BFI Player films are not available to watch in the US. Join us on BFI Player Classics to start enjoying an unrivalled selection of classic British movies.
Before the Paralympics made disabled people into Superhumans, the Disabled Living Foundation offered a more genteel perspective of disabled people at sport and leisure in the 1970s. Birdwatching, ...
Who knows what nature intended, but these folks certainly seem to be having a whale of a time. The Spielplatz naturist resort in Hertfordshire was a decade old when these scenes were filmed, founded ...
Striking, illuminating and sometimes surprising images of black culture, community and characters, spanning over a century of British film and TV.
A freight train travelling between Kirkby Stephen and Barnard Castle has become snowbound in the Westmorland hills. The Motive Power, Operating and Engineering Departments go to work with snowploughs ...
A newlywed Indian couple arrive in London, 1979, and attempt to make a home out of their new lives. As they navigate 40 years of marriage through the food they make and the meals they share, their ...
Union Terrace, Aberdeen: the William Wallace statue surveys a rambunctious crowd as they greet the Scottish infantry regiment the Gordon Highlanders. Something of a cross between the popular ‘factory ...
To mark 20 years as a director, Bong Joon Ho (Parasite) selects films from emerging directors whose work he believes will be pivotal to the next 20 years ...
Jim and Hilda Bloggs (Sir John Mills and Dame Peggy Ashcroft) are a middle-aged couple, who believe that the British government is in control as they prepare for Nuclear War. When the countdown begins ...
Ian Dury, lead singer of the Blockheads, talks about how becoming disabled has affected his life and music. This documentary - featuring a mix of performances, interviews and fly-on-the-wall footage - ...
British soldiers march down a high street in their dress uniforms, to drum up volunteers for the conflict in South Africa. If you're more distracted by the busy Victorian street scene, including a ...
Although his cutting lyrics speak provocatively about identity politics, it is not until Zed (Ahmed) returns home after two years on tour that he is called by his real name: Zaheer. But it is the ...