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- The Professor retires and moves back into his estate with his young wife, turning the lives of those who have been maintaining it in his absence upside down.
- Daphne Du Maurier, author of "Rebecca" and "Jamaica Inn," becomes attracted to the wife of a publisher and to an actress.
- Oscar Wilde is confined in Reading Gaol. His younger self appears, and the two men wrestle with the humiliation of Wilde's fall from celebrity to convict because he loved a man. The dialogue in the film draws heavily on Oscar Wildes own written word and famous quotations and as such the film can be viewed for much of it's running time as being in "his own words".
- Inspired by a powerful involuntary mania that took hold of citizens in the city of Strasbourg just over 500 years ago, this film is a collaboration in isolation with some of the greatest dancers working today.
- A series of four creative performance readings of iconic British novels. Each episode is directed by emerging talent from the New Creatives scheme
- Vogue model, artist's muse, fearless war photographer: Lee Miller had many lives. Built on images of Lee and by Lee, LEE MILLER - A LIFE ON THE FRONT LINE explores a pioneering female artist who broke taboos and defied expectations.
- Directed by Laura Fairrie and produced by the Academy Award®-winning Passion Pictures, along with AGC Studios, CNN Films, BBC Arts, and John Battsek, 'LADY BOSS: The Jackie Collins Story' takes viewers on an immersive journey through the trailblazing life of novelist Jackie Collins. Spinning together fact and fiction, this feature documentary reveals the untold story of a ground-breaking author and her mission to build a one-woman literary empire. Narrated by a cast of Jackie's closest friends and family, the film shares the private struggles of a woman who became an icon of 1980s feminism whilst hiding her vulnerability behind a carefully crafted, powerful, public persona. The film evolves from a celebration of Jackie's revolutionary novels - which placed female sexuality at the heart of their storytelling - into a multi-layered deliberation on feminism, family dynamics, and the universal quest to understand how our childhood experiences and early traumas ultimately make us who we are.
- Art sleuth Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden within some of the greatest paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Seurat .
- In a world savaged by pollution, it would seem impossible to comprehend a day-to-day life, but somehow normality must continue on. We follow one man navigate his way through his daily shop.
- Dr James Fox examines the art and culture of Japan, exploring the links between culture, the countryside, urban landscapes and religion.
- Broadcaster and journalist Samira Ahmed goes on a remarkable journey to places rarely seen, as she travels through Iran, telling the story of a complex and fascinating people, culture and history.
- London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.
- Charlie's bath-time is interrupted by some old friends who they haven't seen in years. Though Charlie is bitter about old history, their friends help them come to terms with what they've gone through and what it means to remember.
- A year in the life of British playwright Alan Bennett as he's finishing the latest tome of his diaries for his publisher.
- The film looks back at Hockney's formative years in the British pop art scene and his experiences as a gay man.
- When a lonely estate agent becomes obsessed with the perfect life of a charismatic social media influencer, the lines between the online world and reality become dangerously blurred.
- James Fox investigates our complex and changing relationship with the image in the modern age.
- Great Circle is directed by Christine Ubochi and starring Ria Zmitrowicz, taken from the novel by Maggie Shiptsead. Created in partnership with the BBC and produced by Rural Media.
- A lonely lesbian plagued with intrusive thoughts of fruit whenever she attempts to masturbate begins to develop her own sexual prowess.
- Rena attends a speed dating event where she meets an array of daters all with the same objective, to find a connection. Rena questions whether love and technology are a stairway to heaven or a marriage made in hell.
- Created in partnership with the BBC and Rural Media, this is a striking adaptation of Damon Galgut's 'The Promise', directed by Christine Ubochi and starring David Jonsson.
- Baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James Baillieu make their own winter journey, reimagining Schubert's songs at the top of a mountain pass in Switzerland in a setting that emphasises the timelessness of the composer's music.
- A documentary on the lives of the Bronte family produced to mark the 200th anniversary of Charlotte's birth.
- Four young British art historians explore the BBC archives to discover how six decades of TV has influenced our understanding of some of art's most celebrated topics.
- A suitably idiosyncratic adaption of Patricia Lockwood's 'No One Is Talking About This', directed by Liam Young, starring Fiona Button and produced by Rural Media in partnership with the BBC.
- A quirky tale about a man ignoring his problems as he slowly and literally drowns in them. This is a unique animation exploring the themes of procrastination, loneliness, stubbornness and lethargy. Created as part of the BBC Arts Talent Development series called BBC New Creatives.
- Bridget Riley has been challenging our perception through painting for over 60 years, with radical work that has transformed how we look at art and invites us to feel with our eyes. With simple black and white geometric shapes, repeated curves of colour or an array of muted dots, Riley's work moves, shimmers and - in some cases - unsettles. At the age of 90, Bridget Riley shows no signs of stopping. Her paintings command millions at auction, she has won prestigious awards and honours, and continues to innovate, paint, publish and exhibit around the world. BBC cameras have filmed with Riley over the past few years in two of her studios, on the cliffs of Cornwall, where she spent the Second World War, and at the National Gallery in London during the installation of her enormous mural there in 2018. In a rare and revealing interview with Kirsty Wark, Riley dispels the numerous misconceptions which have followed her throughout her career. Many consider her as a poster girl for the Swinging 60s, while others hail her as a titan of abstract art. However, Riley considers herself a traditional painter who has merely picked up the baton from those who have gone before her, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Monet, Cezanne and Matisse.
- Jim Moir explores video art.
- TV Movie
- A creative exploration and amplification of the COVID-19 pandemic as experienced through the eyes of Signkid, a deaf-rapper in London.
- 'A Passage North', directed by Yero Timi-Biu and starring Paul G Raymond, created in partnership with the BBC and produced by Rural Media. A short extract from Anuk Arudpragasam's book for the Booker Prizes 2021.
- TV Series
- Are we living a modern lie? In this extravagant satire, a mysterious carnival master walks us through the problems of our modern society, questioning the dangerous future we are building around us.
- Art historian Alastair Sooke travels to America to discover what impact President Trump will have on American culture - particularly in light of his plans to eliminate all federal funding for the arts.
- Brenda Emmanus explores the art collection of Charles I, much of which is being reunited for a unique exhibition for the first time since his execution. Brenda hears the stories behind the works of art and learns how the collection was sold off by Parliament following Charles' death.
- Four isolated residents of a seaside town connect with each other in an unexpected way.
- Filmmakers draw on their knowledge and expertise to shine a light on the artistry of films that they love.
- Part of the 2021 BookerPrize shortlist film series, created in partnership with the BBC and Rural Media. Liam Young's interpretation of Richard Powers' 'Bewilderment', starring Luke Norris.
- Sign Night is a poetic conversation in sign language between two star crossed lovers, projected onto buildings in central Bristol, U.K. The deaf performers share their dreams for the future from building to building, across the night sky.
- Breadline is a movement film about food poverty, an increasing issue in the UK as more and more people are having to turn to food banks, rising to 2.5+million in 2021.
- Birthday celebrations become a battleground for body-image in this short.
- A Film Poem capturing moments of loss within a community recovering from the aftermath of violence. The son, the brother, the friend and the pupil no longer present.
- Two people find each other in musical improvisation.
- A teenager struggles to hide her scoliosis brace in an attempt to appear 'normal'.
- Documents the works of three generations of Gothic architects Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878), George Gilbert Scott Jr (1839-1897) and Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960). Between them they designed the Chapel of Exeter College, Oxford; the Albert Memorial; the Foreign & Commonwealth Office; Midland Grand Hotel, St Pancras Station; the churches of All Hallows, Southwark, St Agnes, Kennington, and St Mary Magdalene, East Moors, North Yorkshire; the Avenues district of Hull; St John the Baptist (Catholic) Cathedral, Norwich; Liverpool (Anglican) Cathedral; Battersea Power Station; Waterloo Bridge; Bankside Power Station which is now the Tate Modern Gallery; and the iconic K2 and K6 red telephone boxes.