John Lahr

Totally Bill Hicks

Rupert Edwards

Bill Hicks, Richard Belzer

Consisting of two parts: ‘Revelations’, Bill Hicks’ last live performance in the United Kingdom made at the Dominion Theatre; and a documentary about Hicks’ life ‘Just a Ride’ featuring interviews with friends, admirers, and family.

Joe Orton Laid Bare

Richard Curson Smith

Joe Orton, Bryan Dick

Exploring the wit, work and world of Joe Orton through his own words, and the testimony of those who knew him and worked with him.

Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light

Helen Whitney

Richard Avedon, John Lahr

Richard Avedon was one of the great geniuses of 20th century photography, famous for his fashion photography done for the likes of Vogue, Versace, and Armani, and equally famous for his black and white portraits of American people, both famous and unknown.

The South Bank Show: Noel Coward

Chris Hunt

Noël Coward, John Gielgud

Television documentary on playwright, actor, composer, and film maker Noel Coward.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The True Story

Anne Macgregor

Rebecca Front, John Fricke

This iconic American story was written in 1900 by L Frank Baum, a Chicago businessman, journalist, chicken breeder, actor, boutique owner, Hollywood movie director and lifelong fan of all things innovative and technological. His life spanned an era of remarkable invention and achievement in America and many of these developments helped to fuel this great storyteller's imagination. His ambition was to create the first genuine American fairytale and the story continues to fascinate, inspire and engage millions of fans of all ages from all over the world. This documentary explores how The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has come to symbolise the American Dream and includes previously unseen footage from the Baum family archives, still photographs and clips from the early Oz films, as well as interviews with family members, literary experts and American historians as it tells the story of one man's life in parallel to the development of modern America.

Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet

John D. Hancock

Val Bisoglio, Charles Durning

Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet is a 1970 short film directed by John D. Hancock. It follows a group of Madison Avenue touch football buffs who are beaten by a teenaged boy and begin to feel their age. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz

Eric Shanower, John Fricke

A featurette about The Wizard of Oz (1939).

Chicago Joe and the Showgirl

Bernard Rose

Kiefer Sutherland, Patsy Kensit

During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American gangster, which soon turns deadly.