Best Of British

Genre

documentary television program

Country

United Kingdom

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary series that takes a look at British cinema from the 1930s to the 1980s. Each episode focuses on a different theme or genre, using many film clips. John Mills and Anthony Quayle narrate the show.

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What happens

Best of British is a British television documentary series, created by Robert Sidaway, Ashley Sidaway, Maurice Sellar and Lou Jones and produced by Robert Sidaway. Narrated by John Mills and Anthony Quayle, the series comprised five seasons and sixty seven episodes all originally broadcast on BBC1. Designed as entertainment for a broad audience, the complete series encompasses a comprehensive view of British cinema from the 1930s to the 1980s by examining a different theme and or genre in each episode through the extensive use of film clips. The series debuted on 22 April 1987. The final episode was broadcast on 31 March 1994. The UK company Best Of British Films & Television was established due to the success of the series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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