The Essay Episodes Available now
Black Narcissus—Praising Powell and Pressburger
4/5 Film critic Peter Bradshaw on Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's film Black Narcissus
A Matter of Life and Death—Praising Powell and Pressburger
3/5 Richard Coles on the classic Powell and Pressburger film A Matter of Life and Death.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp—Praising Powell and Pressburger
2/5 Ian Christie on The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, dubbed the 'British Citizen Kane'.
The Red Shoes—Praising Powell and Pressburger
1/5 Deborah Bull on Powell and Pressburger's classic 1948 film The Red Shoes.
Yield to the Night—Heffer on British Film
5/5 For the BBC's Sound of Cinema season, Simon Heffer discusses the film Yield to the Night.
The Long Memory—Heffer on British Film
3/5 Simon Heffer on how the film The Long Memory shows Britan as depressed and worn out by war
The Browning Version—Heffer on British Film
2/5 Simon Heffer discusses the 1951 film The Browning Version.
It Always Rains on Sunday—Heffer on British Film
1/5 Simon Heffer discusses the gritty world of the 1947 film It Always Rains on Sunday.
John Morris—Portraits of Capa
5/5 Picture editor John Morris considers his friend - photojournalist Robert Capa.
Tim Collins—Portraits of Capa
4/5 Colonel Tim Collins examines photojournalist Robert Capa's picture The Last One to Die.
