Mot-clé British Society

L'année 1945 a marqué un tournant dans l'histoire de la Grande-Bretagne. L'unité de son peuple pendant les combats de 1939-1945, et le souvenir douloureux de l'entre-deux-guerres ont conduit à l'émergence d'un nouvel idéal social. La fraternité est ainsi devenue le mot d'ordre de cette époque. Pour former la trame narrative éminemment sociopolitique de son film, le réalisateur Ken Loach a eu recours à des séquences vidéo provenant d'archives régionales et nationales britanniques, à des enregistrements sonores et à des témoignages contemporains. L'esprit de 45 entend mettre en lumière et rendre hommage à un moment-clé de l'histoire du Royaume-Uni, marqué par un sentiment de solidarité sans précédent dont l'impact a été significatif pendant de nombreuses années, et qui risque pourtant d'être redécouvert aujourd'hui.

La belle Fay Cheyney voyage vers l’Angleterre à bord du Queen Mary en compagnie de son majordome Charles. Elle est très courtisée par Lord Francis Kelton et Lord Arthur Dilling. Arrivée à Londres, Fay devient la coqueluche de la haute société et la tante d’Arthur, la duchesse d'Ebley, l’invite à passer le week-end chez elle. Mais Fay et Charles sont des escrocs et la belle aventurière semble très intéressée par le collier de perles de la duchesse…

Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.

Partly-improvised sitcom looking at the trials and tribulations of bringing up three young children - a regal five-year-old girl with a talent for interrogation, a seven-year-old boy who could fib for Britain and an 11-year-old who is gearing up for his scary first day at secondary school.

Investigative reporter Chris Morris puts modern Britain under the spotlight, and smacks the issues of the day till they bleed. He tackles weighty issues including animals, drugs, sex and skewered celebrities and politicians alike - and in a later episode in 2001, paedophiles.

Sophisticated woman-of-the world Adela Bradley and her chauffeur George Moody are an unlikely pair of investigators back in the England of the 1920s. Free from her boring husband, Adela tours England but always stumbles onto murder and mystery. Although she is the primary detective, she relies on George to get information to help her solve the case.

A Bit of a Do is a British comedy drama series based on the books by David Nobbs. The show starred David Jason and was aired on ITV in 1989. It was made for the ITV network by Yorkshire Television. The show was set in a fictional Yorkshire town. Each episode took place at a different social function and followed the changing lives of two families, the working-class Simcocks and the middle-class Rodenhursts, together with their respective friends, Rodney and Betty Sillitoe, and Neville Badger. The series begins with the wedding of Ted and Rita Simcock's son Paul to Laurence and Liz Rodenhurst's daughter Jenny; an event at which Ted and Liz begin an affair. The subsequent fallout from this affair forms the basis for most of the first series.

A series of films looking at the different shapes and sizes of bodies and people's attitudes to them

A bumper recollection of the BAFTA-winning comedienne's most recent TV treats, including the definitive costume drama Lark Pies to Cranchesterford, the Midlife Olympics, and the further adventures of Acorn Antiques star Bo Beaumont - alias Julie Walters.