The Best of British Cinema

Season 2

1988 · 16 episodes · 6h 40m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Classic Tales

   10 Aug 1988 · 25 min

   Highlights from some of the best-known literary adaptations British cinema has produced, including extracts from The Importance Of Being Earnest, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, The Card and The History Of Mr. Polly.

2. 2

   2. Action Men

   10 Aug 1988 · 25 min

   Stars such as Oliver Reed, Stanley Baker, Howard Keel and Peter Finch feature in films highlighting thrills and action, including The Trap, Sea Fury, Floods of Fear and Robbery Under Arms.

3. 3

   3. All in the Game

   2 Sept 1988 · 25 min

   Among the films that feature sports are This Sporting Life with Richard Harris, Checkpoint with Stanley Baker, All For Mary starring David Tomlinson and The Lady Vanishes with cricket obsessives Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne.

4. 4

   4. Kids

   7 Sept 1988 · 25 min

   Celebrating young scene-stealers including John Howard Davies, Jon Whiteley, Vincent Winter, Hayley Mills and Juliet Mills in British movies such as Oliver Twist, Dangerous Exile, The Kidnappers, Tiger Bay and The History of Mr Polly.

5. 5

   5. Film Fun

   14 Sept 1988 · 25 min

   Comedy sequences from films such as The Early Bird, The Frozen Limits, The Intelligence Men, Band Waggon and Carry On Loving feature stars like Norman Wisdom, the Crazy Gang, Morecambe and Wise, Arthur Askey, and the Carry On team

6. 6

   6. Animal Antics

   11 Jan 1989 · 25 min

   Featuring some of the most famous non-human stars of British cinema, including Tarka the Otter, An Alligator Named Daisy, Tawny Pipit and The Belstone Fox.

7. 7

   7. Love Story

   18 Jan 1989 · 25 min

8. 8

   8. All at Sea

   25 Jan 1989 · 25 min

9. 9

   9. Doctors and Nurses

   1 Feb 1989 · 25 min

10. 10

    10. Heaven and Earth

    8 Feb 1989 · 25 min

11. 11

    11. New Frontiers

    15 Feb 1989 · 25 min

12. 12

    12. Woman's Own

    22 Feb 1989 · 25 min

13. 13

    13. English Gentlemen

    1 Mar 1989 · 25 min

14. 14

    14. Reel Lives

    8 Mar 1989 · 25 min

15. 15

    15. Going Places

    15 Mar 1989 · 25 min

16. 16

    16. Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance

    22 Mar 1989 · 25 min