Dolgellau Carnival

The delights of a sunny Dolgellau gladden the hearts of the Meredith family at the end of a long, grim war

A remarkable sight: a camel on the beach at Barmouth! And work horses pulling felled trees through Dolgellau, and shots of Bala and Aberdyfi.

The Cox family, who have lost their hearts to Wales, motor from Dolgellau in Gwynedd to Red Wharf Bay on Anglesey, and Smut the dog comes too.

“Dear Old Wales” awaits the holiday-makers boarding a train at Paddington Station, offering all that London lacks: “smooth sands, sparkling seas, sunshine and good clean air”.

One in a series of ‘Spotlight on …’ films, here the beam is cast on yet another “fragment of the human jigsaw" - the National Eisteddfod at Dolgellau in 1949.

In a film sponsored by the Central and the Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Boards, much of what is ‘modern’ is electrical! Prologue in Welsh, commentary in English.

Daniel Kokotajlo talks to Nia Childs about Starve Acre, his folk horror about a couple digging deep into grief in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.

Sky Peals director Moin Hussain and lead actor Faraz Ayub talk to Tomisin Adepeju about their magic realist drama.

Documentary exploring the BFI National Archive’s role in rediscovering and remastering the early films of Michael Powell.

Bryony Dixon, curator of silent film at the BFI national archive, explores the origins of a series of comic travelogues, and Michael Powell's involvement in making them.

Discover why Dan George of Northumbria University believes everyone should experience Oldboy at least once.

Trixie Parkin-Christie of Northumbria University offers fresh insight into why Wings of Desire remains essential viewing.