Pex: No-Run Nylons

A cup of Horlicks helps a struggling husband bring home the bacon in this 1950s advert.

Limp-haired lover Betty rekindles romance with dashing Dick by swapping to Amami Shampoo and Wave Set in this 1930s advertising film.

Snow White wouldn’t look like Snow White without her special washing powder.

An ice cream a day keeps the wrinkles away…

Luscious hair solves a mysterious disappearance.

Stepford wife Nanette Newman becomes the face of mild green Fairy Liquid in this iconic advert.

Sheerness in never ladder nylons: the proud boast of Pex's Pin Pin nylons.

Bringing "sweet memories of Uganda" to the East Midlands.

The sari has been worn by Asian women for millennia and in 1976 it was about to become a staple of wardobes across the UK.

The UK's immigration laws have prevented Dara Singh from seeing his family for a decade. His is one of many sad stories...

He arrived in Britain with £3 and went on to become one of the richest business men in the Midlands. How did Amrat Parmar do it?

Samosas sit alongside sandwiches as India's Republic Day is celebrated in fine style in Leicester.

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.