Television History Movies

A documentary celebrating 20 years of the work of Kaleidoscope, an organisation devoted to the preservation of archive television.

A student's increasingly intimate line of questioning causes his interview with a local horror host to take a vulnerable turn.

A feast of old chestnuts from the glory days of Christmasses past with this look at the rise and demise of the Christmas light-entertainment...

After 53 years Television Centre, the BBC's TV headquarters, is closing its doors and Michael Grade gathers together many of its best-loved faces to...

In 1972, Moody Anderson bought a ghost town and brought it back to life. Nearly four decades later, Moody faces the heart-wrenching task of...

The documentary film follows the life and career of Milen Tsvetkov against the backdrop of historical events in Bulgaria that have transformed...

Familiar radio voice Ben Grauer leads the viewer on a behind the scenes tour of the National Broadcasting Company studios -- both radio and...

A brief look at the history of "Homicide: Life on the Street", one of the best shows on television and its ratings history as well as some of the...

A ten-year update on the Loud family and their reflections on becoming the first reality TV stars. Their experience of becoming media celebrities and...

Revisiting the Omnibus series from the "golden age" of television. This live 90-minute weekly program hosted by Alastair Cooke brought an...

Eldest son Lance, of the Loud family profiled on PBS in 1973, became the first openly gay man on television and a gay icon for his generation. When...

American television programming dominates around the world at the expense of regional cultural voices.

The history of pre-digital television children's programming.

In 1942, television was born in Paris, rue Cognacq-Jay. Today, around 60% of programs are filmed in Plaine-Saint-Denis. Baptiste Morel receives...

Every LGBT milestone happened on Australian TV in the 1970s, years before the rest of the world. And nobody ever saw it, because the nudity, adult...

One day in the life of television is a documentary that was broadcast on ITV on 1 November 1989. Filmed by over fifty crews exactly one year earlier,...