One production company's highly successful formula changed British film forever.

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Reel Britannia

Hop aboard this breakneck grand tour of British cinema

Breakneck tour of British cinema from the 1960s to the 1980s. Starry contributors, including Terry Gilliam and Mike Leigh, explore the political and cultural sides of film-making.

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British cinema is forever changed by Social Realism, Swinging London and American money.

Subject matters in British cinema start to span sex, violence, religion, class and race.

Every taboo gets broken, and British cinema becomes filled with subject matters spanning sex, violence, religion, class and race.

The rise of several British production companies means an increase in output for cinema.

Reel Britannia

Reel Britannia

Series 1

Episode 1

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 4