The second part of the film star's life from the release of VICTIM (1961) to the author's death in 1999.
The first part of a televisual life of the film actor who died in 1999, drawing on new video footage from the archive of Bogarde's long-term partner and manager Anthony Forwood.
The Dreams of William Golding reveals the extraordinary life of one of the greatest English writers of the 20th century.
With unprecedented access to the unpublished diaries in which Golding recorded his dreams, the film penetrates deep into his private obsessions and insecurities.
His daughter Judy and son David both speak frankly about their father's demons, and the film foll...
Inspired by his acerbic and often hilarious diaries, this documentary shows Alan Bennett as he has never been seen before. The film follows Bennett to New York, the scene of his early triumph in Beyond the Fringe; to his community library in Primrose Hill which, he despairs, some would rather see turned into a pizza restaurant; to the East Coast railway line, which he would lik...
For the first time on television, Arena tells the whole story of the life and work of TS Eliot including the happiness he found in the last years of life in his second marriage. His widow Valerie Eliot has opened her personal archive, hitherto unseen, including the private scrapbooks and albums in which Eliot assiduously recorded their life together.
Arena brings an unprecedent...
Shot over five years leading to its 250th anniversary, The Private Life of the Royal Academy is an intimate portrait of one of Britain’s most enduring cultural institutions.
With unique access, the documentary illuminates the inner workings of the Royal Academy of Arts and reveals how it embraces the challenge of balancing tradition and innovation.
Opening to the public in May ...
One of the UK's national treasures, author, playwright and Beyond the Fringe founding member Alan Bennett scored a huge hit with his play The Habit of Art, about a fictional meeting between composer Benjamin Britten and poet W.H. Auden. Adam Low directs this revealing and entertaining behind-the-scenes look at the man and his art.
A major feature-length film about the life and work of Seamus Heaney, one of the greatest Irish poets since Yeats, has been announced by Patrick Holland, Controller BBC Two.
Heaney died, aged 74, in 2013. Six years after his death Heaney's wife Marie, and his three children Michael, Christopher and Catherine, talk about their family life and read some of the poems he wrote for ...