David Jason tells the story of how the rise and fall of women's football was captured on film. Using professional and amateur archive, the documentary reveals how a group of World War One munitions workers from Preston became international celebrities. Dick Kerr Ladies were unofficially crowned the Women's England football team but did their success lead to their controversial downfall? In 1921 the FA outlawed the women's game, banning it from football league grounds for 50 years.
David Jason tells the story of how a farmer's son from Yorkshire became a pioneer of wildlife film-making and star of the silver screen. Cherry Kearton travelled the world from the 1920s in order to capture images cinema audiences had not seen before. Using his own remarkable footage, this documentary explores the work of Britain's first wildlife presenter and film-maker.
David Jason narrates the story of a newly-discovered amateur archive that sheds new light on life in post-war Britain. For 20 years, husband and wife Betty and Cyril Ramsden recorded the world around them, capturing middle-class life in the north of England. Their rich celluloid legacy challenges the cliched view of 50s Britain as a decade of dreariness.
David Jason narrates the story of one trail-blazing pilot in the 1920s and his mission to get the British public airborne. Alan Cobham sought every available means to achieve his goal, and moving footage became a vehicle for his propaganda. This documentary uses rare footage of his crusade to discover whether it succeeded or not.
David Jason tells the story of how film was used to promote and record package-tour holidays in the 1960s. As the package break was established, tour operators made promotional films to sell the sun, sea and sand of the continent to a new audience. At the same time holiday-makers, armed with their new home movie kits, were also bringing back images of quaint Mediterranean fishing villages such as Torremolinos.
Documentary series on 20th-century social history. This edition examines how the Christian church in this country used film to offer salvation to the permissive society of the 1950s and 60s. Using a cross-section of rarely seen films, witnesses add their views on whether spreading a religious message via film succeeded or failed.
David Jason tells the story of how film sold the car before television changed everything, in a documentary which explores the way early 20th century film makers used sex appeal, the might of manufacturing and lifestyle change to encourage us to buy their product. It charts the growth in sales of the car as well as the downside of increased road deaths and how advertisers responded to this by emphasising safety features of their new vehicles.
David Suchet narrates a documentary showing differing aspects of life during the Second World War, using footage shot by amateurs and professionals. Highlights include the Battle of Britain and victory celebrations in the north of England. The programme offers a rich and unique portrayal of life in Britain, ranging from Cardiff dockers to our present Queen.
During the inter-war period, Britain went from being a nation of unhealthy weaklings to a country obsessed with public health. Find out more in the summary of the Body Beautiful programme.
Even before the era of AIDS, sex could have fatal consequences for many men and women. Read about it in the summary of the sex and marriage programme.
What happened during the twenty year reign of selective education? Did the Eleven Plus fail? At the Chalk Face examines movies shot in schools to investigate.
In the years between the Great Depression and the outbreak of the Second World War there was a boom in the hobby of amateur film-making, which became a popular middle-class pastime.
In the 1950s, when people from the Commonwealth were encouraged to come to Britain.
Nation on Film documentary telling the story of youth hostelling, which was founded in 1909 in Germany and was established in Britain in 1930, through fascinating archive films discovered in a storeroom at the Youth Hostel Association's headquarters in Derbyshire. The films chart the progress of the movement, as well as the nation's changing attitudes towards 'youth' and the countryside. The images show young people enjoying a new sense of freedom - hiking, rock climbing, folk singing and even the odd bit of skinny-dipping. The collection includes everything from silent movies through to video, and all promote the YHA's central mission of encouraging young people to enjoy the benefits of the countryside. Most of the films have not been broadcast before, as they were originally shown in cinemas, hostels and community halls. Contributors include Lord Puttnam, hostel workers, film-makers, actors and historians.
