Arts
Contrasts
A series of music and arts features.
Marble Arch to Edgware (27 mins)
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- Loaded: Lads, Mags and MayhemA nostalgic romp through the rise, fall and legacy of a magazine that embodied 90s excess89 mins
- Francis Bacon: Fragments Of A PortraitA film study of Francis Bacon's paintings, which have been called sick and corrupt. (1966)44 mins
- Three Swings on a PendulumInvestigating the so-called 'swinging London' of the 1960s. (1967)47 mins
- Where We Live NowColin Ward sets out to discover the truth about Britain's New Towns. (1979)58 mins
- Whose Doctor WhoA classic documentary from 1977, introduced by Melvyn Bragg51 mins
- The Bronte BusinessJoan Bakewell visits Haworth in Yorkshire, home of the Brontes. (1977)25 mins
- Beardsley and his WorkAubrey Beardsley's drawings still retain their power to amuse and to shock. (1982)50 mins
- Augustus and Gwen: The Fire and the FountainThe story of Augustus John and his sister Gwen. (1975)50 mins
- Searching for the Wrong-Eyed JesusJim White takes a road trip into the heart of the poor white American South. (2004)83 mins
- Barbara HepworthA look at how Cornish landscapes have influenced sculptor Barbara Hepworth's work. (1961)29 mins
- Building SightsArchitect Sir Norman Foster looks at the jumbo jet. (1991)
- Al Pacino: Once Upon a Time in HollywoodA cinema legend. Al Pacino reflects on his extraordinary life, career and family58 mins