Father of British Studio Pottery

A painterly profile of County Durham's brilliant miner-artist Tom McGuinness.

A poetic portrait of sculptor Barbara Hepworth and the otherworldly Cornish landscapes which inspired her.

Impressionistic portrait of life as a dancer in London’s Ballet Rambert.

Spend a few intense minutes with Giacometti in his Paris studio and see him at work on his striking sculptures.

Filmed at the time Hockney was painting Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy, this compelling study concentrates on the textures and light which surround the artist in his home and studio.

Discover the 'name behind the hairstyle', in this essential portrait of the bard of Salford, aka John Cooper Clarke.

Tune down, turn off and scoop out as the famous outlet for ice cream closes its doors.

The notoriously windy Cornish art and fishing town is hit upon by the sea

Rapid survey of early Cornish history, featuring its language, landscape and industries.

The open road: come along on a motoring trip around the West Country in this early holiday home movie

From Saltash to St Ives, a whirlwind tour of Edwardian Cornwall.

Clive Gunnell wanders around St Ives and ponders the Bohemian lifestyle of the beatniks.

The director of a documentary about British funk pioneers Cymande joins the band at BFI Southbank to talk about the film.

Plotting world domination, Devil Doctor Fu-Manchu steals plans for a new aero-torpedo in this earliest surviving thrill-a-minute serial instalment.

Filmmakers Jane Giles and Ali Catterall discuss their documentary Scala!!!, revisiting the legendary and inspirational cinema venue and some of the most notorious films that screened there.

Long thought lost, this Powell-directed promotional short for a veteran’s charity was only rediscovered in 2003.

A poignant, stirring letter from a recently deceased pilot to his mother is read by John Gielgud.

Former Bristol Poet Laureate, Miles Chambers reads a poem specially commissioned for the 75th anniversary of the NHS.