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The Music of Lennon & McCartney

Philip Casson

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

A 1965 British television special honouring the songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It was produced by Granada Television and aired on that network on 16 December 1965 before receiving a national broadcast the following evening. The programme mainly consisted of other artists miming to their recordings of the songs. The Beatles performed Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out, and Peter Sellers delivered a comedic interpretation of A Hard Day's Night, in the style of stage actor Laurence Olivier's portrayal of Richard III.

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Frank Marshall

Barry Gibb, Andy Gibb

The story of the triumphs and hurdles of brothers Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb, otherwise known as the Bee Gees. The iconic trio, who found early fame in the 1960s, went on to write over 1,000 songs and have 20 No. 1 hits throughout their career, transcending more than five decades of changing tastes and styles.

To Sir, with Love

James Clavell

Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts

A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in desperate need of attention and care.

Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story

Jon Brewer

Mick Ronson, David Bowie

Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story is a documentary about the life and work of Michael "Mick" Ronson, the guitarist, songwriter, producer and arranger who, in the early part of his career, performed with David Bowie as one of the 'Spiders from Mars'.

My Generation

David Batty

Michael Caine, David Bailey

The vivid and inspiring story of British film icon Michael Caine's personal journey through 1960s swinging London.

UK Swings Again

Frank Gilpin

Lulu, Alan Freeman

Musical short featuring performances by The Hollies, Lulu, The Applejacks and more

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

Peter Hewitt

Tom Courtenay, Michael Legge

It's 1976, and Vinny is a confused teenager who can't decide whether he is a disco king or a proto punk rocker.

To Sir, with Love II

Peter Bogdanovich

Sidney Poitier, Christian Payton

After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of teaching kids in an inner city school proves to be too much to resist.

Cucumber Castle

Hugh Gladwish

Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb

The plot revolves around two heirs, Prince Frederick (Barry Gibb) and his brother Prince Marmaduke (Maurice Gibb), and their dying father (Frankie Howerd). On his death bed, The King orders his kingdom divided into two halves, the Kingdom of Jelly and the Kingdom of Cucumbers. Before the king even dies, Prince Frederick declares himself "King of Cucumbers" and Prince Marmaduke becomes the “King of Jelly”. The film intersperses comedy sketches with Bee Gees songs plus performances by Lulu and Blind Faith with cameo appearances.

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Mandie Fletcher

Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley

Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamor, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London's trendiest hot-spots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more!

Alicja

Jacek Bromski, Jerzy Gruza

Sophie Barjac, Jean-Pierre Cassel

Alice was sitting in the park one day. She sees a jogger called Rabbit. When she first meets him she thinks he's a jerk later she finds him nice and relaxing. She falls in love with him. He takes her to Queenie's party. Rabbit later finds out that Queenie wants to kill him. So Rabbit packs up to leave the country. When Alice finds this out she commits suicide which brings her into a fantasy world.

Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue

Antony Costa, Duncan James

Blue have accepted the challenge to represent their country this May at the Eurovision Song Contest in Dusseldorf. In this special programme narrated by Graham Norton, the boys in Blue set out to turn their song into the perfect Eurovision entry.

Gonks Go Beat

Robert Hartford-Davis

Kenneth Connor, Frank Thornton

A swiftly assembled musical fantasy movie made to capitalise on the mid-Sixties, British craze for gonks (a sort of soft, furry toy). Today it is of more interest for featuring music by such artists as Lulu, The Nashville Teens, and The Graham Bond Organisation.

The Cherry Picker

Peter Curran

Lulu, Bob Sherman

American V.I.P James Burn II finds his son James Burn III (Bob Sherman) leading a giant "sleep-in" that has taken over Windsor Castle. He hires Nancy (Lulu) to get him out of the castle and into work. With the help of her crazy eccentric father, (Wilfred Hyde-White) who believes in working day and night and producing nothing and uses a fantastic astro-telescope for casual bird watching, she does just that !

Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll: The 60s Revealed

Cilla Black, Lulu

Review of 1960's pop stars, with interviews then and now