My Octopus Teacher (2020)
A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world
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The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
The story of Quentin Crisp, from his youth in the early 20th century to his emergence as a flamboyant gay icon, made a star of actor John Hurt and catapulted Crisp himself into overnight celebrity status
The Nation's Health (1983)
Drama filmed in a documentary style to show the many problems within a typical NHS hospital.
A Night Out (1960)
Albert Stokes finds himself perpetually fighting the dominance of women, not least of all his possessive widowed mother.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)
"Big Brother is watching you."
Noah Gives Thanks (1952)
After broadcast in 1952 the BBC was bombarded with letters of enthusiastic appreciation and gratitude for this simple yet moving piece of drama...
Number Three (1953)
One of the most significant pieces of unrecorded and therefore "missing" drama presentations from the television archives, 'Number Three' was an 80-minute science fiction drama shown under the BBC's 'Sunday-Night Theatre' strand.
Nuts in May (1976)
A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them in Mike Leigh's masterpiece on the comedic potential inherent in human behaviour
The Offshore Island (1959)
Post-apocalyptic drama - one of the first TV plays on a politically sensitive topic, about the survivors of a nuclear attack on the British isles.
Our Day Out (1976)
Tempers flare and troubles abound when a coach load of 30 remedial kids - and their teachers - set out for an outing from Liverpool to North Wales