Housemother

London’s school kids get to grips with teaching methods, technology and cows in this film from the 1970s explaining educational theories at different London schools.

Never a dull moment for a rural district nurse in the early days of the NHS.

Bus timetables are sacrosanct to some but to others there are more important things in life - and faith is one of them.

Refuse collection you cannot refuse with some state-of-the-art bin business in 1920s Sheffield

It's an Aladdin's Cave of household goods: Donald Sansome's travelling store is a lifeline for the people of rural Leicestershire

Beautiful NHS fundraiser, setting Michael Rosen’s poem to powerful archive images.

Journalists congregate outside the Japanese embassy in London following the announcement of the death of the Emperor Meiji.

Geeky Pavan takes his 'English Rose' on a date to the most authentic Indian restaurant in the city. To his horror she goes off-menu, in Hindi...

Capital scenes thanks to Victorian filmmakers

A sports day gives the young residents of the Foundling Hospital a chance to let off steam

Londoners turn out in their thousands to greet the returning Boer War hero after his famous defence of Ladysmith

The Band of the First Life Guards approaches Westminster Bridge during Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.

A children’s guide to bustling Soho, with a glimpse of its music industry, architecture and thriving restaurant scene.

On release from jail, a man recalls the events leading up to his imprisonment.

It’s Britain vs USA in this drama by Dennis Potter as mild-mannered George finds himself in thrall to brash American Sam.

Three women seek the truth about love from a crystal ball in an early Fay Weldon play about trust and jealousy.

Four village schoolchildren encounter a spot of trouble when some crooks take up residence in the woods.

The one where Lindsay Anderson makes a film about fuel efficiency…