The World Of Hammer (1994)

Original title

The World of Hammer

Genre

documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 13 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series explores the films of Hammer Film Productions by grouping them thematically. Each episode focuses on a different topic like vampires or mad scientists. It is narrated by Oliver Reed and uses clips from the movies.

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What happens

The World of Hammer is a British television documentary series created and written by Robert Sidaway and Ashley Sidaway, and produced by Robert Sidaway. Narrated by Oliver Reed, the thirteen part series was produced in 1990 and originally broadcast on Channel 4 in 1994. It followed the same format as the creator's previous series on the history of British cinema, Best Of British, by looking at the films of Hammer Film Productions on a thematic basis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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