British Council

A documentary on modern British farming.

Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making and broadcasting of pedagogical radio shows on the BBC.

Theatre of War is an essay on how to represent war, performed by former enemies. British and Argentinian veterans of the Falklands war come together to discuss, rehearse and re-enact their memories 35 years after the conflict.

An evocative and imaginative exploration of the racial tensions in Othello and how the themes in Shakespeare's play still resonate today.

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.

Dramatically told, English Criminal Justice takes us on a journey through the principles and procedures of the various courts of law in Britain.

Cunenk grew up as a girl trapped in a boy’s body. She could not wait to leave her village and become a performer.

Part of the archive's Junior Biology series, this study of maize is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.

Rufus is a child with an extraordinary obsession: a burning, inþamed desire for anything red. Driven by this impassioned, scarlet fixation, which he can neither control nor understand, he shifts through life in a whirlwind of redness, entirely in the hands of his bizarre compulsion.

In the run up to the 1945 general election, the film focuses on the electoral race of one of the 640 local constituencies in Britain, that of Kettering in Northamptonshire.

A profile and interview of director, Lindsay Anderson.

Three overseas servicemen take a tour of the Royal Mile - visiting the sights between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace, and learning about the sometimes gruesome history of Scotland.

A documentary on the English language and it's origins.

An overview of the free healthcare available for children, and the environmental improvements that led to increased public well-being in Britain.

Instead of learning sign-language, deaf children are taught to speak and lip-read so that they might interact with others as easily as possible. This is a shortened version of 'Education of the Deaf'.

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.

Butt-sniffing action abounds as five otherwise ordinary members of the public get in touch with their primal instincts.

Part of the Junior Biology series, this study of pin mould is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.

A stately film about the history of St Paul’s Cathedral in London, with a focus on the architecture and individuals buried there, and the impact of the Blitz.

The manufacture of cables for transmitting electric power is shown. Copper bars are rolled and drawn into wire, which is twisted into strands, and covered for insulation and protection with layers of rubber, lead, cloth and paper. The completed cables are then given high-voltage tests before being dispatched from the factory.