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The first episode in Mark Cousins' epic history of cinema reveals how this art form was born.
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Mark Cousins' epic history of film tells the fascinating story of the movies in the roaring twenties, when Hollywood became a glittering…
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The 1920s were a golden age for world cinema. The programme visits Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Shanghai and Tokyo to explore the places where…
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The arrival of sound in the 1930s changed everything for cinema. This episode revisits the birth of new types of film: screwball comedies…
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This episode reveals how the trauma of war made cinema more daring. The story starts in Italy, and moves to Hollywood, from Orson Welles to…
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The story of sex and melodrama in the movies of the 50s. The programme looks at James Dean, On the Waterfront and the glossy weepies of the…
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The explosive story of film in the late 50s and 60s. The great movie star Claudia Cardinale talks exclusively about Federico Fellini.
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The story of the dazzling 1960s in cinema around the world. In Hollywood, legendary cinematographer Haskell Wexler reveals how documentary…
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The remarkable story of the maturing of American cinema in the late 60s and 70s. Buck Henry, who wrote The Graduate, talks exclusively…
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The story of the movies that tried to change the world in the 70s. The programme starts in Germany with Wim Wenders, then moves to Britain…
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This episode reveals how, as well as creating the multiplexes, Star Wars, Jaws and The Exorcist were also innovative. The programme then…
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With Ronald Reagan in the White House and Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street, the 1980s was a decade of protest in the movies. American…
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Few saw it coming, but cinema around the world entered a golden age in the 90s. The story starts in Iran, where the programme meets Abbas…
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The story of the brilliant, flashy, playful movies in the English-speaking world in the 90s. This episode looks at what was new in…
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In the final episode, movies come full circle. They get more serious after 9/11, and Romanian movies come to the fore. Meanwhile, David…
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