyn Bragg the camp that was the model for Weedpatch in 'The Grapes of Wrath', the democratic government camp.

John Steinbeck: Voice of America | Background and reception of The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck: Voice of America | Background and reception of The Grapes of Wrath

BBC Four | 2011 | 4'22''

Melvyn Bragg discusses the background and reception of John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wra...

John Steinbeck: Voice of America | Labourers

John Steinbeck: Voice of America | Labourers

BBC Four | 2011 | 1'49''

Melvyn Bragg discusses John Steinbeck's fascination with American labourers, which becomes central to 'Of Mice and Men'.

John Steinbeck: Voice of America | Steinbeck’s upbringing

John Steinbeck: Voice of America | Steinbeck’s upbringing

BBC Four | 2011 | 1'31''

Melvyn Bragg discusses John Steinbeck's upbringing and how it influenced his writing.

John Steinbeck: Voice of America | Mass migration in The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck: Voice of America | Mass migration in The Grapes of Wrath

BBC Four | 2011 | 4'07''

Melvyn Bragg discusses the main characters in 'The Grapes of Wrath' and why they were forced to migr...

John Steinbeck: Voice of America | The Great Depression

John Steinbeck: Voice of America | The Great Depression

BBC Four | 2011 | 3'11''

Melvyn Bragg investigates the Great Depression, which became the backdrop to John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath'.

John Steinbeck: Voice of America | Introduction to The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck: Voice of America | Introduction to The Grapes of Wrath

BBC Four | 2011 | 1'53''

An introduction to John Steinbeck's novel 'The Grapes of Wrath'.

In Context | Of Mice and Men’ – The American Dream

In Context | Of Mice and Men’ – The American Dream

Of Mice and Men | BBC Two | 2008 | 5'54''

An exploration of the American Dream and how it influenced 'Of Mice and Men'.

In Context | Of Mice and Men’ – Dust Bowl

In Context | Of Mice and Men’ – Dust Bowl

Of Mice and Men | BBC Two | 2008 | 2'41''

An exploration of the Dust Bowl in America and how it influenced 'Of Mice and Men'.

In Context | Of Mice and Men – The Wall Street Crash

In Context | Of Mice and Men – The Wall Street Crash

Of Mice and Men | BBC Two | 2008 | 3'58''

The history of the Wall Street Crash and the impact it had on migration to California.

In Context | Of Mice and Men’ – John Steinbeck

In Context | Of Mice and Men’ – John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men | BBC Two | 2008 | 3'44''

An introduction to John Steinbeck and the setting in which he wrote 'Of Mice and Men'.

In Context | The importance of war literature

In Context | The importance of war literature

BBC Two | 2008 | 2'04''

A discussion of the importance of truthful accounts of the experiences of soldiers in the first world war.

In Context | Journey’s End’ – Soldier experience

In Context | Journey’s End’ – Soldier experience

Journey's End | BBC Two | 2008 | 3'59''

An exploration of the reality of many soldiers experiences of the second world war.

In Context | ‘Journey’s End’ – Life in the trenches

In Context | ‘Journey’s End’ – Life in the trenches

Journey's End | BBC Two | 2008 | 4'36''

An exploration of life in the trenches through R. C. Sherriff's writing in his diary entries and ...

In Context | The moral of ‘An Inspector Calls’

In Context | The moral of ‘An Inspector Calls’

An Inspector Calls | BBC Two | 2008 | 3'34''

A discussion of the morals that J. B. Priestly leaves for the audience of 'An Inspector Calls'.

In Context | Women in ‘An Inspector Calls’

In Context | Women in ‘An Inspector Calls’

An Inspector Calls | BBC Two | 2008 | 4'11''

An investigation of the social and political context behind the female character in J. B. Priestly's 'An Inspector Cal...

In Context | An Inspector Calls’ – Social and political context of 1912

In Context | An Inspector Calls’ – Social and political context of 1912

An Inspector Calls | BBC Two | 2008 | 4'01''

An investigation of the political and social context of 1919, the time in which J. B. Pri...

In Context | An Inspector Calls’ – Social and political context of 1945

In Context | An Inspector Calls’ – Social and political context of 1945

An Inspector Calls | BBC Two | 2008 | 3'46''

An investigation of the post-war social and political context in which J. B. Priestly wro...

In Context | An Inspector Calls’ – historical context (pt 2/3)

In Context | An Inspector Calls’ – historical context (pt 2/3)

An Inspector Calls | BBC Two | 2008 | 3'03''

A discussion of the historical context and influences behind J B Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'.

In Context | Animal Farm’ – historical context

In Context | Animal Farm’ – historical context

Animal Farm | BBC Two | 2008 | 3'29''

A discussion of the historical context of George Orwell's 'Animal Farm', including the influence of the British at...