Movies

Margaret Williams directs this 2001 production of adaptation of Benjamin Britten's television opera based on a short story by Henry James. Performers...

A portrait of one of England's greatest composers. Winner of the Prix Italia.

A short GPO documentary showing how undersea telephone cables are repaired.

Britten's last opera, in two acts, presented by Teatro Real.

This 1969 BBC production is about as close as we can get to a definitive version of Benjamin Britten's PETER GRIMES, one of the greatest 20th Century...

John Dexter’s brilliant production of Britten’s searing opera stars Dwayne Croft in the title role of the handsome young sailor whose...

Children and childhood fascinated Benjamin Britten throughout his life and inspired some of his greatest music. John Bridcut's compelling film sheds...

This expository film shows the mood of European society on the eve of the Second World War while promoting the values of international cooperation....

Performed at Madrid's historic Teatro Real in 2018, Ivor Bolton conducts Benjamin Britten's opera based on Lytton Strachey's 1928 Elizabeth and...

Experimental GPO publicity film extolling the virtues of the telegram service.

Contrasts traditional and modern village life, as changes occur with better transport and as country estates are sold off for housing.

With the Russian soprano Irina Lungu, the British tenor Allan Clayton and the German baritone Matthias Goerne, a star cast has been found that ties...

The production of King George V's Silver Jubilee (1910-1935) special postage stamp, and a brief dramatised history of the development of the penny...

Sarah Connolly's 'outstanding' (The Guardian) portrayal of the wronged Roman noblewoman, written originally for Kathleen Ferrier, lies at the hear of...

A housewife galvanises her docker husband to take an interest in more important matters than the football pools.

Benjamin Britten, Nocturne for Tenor, Chamber Opera Orchestra